Enough Zigging & Zagging, It's Scrappy Fall Time!

I zigged and I zagged for hours and I have

the knots in my shoulders to prove it!

Above is an unofficial finish picture as its joining the ranks

of the "still needs binding hand-sewn on the back,"

now with three members!

So many stops and pivots!

I thought this looked so neat I'm currently

using it as wallpaper on my phone.

Alright, one last step back to admire the work...

and now it's time to get started on my next project!

Even though a few normally hot days have still sneaked in,

it's mostly been lots of rain and even cool evenings here.

For me, that's enough to let my fall fever to set in.

I already have most of my fall decor out

and I am not ashamed to admit it! 

Excuse the cat tail to the left there.

I also couldn't wait to work with those warm fall
colors in the sewing room. 
It's been great, you fun and cheery fabrics,

working together all spring and summer but, let's face it.
You'll always be second.

Bring on those beautiful colors of autumn!

Though my stash completely runneth over with fall fabrics,

I thought it best to hit the scrap bin where I was able to

find more than half of what I needed.

Feeling pretty good about that.

I was also very happy to find I had a workable off-white

fabric I needed on hand.  That's rare for me.

If I can give one word of advice to new but very avid quilters

out there, it is to stock up on white and off-white fabrics for

backgrounds!  I mean by the bolt!  This past spring I was so

fortunate to get a couple bolts of white on whites very cheaply

and I've already gone through well over half of it; I'm kicking myself

for not buying more.  And I'm kicking myself for not getting any

off-whites then or at the recent closing of my favorite quilt shop.

It's extremely rare (like never!) to find them on the clearance rack

because everyone needs them.  I'm not sure about other

quilters but, for me, having a stash of them is...well...
it's kinda like having a chest of gold!

No worrying about that retirement fund!

Ok, enough advice.  Here's my view.

Who doesn't love to be sitting here???

Take a look at that pile of 320 squares back there

and the closer pile of 160 soon-to-be geese.

So you can see, I'm going to be sitting here for some time!

After enjoying some music, a cooking show and some

educational talks on cd...

I'm already around half-way there, maybe more,

so I've decided stop for the day.

Once these are pieced, I think it should go pretty quickly

but I have some appointments coming up and

our first football game but there's no hurry.

Fall lasts three glorious months and it's not even here yet!