Let the November Games Begin!

The November Quiltvillians are my last Quiltville Inn retreat group before  my own Thanksgiving break which starts WEDNESDAY!

While I know loads of folks who take the entirety of Thanksgiving week off - or start at Thanksgiving and go into the first week of December, I have to adjust things a bit because let's face it - Mystery season starts the day after Thanksgiving and traveling to visit family during Thanksgiving week is a complete madhouse.

How often have we seen news stories of folks trapped in places like Chicago because flights are cancelled due to snow?  Mobs of people.  Too many people.

So I have claimed the time between the second weekend of November and Thanksgiving as family time, and I'll be back in time to kick off the mystery on the 24th.

So we are ALL celebrating - and it feels like the week before school lets out.

And they backed pies to celebrate!

Actually, Lisa was in charge of last night's dinner and she prepared an entire Thanksgiving feast - turkey, stuffing, gravy, the works.

There were amazing mouth-watering smells coming out of the kitchen all day long.

It's a party, I tell you!

Can you guess what is underway here?

It's the beginnings of Silk Path!  Hooray!

And we already have a top completion!

Made out of uniforms with embroidery showing dates of tours, etc.  This is bound to be cherished by the recipient.

And if you think MY paper piecing is crazy small?

Check out these little houses!

Oh my gosh, I love them!

Look at the fussy cut cats! LOL!

Jacob's Chain in Christmas fabrics! Beautiful!

Chilhowie is on the wall and growing.

We all love that mango shade of orange.  Yummy!

This Chilhowie is getting a binding.

And I can't wait to see what happened over night.

I needed to cut my time short yesterday afternoon due to a Chiropractor appointment (Just maintenance but I'm not letting that slide) and had to pull myself away from all things going on in order to be there in time.

But there was more progress on my own Star of Hope top.

I finally got things webbed together -

And the cross-seaming done.

Yes, those extra half-stars at the border did the trick for me.  I needed the Stars Surrounding blocks to completely do what their name states - Surround the Star of David blocks.

Today - borders.

I'm envisioning a narrow light blue followed by a wider dark blue, but I haven't dug through the stash yet to pull options.

I know the piecing in the alternate blocks is kind of extreme for some - but I loved it. Loved digging through my smallest scraps, choosing each piece carefully and deliberately with intent.

As quilters - piecing is therapy. Someone once said something like "I tremble to know what this quilt knows about me."

This one knows it all.  Everything I've been feeling over the past month.

Maybe I can get it quilted over the weekend? If not, I'll do it when I get back from visiting my dad in Phoenix.

And I think that catches us up to here.

I want to thank everyone for diving in to Silk Path with me!  Holy Moly! Was that only last Friday?

There are going to be wonderful quilts happening over the winter as you make this project!

Silk Path is easily constructed from strip-sewn panels: Sliced, mixed and matched, rearranged and sewn back together! No triangles required. 

Introductory Special: I have placed Silk Path at 25 % off in both the digital pattern section of the Quiltville Store and in the Quiltville Etsy Pattern Shop. 

Full color photos, step-by-step instructions included.

Quilt Size: 84’’ X 84’’

Sale price good through 11/15/23.  Hurry now and save - no coupon needed!

And yes - I'll be drawing for 2 winners who will each receive a Silk Path PDF pattern from me, and a Facets of Brown Color Roll from Cotton to Quilts.

Enter to win on the Gift-Away Post!

The folks at Cotton To Quilts have sold out on these rolls every time they put more in the store.  They are also cutting as fast as they can for rolls in our Indigo Way Mystery.

This is a small shop in Louisville, Kentucky who is just celebrating their one year anniversary.

We are a rather large global quilting community and have descended upon them like locusts. That can be a good thing and a bad thing.

Let's show some support and cut them some slack if things are currently out, and check back often to see if more has been added.

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

Vintage Log Cabin quilt found in North Carolina.

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I hope you find some time to spend with fabrics you love and quilts in progress!

Welcome to Friday, everyone-