Hello,

It is really starting to feel like fall here in  upstate central New York.  It has been cool in the early mornings and evenings and worm during the middle of the day.  I spent time today out of doors stacking wood for the fire place.  I am only about half done, but I had to stop as I had an appointment.  Hopefully I will finish the job tomorrow if it is at all as beautiful as today was.  Another sure sign of the approach of winter around here is the reappearance of different birds at the feeder.  I still see our constant Cardinal friends, but this morning I also saw two Blue Jays.   I do not think I was aware how very big they are as compared to many birds. I know they have big voices and their bright blue makes them easy to spot, I just was unaware of how size was also a part of that until I saw them up close.  I do not think they will be around long I do not recall seeing Jays in the winter in the past.  But I will keep my eyes open for them.

 Progress Report: Mary’s Wedding Quilt  

This commission is finally complete.  The cream is from Mary’s mothers wedding dress and was the starting place for this work.   The center block is the collar of the dress and the buttons that are in the middle ran down the front of the dress.  I added lace  to all four of the rows of  wedding dress sashing that surround the center.  The double row of lace  on the sixth row from the center has antique lace from my grandmothers collection as a part of it too.

I am very pleased with how the final quilt looks and I hope the bride feels the same.

Purple Marble 

I have enjoyed working on this quilt as it has all come together sense I came home from my visit to Marty.  I was so very excited and full of ideas that I could not seem to get started on anything.  Over choice, I guess.  So I dropped back and went for a pile of fabric I had selected as “working together” and did  a work that was in my usual vain.

  doing that work on something I was fimilar with made it  easier to start a new idea.  I used a variegated  thread to quilt this work too .

Lauren’s Wedding Quilt Blocks

The blocks are now ready for assembly.  This is one of the ideas that I got from my visit with Marty.   I cut the original block ( blow)so the center was 2″x4″.  ( I did not take any photos of this step  you can see what it looked like before I made the second cut)  I then reassembled the squares and made the same cut on the new aliment. Again I put the squares back together creating the blocks you see.  I tried to make each block unique with only the two cuts.  The fun of the layout for final assembly now begins.

Bird Goddesses

This quilt is made from some of the drawings I did with Susan before I went away.  I know I have a show at Sparky Town for January and February and the curator wants goddess quilts for that show.  I already have several, but will take this opportunity to create a few more in the same area. This close up shows one of the smaller drawings.   It is only about two inches tall and just about life sized.

I hope you are enjoying the wonders of fall and enjoying every second. Until next time.

Keep Creating

Carol