Two Projects Finished This Week!

I've had a very productive week!  This donation quilt had a deadline--it had to be done by today so it could be delivered to the auxiliary at the nursing home where my MIL lived for 4.5 years before she passed away earlier this month.  They are assembling their baskets for the fundraiser raffle this week so they can start selling tickets.  I hope that whoever wins the quilt that I made uses it and enjoys it.  I had to buy the border and backing fabrics.  It was quilted with my walking foot on my DSM.  The binding is the same fabric as the outer border. 

My second finish of the week was my farm cross stitch on perforated paper. I got all of the beading done and added the sunflower button.  I will buy a frame shortly and get this out on display. The perforated paper was easy to stitch on...the beads were a bit fiddly but I like the way they look on the finished project. 

My improv round robin quilt got some attention this week too.  I finished quilting the pieced border and started quilting the blue border.  I am using a sashiko needle and  pearl cotton in the blue border.  The stitches are larger -- the sashiko class I took last week inspired me.  This project is moving closer to the finish line.  

We have been having beautiful Fall weather and I've been enjoying lots of walks outside with friends and family.  Yes---another squirrel photo!

Fungi on a log. 

A family walk in the woods 

This is one of my SIL and BIL's dogs...he also loves a walk in the woods. 

Lots of mushrooms in the woods too. 

My daughter had to get up really early one morning this week for a breakfast meeting at work.  Finn was not a fan of getting up so early and made the most of having the bed to himself. 

I volunteer at our local hospice once a week. The views out the window were gorgeous this week. 

 

I will link up with Kathy for Slow Sunday Stitching and with Frederique as well.  I will be working on my fall cross stitch this weekend.  Happy Halloween!  

Donation Quilts--one done, and one in progress

I finished quilting and binding the donation quilt for Camp Kintail this week.  It has been delivered to someone who was attending today's auction/dinner fundraiser and I hope it goes to a good home.  I had just enough of the backing fabric to use it for the binding.  I quilted it with straight lines using my walking foot and navy blue thread. 

The second donation quilt is for the Christmas Raffle at my late MIL's nursing home.  The auxiliary at the home are very active in supporting and providing programs for the residents of the home and I am happy to support their raffle with a quilt.  I made a quilt for the raffle last year too.   I have purchased border fabric and a backing for this quilt and hope to get the borders on and the quilt finished this week. 

The Oxford Guild offered a Sashiko class today and 21 people participated.  The teacher did a mini trunk show of her projects and then got all of us started on a small stitching project.  I still have a bit more stitching to do to finish mine.  

I made some progress on my hand quilted improv round robin quilt this week.  I should be able to finish the pieced border this week and then I will work on the blue section as well as the outer border. 

I saw this on Instagram this week and thought it was very true!

The next three pictures were taken in our garden.  The burning bush is almost fully red.  The birds love eating the berries in the winter. 

For some reason, the pink thread leaf coreopsis is blooming. 

The sedum is putting on a show too.  We just had our first frost this past week.  

The squirrels at the park where I walk continue to be squirrelly.  

One day, it was warm enough for the turtles to sunbathe on the log in the pond. 

Finn continues to take his job as supervisor of my daughter very seriously.  He likes to keep her in his sight at all times. 

I will link up with Kathy and Frederique as usual. 

One Quilt Repaired and Stitching by the Fire

My husband and I went on a much needed three day getaway this past week at an Airbnb.  The place we stayed in used to be a chicken coop and the current owners renovated it to become a cozy place for their guests.  It featured a woodstove, a fully equipped outdoor kitchen, a fancy outhouse and an outdoor shower with heated water.  The fall colours in the area were in their full glory and we enjoyed a walk in the woods at a local conservation area, a trip to a local small town and reading (both of us)  and stitching by the fire (me).  

Sunrise

Driving down a country road.

My current read--The Cheese Cure by Michael Finnerty.   One of our little field trips was to a local cheese Factory, Empire Dairy, where we purchased several interesting cheeses to take home.  

Walking in the woods at the conservation area. 

Juniper

The trees just glowed in the sunshine. 

Just before sunset one evening.

The sunset on a different day. 

We visited a chocolate shop in Warkworth and may have bought some interesting chocolate to bring home.   I like the way they have decorated their building.  Their chocolate bars have a similar pattern. 

My daughter's quilt has been repaired and the binding has been replaced.  Here it is on her new bed.  I will work on her new quilt after Christmas.  

Finn found a comfortable spot on top of my fall quilt on our couch before they went home. 

I have made a list of projects that I need to finish/work on and hope to get to some of them this week.  I promise there will be more quilty content in next week's post. 

I will link up with Kathy and the Slow Sunday Stitchers as well as Frederique. 

Fall Trees Framed, Quilt Repairs and Placemats

I picked up my Fall Trees cross stitch from the framer this week.  I'm really pleased how the orange frame looks with these colourful trees. It is now hanging in our living room.  I didn't even pick up my cross stitch this past week but hope to add some stitches this coming week. 

I made my daughter a quilt when she graduated from university and the binding was worn out so I cut it off and machine stitched some new grey binding on.  This will be my hand stitching project over the next couple of days.  There were a few spots on this quilt that needed to be machine mended where the fabric had worn through so those were fixed too.  This quilt has been used a lot and has been washed several times so the colours are a bit faded. I plan on making her a new quilt shortly but there has not been time to pick out fabrics yet.  She has decided on a pattern already. 

I found some bonus HST's in a bag in my sewing room while I was looking for something else so I made two placemats for Meals on Wheels.  I still have a few stitches to add on the binding of the second placemat.  The backing fabric is a Chrsitmas/Winter theme so the placemat can be used all year round. 

I bought backing for the jelly roll donation quilt and got started on the walking foot quilting.  I am about half done.   I think I have enough of the backing fabric to make the binding when the quilting is done. 

We took Finn for a walk in the woods today.  He is worn out tonight and is currently sleeping in his bed.  It was a beautiful day.  

This picture was taken on one of my morning walks this week.  

 I will link up with Frederique and Kathy.