Does anyone else have this creeping suspicion that if you blink it will be New Year’s Day? Now that Halloween has safely passed, the days and the nights and the weekends will be filled with cooking and decorating and partying and planning and of course, some sewing (oh, and work — did I forget to mention pay-the-bills work???). All this activity makes it seem like time is accelerated. Factor in the end of Daylight Savings Time this weekend, and the added hour of darkness that will befall us as result, and it’s all over but the champagne toast.
To combat this cheery thought, let’s talk about quilting.
I’ve finished the top of my Drops of Rainbow quilt. I bought a fun navy polka dot fabric today to create the backing. I want to bind it in blue, but haven’t found the right shade yet. I’m looking for a solid fabric to calm the eye.
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Early stages Drops of Rainbow
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Raw materials for Nathena’s quilt.
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Congrats to the Astros!
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A new bench pillow — yet another excuse to meander through my pre-cuts!
Watching the World Series AND quilting…way to multi-task! I am loving that yellow and gray combination…I foresee a quilt like this in my future!
NOT BLINKING! I watched the world series too. Love it when the same old people do not win. Would have loved to see the Indians though…next year.
Lori: I’m really a Ranger fan, but I’ll settle for a Texas team. Many times, I’m ABTY (anyone but the Yankees!). What’ll we do until spring training???
Well, I sometimes have to root for the Yankees since my partner in crime (not really) is from New York and frequently walks around in Yankees stuff. I wonder if he is familiar with ABTY. I will have to test that out, especially since they knocked the Indians out.
Thanks for the fabric porn – love those gray and yellow fabrics you posted. Yes the blinking has started – it even started snowing today in Central Oregon (so it is now practically like Christmas!). I have many precuts I need to play with, someday I want to use them all up (stopped buying traditional precuts thank goodness).
Your drops of rainbow quilt is going to be quite yummy!
Okay no more blinking – enjoy your lovely sewing projects 🙂