on edge

and just under the wire ... september's Hot Flashes BOM is On Edge...

mine

and so am i ... i had all month to put that block together, but i waited till now cuz it's never too late to do a mediocre job ... Auntia already had hers finished...

Auntia's

i am liking the Shades fabric less and less and i am ready for this Block of the Month to be over...

Sheri the Shop Owner's

i could not bring myself to put those two fabrics together ... neither could Auntia ... after i finished mine, i realized that the blue would have been okay with the yellow part of the red Shades say what?!?  

Sheri the Shop Owner taking roll call

and i'm sure pretty sure that everyone else at the meeting will not have strayed from the path like we did ... i guess we are rule-breakers cuz we were the only ones to redraft last month's block, too ... do you think that The Quilt Police nudge each other when we walk into the room and whisper neenner-neenners in each others' ears? meh ... i don't think i care too much ... anywho, the meeting for october is tomorrow morning and the Wonder Woman bag is packed and ready to go...

we interrupt this program...

to bring you this breaking news...

i think that the embroidery for Over the River and Through the Woods is done...

there we are - toolin' down the road in our truck, stocking hats on our heads cuz it is COLD outside

and i think it is pretty doggone cool...

headed for home

i am loving the wing at the back of the house that has every little thing we need for creating...

our house is a very, very, very fine house

i thought it was done a few days ago, but then i remembered the missing element...

tacky, tacky, tacky

and now we will continue with our previously scheduled program...

barn raising

the barn done been raised...

it will not always be summer; build barns

Hesiod

most barns are used for horses and other livestock, right?!? 

 

well, my barn is gonna hold horses of a different kind - a shiny collection of classic muscle and pony cars, and maybe even a couple Chevy and GMC trucks...

 

 if i'm gonna dream, it's gonna be big!

The barn really smelled like a barn with all the hay.

Dakota Fanning

a great wind is blowing

 and that gives you either imagination, or a headache.

Catherine the Great

a loooong time ago, i bought a weather vane ... not an ordinary weather vane with a rooster or a pig pointing in the direction of the wind ... my weather vane is a dragon ... a copper dragon

i had and have no place to actually put my weather vane ... the gazebo i was going to build, complete with a cupola on the top, and my weather vane on top of the cupola, has been eaten several times by the Economy and Poor Choices ... and so my copper dragon is packed away in a box in the garage ... but when i started stitching Over the River's embroidery, Opportunity knocked...

north by northwest

and i actually opened the door before it went away ... this is the pattern's original weather vane...

what IS that?!? 

 i think my dragon is waaaaay cooler ... maybe tonight i will finish stitching the barn - that door is getting lonely...

Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.

George Carlin

mission accomplished

Twist of Lime has gone to live with the Keeper...

Keeper and Twist of Lime

each of my four granddaughters now has a pink and orange quilt to call her own...

and now ... about those two boys?!? i dunno ... i don't think pink would be a good choice ... but orange might be ... after all, we do live in Bronco country

under construction

last night was the FNSI for september ... i put on my tool belt and put up some fencing...

that oughta keep 'em out

then i planted a bush by the side of the house...

it looked bigger at the nursery

pruned a few trees ... and shut the barn door...

gonna hafta fix that latch

which seems kinda silly since the barn isn't even built yet...