Notice I also made 3 maple leaf blocks. After seeing Judy's leaf quilt last week I was inspired to make a few when I was pushing around a pile of orange and yellow scraps from the Smoky Mountain Star. It is still sitting out cause it is waiting for the border. Yes, just one more of the items on the pile. Maybe tonight.
I've been liking the oranges and yellows for several months now and thought I'd do some sort of leaf design. After checking Google Images for autumn leaf quilts I decided to go with the traditional pattern. I guess there's no surprise there. I do have a setting in mind, but as always I will play with a pile of blocks and see if they try to persuade me to do something better with them. I don't plan on a very big quilt so my block size is only 4 1/2". I love them so far. Now, do I make red and green leaves, too?
I have NOT been quilting like I thought I would. We actually have been getting some rain, so I have been overdoing it in the garden, pulling weeds. That means I hurt too much from weeding to do any quilting. It feels good though. So much is coming back to life and lots of new weeds have sprouted too. Today Mark warned me not to overdo it out in the garden and I said I had to cause he wasn't helping. 10 minutes later he stopped what he was doing and helped pull weeds in the flower garden. I think that was the first time ever. Maybe his retirement won't be so bad after all. So, I'm all smiles now and Brian is bringing over pizza . More smiles.
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Well, last week I would have said, "Go for red and orange too," but having just finished quilting a "butterscotch, caramel, and chocolate" quilt, I'd now say stick with the yellows and golds.
We finally got a bit of rain last night and I've been out pulling weeds too.
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