October is Rushing By…

 Another “right on” selection from Nanea at Sweatpants and Coffee

Sharing some likes with others. Thank you LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color for this place to reflect and share.

Last weekend was the N.E.W. QUILT SHOW. it’s a big deal here in Northeastern Wyoming. I took some photos, but not nearly enough. If you are interested in seeing some of the ribbon winners in the various categories, you can check out their Facebook page. NE WYOMING QUILT SHOW. 371 quilts were on display. It’s a People’s Choice voting system, for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. There are sponsors and vendors who sponsor a category and award a ribbon to the quilt that they think fits that category. 

A quilt of Cowboy boots, made from just border fabric. The quilter is a young woman who teaches Consumer Sciences ie Home Ec. 

The Chairman's Block this year was Flag.  This quilter did a great job with flags as hearts. 

 

This one was made by my friend Connie for her brother-in-law . To commemorate his retirement from law enforcement. 

This quilter did won the Chairman’s Block award. Isn’t it fantastic? ⤴️ 

 I really liked this one too.More traditional but stunning. 

This is Mary’s Sue Spargo design. She is an amazing stitcher. Did you see the octopus?

Another stitching/quilting friend , Eileen created this gem. It’s colored with crayons, stitched, given a border and quilted beautifully. 

The Best in Show quilt. Gorgeous!. 

The featured quilter is someone who has supported the quilting community, and has been instrumental in keeping quilting alive, This year the featured quilter was DeeDee Peterson. Some of her quilts were hung around the arena. She had 150 quilts on display. 

LeeAnna’s conversation starter for his week. “Do you prefer fun and festive Halloween decorations or truly terrifying decor? ‘

I’m not a horror girl on any level. My decorations include ghosts, pumpkins, maybe a witch’s caldron. Not skeletons and very few spiders or bats.  I need to get mine out. Now that our bathrooms ate nearly done, I can start putting things back in place. 

Here’s a peek!

Speaking of bathrooms, our daughter lives in a rented apartment. Sometimes the bathroom can be a pretty scary place. She found a cleaning hack that transformed her toilet bowl. 1:1 white vinegar and blue Dawn. She says it’s “magic”. She also replaced the toilet seat.  All by herself! 

Fall is showing up in our neighborhood. 

Across the street from our house. 

And Christmas is just around the corner. I ordered tissues in my last grocery order. 

The way my fall allergies are kicking up they won’t last til Christmas!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I LIKe Thursday #296

 

I found this on Facebook this week. And today is the 1st of October so I thought it would be fun to share. I’m sharing with LeeAnna and friends at Not Afraid of Color. 

LeeAnna suggested this Conversation Starter. 

What’s your favorite thing about the shift from summer to fall?  

For me that’s easy. Fall is my favorite time of year. The colors gold, red, green,orange are some of my favorites. The air is cooler in the morning, you may need a jacket or sweater, then later in the day you don’t need a cover-up cause it warmed up and the sun shone all afternoon. And then there is this:

Shared bounty from the garden of your BFF!!

Last week at Thursday Stitchers we had marvelous Show & Tell. 

Cross-stitch

Crochet

Kinusaiga

Counted cross stitch ⤴️⤵️

In progress Cross stitch

And a 3 yard quilt , binding done! ⤵️

Another PooChon photo. Emmie had a spa day and got a haircut. 

And she learned to jump up on the couch.  “Katie, bar the door!”

I’m hoping to have finish photos of our home improvement project soon. We are nearly finished. Then some new towels and some decor. 

This month our book club is reading  Theo of Golden. So many varied reviews and comments. Have you read it?

Did you clean your threshold and invite abundance into your home this morning. It’s an intention I’m going to try in the coming months, on the 1st. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

Slow Sunday Stitching 9-27-26

 

Joining Kathy at Kathy’s Quilts and other slow stitchers to highlight the art of needle and thread.

This week I worked on Jack’s House 

Still lots to stitch. I’d like to have it finished by October 1. But October 10th would work too!

I’ve also been stitching some  alphabet pincushions. I’m stitching a “d” 

 

for Donna. It still needs beads for the flower centers, 

and an “a” for Aggie.. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

ScrapHappy Saturday 9-26-26

 

Joining Angela for ScrapHappy Saturday. 

All my purple sewing was done last week. I didn’t sit at my machine one bit. That’s sad. I stitched on some counted cross stitch. As did others in my Thursday Stitching group. 

A fully finished counted cross stitch ⤴️ and a lovely crocheted pumpkin.⤵️. Both from Marva’s creative hands. 

Another kinusaiga creation. This one a cute jack o lantern ⤵️

And another counted cross stitch for display in Aggie’s home. 

This one is an Aggie creation also. A free pattern from Primrose Cottage if you sign up to get their newsletter. It has a Christmas vibe. 

I’ll show what I worked on, tomorrow for Slow Sunday Stitching. 

I searched Angela’s post twice for announcement of the color for October. But I didn’t see it.  Guess I will gather the 16 patch stars that I have finished and see how they look all together. Watch for that photo next week.  Wink 😉!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

I LIKE Thursday #295

 

A friend sent me this last week. I had to share. What’s not to like about 2 birds, a squirrel and a hedgehog in the forest!

I missed posting last week. No reason, just plain forgetful. Last Thursday was Mr. Busy’s 82nd birthday. We did not have a party, but he got calls from our daughter, our son, and one sister. Lots of greetings on FB too. 

He wanted a pumpkin pie. Now pumpkin pie is easy, but I caved a purchased one plus a pumpkin cake roll with buttercream filling. I’d show a photo but alas, they have both been eaten. LOL

We took a drive on Friday and I found this old cottonwood, who is clinging to her green dress but it’s just starting to turn. We haven’t seen much color yet in our small city, but it will happen.  The Autumnal Equinox was yesterday, the 23rd. I saw on the Denver CBS station, that the aspen in the Rockies have begun to be very showy. 

Last Saturday we stopped to fuel up my Equinox at a local Shell station, and we saw this dog. Patiently waiting for his owner to came back to the truck. We laughed and laughed at him. 

 

Have you ever tried a lemon cucumber. These were given to us by my Bff, along with a zucchini,  regular cucumber and some strawberries. She was harvesting her garden, we had some cold rainy nights last week. So it was time, I think. 

Nothing else to share. I was hoping I could share some of my bathroom remodel, in complete stage. But not yet. We are closer though! Finger crossed the countertop #2 gets installed on Friday!

Leanna question was about #1,#2, #3- books TV or Movies. 

#1 is probably Movies. We like to go to the movies, but lately not many interest us. So we stream movies at home. 

#2 TV   We watch Reacher, Lioness, NCIS, Chicago Wednesday. We are really into Series. Mr Busy watches the news .

#3 Books  We don’t read the same books at all.

This year on my reading list is:

Circle of Days

Crow Talk

Theo of Golden

Twice

Birth Keeper6 of  Bethlehem 

My Friends

The Correspondent

Mr. Busy reads Clive Custer, David Baldacci, Michael Connelly, C.J Box

Pop in at Not Afraid of Color  and see how others rate movies, books, and TV

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

Slow Sunday Stitching 9-20-26

 

 Stitching with Kathy and friends at Kathy’s Quilts’ Slow Sunday Stitching

Today I hope to make some progress on Jack’s House. I had a problem last week. I was stitching merrily along til I got to this point. 

 

Actually I was nearly to the bottom of the right side of the house. There is a Halloween pumpkin there. As I started to stitch the stem on the pumpkin, I realized I was one row too far to the right with the black border. I counted and pondered. Could I just adjust everything to compensate. Not with this fancy border. The measurements must be perfect. ⤵️

So out came the unpicker  and the seam ripper. UGH1 I hate doing that. The problem occurred when I stitched the moon. I unpicked to here. These two stitches were correct. 😟

I spent most of my stitching time early this week restitching and now this is where I am.  The moon is correctly placed, the green of the lawn has progressed and one pumpkin is complete. 

When this project is Fully Finished , I need to get started on some Christmas stitches. I have a couple I want to do.  

This WIP from 2024! Actually this is a Winter stitch, not really Christmas!

And 

Last year 2025, I won a gift from Texas Quilt Gal during a Christmas in July blog hop.  (Linda, correct me if I’m wrong). Threads (that I have added to, to stitch Peace on Earth)

and fabric.   (Isn’t it gorgeous with the gold sparkle?)

and a project bag.  Which I didn’t photograph! 🙃

So I’m all set for the “stay indoors and stitch” weather that is headed our way!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful