Happy Fall!

 Isn't the weather supposed to be cooler now? The nights may be a tad cooler the days are still hot. Guess I have to wait for December 21's Winter Solstice.

Last week was fun and busy. Donna from Idaho visited for a week. There was lots of sewing, shopping and gabbing!

I haven't been able to show a sewing session picture in a long time. Donna brought up kits to make Emmaline Retreat Bags. This is Donna's bag. Tula Pink fabric. The inside is a matching lime green.

So cute. They are actually very easy to make and a nice large size.

Here's mine.

Please notice the straight evenness of the directional fabric...outside and inside.

All by accident. If I'd tried to do that intentionally it would have looked like a drunk person made it with the design going from the bottom left to the top right. 

We also took a class at one of the local quilt shops. The pattern is called Thready Bear's Quilter's Coat. We made ours with kantha quilts (we couldn't bear the thought of cutting up an actual quilt, although two people did). This is the front of mine.

The kantha quilts are made from three layers of old sarees. Some had holes and stains, which is why I appliqued a flower design on the front of mine. Here's the back of mine.

Here's the back of Donna's. I forgot to take a picture of the front.

Here's the back. They were very easy to make.

Before Donna's visit I quilted two small quilts.

The second one doesn't have the binding sewn on yet, I'll show it when it's finished.

Two more pouches.

Another Aunt Daisy block and a few more Bright blocks.

I'm getting ready to load this quilt...

It has a few issues the need to be repaired first...so I'm procrastinating, which means nothing is getting done.

Bella also enjoyed Donna's visit and the box she brought up with wonderful canned tomatoes, salsa and peaches. 

I haven't decided if I'm off my break yet or not. We'll see how much procrastinating occurs this week.