Moving Ahead

Work in progress on the Block A parts

for the Granny Cabin QAL.

(my quilt has been named Halcyon)

Five full blocks, four corners, 

and four half blocks were my goal for this past week.

And here they are on the design wall

in a very rough approximation 

of the layout for a 58" x 58" table topper.

This week's assignment hasn't been announced yet

but I'll be making the Block Bs using greens/yellows.

THEN the fun will begin with the scrappy background fill.

Away from the studio --

With the shifting seasons, 

it gets dark earlier day by day and

we haven't even hit the "fall back" point yet.

My solution is to string up our "winter lights"

along the back fence - they stay in place

until Valentine's Day or a little after.

(they're set up with a remote so I can

turn the lights on/off from inside the house)

Those little white lights in the back yard 

make me happy and help ease my S-A-D.

Here's another perspective of the lighted fence.

And for those who might be wondering,

the big green plants are coleus

 and they've utterly amazed us

with their growth this year.

(purchased at Costco - 

a variety we'd not seen before

but will surely look for again next year)

Quiltdivajulie

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“Wonder is one of the wildest elements and qualities on the massive scale of human experience.  Just a pinch of it stops time.  The world halts.  The eyes fill.  You become, for a small time, everything you truly are.” 
Victoria Erickson