October Gave a Party

October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came.

~George Cooper

Air so crisp you could snap it with your fingers 

-Wendy Delsol

 

 

falling leaves
hide the path
so quietly
                               ~John Bailey

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It rained all weekend and I stayed inside to work on my Dear Jane blocks. It's been too long since I last picked them up.

 

It's fun to check the blocks off the list and note my progress. I still have a very long way to go . . . . but feel proud nonetheless.

 

 

 

I keep a special basket full of larger scraps, set aside just for this quilt.

 

My goal was to finish 50 blocks by the end of this year. I've made 48 so far and I think I will not only complete that goal but maybe even add a few more. I'm feeling optimistic, even though there are 169 blocks, 52 triangles and 4 corner "kites" in the quilt, LOL. Crazy? Maybe. Ideally, I not only would like to finish the quilt before I die but also have a few years to actually enjoy looking at it, basking in its glory. I told my family that I plan to have a stipulation put into my will that if the quilt is not finished, someone else in the family MUST finish it and pass it down. (Extreme eye roll from my daughter . . . ) What a legacy, huh? 

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There is another Maple Leaf Swap running on my Yahoo group right now. I still have tons of blocks from the last one in 2010.

 

 

 

 

I've finished one project using some Maple Leaves.

 

 

 

 

I have so many blocks - I think it's time to make another. Wonder if I can somehow incorporate blue. . .