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Autumn Fires

In the other gardens
And all up the vale,
From the autumn bonfires
See the smoke trail!

Pleasant summer over
And all the summer flowers,
The red fire blazes,
The grey smoke towers.

Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall! 

Robert Louis Stevenson

Tuesdays Tip

My hubby buys gum in the round containers that fit the beverage holders in the car.

I am always trying to figure out ways to use these little plastic containers.  One way is to keep quarters for the tolls or for my favorite milk shakes ;-)

But recently I started using one for my curved basting pins.

Now I can keep the pins all together, and they shake out pretty easily.

Have you found any creative ways to re-use something for your sewing room??

Sew Darn Crafty

Yay! Found it!!

Isn't it great to find a pattern that you have been looking for??  I went to my LQS and found the Fire Escape pattern that I saw on our recent trip up north.

Although the lady in the quilt shop could not remember the name of the pattern, a couple of you, dear readers, told me the name, and alas, I was able to find it locally!!

The quilt shop was all decked out for Christmas.

And of course I had to buy a little bit of fabric :-)

Similar color way as the quilt I showed you in my last post, except this has the brown background.

Yippee!!! And Happy Quilting!

Simplicity

"Our life is frittered away by detail. 
                 Simplify, simplify, simplify!"
                                   (Henry David Thoreau)

I've always been a simple quilter.  I like the order of straight lines.  I also like to show off the beauty of fabric.

I fell in love with the focal fabric and pulled out the colors that surrounded the paisley print.

The colors are not true in these pictures, but I do think this is one of the prettiest quilts that I've made. The pattern?  Just Can't Cut It.

A lot of my machine quilting is done with my walking foot.  I find I can manage my quilt with the walking foot.  With a little bit of free motion on the borders.

Nothing very fancy, just enough to add interest to the borders.

Bloggers Quilt Festival

Linky Tuesday
Fabric Tuesday

Question

I saw this quilt in a Quilt shop and I was wondering if anyone knows the name of  the pattern??

The lady at the quilt shop said they did not have the pattern but could order it for me.  I asked what pattern it was, and she could not remember!!?!?!

So I'd love to hear from you dear readers.  As you may have this pattern or have seen it somewhere.

Thanks and Happy Quilting!

Giveaway Insights and Free Stuff!

Did you know that you can check SewCalGal's blog Insights from SewCalGal for updates on giveaways??

You can also find Fabulous Free Stuff on Melody's blog The House on the Side of the Hill.

Just some things you might not read in the Wall Street Journal :-)

Happy Quilting

Sunday Morning

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth fruit in his season, his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he does shall prosper.

Psalm 1:3