Hello October!

 Here we are once again welcoming in a new month. My, how fast they arrive.

I sorta' fell off the blogging wagon last month; I can't promise I will do any better this month, but I do promise to try. I just don't have the verve for it like I once did.

I took time to make my September collage. The highlights of the past month were mostly getting together with family and friends - not so much quilting, in other words. Let's take a look.

TOP ROW: I was gung-ho to quilt 2 quilts for my niece as the month began, and I got the blue Double Irish Chain done straight away. The benches I got in my trade with this niece have been put to great use around our firepit. We have had several bonfires, one of which is shown in the third photo in this row.

MIDDLE ROW: DH and I got really brave mid-month when we took both granddaughters to the Columbus Zoo. Our dear Cate loved the cheetahs most of all, and had a big time exploring. Get-togethers were plentiful; besides those bonfires, I also celebrated with friends from the HHS Class of '75 at our 50th Class Reunion. The two gals with me in the center photo were among some of my dearest high school friends. The next picture is my Frienzie group - we are reduced to 5 now, as we mourn the passing of our friends Lyn and Kay. They died within 9 days of each other this summer.

BOTTOM ROW: One impromptu project involved two orphan blocks joined by a center setting block for a fall-themed table runner. I am hand-quilting it currently. I changed course on niece Abby's second quilt; rather than give her a red quilt guaranteed to be pink after the first washing, I quilted this red Ohio Star quilt. I finished off the binding late last night, so I will hand it off soon - today, perhaps. And last, but certainly not least, our sweet Reagan celebrated her first birthday yesterday, September 30. She is such a cutie. She loves to patty-cake and wave and play peek-a-boo. We got some pretty smiles on our FaceTime call.

We are starting off in October by being on the go. Today we will visit my 96-year-old great uncle. Saturday is Greenfield's annual History Day at which I will demonstrate hand-quilting. We'd love to host a couple more bonfires in the next couple of weeks, so I'm sure something will be in the works to that end.

For sewing and quilting, I will load the long arm with another quilt with the goal of quilting two or three more before the end of the month. 

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Jayne