It is a bit gray out of doors today with a gentle rain falling. Real good sleeping weather- but I am not going to do that today. My plate is full of run around stuff including the first fall meeting of Thus Morning Tea Cups- a little group of quilting gals getting together to work and talk. Most of us were off at Mill Site Lake for the week end. Judy a member was so very kind to invite us all up to her cabin for the weekend. It is wonderful to get away and work with” like minded”, folks for two and a half days. We ate, laughed, shared stories and all worked on our various projects. We walked a lot both in and out of the woods and went out on the water. It was so inspiring and calming at the same time. I do love going up for this event. This almost yearly event is one I associate with the real beginning of fall because we usually do it the first weekend after school begins. We were a little late this year but the association remains in my mind.

The class with Leslie was as inspiring this week as last. I am still working away on the home work. I am finding it hard to decide what I really want and being specific about that. Dreaming is good- but I need to focus in and be totally directed to get to the goal and deciding on what goal to pursue first is proving to be a challenge for me. I will try to make a choice and visualize the idea totally today when I take me walk. I am finding that if I put a specific time on something I seem to get it done.

I am going to need to do follow up today on things. I have not herd back for the Drama folks about the show and I have not received my post cards yet. Both are things I was hoping to have in place by this time.

I have also learned that even though I know that I want to have more pictures for this blog- It is a new habit and I am not real good at it yet. I need to be more aware of my processes so I can take pictures as I go along and have them to post. I did not do so hot in that area this week so I will put a renewed effort into paying attention to that detail. And I will go back this morning and shoot additional stuff to supplement.

 

Progress Report:

The quilt X’s&O’s is coming along. I am enjoying doing the hand applique- but it is slow. I took it along on the Mill Site trip and discovered that I could only add three circles in about an hour. I also discovered that I did not like the fabric that I used on the back showing. (It’s white) So I am using permeate markers on the back edges of each shape before I put in on the top. Sometimes I get to have two colors on the backs too so I am enjoying the process. I have one of the X’s appliqued and I am working on the second. It is slow but the effect is so worth it.

Curling Coils got attention this week. I have finished the quilting and added the facings to all four sides. I started to stitch down the smaller of the two coils last evening. This will just take time.

For the trip up to Mill Site I pulled out other hand work too and carried along the bag full of odds and ends that I am using for faces for my Spirit Dolls. My mini goal is to do ten of the little doll pins every mouth. I had a lot of prepared body units to begin with.

Nancy really was fascinated by the process and she laid out several faces for me while I stitch then together. Yesterday I did the machine work were I added hair and arms to the body when I stitched on the backs. Now to turn, stuff, and stitch the pin back on them and they will be complete. I will take that project to Tea Cups this morning and work on that project as it is all packed.

There is one other project that I worked on too. It is also a part of the Orange Challenge. This one stretches the idea with the addition of both green and black in the field. It is mostly a reflection of the colors of the trees as they head toward fall. I used leaves as the subject the free motion drawings for the bigger blocks. I really like how that looks too. By using variegated thread sometimes the edges disappear and that makes me think of how the leaves decompose.

I used the trees from the yard- Oak, Maple and Dogwood. The machine step of the facings is complete and now I need to move onto the hand step. I need to also come up with a title for this work.

 

Keep Creating

Hugs

Carol