back to quilting

now that house chores done (except laundry!), can sew with clear conscience...lol...first thing hung up my turkeys!  a country threads pattern now out of print...would be right at home in a log cabin but works here as well...one of my favorites....

pulled some blocks from the solids drawer and sewed this up...

one of my 2025 chookshed challenges is to empty the drawer from the remaining solids scraps...

then this got basted and should be a november finish....

more bow ties quilting...you know what that looks like....and christmas stitchery ready for finishing....thank you anni downs for such a cute pattern!

when i made the project bags i thought there were more zippers somewhere and turns out, intuition was right...so 2 more project bags will be made without the vinyl as none left and not buying any...this will give me something like 8-9 and that's quite enough.  

election impression?  it was close, we knew it would be...so many democrats are shouting serious gloom and doom...but i say be patient...even with republicans in control, i am quite certain many do not share trump's plans or ideas, after all they tried to get him off the ticket didn't they?  i got the impression harris thought she was a shoe-in...but no swing states?  not really surprised there...i think immigration was a big factor...am i happy with the choice?  not a whit...but i don't believe for a nanosecond that America is done for....the framers knew a lot about dangers of absolute power and established our republic cognizant of same. lastly, God blesses America and pray he will continue to do so...in spite of flawed politicians.

patriotic duty

 

Thomas Jefferson

“We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.”

election editorial

on the eve of a most important event in the country....

i voted over 2 weeks ago and have been avoiding all things political ever since.  before that lots of media dialogue, most of which seemed vague, untrue, unfocused, pandering, blaming rhetoric.  as an evangelical Christian and patriot, neither candidate speaks for me or represents me.  after reading "the federalist papers" in college, my eyes were opened as to the lengthy process, angst and agony with which our founding fathers drafted our Constitution and the reasoning behind each amendment.  political races have become popularity contests rather than for determining values to hold important jobs in our government.  

there's always hope that somebody sometime will actually be elected with true patriotism, moral integrity, common sense, courage to act on behalf of the country rather than any one special interest group, shore up America's standing in the world, be a beacon for democracy, vehemently support our Constitution, choose advisors of the same ilk, and protect our freedoms in an ever-volatile world.....not merely an impossible choice between two ill-suited candidates.  

on vacation

that would be my quilting AND sewing mojo...a wacky sleep pattern has me snoozing in short increments and then wiped out the rest of the time...yeeech!  time change maybe?  partly and serious cabin fever too i think...and holidays approaching without our mum seems to have paralyzed me a bit....finally some family concerns have ironed out now, so maybe things will improve.  

clocks turned back and i can get up at 6:30 now, at least on sunny mornings, without turning heat on.  sunshine heats up my apartment quickly.  but today i turned oven on for these...

blueberry muffins made with wyman's frozen blues direct from downeast maine....recipe by marjorie standish, a well-known maine cook, served on my union blueberry pottery....unsalted butter of course but delish anyhow!

another episode of drawer emptying coming up....pulled out these pieces to use up and bust more stash...

another small piece...once my joann order arrives i've a couple of things to baste, one a UFO i hope to finish in november whilst i continue quilting on bow ties...when the mojo gets fired up again of course...meanwhile, put off vacuuming and laundry will have to be reckoned with absolutely first.  everything considered it's still a blessed day filled with thankfulness and hope...