What happened????

The beginning of October the temps were in the 100s.  Today the high at 2 p.m. is 53.  Tell me winter is not here.  At least it will be back up to the upper 70s in a few more days.
I didn't go fabric shopping today.  I had a sinus headache (again) and I wasn't up to shopping.  So what have I been doing?...............  Making a small quilt.  The pattern is called Hunter's Star.  Since I have been trying to use what I have in my stash, I came up with this color combination.

Hunter's star from a distance to get the true look

Close up but a washed out look.  The rows are not sewn together yet

The HST (1/2 square triangles) and blocks to be sewn

I cut all of my pieces on my GO! cutter.  I'm getting a true 2 1/2" HST and true 4 1/2" blocks.  It didn't take very long to cut these out.  I think that I will not have enough fabric to do the borders.  I will most likely use plain black and the gold fabric that is in the quilt.  I have maybe only 1 or 2 points that don't line up perfectly.  Here's hoping that the rest go as easy as the start of this.
Jean

Another Christmas gift almost done............

Friday night I started to cut out Christy's quilt for Christmas.  It is a Stack and Whack pattern. The pictures show what has been done so far. What little girl doesn't like pink and purple?  She has bunk beds and this will fit nicely on it.  Like her brother's quilt, this is also all flannel.   I don't have the last border sewn on yet.  Maybe tomorrow I'll finish it.

The whole quilt

Close up of the quilt

Don't look to closely as you will find that all my points don't match up.  I don't think Christy will care.
My sister and brother in law will be visiting with Bill and I.  They fly in on Saturday and will be leaving on Wednesday.  It will be GREAT to see her!  This Thursday I will be meeting up with my friends---- it's fabric touching time.
Jean

Two quilts done - Added picture

Front of Ethan's quilt

Quilt with the back showing

I've managed to get 2 quilts completely done.  YEAH!!!  The first one is a Christmas gift for Ethan.  It is a 10 minute quilt block quilt.  These are so easy and fast to do.  There isn't any batting in this quilt because I used flannel for the front and back.  It will be plenty warm enough.
This one is the Scrappy Pineapple quilt.  I forgot to take a picture of it before I put it in the washer/dryer.  Maybe in a couple of days I will take a picture of the completed quilt.  
All done washing and drying.  Here is the finished quilt.

Scrappy Pineapple quilt showing the free motion quilting

Pineapple Blossom all done

Now I need to cut the little girl's quilt for Christmas.  Before I do that, I have to decide what I want the quilt to look like.  This one will also be flannel just like her little brothers.
No much going on around here except my chimney is getting fixed.  When we had the bad hail storm back in 2007 the cap was bent up and almost off.  That was suppose to have been fixed.  When we had rain the other day, we could hear the drip, drip, drip of water.  After we checked in the attic we found that the 'let's put the cap back in place and take the easy way out' wasn't even secured to the chimney.  There was also a really big gap and the water was just pouring in.  The only damage is a very small water mark on my bedroom ceiling.  You can't see it unless it's pointed out to you.  That will be the next thing to fix.
I finally have gotten rid of my sinus headache.  It was so nice to wake up this morning with a head that didn't hurt.  It had been hurting for almost 2 weeks straight.  I can function now so it's off to get some fabric cut out.
Jean

Quickie

Gotcha!!  Here you thought this would be an x-rated post.  Sorry to disappoint you, but, it's only a quickie note to say that I will be posting (with some pictures) tomorrow.  I'm quilting my pineapple blossom quilt and I've made a quilt for the youngest grandson for Christmas.  It took me all of 3 hours to make it.  So stay tuned for the picture show tomorrow late afternoon!
Jean

Company is coming....

My step daughter is flying in tomorrow (on a plane not a broom).  She is the one that we visit with in Arizona.  Kathi will be here for a couple of days.  It will be good to see her.  I know her Dad is looking forward to the visit.
Speaking of Bill, he went to Austin again today.  He still didn't get his test done.  He was stuck 9 times with them trying to get thte IV needle in.  Finally Bill had enough and said, STOP.  He probably will go back down in a few weeks.
Here is a picture of Tanner in his favorite nap time spot, under the fireplace.  This time he had to 'hug' his bunny while he slept.

Tanner

I didn't do any sewing today.  I woke up with a sore throat and the beginning of a cold.  How horrible for me.  I won't get any sewing done the rest of the week (I don't think).  I do have 2 rows of the Stack and Whack sewed together.  I'm getting there.

Friday Nite Football in Texas

Brewer High Cheerleaders - Sept. 30th Game

If you click here:  High School Football  , you will be taken to our local Fox news and you can view a video.  My granddaughter is a cheerleader at Brewer High (Go Bears!).  In the picture she is in the first row the middle girl.  The only one with glasses.  Brewer lost the game 30 to 27.  Football on Friday nights happens to be something else here in Texas.  If you aren't from Texas you wouldn't understand.  Since I'm not a Texan, I don't understand

Here it is the 2nd of October and we still have some hummingbirds around.

Humming Bird getting a drink

 This isn't the best picture but you can see him on the right.  His tail is sticking out a little.  They are usually here from mid March to mid August.  I guess Bill must be feeding them pretty good if they are still here.

I've been working on my Stack and Whack.  I've got 10 more little square to finish.  I think today I will just sew a quick and easy something or other to take a break from the quilt.  I have a couple of small projects that I can get completed today.

Stack and Whack coming along.

Time to get off the computer and start sewing!
Jean