I did a sewing side trip and made 3 little pumpkins for the Fall/Halloween season.  I’m not good with hand stitching, which was needed to get those “stems” put on.  Stuffed with poly fiber and they look passable.  The cat loves to “play” with them. 

 

 

 

Cut out and ready to be Stitched-together.. Should be ready in time for DD#2′s BD..nov 3.   She needed a little decor on her Door at work.  So leave it to Mama to find something appropriate.

Finally to the Quilt it stage.. I did run out of that dark green backing material and had to improvise. This was the foot for my quilt, but with the change of no matching material, I raided my stash and used what I had on hand.. and then added the stacked coin border with another muslim row.. It had to be 24+ inches to meet the needs of a Header.     Necessity is the Mother of Invention…or just making due with whatcha got. 

This is the back of the Header.. a different (lighter) green fabric with a row of stacked “coin” fabric.   In other words, left over charm pack 5×5 inchs squares cut in half and sewn together.    I tell ya I used every last bit of the Victoria fabric I had..

 

 

 

 

I may just get this “puppy” put together before Christmas… but first I have a stack of sewing to get done for a swap..due Dec 5th.  

There is only 30 of these blocks!!   Bright, cheerful and very Christmasy.. Takes 30 to do a king size quilt.   I don’t think  I’ll make one that big since The washing machine doesn’t like anything that heavy!   So I’ll be getting a 2 fer.    One swap, two quilt tops…  

With the cold weather coming on, I have enough projects to keep me busy for a spell!!   Then there are all these other “ideas” floating around in my head and fabric on hand to get them going..   It’s going to be a productive Winter if I can get everything done that I want……….  Granny 

 

 

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