Sample Sale and Fall Fortnight Winners

I have a lot of autumn table toppers and other things left over from the Fall Fiber Fair. So, today, I'll have a sample sale for those who would like to have one of the projects to use this year, or give as gifts. At the bottom of the post is a list of the …

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Fall Fortnight Placemats and Tablescape

Now that Halloween is past, we turn our attention to Thanksgiving. For the final project post of Fall Fortnight, I'll show some fun ideas for placemats and tablescapes to make our holiday celebrations special. Today's post will have the final drawing entries for a Fat Quarter Shop $50 gift certificate! From 2023, these Turkey Talk …

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Sunday Chat on Friday – Wildlife and Moody Blues

With Fall Fortnight beginning in just two days, let's have a chat today. Autumn is slowly arriving, with some varieties of trees already turning, but most have not begun yet. Late October is generally our peak for fall color, so it is a bit early yet. Plus the weather needs to get a lot cooler …

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Sunday Chat

This week, we had two drives with car clubs going up to the high country in the northern mountain area of North Carolina. One drive was a history tour starting in South Carolina and ending in Banner Elk, with the leaders telling us about Revolutionary War sites. We had 17 MINIs on that run. Our …

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Sunday Chat and Fall Color

Fall is coming into some color now, and the turkeys are back. This bachelor flock of four are coming by frequently now. It is fun to see them appear, pecking around for tidbits and acorns. They are a bit shy, only one will come close enough to get a bite of whole grain bread thrown …

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Autumn Quilts for Decorating

I've been doing autumn theme quilts since my early days of quilting.  The second quilt I ever did was a huge, oversized king with tossed leaves on a beige background.  One of the three borders has uneven numbers of flying geese on each side.  It was only the second quilt I had entered into competition …

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Working on the Autumn Wool Work Runner

Picking up where I left off during Autumn Jubilee, I have made a bit of progress on the Wool Runner.  I wasn't able to finish it before the end of the event, so I had to continue working on it in November.  If you missed that and you'd like the free pattern, click on - …

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November Tablescape

November is such a great month for tables, with all the lovely colors of fall.  I like to set an everyday table for us to enjoy all month, this time featuring the two large pilgrim figures I inherited. To begin, I wanted the table to be full of color, so I put the burgundy tablecloth …

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Thanksgiving Tablescape

I love Thanksgiving, it is my favorite day of the year!  We usually don't have company on the day, but we enjoy extending the holiday through the weekend before getting to the December frenzy.  On Saturday, we are having a small dinner party of six, so of course that means a pretty table.  I set …

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Hiking Devils Courthouse and another visitor

Autumn is finally coming to our part of the world.  It is a bit late this year due to the warm temperatures continuing long past its normal time.  We decided to take a hike last week at Devil's Courthouse on the Blue Ridge Parkway to see some of the color.  Driving up the parkway, we …

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