Sunsets & Foggy Mornings

I could title this photo Sunset and Lone Street Light.

But isn’t this color glorious??

I took this photo on Saturday evening after Mona and I had stopped quilting for the day.

Deciding we both deserved a break, we hopped into Moby and headed over to Greensboro for some antique mall wandering and a much desired Mexican dinner out.  Comfort food was needed.  Hot homemade tortilla chips and warm queso and salsa?  Yes, please!

I tend to laugh at our society and the plethora of folks taking pictures of their food – but it is true.  Food is one of life’s greatest pleasures.  We can’t live without it, and we may as well enjoy it.

And enjoy it we did.

How much?  This much:

Arroz ala Cheech on the left for me

Arroz con Cameron on the right for Mona.

And a whole lot of chips, salsa and queso in between.

I guess I’m kind of writing this post inside out.  I skipped right over the quilting and went directly to food.  It’s been kind of an inside out few weeks as it is.  So let’s back-track.

Mona and the Beast!

I had posted about her top finishes back in June from the cabin, and it took until now for us both to be in North Carolina at the same time and have the time available to get these on the machine.  This is her String X quilt from the free patterns tab.  She used my bucket of strings, not even making the slightest dent, and it is going on her guest room bed.  99’’ x 111’’.  420 inches of binding.  Yep.  That’s going to take a while.  LOL.

But so much fun!

Things to appreciate about new quilters:  They have no fear.  There is no pre-conceived notion that things have to match.  There is no idea of how old or “out-dated” a fabric is.  They are excited about EVERYTHING. When you get someone started, and let them go at it, their own intuition kicks in and Mona has done extremely well with color choices and value placement.  She is not afraid of kitchen sink.  She just goes for it!

And we had so much fun looking at all of the fun fabrics that are in here of every genre and decade.  Fabulous.

Coming off the machine.  Yes, we deserved some time out after this!

THIS is not a 3rd quilt.  THIS is the back of the String X quilt!

If it wasn’t a heavy beast already, it definitely is now.  It’s ultra warm, and double the fun.  Can you see the quilting on the left edge?  This is the Dusty Miller Grande pantograph by Patricia Ritter of Urban Elementz.

With everything that happened after getting the call of my father-in-law’s passing yesterday, I neglected to get a close up photo of the front of the quilt.  We had planned to do an “over the fence” photo op before Mona headed home, but that was all pushed aside as notification came.  We’ll get that done perhaps when she finishes the binding.  Next time.

Both quilts got binding sewn in place!

Happy Binding, Mona!

This was good for my heart and soul last night.

Except for where this episode of Poldark season 2 on Amazon Prime ended last night, which left me so sad!  I don’t know who else is watching it, and I don’t want to leave a spoiler here, but whhhaaaaa!

My foggy morning.

This is my favorite tree in the neighborhood and I adore foggy mornings.  There is just something about them.  It’s magical.  Sadie and I are back from our walk and we are ready to dig in.

This is it for a while!

I have added 200 Simple Folded Corners rulers to the Quiltville Store.  There will not be another shipment in until December 11th. I am limited to stock on hand and unable to take pre-orders for later as there is too much going on right now. Thank you so much for understanding.

I am flying to Idaho with my son Jason for my father-in-law’s funeral on Thursday.  The service is Saturday.  I return home on Monday, which happens to be Thanksgiving week and I am taking some time for Thanksgiving up at the cabin with my family. My husband has been gone for 3 1/2 weeks now tending to his dad along with his 2 brothers, and I need family time desperately.  I haven’t seen him since I left for China.

(Let’s not forget the mystery starts on November 24th!)

I leave for Arizona to spend time with my brother Mark and his family and my Dad a few days later on November 28th.   I will be in Arizona until I go up to Oregon for my make up week of teaching for 3 guilds on December 2nd.  I teach December 3rd through December 7th and fly home on Friday the 8th.

(I will be gone for 3 consecutive Fridays while the mystery is running.  I’m trying to get those posts written ahead, but if we end up extending a week for any of the parts, that will give folks time to concentrate on their holidays and families and catch up.  The mystery may run into January as needed.)

Monday, December 11th Sadie has her tumor surgery.  She is nearing 12 years old so of course I am very worried about her as well.  We are taking this one day at a time.

Book manuscript still due on Jan 2nd!

So, I am putting this out here.  If  you do not find rulers in stock in my store because they have sold out again, you may want to consider purchasing from another source if you don’t want to wait until the 11th when I have more in stock.

Also, please remember the rulers are only a suggestion – there are other methods that can be used to achieve these units and I will be presenting options for you during the mystery.

I want this to be fun for us all – and that includes ME!

Tears are very close to the surface and fall often.  This morning I really want to take the time to thank my friend Jen for her phone call.  The offer to supply my Thanksgiving pie so I had one less thing to deal with when I get back from Idaho had the tears rolling again.  Simple kindnesses mean so much.  Thank you!

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Vintage double knit quilt found in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Some days are like this. Some days the best you can do is baby steps. But baby steps still move you forward!

It’s a baby steps kind of day!