A Touch Of Fall 🍁

It hard to think Fall with temps still rising in the 100's but according to the calendar it will be here  September 22nd

That's right at just 2 weeks to get ready for friends & family to gather for my Fall celebration buffet dinner party ,my great grand niece & nephew look forward to getting the pumpkin tree as they call it, set up every year,after church it was pizza & games at their favorite pizza place ,my niece & nephew "GiGi & PoPs " dropped them off at my house on the way home  ,we fluffed the tree,did light inspection,the middle section was out so we had to round up a strand from the garage,pre lit is nice but once they're out they're out lol

The fun part is turning out the light & having that awww moment😄 I got the hutch ready to transition into its Fall mode & then they colored & watched Toy Story

Gigi & PoPs came to retrieve their grandbabies 😄I changed cloths & was close behind them onto the next adventure to Sadies 🐕 house , Molly had invited a few close friends from church to celebrate her birthday,her sons & daughter-n-law  did all the planning from the cake down to catering from the Olive Garden,Sunday was a busy but fun day from church to lunch & arcade 

games to decorating the Fall tree to a birthday celebration & you guessed it! i brought Sadie home with me to spend the night 😄 

Sunday Inspiration

 

Things Are Buzzing In The Sewing Room

 

Back on pillowcase duty ,I finished sewing up the ones waiting to be sewn,rolled all the ones that were cut

How far have you gotten on a project before you realized the spool was out of thread? For me it was the whole 2 sides of the pillowcase 🤣

It was time to step away & take a break,I fixed lunch & pulled the panel quilt top out & added a double row of 4 patches to the bottom they were all ready sewn in pairs so it didn't take long, the top & another round of borders & this may get a start on getting quilted this coming  week

Let me share a blessing from my latest fabric haul from Hobby Lobby ,upon telling the sales lady the yardages of each one,they asked what was I making,when I shared with them about Ryans Case For Smiles,they extended the yardages ,instead of coming home with 22 yards I came home with 30 yards! God is so good!

Theses are from my stash that I'm finishing up

Over 40 yards to cut,can you guess what I'll be doing for the remainder of the weekend?🤣

NorthPort Pickers Grand Opening

 There's a heat advisory out today & you can sure nuff feel it,if I didn't need rotary blades I wouldn't of gotten out but I did so I did 😄as long as I was out I met up with my niece & we went to the grand opening of North Port Pickers then went to lunch, it was hard to get good over all pictures with so many people so I just snapped a few things that caught my eye, a friend from church has a booth with lots of sweet things,I didn't know she painted she's been holding out!🤣

There was a good turn out & still quite a few booths waiting to be filled ,some were still setting up,this place is so hudge & still growing!

Bonus Quilts

 I was thinking about past quilts that I've made from scraps from other quilts & projects ,I tell people these are my free quilts,they cost me nothing but time to make😄

Fall Panel Quilt Progress

 The right side got the 4 patch border added this morning,now for the top & bottom borders then another border of the deep reddish brown leaf print

Other things that are chugging along in the sewing room are more pillowcases as long as the serger will cooperate

At some point today Sadie will have to go home, her & Grace had a good spend a night,it was way to hot for adventures & what little bit they spent outside I had to coax them back  inside with a treat 😀 as the heat is unbearable today with hot winds blowing ,we are looking for a rise in temperatures as high as 110  🙆 that's hot! 

Hints Of Fall Sewing

 Welcome September! Do you have new plans for September? New adventures? New challenges?

My first attempt at a rag quilt a few years ago was ok as long as you didn't look too closely 😄 the batting was too large & oozing out the edges,Im attempting to revamp it one block at a time

Triming them down from 7" to 6 1/2"

Triming the batting down to  5 1/2"

This will be one of those hit it with lick & a promise projects 😄 

The panel top is getting a second border

I got 5 quarts off the peaches yesterday I like the light syrup ratio which is 3 parts water(3 c.) to 1 part sugar(1 c.) 

Speaking of new projets ,I totally forgot that the advance watercolor classes starts tomorrow, they are offered throughout the year but Sept is best for me as Oct.--Dec. classes  are stretched out due to all the holidays in-between but they may be filled up so I may or may not embark on that journey just yet lol meanwhile I'll be in the sewing room😄