just because....

my summer goals were not all met, doesn't mean can't start with fall projects, does it???  when my birthday comes around, i know it's a harbinger of fall and those back-to-school memories.  pal marianne flung a very pretty asian fabric to me earlier this summer...immediately had visions of autumn--my favorite season--and a cherrywood solids scrap bag i'd been saving....

the asian print is a tad under a yard but planning to use every last scrap for blocks and maybe squeeze a narrow border out of it as well....and with fall, pumpkins will soon be overflowing at farm stands....i can still see that everest-size pile of pumpkins at verrill farm in concord, mass (now gone of course) while driving route 2A.....pulled out this pattern...

by morgan and ambrosini printed off the internet eons ago....then right to the stash for fabrics....i'll be tweaking the pattern a bit and omit the printed border and square it off as it's all about the pumpkins anyway...

marianne flung the light gold yardage to me as well and i'm using it for the background.  this weekend, tho, it's still very much summer here in the south with temps hovering around 95, so will be tackling those summer projects first in the a/c cooled space.   ***  home nearly a week and getting my southern persona back on slowly....unlike new england, that autumn feel doesn't materialize until october, still very much summer until at least then.  half my heart is still with family left behind....and the other half joyful to be closer to daughter and son-in-law once again.