Sunday, October 18, 2020

Sunday in slow motion....

 I had a bit of a slow Saturday yesterday. I've had a sore throat in the afternoon/evening for the past week now. This usually only lasts 2-3 days then goes away for a few weeks then comes back. Things are still in bloom down here so probably allergies. I'm enjoying my night blooming jasmine even if it might be causing my sore throat! Might have to go have a strep test just in case as it has been lingering for a while now.

We also took a trip to the pumpkin picking patch on Friday afternoon after the kids were done with school. It was a beautiful day wandering around the corn maze - a very small one compared to up north. The kids always go to the end of the patch to pick their pumpkins. They each got one to carve on Halloween and a gourd for their desk in their rooms. We also got 3 huge sunflowers which we are enjoying inside for now. After they droop too much we'll let the chickens have the sunflower seeds! Would you believe... I switched my purse to a small cross shoulder bag and left my phone at home! No photo's and it messed up my plans to call ahead to order dinner for pick up on the drive home. The pumpkin patch was about 25-30 minutes from home and 15 minutes from restaurants on the way home. Oh well. We all survived but I was disappointed about the no photos from the patch this year.

After a run to Joann's with Emily (and masks on!) to get brown fabric and raffia to drape over the back end of a horse.... to make him into a broom for the dress up part of the horse show, it was time to bring her to her riding lesson. She is planning to be Sarah Sanderson from Hocus Pocus and her lesson horse Lance will become a broom! The horse show is on Halloween.  She has only done one before from when she first started riding.

I decided to have a lazy afternoon of sitting and stitching yesterday. I got the vines stitched down on the 4th border for the midget applique quilt. I'll add some flowers to it today and then attach to the rest of the quilt. This has been completely done by hand over a few years.

I also added some rows to the crochet afghan for Emily..... until someone decided they needed to use me as a bed! Silly Peanut



The Endless Diamond blocks are coming along. I have 16 completed and one more prepped and ready to go. I guess it should be a bit of a prep day today with flowers and leaves for the first quilt and block pieces for the Endless Diamond quilt.



Linking up with the other Slow stitchers over at Kathy's Quilts.




14 comments:

Julierose said...

You are moving along on ll your pretty rojects;))) Take care of that sore throat..hope it's not strep!!
Hugs, Julierose

works4me said...

The diamond quilt will be gorgeous.
Love the horse costume idea. How fun.

The Joyful Quilter said...

Let's hear it for a slow day, Deb!

Karrin Hurd said...

Beautiful projects. Your diamond quilt is looking lovely!

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

Oh, how adorable is that photo of Peanut?! I couldn't resist that either! Endless Diamonds just gets prettier each time you show it with more blocks. Hope a slow day today helps knock out that sore throat!

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

I hope you do not have strep! I love the hand pieced quilt top at the end, the time and patience is rewarding.

Florida Farm Girl said...

I don't know how you guys have the patience to do hand piecing like that. Your Endless Diamonds quilt is going to be stunning, you know.

Faye said...

The endless diamonds are fabulous. Such wonderful colours. And a nice cat snuggle always wins out to stitching for me - probably why I never manage to finish any projects!

Chris said...

Lots of progress. We all need to take a prep day occasionally. I did for the past 2 days and have 7 more Ella blocks ready for needle turn applique.

Kim said...

Endless Diamonds is looking fabulous! Your Peanut is a sweet cat. Cats always look comfy, don't they. Hope your throat heals.

CathieJ said...

I love that Endless Diamond quilt! All of your projects are looking great. Peanut knows a comfy lap. So sweet.

Jenny said...

Those tricky (for me anyway) endless diamonds are coming along well.

a good yarn said...

Peanut looks pretty comfortable there. Your projects are coming along nicely. I hope we get to see the horse as a broom!

Chopin - A Passionate Quilter said...

Your endless diamonds quilt is so beautiful! Great job. Are we still doing the hexagon project in November? Hugs