September Monthly Goal

Welcome, oh most-lovely September!

My two favorite months for quilting are upon us

and I'm under the weather for the first time in

three (or four?) years!.  UGH.   Why now?

On our recent trip to West Point, we had a blast but

I guess we  brought home a little something extra.

I've been sleeping lots and walking around like

 a zombie...and I missed the August OMGaol

Completion Link-Up but my post is here.

Now onto September's goals.  While I sit here wallowing

in frustration and misery, I'm a lot like a rock in a

sling-shot, going back, back, back... And the minute
I feel better, I'm going be turned loose to fly right into

 all of the projects that are just bouncing around 

in my head.  SO, I'm making my September Goal

two-fold:

First, to quilt up Once In a Blue Pumpkin.

At 67 x 82", Once in a Blue Pumpkin came out a little

 bigger than I'd planned.  I wanted to add the leaves

in the corners with some extra HSTs.

And then I had the most perfect fabric for the border!

This pattern is Farmhouse Fall by Erica Arndt.

It is loaded and ready for quilting.

And the second part of my goal is to completely

finish my latest West Point Stars quilt.   It will be very

similar to the first one (above), only larger.

I have all of the stars cut out so finishing them up

should go quickly; next it will be the chain blocks.

The West Point fabric in these quilts was made for

a WP Parent's Club fundraiser several years ago.

While I love the fabrics, they've provided a real

challenge in fussy-cutting:

they are not printed straight!

I end up tossing quite a bit of it but I am doing my

best to counter the waste by stretching the fabrics

as far as I can.  This adds a LOT of time to the process

but with the extra effort, I should be able to get many

more West Point quilts made over the years.

As a mother of a WP cadet, I know the sacrifice of all who

are part of the WP family so I always do my best to keep

the cost of these quilts to a minimum.

My plan is to have both quilts listed on Etsy well before

any leaves turn around here--hopefully within the next

couple weeks.  Our leaves don't usually turn until October

but as dry as we are, they're likely to just die and turn brown

before any cold weather brings out their color.

Either way, it'll be a race that I'm intent on winning!

(But please rain soon!!)

Happy quilting!