I have been busy the past two months. I can hardly believe it's November already.
In September I decided I wanted to make apple butter. It was a first for me of any type of preserves. I had to purchase all the equipment, but when I went to get my apples they were on sale!! I started with 20 pounds, then had so much fun I went back for 30 additional pounds. By the time I finished, I was done!! 50 jars of apple butter. I'm not waiting till Christmas to give them away. They are going out as I see people. I used my crock pot to cook the apples. It saved having to stand at the stove and stir. I was surprised at how easy it was!
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The apples have a long way to go before they're ready to be
called Apple Butter. I still have to make my pies for this year,
but I'm almost appled out! |
Quilts:
In a previous post I showed that I was all caught up on the blocks for the BOM Sizzle from The Quilt Show. I actually started the prep work for the applique borders, but did not get far. At least I have the fabric I'm going to use.
I've made several other quilts during September and October. Unfortunately I forgot to take photos of several of them before I gave them away.
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| I forgot to take a photo of the entire quilt when I finished. |
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Here's the entire quilt. Not the best photo, but you see the design.
I stitched the rick rack 3 times: center and both sides. |
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I made this for my brother-in-law in honor of his retirement.
These were his ties. Quilt title: No More Ties
Of course, it took me 7 years to get it done!! |
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| Back of No More Ties. |
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The charity for one of my guilds is Quilts of Valor.
I purchased this as a kit and made it up for the team to quilt. |
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Another guild does a boutique as a fund raiser. The committee puts
kits together and you can take several and sew them up. This is three
of the kits I took home. I'd never made the iron caddy before.
My second one was much easier!! The one table runner is
"wine bottles". I live in a area with lots of wineries. |
More quilts in progress. My church will be doing a work/witness trip to Belize early in 2020. They are organizing a fund-raiser dinner with Holly Starr as the guest performer. I'm making a donation quilt for their use. Actually I'm giving them a choice of two.
This was my original quilt to donate.
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This is a kit. I think I purchased it at Keepsake Quilting
when we were back there for our Boston trip. |
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Not sure I like the red thread on white, but
once you start you have to finish. |
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| Back of quilt. |
This is the second quilt. I'll let Pastor select the one she'd like. Two completely different styles.
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This was a kit I purchased when in St. George Utah
during a Philippa Naylor class at Superior Threads. |
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The quilting on this is a first for me. I did an overall
wave design. It was actually harder to do than I expected. |
And finally . . . . may I introduce you to Mr. October.
I saw this online and loved it! The pattern is by Carol Steely of Fun Threads Design. There is a second Mr. October. Watch next year!
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He was originally going to be a wall hanging but
I decided he needs to be on the bed. He'll be a pillow.
His bones are glow in the dark fabric. |
In addition to all of this I attended a one-day DIME presentation and a 4-day Destination Education for my Babylock Destiny machine. Both were fun . . . I learned a lot!! Workshops held at Kiki's Quilt Shack in Fresno, CA.
Whew!
Thanks for checking in.
