Welcoming October In!

Check out this incredible English Paper Piecing!

I absolutely adore this line of Tula Pink fabrics used in this way, and how studying the complexity of this little quilt top put everything back to right - it centered me - after a very stomach-tied-in-knots kind of day.

Yes, it was one of those.

It all started when the Hubster left to go have his pickup worked on, and after dropping it off at the fix-it place headed out with Don and Martha to Martha's mom's place to get the hay covered before our post-hurricane Ian rain started in earnest.

If you are a farmer or have horses or livestock, you know that bales of unprotected hay is money down the drain.  They were on a mission.

This whole scenario left me with seeing that the dogs were let out to do their business.

Usually, we let one out at a time - and if one is inside, the one outside basically stays in the yard, does what needs doing and comes back in.

At which time we let the second one out.

Only yesterday, while letting the first one out, the second one got by me - they caught a whiff of something up mountain and POOF! They were gone!

For SIX HOURS.

Yeah.  They came home like this!

I called and called - Nada.  I waited and worried.  Nada.

It was a good thing that the Shippenstitcher gals were on a road trip to Blowing Rock because I really didn't want to leave home until the girls were back safe at home.

SIX HOURS LATER - as the Hubster's Truck rolled up the drive - there they were at the back door.

Oh Mabel!

I think they were within ear shot the whole time and when they heard his truck (He is their favorite guy) they came running.

The STINKERS!  They were soaking wet and muddy from head to toe and so proud of themselves.  Until the scolding began, as you can see!

And there is a reason why we have hold Chinese-made faux quilts on our beds.  They get washed often!

Their "going outside" collars have bells on them so that we can hear where they are in the woods when we can't see them. Just in case you are wondering.

It was quite the day.

Butterflies.

Calm, calm, calm!

All English Paper Pieced by hand.  Calm!

Hearts in the Cabin blocks! Cute!

Pineapples and watercolor log cabin blocks -

It's a log cabin kind of weekend at Quiltville Inn!

Two cousins, getting this intricate wedding ring together.

Family relationships with quilting in common are fantastic!

Speaking of family relationships -

Both the maroon and moss green plaids shown here are from my grandpa's shirts.  I didn't have much left, but I had enough to make a couple of blocks late yesterday afternoon once the dog adventure was over, the quilters were back to quilting, and we were just waiting on the rain from Ian to start in earnest.

I have no clue what I'm doing with these.  I'm just playing.

There are still a lot of strips to be sewn up.  There are more shirt parts waiting to be cut down.  It's kind of a no brainer that I would just keep sewing to see what this becomes.

I see no reason not to just go with the flow!

I guess there is never too much plaid, or too many plaid quilts in my life.

At the end of the day, I returned home in the rain to start up dinner and settle in for the evening.

This mug and tea strainer set was a gift from Denise, and it was perfect for my Cardamom  Cinnamon loose tea.

Is it Cardamom or Cardamon? It says Cardamon on the container, but spell check isn't liking it one bit!

Either way - the tea was just right and settled us in.

The rain pounded most the night until the wee small hours - the wind was pretty fierce at times.

No power outages for me on the mountain, but I did hear from friend Martha this morning and her power went out for about an hour at one point. They are down in a holler along a creek and they have a lot of water and some debris down.

I think Ian has mostly fizzled out, and I'm glad.

Today!  Heading over to visit with the quilters, and play in some more plaids. What do you have in store for your weekend ahead?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

Every single day!

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Scrappy nine patch quilt made many years ago as a table topper.

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I love a scrappy nine patch quilt, don't you?

Happy October, everyone!