Small Project Sunday

Elm Creek Greenhouse and Quilt Shop is open on Sunday. I have a new pattern I needed to get fabrics for and would have normally gotten them from Pieces. BUT...she doesn't carry flannels and this particular top is definitely going to need flannels. We started there yesterday morning and did a little shopping elsewhere in our travels.

Once we got lunch and watched a few movies, I moved into the studio to work on the beds. I had one to finish and another to start. But then I finished the last one and now have a complete set. 

Aren't these cute?

I have to run the sashing in between the columns, and then find a border fabric that will work. I'll dig around in my stash and see what I can find that may work. Otherwise, the Pieces Sidewalk Sale is coming up this weekend and I'm sure I'll be able to find something there. 

Meanwhile, Linda's quilt top is waiting for me to get started. It should be able to be finished today and I have one more in the time-is-of-the-essence situation sitting in the queue to load next. 

Happy Birthday

Yesterday was my birthday. We did a little shop hopping to Elm Creek in Farwell and to Keepsake Quilts in Mt. Pleasant. 

A book from Keepsake Quilts

A pattern from Elm Creek

Some background fabric from Elm Creek

And we took a very wonderful color tour in our travels the past two days. This years colors are just breathtaking. But they will be short lived as today is rainy and very windy; which will strip many of our leaves away from their trees.

I did manage to start getting the last borders onto a few Addresses blocks.

The last border sections really make these stand out

Today, with the crappy weather, will be spent mostly in here. Oh Darn (she says sarcastically). There are still some leaves hanging out on the Maples out at the lake and that will make for a nice picture with the gloomy skies as a backdrop when working.