Vibrant autumn leaves

It's been a dry year in much of the north central  and northeastern  US. Everyone says as a result the leaves won't be as pretty this year. What I have observed is they are either turning brown and dropping or still lll green. Yes there are some beauties out there but overall I was a bit disappointed in the color on my trip east. It is always a guessing game as to when the color will peak. One year we hit it right on October  5th. This year we were either too early or too late. That's partly cause the different species change at different times. The good thing there is it extends the season.

My souvenir from the trip is this barn quilt my sister painted for me. She took the pattern from the quilt, "Monkey See, Monkey Do" in my book Quilts from Skunks Hollow. Mark hung it at Studio 3 right away. That means he likes it. She made another we will keep at the house. I never heard if it was her intention to make one for each place. How could she possibly have known two of my favorite blocks. The other is the Weathervane, also in the book.  I love them all, the quilts, the blocks and the barn quilts. I wonder if there is another name for those painted wood blocks. I'm seeing them all around.

I thought I would especially enjoy  quilting  now my leaf quilt from a few years ago. I want to really work at developing that lost habit I had of sewing daily. I started this one last night. It is a small one so I must get going on prepping  the quilting on the next one. I'm not sure if I have the back for it though.
 Hooking up with a linky party. Design Wall Mondays is now hosted at link on the right, Oh Scrap!  
Small quilts and Doll quilts blog.
 Oh Scrap is a linky party hosted by quiltingismorefunthanhousework blog. I think I'll link with both of them.  I see many of us  llink with more than one. I wish I had the time to browse the other quilty linky parties on other days.