Autumn in Blue, with Cheddar Orange

Hello, everyone! Fall has finally arrived at the beach. It's bright and sunny but a chill is in the air.

Cold fronts blowing through have brought many tiny birds to my sky. The most I have ever seen. [click to enlarge so you can see the almost Hitchcockian swarms of birds from this morning.]

Mo was very upset by the birds. Or something. Haunts?

So now that Fall is a reality, I did some indoor styling, just adding hints of colors to my usual color scheme. This year I decided to keep my cottage decor dressed in its standard blue and white, but with easy additions of bright orange, pumpkin, and ''cheddar'' to give a fun Halloween air.

Instead of digging out my brown and sepia transferware, I used deep cobalt blue pitchers, filled with bittersweet and drying sunflowers, along with an indigo blue/ cheddar/ red small quilt.

Some things got moved around to protect them from Mo's current binge of naughtiness, so you may see something twice, same but different.

Always have to have candy corn, filling my grandma's candy jar.

Another antique candy jar, at the back. Handblown,Sandwich glass, early 1800s. Filled with heart shaped cooky cutters and choclate molds.

Most of my pumpkin-colored and also brown glazed bowls reside on this blue rack.

Sunflowers and pineapple drieds.

 real pumpkins...

 Quilts on the beds.

Projects:

A fall-at-the-beach toned table runner, from Cape Cod Christmas Tree Shop. It's sari cloth remnants with hand sewed couching embroidered seams.

After Halloween I'll start removing the very bright orange pieces and the Jackolanterns, moving towards a more subtle blue and brown palette, maybe, for November.
[below, favorite mini quilt I made many years ago.]

Mark your calendars, guys! Friday we are going to the pumpkin patch. Glorious colors, I promise.

Photo with shoes by the door. For Mel who always wants a glimpse of Real Life.

love

lizzy

gone to the beach...

Beach photo from my friend L...

Bits and Pieces~ June Projects

Hi! June has been a spectacular month, weatherwise, here at the beach. Cool and breezy with bright sunshine.

 I am sad I can't enjoy it in my usual ways but on good days Mo and I can sit out on the deck each afternoon while I do some hand sewing.

I cannot do any machine sewing, or large scale marking and cutting; instead I have been trying to keep focused on small increments of handwork. Sometimes the pain is so bad I cannot carry in my sewing box!

Pain and illness is a strange thing. I so have taken my body for granted, sure, no marathons for me, unlike admirable Lori at Humble Quilts, but I had my daily beach hikes and miles of walks with Mo, I could drive and shop and cook and sew. I was functioning. Being so incapacitated is awful, besides the intense pain, it is frightening. I got new meds today plus many appointments next week. I refuse to give up!
So anyway, here is what I have been doing. I made the Turkey block on When the Wild Geese Fly.

Isn't he so funny! I don't think his feet are quite right, but that's how they are in the pattern.
I decided his velvet wing and tail feathers will do better if machine appliqued so he is ''done'' for now.

 I think this quilt is going to be a huge success, and fit in well with my yelloware and other collections for Fall of Someday.

I ended up hand piecing the next batch of WTWGF stars. And below are the Flags' fields/ stars for the June P2 sewalong. Stripes will be done ''someday''.

The next block of P2 is the wonderful basket block, due mid-July. This is a BIG basket! Huge!
22" block.

I know the sewing isn't quite up to standard but best I can manage at present.

I treated myself to a small group of fat quarters for this quilt.

I ordered these Saturday night and they already arrived today, Monday! From Washington state. I was so thrilled and cheered up.

I do  love this fabric group, called I think Backyard Roses. I want this to be a very bright and happy quilt.

love

lizzy 

gone to the beach....

Sunday's breeze brought out many sailboats. [I know! The view never changes---but at least I have a view?]