Just like that I am busy. I feel like I have been coasting along this fall, then yesterday I received the fabric for the five custom quilts I contracted for. I feel like I should have a few more holiday quilts ready for the shop. Then I am realizing that I need to finish a few baby things, as the arrival grows ever closer. Plus I want to make a few knitted hats for giving. Then I am thinking that Christmas gifting will be a bit earlier this year, as I am traveling in December. Okay, calm down, breathe, and make a list on the white board.

I am happy to report that the Chill Cabins quilt sold within an hour of me posting it to the shop. Phew! fastest sale ever, and to a previous customer to boot. The other Halloween quilt, a Mad Masquerade/Alice theme is in two carts, but the season is quickly drawing to an end. I would really (wishfully) like to see it shipped out of here by the end of the week.

I finished the quilting on the customer quilt, shipping that one back today. I used aurifil variegated 50 weight on the top and solid 50 weight in the bobbin. Such nice thread to quilt with, very little lint, and the only breakage was when I ran out of bobbin. I liked the combo so much I am using it to quilt this top I made earlier this year. I can’t remember the name of the pattern, I think is from Connecting threads. Spot On is the name, it went together fairly quickly, then languished in the TBQ pile, for lack of a backing. I went with a pepper shot cotton in oyster, the bobbin thread is medium blue, so the circular panto quilting shows up nicely.

I am steadily working on the Fairy house, got the door done and working on the purple gills of the mushroom. The roof is next, lots of tiles and counting. I am also sewing up and finishing the baby sweater, yesterday I got a sleeve sewn on and the button band done. Might attempt the button hole band today, it requires full concentration. I realized that the buttons I got for it are too big, for some reason I got it in my head that they were 7/8″, but that’s too big. I ordered some ½” sized that should work, hope they get here soon. I made a little headway on the Tilda Quilt appliqué, and as I was sewing, I wondered why I hadn’t done any work on it since June ?!? I am leaving it out and accessible, even just one or two flowers a day would help get it done.

I caved to an Accuquilt sale this week too, a blogger who I read, posted about their annual 40% off sale -ends 10/23. So I bought three dies, a multi sized circle cutter, an 1 ½” strip cutter and a signature circles die. That last one cuts sort of a drunkards path block with four arcs to it, it makes for a meandering curvy line when the blocks are joined or two layer circles. I like the little notches that it cuts to help line up the pieces. Note to self: use Accquilt Cutter more often.

Be Kind.