Sew'n Wild Oaks Updates

 Hello Everyone,

I've been good about posting on FG and Instagram, but not as good posting on my blog, the diary of my life.  Here's all of the happenings at Sew'n Wild Oaks over the past couple of weeks.

My sister is currently working on the binding for her Christmas Ribbons quilt which she made with Evelyn's Hope Chest fabric by Carrie Quinn for Marcus Fabrics. I'm having a sale in my Etsy shop for the digital download of Christmas Ribbons HERE.

Gail's version is just gorgeous and so precise!

My friend Sharon made a super-sized Christmas Ribbons which she shared with us at my retreat in November.

Using the same fabric, Sharon made my Cute as a Button pattern and it is all decked out in Best of Show ribbons at the Glenn County Fair! You go girl! My Cute as a Button pattern is in my Etsy shop HERE.  This pattern is a great pattern to use scraps that are just too good to toss and are begging to be used.

Here is the EQ version of the quilt.

This is the original pattern.

The pattern also looks great in other colorways.

All of my Timeless Stitches fabrics are now posted in my Etsy shop HERE. I've been filling orders as fast as I can, and quilters have been keeping me busy!  Mr. Joe has been carrying armloads of orders down to the post office every day.

Some of the bolts are getting very low and I need to reorder.

We’ve been spotting plenty of evidence that bears are making the neighborhood rounds, and our neighbors’ cameras have confirmed it—along with some bonus appearances from foxes and one mountain lion.

The foxes are cute, the bears are…impressive… and the mountain lion? Let’s just say it scares the bejeebers out of me and firmly bumps “taking a casual evening stroll” down to the bottom of my list.

Every morning during her “powder room inspection tour,” Mazie makes a beeline under the deck like she’s on a top-secret mission. Since she’s our official Bear Early Warning System (no batteries required), I figured I’d back her up with some actual technology and set up the trail cam.

And bingo… turns out Mazie’s not just being nosy—she’s been working security this whole time.....I need to put more Kibble in her bowl!

We are extremely aware of our surroundings when we go outside. We have basically become one part nature lovers, and one part amateur wildlife lookouts. So far, our highly advanced bear deterrent system (also known as clapping our hands like overexcited seals) has worked wonders. The bears politely take the hint and wander off, presumably to mock us from a safe distance.

I don’t think we’ll ever fully get used to them. We are clearly the guests here, and they’re the original homeowners. We like to think of ourselves as living in a sort of open-air zoo…except the exhibits roam freely and occasionally judge you from behind or up in a tree.

Speaking of fascinating creatures, we watched Remarkedly Bright Creatures starring Sally Field last night. It was a really touching, heartwarming story. exactly the kind of movie that makes you feel all cozy, right up until the universe decided we were getting too comfortable and knocked out the power during a windstorm.

So now we’re left with the ultimate suspense: not “what happens next?” but “what happens in the last five minutes?” We’re planning to finish it today, assuming, of course, the wind, the power grid, and the bears all approve.

Soon,

Lynn