Warp and Weft challenge.. done!

I finished my Warp and Weft Challenge.  It isn't due until November!  Yay! Warp and Weft has put together custom bundles of fat quarters for our guild and those that wish buy the bundle and make something.  How much fun is that?  Esmari put together a really lovely bundle and with a bit of other fabric I went to town.   I made a pair of cushion covers for the living room.  I really love them.    They are about 24" square with slightly rounded corners for fun and simple lapped zipper back.  I ordered extra Robert Kaufman linen for the back.  I needed more than the fat quarter that was in the bundle.  I used some Anna Maria Horner Hand-drawn Garden Social Climber fabric for the centre plus in the Japanese Cross/Plus blocks and added a bit of text fabric too for fun.  The Social Climber print is the perfect zing with the other fabrics.  I added a bit of cordless piping around the edges of the pillow in the same Essex linen as the pillow backs.  Theses just make me happy!

The quilting is the kicker!  I quilted a fairly dense grid with Aurifil 30 wt in a lovely gold-beige(2314).  It is a lovely more than just beige thread that added the perfect gilding to the pillow covers.

What more can I say?  I used the tutorial from Badskirt for the blocks.

Linking up with Amanda Jean for finish it up Friday.

Random and more

We have had a great grape harvest this year.  I love grapes.  You know who else loves grapes?  Marvin.  Who is Marvin?  He is our resident black bear.  How do I know he likes grapes?  Because he keeps leaving giant piles of... well, you get it, all over the yard.  This also answers the question, "Do bears poop in the woods?"  And I can answer, possibly but not always.  

It is pumpkin pie season and I have to say that my husband makes the bet pumpkin pie in the world.  It was so good that we actually just had pumpkin pie for dinner the other night.  It was good.  Really good.

Then he made these giant pumpkin cookies with white chocolate bits.  So yummy.  Daughter's recipe!  Yay!

More good news.  I won a give away from Teresa at Twistfully Yours.    So awesome!  6 lovely fat quarters from Michael Miller's Bella Butterflies and Blossoms line and a Sweetwater pattern arrived in the mail yesterday.  Nice!!!  Thank you, Teresa!!!

Then we have to talk about this plant.  It is obviously a Canadian Thanksgiving cactus not a Christmas cactus or an Easter cactus.  Canadian Thanksgiving is this weekend.  This plant is huge. This is only part of it and it is covered in  flowers.  I am not the person responsible.  I cannot be trusted with house plants.  Husband takes the credit.

Linking up with Cindy for Random Thursday because we have talked about grapes, bears, pumpkin pie, cookies, fabric and a plant all in one post.  Random for sure.  Happy Thursday!

Progress..

This past weekend, I took care of business.  Bee blocks for That Stash Bee... Katey asked for Rugby Striped blocks in 2 different colour ways to help her out with some boy quilts.  Seriously fun and boy, did they go together fast.  These are already in the mail.  Just today.  Taking care of business!


I also worked on Marcelle but I am waiting for some fabric for the next border.

And I mailed this off to my partner in the Simple and Sweet Swap.  I actually mailed this a few days ago.  It is just so satisfying to check things off the list!

Somehow the list keeps growing.

Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced and the Needle and Thread Network.  

Oh my goodness it is a lovely day!

Today was the perfect, sunny fall day.  Blue skies and leaves beginning to fall.  I had lots of uninterrpted sewing time and managed to finish bee blocks, work on my Marcelle Medallion, finish my Warp and Weft challenge project and I made the Lucky Stars BOM block... Chaos Star.  This block, with a mere 72 pieces of fabric, went together like butter!  Yay!  Having all the pieces cut, and in rows according to their placement makes all the difference!  I swtiched up the grey pieces a bit for a little bit of extra interest.  Rather than have the greys alternating, I placed them together.  Does that make sense?  So there.  October's block done like dinner.  Only two more to go and I will have to think about turning them all into a quilt.
Linking up with Judy's Design Wall Monday!

Work In Progress Wednesday...

More progress on my Marcelle Medallion!  The funny thing is... well, more frustrating than funny is that I noticed after attaching many borders that 3 of the triangle borders were facing the wrong way.  Seriously.  So. Frustrating.  So there was a whole bunch of unpicking and a whole bunch of in my head complaining.  And just in case you wondered, there are 64 flying geese which measure about 3" finished.  Just saying.

My fabric arrived for the Warp and Weft challenge so I can get cracking on that this weekend.

Linking up with Work in Progress Wednesday over at Lee's!

Marcelle Medallion!

It is a start.  Eep!  Not perfect I have to say but not to shabby considering there were dreaded "Y" seams!  Eep!  I am going for a vintage colour scheme.  Think Arborite tables, tin cannisters and aprons.  Definitely aprons.  I think this may be the first of several because I have another colour scheme percolating already.

Linking up with Judy's Design Wall Monday!

Sunday Stash

Daughter and her special someone brought these home for me from the Oregon coast.  They noted how crowded the quilt shops were with "old ladies."  I gave them a look.  But look what they found!  They have good taste.  They catered to my I Spy fabric obsession, my text fabric craze, my love of novelty fabrics and my love of wild and bright florals.  Daughter went straight for the scrappy bits and found the floral fabric as a bolt end remnant.  Yay!  So there.  Those animals are having a stare down with you.  Husband says they have great expectations.

Have a super Sunday.  Hope there is fabric involved!