Sneak Peeks–Gather Your Favorite Fall Colors!

There is something extra scrappy coming to the Quiltville Store!

A little bit stringy, a whole lot scrappy – the perfect project to kick off your “Pumpkin Flavored Everything” season ahead!

And, oh you guys – I wish I could catch this by camera, but by the time I see them, I can’t grab the camera fast enough.

I have been watching big pumpkin truck after big pumpkin truck rumble past my QPO to wherever pumpkins go to be processed.

A lot of pumpkins are grown in this corner of the Blue Ridge mountains.  The hillsides are fertile, and due to our abundance of rain – fields are rarely irrigated.  Vines grow just fine uphill, downhill, over and around. 

It’s here!  It’s time!  Pumpkin harvest is in full swing in these parts.

Leaves on trees are starting to turn and some leaves are already giving up their hold on tree limbs and fluttering to the ground.

While I can’t show you everything yet -

I can give this sneak peek!

The digital PDF pattern for Appalachian Autumn will be available in the Quiltville Store within the next couple of weeks.  I’m working hard on it behind the scenes.

Start your fabric pull – think warm custard and stormy skies as your backgrounds.  Yes – you can put cream and sandy beige together with grey.  Just look at nature around you!

Pumpkin spice and vanilla candles!

That inner border?  Inspired by nearby Virginia Tech - Orange and Maroon - Hokies all the way!

For the autumn colors I pulled everything from golden mustard to orange to rust to deep reds and burgundies with some brown thrown in for good measure.

How big is this quilt?  Not huge.  About 56’’ square.  Perfect for a table topper, a couch throw, a wall hanging, or over a rocker on your front porch.

Make it bigger if you want.  Make it smaller if you want. Make it rectangular if you want.

My favorite monster neutral made it in!

These little guys make me smile -

And I am down to the tail end of this print – not much left.

Even my backing is scrappy!

I am bound and determined to sew up random lengths and pieces into scrappy backs and watch the volume of my “just sitting there” stash go down. This is close to 4 yards in the bye bye column.  What a feel good!

I finished the quilting yesterday.  Today I apply binding, sleeve and label.  Tonight I should start the hand stitching on the binding – pattern writing will begin when the binding is finished – I’ll have it uploaded to the Digital Patterns section of the Quiltville Store hopefully before the first official day of fall.

Are you wanting to see the whole thing?  I am so excited to share it with you.  Soon.  So very soon!

Caption this photo!  LOL!

This was my view from my stitching chair last night.  Ivy is on my legs, but also on top of Zoey’s front feet.  They stayed this way for the longest time.  It just does my heart so much good!

Ivy has also proven to be very much of a thread grabber while I am attempting to hand stitch.  This made stitching the LAST hexie star a bit of a challenge last night and I only made it to about 2/3 the way done on that one….but just a bit more time and I can call it quits on the hexie stars, make some more string foundation blocks, do that applique – and finally add that last needed row to the bottom of the Traveling Stars quilt and get that bordered and ready for quilting.

I am a woman on a mission and several things are reaching the quilting stage nearly at the same time.

And what about the Snail’s Trail project?  Moving at a snail’s pace.  That’s all I can say.  I will get back to it!

Passed out.

Feet on feet.

life is good!

Did you hear about this??

You can find out more in the ORIGINAL POST. This virtual event  is going to be simply AWESOME, and we are currently gathering entries to draw a winner for a FREE PASS.

On September 25th and 26th, we’ll be featuring a series of live presentations via Zoom, beginning with “The Incubation of a Quilt” with Anna Maria Horner, followed by the debut of Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi’s Quilters S.O.S.-- Save Our Stories interview with the legendary Dindga McCannon.

Saturday kicks off with “The Quilt Keepers,” a panel discussion featuring Merikay Waldvogel, Emily Bode, Julie Silber and other luminaries. Laura McDowell Hopper will lead us on a virtual tour of the online exhibit, “Known and Unknown: Revealing Quilt Stories,” which includes quilts from Victoria Findlay Wolfe, Jacquie Gering, Chawne Kimber as well as antique and vintage quilts which have never before been shown. Tucked in between our major live events will be music by Ricky Tims, a little bit of quilt comedy, and yes, even some dancing!

Of course you can register right away by clicking the image above!
(Or direct link HERE.)

The price for this event is $45/members or $65/non members
Event Pass includes:

• All access pass to virtual event with both live and recorded sessions presented on September 25 & 26, 2020
• Known & Unknown Virtual Quilt Exhibition and virtual gallery tour by Curator Laura McDowell Hopper
• Chance to win door prizes from our sponsors
• Breaks to lift your spirits with dance, music and laughs
• Quilt Alliance project demonstrations and how-to resources

I know you are going to have a ball!

Did you enter to win a free pass yet?  Click to the ORIGINAL POST and enter to win within that post.

Our drawing happens TOMORROW!  So don’t delay!

Can you believe we are at mid-week already?  What have you got on your plate for today?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

Sometimes we can move forward in big leaps and bounds, sometimes we move forward in tiny baby steps.

As long as we are moving forward, progress is progress.

Vintage Dresden Plate quilt from the American Museum in Bath, UK.

How can it be 2 years ago already since I was there?

Whatever you get up to – have a wonderful day!