At least they are equal opportunity helpers - now they are sitting on my crochet instructions for making snowflakes....so not helping....

I found boarder fabric for the Goose on the Loose quilt.  I was looking for something a bit less orange, but...it's not bad.  It's ready to get sandwiched up and quilted.

 

I got the table runner put together, ready to start practicing quilting!  I did have more "help" than I needed though.  I keep trying to tell her that quilts are supposed to keep us warm, she doesn't need to keep them warm.....

 

My newest project - a fall table runner.  The blocks are pretty simple, which provides room for some fancy quilting - in my case, an opportunity to quilt something small and if I do it wrong, it was just a table runner.  The idea is from one of the quilting books I picked up in Paducah this summer.  It has the pattern for the runner and several different ways to quilt it - a "sampler" of quilting patterns as a way to learn.  Hopefully it's successful enough I can use it!

 

I walked down the hallway last weekend, probably in my usual "hurry" mode, and slipped and almost fell.  The floor was covered in sand.  Sand?  I don't have anything "sandy" in the house??  I had sand in almost every room.  

As I was sweeping the entire house, I ran across this poor deflated toy....Roomba seems to have found one of AJ's old lizards toys and carried it around for a while, losing sand the whole time.  Mystery solved!

 

Meredith asked if I could make some potholders for her daughter (she stole one that I had given Meredith and said she used it every day - and it was Christmas fabric - not that it isn't almost Christmas, but still....) so I went through some of my fabric and whipped up a few.....

 

I finished the next-to-last blocks for the Block a Month quilt - Society Sparkler.  I get the pattern for the last 2 blocks next month, and I can put it all together.  I did have a little help getting photos of them.

When Cindy C was here, we played around with different colors for the sashing, and decided that a color similar to this green will work.  We played with a whole lot of fabric in my stash to come up with this one - maybe yellow?  A different purple?  I originally had a bright green, but it just didn't look right with the finished blocks.  

 

I have the center done on my Goose on the Loose quilt - and the border fabric was ordered....and I just saw that the order was cancelled (no notice to me, I just checked the site for an update - annoying!)  I guess that means I go fabric shopping (again!), I'd like to get it finished before fall is over!

 

I finished the latest chicken quilt - not without a little frustration.  I was sewing the binding on and ran out of bobbin thread with an inch to go.  Really???  It's not a big deal to wind a bobbin and get the machine set up again, but with just an inch left??  Very annoying!

AJ was busy so I had to hang it on the pool fence for pictures.  Not as good as having a human quilt display, but it worked.  I am very happy with this - I think it came out great. and I love the fabrics, including that backing.  I quilted it differently - a spiral meander - meaning each spiral was a different size, not a computerize/planned pattern.  I think it turned out great!

I asked the dogs if they wanted to go for a walk (and the answer was "yes!" of course). I had left Ripley's lead in the back of the Volvo, and when I opened the door to get it, I had a car full of dogs.  I don't think they quite got the idea of a "walk"...

 

We've had some beautiful sunrises the last few days - rain is expected tomorrow!

 

Sorry, I dropped off for a bit - not even a really good reason except either nothing was happening, or too much was happening.  I had a work conference in Roseburg this week, and Cindy C was down to watch Alli while I was gone, so had some prep time, and a lot of visiting time.    I drove up to the meeting, and on the way back had a nice view of Mt. Shasta.

Well, we tried a "thing" for Luna - an inflatable collar instead of the cone of shame.  It was a fail, but she looked good!  Her hot spot turned out to be an infected anal gland, so she was on antibiotics and anti-inflammatories.  She did get a clean bill of health from the vet yesterday, with a follow-up checkup in a month, so she's free from the cone for now.