later the same day....

this is a "good" from today.....loving these batiks and playing with all these colors....anxious to continue tomorrow when the silence curfew is lifted....about 8 am....but there was a bad....while i was out today at fitness or bookmobile, my only spool of aurifil black quilting thread grew legs...almost full too....the bug man was here--he always leaves a calling card--but someone had to let him in.  nobody told me he was coming today.  so a $12 spool of thread has evaporated....other evaporations have happened here before.  and it will turn out that "nobody" took it.  so my person and place continue to be violated here almost since the day i moved in...wish i knew why...and wish it would stop.  for good.

monthly mini

my monthly mini was a UFO so doubly glad to finish it...

it's probably a smidge larger than what others make as mini, but it's a mini by my fuzzy math! just needs a wash to remove chalk marks.  and i've been playing in my quilty crayon box!

a box full of batik pieces that are positively swoon-worthy....such bright colors that are morphing into these...

four done and only 60 to go....winter will NOT be drab around here....and caved to one more new start, my last of 2021....a kaffe fassett pattern for that charm pack recently gifted....the accent fabric arrived and couldn't wait to audition....

pattern called "shuttles" by kaffe....the black/white is a timeless treasures called 'wild camo' and is zebras on swirly stripes...the unit measures 3x5 and tantalizing expectation is making me giddy... now back to that fuzzy math to decide how many to make....bought 1.5 yards of the zebra so will see how far it goes...

and just like that another week is on the wane...my melancholy has also diminished tho not entirely.  keeping busy, exercise and autumnal weather are a great tonic!

starting the week...

with two finishes....the monthly mini is done but will keep under wraps for another week.  the One Monthly Goal is finished and here's the photo finish.

it's the joseph's coat repro....i love this quilt...it isn't perfect but i don't care.  started years ago when piecing skills still needed work, but it just epitomizes "quilt" to me...about twin size, it's colorful, cozy, evocative of simpler times....i just love it!  i'll be linking up with OMG and document my goal reached.  what's next?

this is throw size and should be able to finish in november.  perhaps squeak in a small one or two besides.  attacking the UFO list with fervor!   my hand work project is the "midnight at the oasis"....the vine is basted and now to applique and add flowers.  hoping this will be a flimsy and maybe basted by new year's.  that leaves the next machine project...one wheelchair top and then this.....

called "splashes of color" by katherine guerrier from her book "scrap quilt sensations"....so many beauties in this book, all done with color crazy batiks.  difficult to choose and there is a scrappy blue snail's trail that is whispering to me as well...

this week will find out if guild meetings can resume...oh i surely hope so...has been a too-long hiatus and tho thankful for zoom, nowhere near the same.  and have you seen this?

it's a jigsaw puzzle designed by--you know who--kaffe fassett!  a biggie 1000 pieces and i'm pretty sure i need one...LOL!  it just might be the christmas present to myself this year.  available from C&T Publishing....no conflict just my personal advert...speaking of christmas, my kiddos are both working christmas day so declaring it a day-long pj retreat with a few allowed munchies and white christmas on tv...no snow needed, thank you very much!