Sorting Shades of Lola!

My sewing time yesterday - SO many triangles!

This project started with a box of gifted strips in browns and sandy neutrals - and it has sat for a year at least.  The strips that is.

The cutting started fairly recently, as in a few weeks back - but the sewing time has been delegated to other projects, so once again, this "Brown Thing" has taken a back seat waiting for its turn to arrive.

It's November.  Fall is here but good now, and as the leaves are nearly gone on all of the trees, brown is what I see in the landscape around me.  Brown.  And still a lot of green with the trucks hauling Christmas Trees, and pastures where I saw one last cut of hay being baled yesterday in preparation for winter ahead.

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Colder, With a High Chance of Quilting

This is the view that greets me when I walk through the sliding glass door of my cabin studio, and step into the side yard.

There's no denying it now - winter is on the way.

And the beautiful curtain of yellows and golds is nearly gone now, giving way to mountain ranges  and sun rises.

It's a fair trade off I think!

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Sew Long, October Quiltvillians!

November 1, 2021 was full of sunshine!

Just check out this gorgeous display over the porch rail from yesterday afternoon!

(Don't let this sunshine fool you, I woke up to rain hitting the metal roof this morning....)

But yesterday was just as beautiful as a November day can be in these parts.  Folks even got out for long walks along the New River - an activity that hasn't happened for me with the rolled ankle incident that is still on the mend.

I'm so glad they got out!  And by the smiles on their faces, I know they had a great time.

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Welcome, November!

This was Halloween in the Quiltville Post Office (QPO) Studio yesterday afternoon!

The October Quiltvillians are on retreat at Quiltville Inn until tomorrow - and they are making the most of every minute!

And that means with me working next door getting orders out for rulers, books and more thanks to the kick off of our Rhododendron Trail mystery coming up - I got the side benefit of meals and snacks!

No one goes hungry at Quiltville Inn, and that includes me! LOL!

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