Vibrant Fall Color

Sunday I strolled around Rosehill Cemetery and took in some beautiful fall color on a glorious day.  In about a week, the leaves will be done and the grays and browns will be here all winter.  Not very inspiring to look forward to, but I am still relishing the seasons and love the chill in the air.  It means knitting, tights, soups, quilts, scarves and gloves.

Baby Berry quilt is finished, but needs a wash and dry before I take photos.  I am rather slowly working on the same knitting project and am starting to outline yet another baby quilt.  They were thinking it might be a girl which turns out to not be the case, so I am thinking of robots.

Halloween is right around the corner, I have plans, a costume idea, candy, and pumpkins still to carve.

Fall Camping

Last weekend, Steph invited a few friends to join her at her family’s property by the Morgan-Monroe State Forest.  We took a beautiful hike in the late afternoon, stayed up to all hours with a fire and then survived the frost in the morning.  It was a great time and a nice get away.

This week at work was crazy, but I survived and am now enjoying the weekend even though we’ve gone from a cool summer to a cold fall.  I have no Halloween costume ideas and forgot to get pumpkins at the grocery today.  Maybe at the market tomorrow.

Berry Baby Quilt

I thought I was sworn off 1″ squares in quilts, but I sketched up and idea I had to use the peace fabric I bought on etsy and low and behold, 1″ squares were part of the design.  I will be making those friendship stars in orange and red too and they will form a frame around a big square of the peace fabric in the middle.  I hate to do the math, but even with only 44 friendship stars, that totals 572 pieces.  Maybe I should just stop adding up like that.  At least I am 1/2 done making the stars.  I do really love the juicy colors of this quilt and all the peace symbols and dots…it is just too cute and will be perfect for baby Berry.

I also realized how out of date my book list is.  After doing that for YEARS, I’ve fallen off.  Should work on that, but tonight?  GLEE!

**UPDATE!  I worked on my book list and it is more or less up to date.  Yay books!**

INDIEana

After the huge million pieced quilt, I forgot how quickly a baby quilt can come together.  Bliss.  This is the same pattern I made last year for Mark’s baby, and same situation where the parents, who are SLIS friends of Tim’s, don’t know the gender of the baby.  The Beatrix Potter blocks work perfectly for pulling in lots of different colors.  I will never get sick of this pattern.  Year of Making Stuff?  Number 32!

Today Kyla and I drove up to Indy to go to the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange.  We got massively lost looking for lunch, but after being fully fed from the Old Lady Cafe, we both made some pretty significant purchases.  Most of what I bought will be holiday gifts (so no pictures), except for a cute little poppy bobby pin for myself and a signed print from Jeremiah Kuch that I LOVE!  It will probably live in Tim’s office.  I scored a deal on this one.  I crossed a lot of people off my holiday shopping list, so overall a very nice and productive afternoon.

Also, is it too early to get out Halloween decorations?

Monday

Monday afternoon we had a party to celebrate the library garden and the approximately 100 pounds of produce that we’ve grown and donated.  The tomato plants are still out of control, squash is coming in and the peppers look delicious.

After that, I met up with Tim for a SLIS function at Farm.  It was fun to see all the SLIS kids dressed up.  Farm isn’t very veggie entree friendly, so neither of us had been there before, but the Root Cellar has summertime appeal.  It was also Jenn’s birthday, so later I met up with her at the Bishop, a new bar/music venue where the Cinemat used to be.  Good times.

I still have yet to wash the twin sized quilt, take photos and be done with it so I can stop talking about it.  Next up come three winter baby quilts and a certain unnamed Christmas knitting project.

Lotus and concerts galore this weekend!  Must rest up.

September Fading Fast

Finally finishing the twin sized quilt with 1260+ pieces took up most of my craft time in September.  It’s done, I am so relieved and ready to move on to other things!  Faster things!  It isn’t washed yet, so hence, no photos but soon dear Internet, soon.

I realized today that I have taken very few photos this months.  I need to get back in the habit of taking the camera out at any old time and snapping a few photos.  Don’t know why I haven’t.  Fall in Indiana is glorious.

Today I went with Jenn to Nashville and Gnaw Bone for a lovely outing and to do some shopping.  We had good luck at the flea market on 46, where I bought this perfect little sewing box for 10 bucks and two softball bats for Tim for 8.

Birthday Wishes

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, texts, presents, messages and phone calls!  I had a great birthday (despite having to work) and I love hearing from all my friends, no matter how far away.  I don’t really feel any older, but I am a little sleepy.

Today is a quiet day, cleaning, laundry, sewing, and such.  I am sewing, despite the continued lack of finishing stuff.  I am also really looking forward to our upcoming French Canadian vacation!

Year of Making Stuff: #30

This item was made with leftover yarn and a pattern Amy showed me when she was here visiting.  It will be a little birthday gift for a certain someone about to turn one, so only getting a preview right now.

I was in the middle of a great weekend of market, friends, garage sales, gardens and crafts when I fell hiking by myself on the rocks at McCormick’s Creek.  Not my most brilliant hour as I smashed my head and knee on the rocks.  Still sort of limping around.    On the bright side, I am now up to date on my tetanus shots!  Bring on the rusty nails!

Indy and #29

I finished this quilt last week for the Community Quilts Project for the Bloomington Quilters’ Guild.  I had been cleaning out some of my fabric/craft/quilt storage recently and came across the top of this quilt, fully put together.  As part of my using up fabric that I already have, I quickly pieced together the back and was able to finish this up pretty quickly and have item #29 done for my Year of Making Stuff.  Now I just have to finish that twin sized one too!

Even with working on Saturday, I was able to drive up to Indianapolis to visit Stephanie and enjoyed a hilarious night out at the Rathskeller.  And as a bonus, I stopped and met new baby Stella at Abby’s on the way home. She was thrilled to meet me too.

Year of Making Stuff: Item 28

I am catching back up!  I finished this little fabric basket last night for Taleah, Abby’s oldest.  I am headed up to Indy tomorrow to stay with Steph, but will catch Abby and her girls on the way back home on Sunday.  I have quilts for the younger two, but didn’t want to come empty handed for Tay.  I love my little fabric basket, so hope that this will work for her too.  Just a little something to put hair ties, or similar.

I also finished a quilt this weekend too!  Just when I thought I was out, I was able to pull myself back in!  Heh.

Tim is off to a double header softball game tonight, so its a little white wine, and maybe some knitting and reading.  After some pretty intense reads, I picked up a Maeve Binchy.  So far its sort of gaggy.