My
September NewFO is the Log Cabin Leaves quilt. I wrote a post about it here
and here
earlier this month. This is how far I’ve gotten on the blocks…
For
a while now I have wanted to make a “leaf” block quilt, since we live in East
Tennessee with lovely fall colors.
I
have really enjoyed working with the batiks. I have a bunch of batik scraps
from a project I did a few years ago, and this is a nice way to use them up.
I’m not really following the directions for the strips along the outside of the
leaves…I’m actually varying the widths of the strips and I’m making the overall
block a bit larger than what is in the quilt pattern. I will probably end up making
this big enough to be a bedspread on our bed in our trailer.
I
will be linking up at the 2014
NewFO Challenge at Cat Patches. You can head over there and see all the new
projects for September.
In
other news…
We
spent the first couple of weeks of September in our household with a
respiratory virus, but I was able to complete a few other projects in the
sewing room during September…
This
is Teddy Bear Parade. I finally completed the quilting and got the binding on
this one this month (after three years!). You can read more about this quilt right
here.
I
also participated in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge at So Scrappy. The color for
September is orange and I got some orange squares done to build some house
blocks and I stitched a couple of hexie flowers with orange petals...
I
also completed some coasters. Some of them are for gifts, but these pumpkin
coasters are hanging out at my house…
I
guess the only other exciting things that happened this month is my trip to AQS
in Chattanooga (you can read about it here),
and the continuing
output of the garden. I think the garden is now starting to sputter
(however, I don’t think the jalapenos will EVER go away), so I’m sure October
will be a month to start clearing the garden out a bit. Our first frost is
usually during the first week of November (we actually have snow quite often
that first week), so I don’t think the tomatoes and peppers will be around
long; but I’ve got plenty stored for the winter!
I’ve
done my errands for the day, and this afternoon I will probably be spending
much of my time baking bread and dealing with peppers from the garden. I hope
to get in a little embroidery, but I don’t think I’ll get down to the sewing
room today.
I
hope you have all had a great September…and now, on to October!