Fun in the South

This is our Halloween table runner.  I am going to square it up and put it on the table, then I will bind if after Halloween. 




It just came off the frame just this morning.  I really enjoyed this McTavishing practice and, by the time it was done, felt a little better about my attempts.








Also off the frame is my Weave quilt. 













And now it, too, is ready for binding.  I plan to bind it with brown and it will be a charity/comfort quilt.











I quilted it with a large meander so it didn’t take too long.  But it didn’t get off the frame until the table runner was done.










I also appliqued another owl.  I am amazed at how long it takes to do one of these: in, out, stop, start, and all that over and over again.









And here is the real problem: he is only the first of three in this block.  I have made 6 of the 18 blocks, with only 1 1/3rd appliqued.  I think I better get a move on if I want to see this completed.  I love owls and really want this quilt to reside on my bed.






I have been doing some knitting, too.  Here is slipper #2 and the heel is done: gusset coming up.  I also have done the heel and gusset of a second sock, first can be seen here, and I am well on my way through the foot.






These were my knitting buddies to begin with, and











then there was a switch.  Please note that the cat is still in place.  Although we are having cool mornings the afternoons have been very pleasant and perfect for swinging and knitting on the deck.



This coming weekend our grandson is getting married.  The wedding is about 50 miles from here in a somewhat remote area so I spent about 40 min. looking at maps trying to figure out how to get there.  And then a wonderful idea came to me.  There is a quilt show about 30 miles south of the wedding site.  If we go to the quilt show in the morning it will be really easy to get to the late afternoon wedding from there.  How about that!!  It looks like Saturday is going to be a really great day!

Hope you have fun, too.    gari