I'm a bad blogger

lightest purple roses

 I can admit to you all, I am a bad blogger! So much for my once a week post. It has been over a month but life happens. I received a lovely bouquet of roses from a friend, they were so pretty! I couldn't not share this pic with you all.

Once September started it was like summer is over and now it is time to plan for the next event in my life. That event was a celebration of life for my husband. The timing was right and I knew if I didn't do it this Fall it was probably never going to happen and that wouldn't do. We were blessed with a beautiful Fall day, lucky because we had had so much rain and they were predicting it for that day. So many friends and family joined us for the  day, many hugs were received and given. We ended the evening with a potluck supper with a few close friends and family. It was an emotional and exhausting day but something that I needed to do to honour Ted and his memory.

sneak peek

Now we are deep into quilting season otherwise called Fall! I am elbow deep in a secret project so there will be no full pictures(maybe a tease)  but it is coming along. Three quilts to be ready for later in November. I have a few borders to do then the machine quilting will begin. I might even add a bit of hand quilting!

finished wallhanging

Quilt guild has started for another year as well....bring on more UFOs!! I started this year with 4 projects(you can see that post here)Two are completed and have been delivered to their forever home. The other two are completed tops that are waiting for quilting. One might even end up on the hand quilting frame for this winter! Maybe January, I will start a new list but it might be all UFOs!! I know in the next few months aside from Christmas gifts, I have a couple baby/toddler quilts to get finished. Good thing I have my sewing days during the week and a couple of retreats coming up this Fall. Lots of time to get some sewing done. I have finished a few things, cleaning out the sewing room!

one toddler quilt top finished

The garden will get cleaned out soon. I dug potatoes last week. I only planted 5- 20 foot rows but I think I have lots of potatoes to keep me eating all winter and maybe my neighbour too!! Frost has hit so now the only things growing are plants that can withstand the cold. I see cabbage roll making in my future! Then it will be time to put summer things away hunting season and getting ready for winter. I do love the snowy winter season. It is just the shovelling of mounds of snow and the sketchy road conditions if I want to go somewhere that can get a person down, if you let it!!

I have been MIA and did some catching up on my blog reading the other day and today I checked in with Kathy to see what she was slow stitching on today. She even included a story last week about a quilt top that I had finished and entered in the fair while she was here visiting for the Piranha retreat.

Happy sewing and I will pull up my socks, put on my big girl pants and get blogging! Enjoy the week ahead!