New plan.......................

I had a change of plans after reading Kathy's comment yesterday.  She said How about pinwheels?  I have been planning to do a pinwheel quilt at some point so this was the perfect start.

Last night I sewed 27 little 4" pinwheels with all 4 segments matching.  I will now make a few more with some 2 and 2 sections.

My plan for that future pinwheel quilt included 3 different sizes of pinwheels.  I had some half strips of Marcia Derse fabric left over from cutting a previous quilt.  I was able to cut 8 four inch triangles from them and the leftovers will be used to cut some more 2" triangles.  I need to cut some three inch triangles next.

Earlier in the day I went through my big bin of brown/rust/gold fabrics and pulled some choices to audition for the binding on this 16 patch quilt.  I'll look at them closer today.  I was mainly looking for fabrics with more than a half yard.

Yesterday morning I was enjoying the gold leaves on the Redbud trees against the brilliant blue sky.  About a third of the leaves have dropped.

In the afternoon I checked out the tree across the street.  It is changing color slowly, giving us a lot of time to enjoy it.

When I was out checking the tomato plants I cut a new bouquet of Marigolds.  They are at their prime now, 5 months after I planted the seeds.  I was beginning to think they were going to just be leaves after months of no buds.

The draping plant is now changing to gold in the pots on the front table.  I think we are past worries of frost for about a week.

Trimming...................

I was going to prepare the layers of a small quilt for basting on my large table in the basement when I remembered I still needed to trim this 16 patch quilt.  I didn't look for binding fabric yet.

This is the one with the rooster fabric on the back.  The quilt was 72" x 88" before quilting so it will need 8 strips of binding.  I'll be searching for a binding piece large enough today.

I got all of these squares pressed and now I need to decide whether I'm going to sew them into 4 patches or leave them loose for a random layout.  

I ran out of yarn 7 rows from the end of this dishcloth so I dug into the little bag of ends of balls and found a blue that matches the flecks in the yarn.  I didn't have an ecru yarn that was close enough of a match to use.

My pacemaker is working properly, the wires to my heart are in good shape, and my EKG was good, so I won't see the pacemaker duo for another year.  It was a long wait for the dr. but my son who drove me there was patient.  We went through a carwash with my van on the way home.  It is 22 years old and looks brand new now.  Even the wheels are the shiniest silver now.  That hasn't happened for a long time.

Fun sewing triangles...................

I cut light triangles from Marcia Derse fabrics for my night sewing.

In the afternoon I sorted the pile of triangles.  There are 4 of some and 8 or 12 of others.

Last night I paired the light triangles with dark ones that were cut a couple years ago.  I got a lot of them sewn while I watched TV.  I need to turn on the iron today and get all from both nights pressed.

I have my annual pacemaker checkup this morning.

First quilt top for October 2026...........

The Fractured quilt top is finished except for the staystitching around the perimeter.  I think maybe it should be called Shock Wave or Epicenter.

Last night I got the second shelf of green batik fabrics sorted.  About half of the fabrics were turquoise on that shelf.  I now have 65 pieces to choose from for my future project.  The top 2 are frog prints and both of them are at least 2 yards.  They will probably be used as part of the backing.

Last night's mindless sewing was creating triangle squares with Marcia Derse fabric.  I don't have a purpose for them yet but thought I would rather have squares on the tray than triangles.  I need to cut some more light fabrics to pair with all of the blues and greens.

Seven seams to finish................

Only seven seams needed to be sewn and they were long ones.  I finished the top at 10:30 last night.  Today I'll press and photograph it.  I'll also cut the backing for it.  I got in on a sale of a 10 yard bolt @$5 a yard from this same line of fabric.

Most corners matched but there were a few off a tiny bit.  I'm not going to worry about them.

It got down to 34 yesterday morning but I didn't see any frost damage on any of my plants in pots or the tomato plants.  It sounded like one more overnight in the high 30s and then we will go back to the 40s overnight.  It was 58 degrees in the house yesterday morning and high only going to be 59 outside so I finally turned on the heat.  

 

Slow day..............

Some days have slow starts and yesterday was one of them.  I did go down to the basement and brought up the Fractured blocks, but never got around to sewing them together.

Instead I finished sewing the 8th pink Bear Paw block.  It will look a lot better when it gets its final press (I hope!).  I like the combination of the 3 fabrics.

I put it up on the design wall with the rest.  At this point I'm wondering if 14" blocks look too large for a baby quilt.  It would only take 9 blocks for a 42" square quilt with no sashing.

A friend wants to reproduce  a quilt I finished 15 years ago and she asked if I had any fabrics she could buy.  The quilt used 1.5" batik strips and I knew I had a box full of them, double layer.  With all of those strips, there are hardly any in the right color and value range.  So, next I will look through the yardage in the colors she would need.

 

Back in the pink..................

I decided I wanted to work on the Bear Paw blocks again.  I looked through my Tula Pink fabrics and decided I needed the bunnies in one block.

That makes seven blocks so far.  The first 6 were made with just 2 fabrics in each.  I'm running out of some of the fabrics so the rest of the blocks will have 3 or more fabrics in them.

I chose the fabrics for the next block but only got part of it sewn.

This is the final layout of the Fractured quilt and after I took this photo, I took the blocks down in numbered rows, ready to sew.

We had rain off and on all day yesterday.  I think we are in for another overcast day today.