Change Of Seasons -

This seems to happen overnight.

We've had some beautiful days , temps high 70s f pushing 80 - one day at 84 which felt somehow surreal considering it is nearing mid October -

But summer eventually does come to an end.

I looked out the sliding glass door to see that daylight seemed a bit more golden and stepped out onto the front porch to look at the trees.

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All The Goings On!

First things first - this is DONE DONE DONE!

And I love it to bits.

I am thrilled with the fabric usage, though it didn't use as much of the small stuff as I thought it would.

I love the way the stars look more "light than dark" because I alternated neutral strips with colored strips in the piecing. Same with the string piano key border.  

And that is how they are able to stand out so well against the green/red backgrounds.

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NEXT!!

I don't know about you, but there are these quilty muse voices that come around every once in a while (Because hearing them constantly would mean I was definitely a bit crazy?) daring me to stop whatever I'm doing and make good use of some aspect of the Scrap User's System that has been neglected for a while.

This is such a place.  My scrap squares drawer.

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A Bit Of Out & About -

I got out of Dodge yesterday.

The objective?  To get myself to Costco in Winston-Salem (100 miles away) and get my glasses ordered up with new prescription.

Of course, an excursion like this becomes a plan to do all of the things and hit all of the places I could and still be back by dinner time.

Costco, Indian Market, 4 2nd hand stores and an antique mall happened before I met up with Dave and friends for dinner!

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