Little Time To Sew -

My biggest fear when it comes to writing daily?

Nothing to post about!

And maybe that's not such a bad thing.

Because how can I really write about a morning spent finishing up laundry, folding towel baskets, covering pressing stations, cleaning out fridges and the dishwasher and making 12 beds as if it will hold anyone's interest?

Sometimes that's all a morning can give me.  Not so interesting, but constant.

There is a sense of security in that constant!

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Great Quilting Weather!

I snapped this photo yesterday afternoon after the rain had stopped.

It had come in torrents and buckets overnight.

The rain gauge showed 5.7 inches of rain had fallen during this "event."  We need it so badly, so I wasn't complaining. I was just happy that it slowed down to a bare mist by the time the Muddy Creek Misfits were packing up around 10am yesterday.

This weekend flew by so fast!  And due to the weather, we opted for no over-the-porch-rail photos.

Sometimes we get them, sometimes we don't.

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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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