Deconstruction to reconstruction

 Using up scraps and slowly making progress. 

Some more Christmas cactus the red one

And the hot pink one

Chilhowie mystery

 Look what I found in my leftover box, from the On Ringo Lake mystery in 2017-18.  Apparently I cut more than I needed!  So since clue 1 is similar I’ll use these and modify where necessary.  Will take awhile but feels good to use fabrics I no longer have!

Christmas cactus

 I love these cactus plants, can’t get enough of them. The first to bloom this season is my white one, it slowly seems to go from white to light pink

The red plant is close to blooming.  The hot pink has buds and one bloom about to open and the apricot one will be blooming last. A festive array!

My new favorite Southern cook

 Her name is Brenda Gantt who lives in Andalusia, Alabama. She has a series of videos plus two cookbooks. I love to watch her videos, such a sweet southern lady. Her biscuits are a fun and easy way to make   I’ve made several batches, here is my first attempt.  She is so enthusiastic and upbeat, you’ll feel like cooking something! 

Another Kimberly

 This GE Designs uses a layer cake pack, so 42 squares made. This will make two baby/child quilts. Why make one quilt when you can make two!  One top is made and the second is ready to be sewn together.   I may put a border to make a bit bigger.  Then I will have 5 tops needing to be quilted….fun!

Here’s the second one

Back in the sewing room!

 I have gathered all my fabrics for the Bonnie Hunter mystery, no pic.

I completed two tops I started in July, one with charm squares and a GEDesigns one. This is the second one using charm squares motivated by the Fat Quarter Shop challenge  I have way too many of those squares, I could make a dozen quilts! Each one uses 100 charm squares.

This is Kimberly a GE Designs quiltalong I started in July and set aside. It uses a pack of 10” squares I’ve had for years, kinda cute. I will make another one

Yeah Halloween 🎃🎃🎃

 Long hot summer is over, my gardens are put to bed until spring and today is Bonnie Hunter’s  mystery color reveal!  Aqua, purple and orange. I may substitute red for orange (not a favorite) and switch around the amounts in each color.   I haven’t done anything in my sewing room all summer..my machine is covered in dust!  It needs to go for yearly service, so in the meantime I’ll gather my fabrics in the lead up to Black Friday!

Here’s some summer flowers