Well, I didn't mean to take so many days off blogging--things were just getting me down. This year has just had so many stressful events and changes both at home and the nation--on top of COVID-19 rising--that it has been hard to keep up with positive thinking. The time change isn't helping at all either. Combine that with another twist in my work schedule and my mood just crashed. I haven't touched my sewing machine in a week, can't get motivated to get out of bed until the last minute before work, and have been staying up much too late staring at the TV.
There have been some light moments, though, seeing our grandsons, having much needed rain, and yesterday I was decorating for Fall, including the new Gobble turkey pillow. I did finish the pumpkin pillow cover shown in my last post for daughter Erica, and delivered it to her at work.
The red chair in her office made a great backdrop. The pillow cover is about 13-14" and has a split back with a bound edge--Erica picked the caramel print scrap for binding.
A guild member had an open spot on her her longarm quilting calendar, and I spent far too much time constructing a Frankenback for a Christmas quilt top.
It took me two days to remeasure and recut and remeasure and add more stash fabric, but finally it was large enough for the 75x90+ top and I handed it off with batting. Although I told her to just do an allover pattern, she emailed me that she "couldn't resist" doing some Poinsettias in the open white squares and the four patches. She brought it back today and it looks gorgeous.
The pattern is Barefoot in the Park, though I left off the appliqued circles in the white patches from Stephanie's (Loft Quilting) pattern, and changed the borders to use up all the 5" charm squares.
Georganna quilted with red thread in the colored four patches and borders, and white thread in the white background squares. I love it! I am going to bind the quilt in red, possibly the same stripe as the border, if there is enough leftover fabric. My poinsettia plant is just turning red at the tips of the branches. My mom called me yesterday to say that the gardeners who "mow and blow" at their house had CUT DOWN her poinsettia plant without checking with them--just when it is about to change color with the colder weather!
I'll finish off with a little baby spam of Dane...now 11 weeks old. He was honed in on Papa's shirt pattern but did look up once in a while! Proud Mama looks on.
He's very active, pushing up on his elbows during tummy time and even rolling to his back. Dada is very pleased.
4 comments:
Well, that baby in your lives is sure to perk up anyone! Look at those big eyes! I am so envious. I hope you can catch the sewing bug soon again but be careful of any other bugs around!
We are all feeling up and down. How can you avoid it?! Love your pumpkin pillows! And little Dane is adorable
2020 has been so hard for so many reasons.
your pillows turned out great as did you christmas quilt. Don't those backings take forever!
what a cute cute cute baby!!!
Fun new pillow for your daughter and such a lovely new quilt finish for your holidays! Amazing how different the colors look in the two photos of the pillow.
I hear you on the ups and downs. I don't think I sewed for a month. Our new pup has cheered me though and I finally got a simple jelly roll quilt top sewn. I hope to get the quilting done in the next day or so. I'm sending it to someone donating quilts to folks who have lost their homes in one of the northern fires. This year has been full of just so many adjustments and worries for those dealing with even greater challenges. I've run out of words :-I
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