Friday In A Nutshell -

Five Rows Down!
On a day where I drove nearly 2 hours one way to pic up my new glasses at Costco in Winston-Salem, I was still able to get a bit of sewing in.
Not much, but I still see progress, and I'm thrilled with how this traditional design is coming along.
I also chose the alternate route to travel giving me more views of the gorgeous autumn splendor as I worked my way down from the mountains to the piedmont.
I think we are at peak color now, or close to it, and with last night's bit of storm and wind, it's falling.

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All On A Brown Bird Thursday!

Mark this date.  Or yesterday's date as that is when I took this photo.

And today, too - as the temperature won't be that much different but tomorrow we will have highs in the 40s.

We've got to soak up as much porch time as possible!

I was invited to a yummy lunch on the porch yesterday and there was no way I was going to say no. 

Mid-October porch time is just awesome!

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Tulip Swirl Check In!

October is our quarter-year check-in on our one year long Leader & Ender challenge!

This year's challenge is called Tulip Swirl and I know many of you were off to a great start on it.

When it comes to Leader & Ender challenges, I kind of poke along building units on the side and it is usually sometime after January when I finally have enough units to start thinking about layouts.

The one thing to remember about Leader & Ender challenges is that it is not a race. Take your time. Build units on the side in between the lines of chain piecing on your main projects, and just see what you can build over time.

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Obsessed or Infatuated?

I've been on a mission to find out as much as I can find out about the different names of my current Vintage Rose Star project.

That led me to looking up the Oxford Union Old Library (built in 1857 by architect Benjamin Woodward.)  This library is a masterwork of Victorian Gothic architecture, originally built as the society's debating chamber before becoming a library.

Why don't we have libraries like this?!

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