Where does the time go? I've been keeping very busy with my sewing, but I don't seem to have much to show for it right now. I did make some string blocks for RSC16. I decided to substitute yellow and gold for my colors this month. I need to dig into the scraps and try to come up with three more colors to be able to make the quilts that I had planned. I guess I better get busier!!
I have a nice little stack of small projects that need to be quilted, and that will hopefully be on the agenda over the weekend. And of course there are many more projects in various stages of completion. Never a dull moment around here.
DH and I took a little roadtrip last Saturday, looking for pretty Fall foliage. We'll probably go out again this weekend, and maybe even next weekend. The western part of our state has mountains, so the colors turn there first, and then work their way gradually east.
We also tried a coupe of new-to-us restaurants, and they were both very good, and deserving of a return trip.
The following night, while we were preparing dinner, I glanced out the window and saw this.
Isn't Mother Nature an amazing artist?
Today's mail brought a lovely little package from Karen at
KaHolly. I was lucky enough to win two 20-piece charm packs of Free Spirit solids. The colors are just gorgeous, and I love the way the fabric feels. I wasn't familiar with this line of fabric, but I will definitely be looking for it in the future.
I guess that's it until I get some quilting done!
Be kind....always............Sunny
Hi Sunny wow those pics are beautiful and i love your blocks the colours are so pretty .
ReplyDeleteBeautiful string blocks Sunny and fabulous photographs! Mother Nature certainly is a talented artist! Christine x
ReplyDeleteGreat photos, and thanks for sharing. Love string blocks:)
ReplyDeleteAutumn has the most amazing colours
ReplyDeleteI LOVE string blocks and the yellows are so pretty.
ReplyDeleteThe fall colors are stunning, but that sky is amazing too.
Your string blocks turned out very pretty!
ReplyDeleteYou've captured Fall so beautifully in these pictures.
Love those fall photos--I do miss water falls here--but not the cold--in fact at 81 degrees outside today--I got chilly down on the dock with todays wind and had to come home--I know crazy!!! Just hearing the new temps for up north by the week end sends chills all over my body!!! I guess I am really a southern gal after all---
ReplyDeletereal pretty string blocks--
love and laughter, di
Those are the best pictures! Especially the squirrel.
ReplyDeleteLove the colors you chose for your strings - they fit in nicely with all the autumn photos! It really is a lovely time of the year, isn't it... here we have spring with tulips and blossom, also pretty. It's nice that with blogs these days we can enjoy different seasons at the same time! xx
ReplyDeleteGlad you're pleased with your fabric! We're enjoying some fine fall foliage, as well. The reds are really bright this year, and the oranges are neon! Good luck getting your projects done this weekend! I managed to set two more in the finished pile by bedtime today! Just need pictures now! XO
ReplyDeleteI never seam to have yellow and golds in my stash, don't know why!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the way all the trees change colour in the Fall. If I am ever lucky enough to visit I'd come in the Fall...
your lovely strip blocks and the charm packs seem to match your Autumn colours...
ReplyDeleteHugz
I love leaf season, but I don't think we will make it to see the mountains this year. The cloud picture was incredible!!
ReplyDeleteI think your choice of colours for the string blocks is definitely in keeping with the fall foliage you have been photographing. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteString quilts are always very pretty. Thanks for sharing pictures of the fall leaves. Congratulations on the win.
ReplyDeleteGreat blocks there Sunny, you must have a good-sized pile of them by now!
ReplyDeleteOf course stunning pics from your days away, indeed Mother Nature turns it all on for us, if only we would look at it.
Congratulations on your win! Lovely pictures, especially the pretty evening sky! Great work on your blocks!
ReplyDeleteBarbara x
Congratulations on your win!! I always enjoy your nature photos - autumn around your area is lovely :-) Great sewing with the scraps - it sounds like you aren't too far away from a completion!!
ReplyDeleteI did "gold" with the rose last month, so did do orange with my yellow. I like how they turned out. I wish, however, that I had been doing the string blocks for the entire year. Instead, I only started on them in August with purples so only have 3 colors.
ReplyDeleteI love string quilts , great way to use your yellow and gold fabrics. Love the fall photos . Congrats on the win, they are lovely fabrics aren't they.
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