AS FALL BEGINS, MORE OPPORTUNITIES OPEN UP

Fall...

time for hibernating...

 or...

turning every day 

into an opportunity for 

more indoor sewing!

 Most Fridays

I sew with 

Judy, Opal, and Dorothy, 

plus other ladies who drop in.

Judy's studio tends to have 

a steady stream of delightful ladies

stopping by to wallow in the creative energy!

Here's what Shirley made in Freddy's class!

And here's Shirley's shirt she gave away to Opal.

It's a "Jams" shirt

and the question is...

will Opal wear it, 

or cut it up for a quilt?

Dorothy's herringbone...

Elaine's postcards  from a class at Aunt Mary's!

My next class is November 30th

at Calico Creations

Jan Mullen's Catz

and liberated trees!

Here's a few trees

and one crushingly large flake

from the last trees class.

I tried this pattern from Kathy Doughty's book.

Love it!

I think I'll border it in blue

and find the veteran it was meant to go home with!

I've also been collaging Freddy style!

As I was making this collage

I was thinking of my dad,

who passed away twenty nine years ago.

He often said,

"I'm as strong as an oak tree."

I also had thoughts of

my mom.

This will be our third holiday season without her.

My youngest, now twelve,

came in and

kindly "fixed" the collage

while we fondly reminisced about

special times with Gram.

In the moment...

nothing but connected

joy!

I so loved the ease of this process

that I tried another

(so excited I couldn't waste the time to fully press!).

Tomorrow

is an opportunity to sew with Mary Lou Weidman!

More pics soon!