Autumn Leaves

 Better late than never, right?  I normally write my posts in the evening and set them to post early in the morning.  I'm a night owl, not a morning person.  But this week I keep forgetting.  Oops!!

The Autumn Leaves mini quilt is all done, with the binding finished while watching Survivor last night on TV.  Each leaf has 4 different fabrics in it which really gives them some depth.  I kept the quilting simple so it was pretty easy to finish this up yesterday.  These little mini quilts (Shabby Fabrics kit) finish at 13" - designed to hang in the small metal display hangers.

Now, back to sewing rows together for Hunter's Star and making more Twinkler blocks.    

Mid-week already

There was a little sewing the past couple of days, along with running errands and a few household chores that needed to happen too.  Today I'm hoping for some extended sewing time.

Two rows of the Hunter's Star quilt top are assembled.  One more Twinkler block was sewn.  But all the pieces for the autumn leaves mini quilt are cut and organized.

Shabby Fabrics does a terrific job on the kits for these mini quilts - so well organized.  Not only are the fabrics generous, but they include handy little stickers to mark the pieces for each paper pieced section.  That is really helpful.

 

The red leaf has gone together very nicely.  I'm hoping today to get the other 3 leaves (brown, orange, gold) done too.  

Under the Pines finish and our social calendar

After a crazy busy weekend without any stitching time, it feels good to get back into a more normal routine again.  I do have a small finish to report from Friday afternoon . . .  

Under the Pines table runner is done!!  This was made with a kit purchased on a shop hop last summer, designed by Heather Peterson.  I left out the snowflake block in the middle of the pattern so it would fit on my dining table better.  It's all ready for Christmas.

It seems like weeks pass by with nothing on either of our "social" calendars.  I'm not even sure we actually have social calendars any more.  But from Friday evening until Monday morning we had a very full calendar.  Full and fun!

Friday evening was spent at a new restaurant in town with 2 other couples that we don't see often enough.  Wish I had some photos of us all to share, but we were too busy catching up - and eating.  

There is a picture of my enormous margarita however. When you need 2 hands to hold the glass, you know there won't be a need for a second one.  Delish!!!  I went home in a food coma I think.  And with enough yummy leftovers for my supper Sunday evening.

Bright and early Saturday morning I was on the road to meet up with a daughter and granddaughter for a road trip to a swim meet.  Dave was on the road to watch the other granddaughter in day #1 of a softball tournament.  I had a brief visit with the SIL and the grandsons before we left to drive to Sioux City.  Olivia swam well, winning her heat in 2 events . . . but I really don't have any photos.  I did video 3 of her 6 events for her. 

Then Sunday morning my husband and I were on the road (together for a change) at sunrise to go to day #2 of Sophia's fastpitch softball tournament.  Good thing we were both bundled up in layers because it was only 47 degrees when they started their first game.  Brrrr!!!  The girls won their first game, but then ran up against the #1 seed in their bracket and lost the second.  Again - no photos!!   I need to get better at getting photos of those grandkids before they are all grown up. 

Design Wall Monday - Oct 14

 After a busy, busy weekend I am moving a little slow this morning in terms of getting a DWM post written.  But my design wall has a couple of fun projects on it this morning.

The Hunter's Star blocks are all finished and ready to set into a quilt top.  So far they are sewn into 4-sies, and next step will be sewing them into rows.  This photo taken on Friday just doesn't do justice to the colors in those batiks.

There are 3 more of the Twinkler blocks cut out, so those will continue to progress this week.

And I have a paper pieced mini quilt to work on too.  This little kit is for an autumn mini to hang in the little metal frame.  

I'll be linking up with Design Wall Monday today and Monday Musings.
https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/

https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-10-14-24/

RSC24 - Week #41

I'm sincerely hoping that everyone in the path of Hurricane Milton (and Helene before that) have come through safely.  My family members in Florida are OK thankfully.  

Normally this would be Saturday Sampler and Sew Vintage group day, but I'm going on a little road trip with a daughter and granddaughter today.  We're headed to Sioux City, IA for a swim meet.  No sewing will happen today, but I can report plenty of stitching time this past week.

The Shooting Star project was next up for RSC block sets.  I need more of both the star and the alternate block for a good sized quilt, so these will continue for now.  But I did sew quite a few of them into 4-sies.  Those skirt hangers get difficult to clip as the block sets grow,  plus it's a good way to get a head start on quilt top assembly when the time comes.

There was some fun scrappy Rainbow sewing in the past few days - pineapples.  No new scraps were created to make these blocks, but no significant dent was made in the scrap bins either.  However I had lots of fun making these based on a picture I saw in Pinterest. 

My main projects this week have involved some planned projects, rather than scrappy projects.  Another blue and white quilt is in early stages.  A Hunter's Star in a rainbow of colors is nearing the flimsy stage.  I've also been sorting through a couple of other RSC blocks sets to make plans for the rest of 2024 - or on into 2025.  

Let's see what else is happening in the RSC world this week? 
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A binding to turn

 A Christmas table runner is all ready for binding.

Carol did her usual awesome job quilting for me - with a lovely golden hued thread.  Can you see those little snowflakes and swirls?  Makes me think of a winter snow swirling around the trees in the table runner.

More Hunter's Star

More sets of batik Hunter's Star blocks joined the growing collection.
 

There are 4 of each color combo.  That bottom pink is really more of a plum color than it appears here.  Counting these I have 20 sets of 4, and still need another set.

The triangles and trapezoids for the final sets of blocks are cut.  At least I think these will be the last ones.  The black strips for the star points are cut too.  I'm using the Rapid Fire Hunter's Star ruler (Studio 180) and process.  I went to a workshop several years ago and this process was used.  There is a Hunter's Star die in my Accuquilt stuff too, but it didn't even occur to me to use it.  Oops!! Totally forgot I even had that die.  Next time!!