Fabric

Once again, I tried hard not to buy any more fabric but I caved.

I bought this to use as binding on ...

this quilt that has been sitting ready for a while now. I was going to go with brown but it was hard to match the right shade of brown (I came close.) My husband is the one who chose the turquoise when I asked which one I should get to finish off the edge of the quilt.

I got this fabric to make something for my little grandson Luc but neither my daughter nor I could come up with anything until...

I figured I could pair it up with another fabric like this turquoise tone on tone and make two pillow cases. One can stay here and the other one can be used at Luc's house. I might even trim one in red.

Last week at our guild meeting, fat quarters were going for one dollar each and batiks were two dollars. I didn't need any but it was just such a bargain. I really like the purple batik with the little turquoise birds. There's a theme here it seems. Turquoise, my absolutely favourite colour.

I have to get back and finish sewing that binding on now. I've got about one quarter done.

Hallowe'en tails

Just a short post to show you all the cute dinosaurs with their tails.

Little Luc all ready for trick or treating...

with his tail intact.

And his little brother Patric wearing his tail too.

Now I'm off to do more sewing - a few more burp cloths and putting some binding on a big quilt.

It's sunny right now but cold. A good day to sew.

The last tail

So far, I've made one for Luc, one for Patric and now here's the last dinosaur tail for Hallowe'en.

It's made out of light-weight upholstery fabric. My daughter takes her little boys out on Hallowe'en and the theme this year was dinosaurs - she likes to dress-up too. I free-hand made the pattern bigger than the ones for the little boys. I left the spikes the same size but just doubled the number. My daughter told me to use up some ugly fabric.

Sorry it's blurry but it's hard to take a photo of one's arm inside the tail while trying to keep the spikes open so I can photograph the accent fabric I used. It's the same as Luc's but in green instead of yellow.

Quilt Show Plans

If you are in the Toronto area on November 14th and 15th, perhaps you would like to attend a quilt show.

What is not mentioned is the admission which is $10.00 at the door or, if you know of anyone who will be attending the guild meeting tomorrow night, advance tickets are $7.00.

It is always a great show with many vendors.

Here's a link to the previous show.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/republic_of_me/
 

Colourful Fall

Fall really is a wonderful season. I love watching the leaves turn colour.

I think the matching flowers are a nice touch.

Just the beginning of falling leaves and all the clean-up that comes with it.

Bright vibrant colours.

I consider these two little ones early birthday presents. Mackenzie and Severn, healthy little girls will be three weeks old tomorrow. The whole family (who live in town) came over for dinner today. We skyped and phoned the two who were missing. It was a very good day.