In My Spare Time......

 Hello Everyone,

Between wedding and retreat preparations, and cobweb extermination, I've been making kits for Blue Plate Special, my new design.

I finished appliqueing all of the 'frames' around the blocks while watching TV, since I don't seem to be able to just sit still for a nano second.

I've enjoyed every minute while working with this color palette from my Timeless Stitches collection from Marcus Fabrics.

If you would like to purchase a kit, please send an email to:  sewnwildoaks@gmail.com and I'll add your name to the list. I won't be able to ship until mid-November, after my Sew'n Wild Oaks retreat.  I will be posting the pattern separately in my Etsy shop.  I will NOT be posting the kit on Etsy, because of the extra charges that Etsy imposes on higher priced items.

I'm also making kits for more Lucy Boston blocks.

I'm indecisive on which way I want to stitch this block together.

Fabrics like this, make the best Lucy blocks since there is so much potential in this fabric. The fabric is from the Canton Quilting Circle collection by Judie Rothermel.  The red is from Lily's Locket by Pam Buda.

I started decorating for Fall with some very old decorations that I remember my mom put out every year.  These are decorations made with pipe cleaners and the faces are ceramic.  

My friend Kaaren gave me the Amish baskets when she moved away.  I LOVE them and she couldn't have given then to anyone who would love them more.

The Autumn colors have been a bit disappointing this year. Our nights haven't been cool, and the poor leaves are falling off of the trees before they have a chance to change color.  This is about it for our little maple tree.

Our electricity provider, Pacific Gas & Electric, thoughtfully decided to turn off power to more than 80,000 customers in California for three days last week because high winds were expected. PG&E clearly took the "better safe than sorry" approach. The only small problem? The high winds apparently got lost on their way to our area and mostly hung out in Southern California instead.

This sort of thing happens occasionally during peak fire season. It's annoying, but admittedly preferable to the alternative of watching the neighborhood become a giant bonfire.

During the outage, I kept two running lists: things I could do with no power, and things I could do once we fired up the generator. To my surprise, I crossed off a remarkable number of items from both lists. Apparently, a lack of electricity is an excellent productivity tool.

In fact, I got so much done that I'm beginning to wonder if we should lose power more often...

...and then I remembered cold showers, warm refrigerators, and no internet.

Never mind. Let's not get carried away.

Soon,

Lynn