I made a pumpkin pie this week using the puree from last fall & have just enough to make another pie for the family gathering next month at Thanksgiving.
I love the orange colours of fall & that includes pumpkins!
OK, this is going to be a longer visit, so go get a cuppa & settle in for a great visit!
I was so inspired by the scrappy orange pumpkin design of Lori Holt & did those 56 pumpkins!
I purchased Tim Holtz fabric for the first time at Bev's Edge Square Quilt Shop & loved the uniqueness of his design, not to mention the black in it! So I encased the whole quilt with his design & loved how it turned out! The background fabric was one I've had from Connecting Threads 2008 & you can't see it but it is an aqua toile pattern.
This will be my September/October quilt for the bedroom & again those yellow velvet drapes compliment the bright pumpkins!
I will put a dark brown binding around it like the dark pumpkin stems, it was the Northcott Canvas design & I like the modelled texture to it.
Use it up! These are the 1 1/2" half-squared triangles from the pumpkins' corners!
I put the two orphan blocks on each side of the orange pinwheels for a table runner.
How happy is orange?! I only used one of Lori Holts fabrics & it does speak the loudest in the pinwheels!
I started this rug back in June with Donny's unicorn quilt, you can see the center aqua blue & strips that are 1" are crocheted into the rug.
And the scraps that don't make the cut are then bagged for the SPCA dog beds for stuffing.
I did a little decorating in my sewing room with pumpkins! I plan on using the truck bed for a pin cushion at some point.
The seams pressed open really do help a quilt lay flat with so many little pieces intersecting!
This is a cat mat for Rexton, she loves a quilt to lay on!
The late afternoon sun floods the great room & she has her naptime then.
Here is the finished wee cat mat, I did a small border the same as my large quilt & added a homespun gingham border to it.
I made these funny pumpkins last month. They are wool on cotton with a vintage look with the rick rack. It was a small hanging that I have wanted to do for years as it makes me laugh with the 'pick me!'.
It gives this dull corner a shot of colour & personality!
I had a milestone birthday this week of having the privilege to turn 65 years old!
Nick & Leslie gifted me with this Jim Shore cupcake! It is so sweet & I love it! xXx
Bill made me a dozen chocolate gluten-free cupcakes & a marinated lamb dinner that was delicious!
This was the photo from my 40th birthday. That was my worse birthday for whatever reason I did not want that birthday. I cried when I woke up & cried all day long. Here's Bill consoling me with a gluten-free cake & reassuring me it is going to be OK. I would soon find out that I was suffering from thyroid disease creating a large goitre in my throat & depression. Medication fixed that & it is a lifelong medication that has levelled me out, physically & mentally.
Look at the classic chambray shirt I'm wearing...
Bill gave me a surprise party when I turned 60 & again...look at the shirt I'm wearing! It is the same shirt that I wore for my 40th!
So in keeping with tradition here it is again on my 65th as I'm talking to DIL Nicole! lol
The next day was a sober one as that is the day Queen Elizabeth II passed away after a 70-year rule at the age of 96 years old!
She is the only queen I have ever known.
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Here is Bill preparing to bring our flag to half-mast.
It was a sad & sober day indeed. RIP 1926-2022.
I know she is at peace & in good hands now but it is still sad.
As she once said 'You must have grief if there was love.'
Bill did some forging in the ditch & came home with some cranberries for Thanksgiving this year.
Bill also brought in a few of the last stalks from the rhubarb patch!
I put them in a bran muffin mix for the last taste of summer.
I love this platter that I got from Sandy for my birthday. She was very brave shipping in the mail but it made it here in one piece! I've never seen anything like it for my Halloween dishes! xXx
Borders are now on & it is off to be quilted! There are 81 - six-inch blocks to this mystery beauty!
I fill a nappy dish with bird seed for the cat's entertainment to watch the wrens have a feast.
The deck is located outside the sunporch which is one of her favourite spots this time of year.
I've been gathering up the summer quilts & she is like the princess & the pea resting on top. She's trying to tell me something?
And Bridget & Baxter think that she's calling them!
Bridget loves to kiss the kitty.
And she will tolerate a lick or two but after that, there's going to be trouble...
Enough was enough & Rexton left.
I'm enjoying the table cloth I made from the napkins last year & pulled out the April Cornell dishes that compliment the fabric.
The William Morris placemats are also a part of it now & doing the cranberries the colour is bang on! I really had to look for the cranberries if they rolled off the platter! lol
Nine large napkins were taken apart & then resewn into a tablecloth!
It adds brightness on cloudy days, it is like having sunshine in the room all the time!
Rexton in the basket, what is it with cats & baskets?!
The sunsets have been incredible this month & I was sewing one sunset & this is the view from my sewing room window. That is also the gnome tree that I view during the day.
Even when I'm alone, I am never lonely.
It is so beautiful here & each season has its own beauty to display.
Well, thank you for stopping in for a visit.
I know I kept you a little longer but there was so much to show you in the colour family orange! lol
Pumpkin season will soon be upon us.
Thank you for visiting & do come back to the northeast coast of New Brunswick.
Stay healthy, wishing you the very best, wherever you are!
Cynthia
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