A Binding Day

Errands needed to be done this morning and now I'm back home. Penny's binding needs to be made and attached to her quilt and I have zoology to bind as well. Not sure how I'm going to bind that one yet. 

One of the errands I needed to accomplish this morning was to stop by Pieces to say hello and see what's going on with their move. Jim called ahead and told them I was on my way and I was met with a hug, a happy birthday, a kiss, and a swat on the butt. Those girls are so great!

Here's what Jim also called ahead for...

Pretty!

Jim knew my stash is/was lacking in both purples and oranges so the girls made up this fat quarter bundle for me!

The Color Outside the Lines top is done. I want to put it on the frame but have customer quilts waiting so have to wait on that for a bit. 

I have pulled off a few coloring pages for the art quilt class I'm tentatively supposed to teach next year and need to make a few examples since all my other art quilts are at their permanent homes. I need to get some sketches done of Hazel first (thank you Ben for helping out with the layering option on my Sketches program) and even if I don't teach the class, having an art piece of her face is on my bucket list of things to do. 

What an Insane Weekend

We have a little "fall festival" with our neighbors about this time of year. The past weekend was it and it was insane. Chili, cider, campfires, great friends and family, and a little rain. Since the grandkids were here as well, the studio was closed so not much to report in that respect. 

Ben and I (during one of the rain showers) worked through my Sketches program to find out how to add layers into a drawing...

This is Ben with my adding another "layer" to his photo

This will be extremely helpful for the art pieces I LOVE to do rather than having to try to just obtain a sketch on the wall with my overhead projector. It's a whole big process. 

I'll work on on Zoology today and the colored pencils heart piece. The weather this morning is balmy (already at 71 degrees with very high humidity). I'm taking advantage of one of our last nice days and have all the windows open perhaps one last time (although, I've said this before already this year haven't I?) Maybe this is our Indian Summer?