Resplendent - the Flimsy

First step was to sew the center section together.

"Autumn is a second spring, where every leaf is a flower."

Albert Camus

This photo shows the colors more accurately.

"I hope I can be the autumn leaf,

who looked at the sky and lived.

and when it was time to leave,

gracefully it knew life was a gift."

Dodinsky

And then the pieced borders were sewn in place.

Even with my enlargement of the pattern

everything fit together perfectly.

56" wide x 68" long

(Appalachian Autumn pattern by Bonnie Hunter)

From the design wall to the pool noodles -

ready for pin basting.

(I unrolled two other projects so I had

the use of my three extra long noodles)

Thread color chosen . . .

"Autumn whispered to the wind,

'I fall; but always rise again.'"

Angie Weiland-Crosby

And because it has been six months 

since Max and I have worked together,

I used leftover HSTs and offcuts for quilting practice

Bonus:  four table mats for seasonal use.

Sneak peek at Resplendent's liberated free motion quilting . . . 

(and I ordered another 30-yard roll

of batting so I can get busy on some

of those many other tops waiting in the closet)

Quiltdivajulie

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"I listened, motionless and still; 

And, as I mounted up the hill, 

The music in my heart I bore, 

Long after it was heard no more."

William Wordsworth