Finished (or not) Friday

It has been a mostly red, white, and blue week around here.  And that will continue to be the case well into December.

Thursday morning I prepped 3 more Quilts of Valor to be sent off to the long arm quilter.  We have a good number of quilt tops done, and plenty of backings for them. But as we've awarded so many lately, our pile of finished quilts is nearly gone.  Isn't that a great problem to have?  It means we're honoring a lot of veterans. 

Photo borrowed from Corn Palace website

This has nothing to do with quilting, but . . . it's the time of year when the outdoor murals on the Corn Palace are changed for a new year.  For 2026 the them was the 250th birthday of the USA and the murals were awesome.  The new theme for 2027 is Safari, and the crew is getting close to finishing up one of the big front murals.  The lion is very majestic.  And the process is always fascinating.  The 12-14 colors of corn, plus various grasses are grown locally especially for this purpose.  The corn cobs are cut lengthwise.  There is a "paint by number" paper layout attached to the building, with the colors written into the spaces.

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