Halloween Quilt...a bit late

Isn't this cute??  I'm not usually a huge fan of this style, but I really loved this quilt and had fun quilting it.  I did some things I don't normally do; however, I think they turned out. 

I did some "line dancing" in the outer border...I'm more of a cross-hatch person, but decided to challenge myself.  I like how it turned out...I even put a cute little folksy pumpkin in each cornerstone. The cat and pumpkin were more of a challenge to me, but with the help of my friends at APQS, I was able to muddle through...

Meandering Feathers

I've been wanting to try these on a "real" quilt.  I tried the for the first time on my sister's quilt and learned two valuable lessons.  First, if you have to stop in the middle, be sure to complete the entire feathering on both sides of the spine...or you might forget! (I did!)  Second, if your lines are wavey and just go across the quilt, it looks like rows of feathers, not meandering...(rows aren't nearly as pretty)

This top I learned that if your thread matches too closely, its impossible to see where you're at without sticking your nose practically under the needle.  I meandered the entire top with feathers and made sure to not do any rows.  I'm happy with how it turned out and since the thread does match so nicely, where I wasn't perfect isn't noticeable.

and the back...which really doesn't show much. I used a So Fine! taupe thread.

Frame Friday

Its still Friday...although late, but at least I'm posting what's on my frame!  I've actually had two quilts on today.  I finshed this one and delivered it this afternoon.  My customer, Mona, is a new to quilting, but you'd never know it by her piecing.  She's very good and her quilts are a pleasure to work on.  I did a panto on this one, Blowing Leaves, as I didn't want to take away from her piecing.

I love how the back turned out...

The one on now is an unusually shaped table-topper.   It belongs to a new customer who didn't care what I put on it.  Perfect time to practice my meandering feathers...right?  Well, yes & no.  Can you see the feathers??  No...well, me neither.  Its making it awfully hard to quilt them, but then, I guess my mistakes won't show up either!

This might be fun...

Have you seen this?  This is the logo for the Cross Country Christmas Quilt Designer Shop Hop.  It gets underway next Monday, November 9; they will have free patterns, prizes and "loads of goodies for the good boys and girls."  There are 12 designers lined up to visit each day and each of them has designed a special project to share. The projects are all themed around gift giving, quick and easy to get done before Christmas. Click here to go to the first blog and to get more information.

And I have to share.  Buggy Barn just came out with these fabrics called Buggy Barn Basics...  I keep hearing Gollum in my head saying, "My precious," over and over.  Thank goodness its payday!  Here are just a few that I love:

Visitors in the Night

Dennis went down to feed yesterday morning (he does morning feedings while I shower) a bit groggy as usual. As he looked toward the pasture, he noticed that two horses appeared to be on the wrong side of the fence. Upon closer inspection, he realized that there were still four horses inside the fence...what?? Apparently, at some point last night, two of our neighbor's horses escaped. Bodie and Nova came for a visit.

A little hay and they were enticed into our round pen. A call to our neighbor to let them know the pones were safe and off we went to work.

Got home last night and just before we went down to feed, our neighbor called--she'd been tied up all day and hadn't retrieved the horses yet. Poor guys had been in our round pen all day without much feed and no water, since we expected them to be leaving shortly. So we fed and watered them last night and again this morning. Hopefully, she'll be over to get them later today.