The TSC for October was Denim. The RSC was light or dark neutrals. Linking up to both on Saturday!
Hmmmm.
Looking at fabrics as I was attempting to tidy up my working area this week (photo's later as it might scare people!), I saw some cowboys riding horses on a black background with lots of browns. Darks, checked. Cowboys wear denim jeans. Check! I have a winner.
Since I have finished a quilt or two in the last bit, I actually have batting extra's again, so it was the perfect time to prep more hexagon blocks to add a couple more rows to the hexagon quilt. I started this in 2021 and it is asking to be made a bit bigger. Since it is a quilt as you go style, I am able to accommodate it's wishes!
My finished edges are 2 inches with the templates I have. I use the outer two - the 3 inch and 2 inch. I cut backgrounds using the 3 inch and then batting and eventually more fabrics with the 2 inch. I do need to find the box of clips I bought a month ago so I can prep all of these.
I prepped this one.
Got it stitched up this morning after walking the dog. Technically a finished little quilt. It will be added to 3 more for a grouping of 4, and then I think 12 groups of 4 make a row.
The back.
We have one last marching band performance to go see today for their MPA. Their time was set back an hour so it will be a little cooler when they perform. We are having cooler weather in Florida this week, I'm not complaining though. I much prefer cooler temps - in the 60's when they perform tonight.
The girls are molting - at least the 2 Barred Rocks (black and white ones) and they look so funny without their feathers. No eggs for a while as they are building their feathers right now. I think I get about 1 egg a day now. I put a couple dozen in the fridge so they will last a little longer before I need to buy some.
You can see all the feathers in their big run. The coop looks like something was plucking all the feathers out! Just a natural occurrence.
A close up shot of the girls. Their feather pins are blue, which makes me chuckle when I see them. So far it looks like just these two, but I think Poppy will soon. I think the two younger ones molted in the spring, so I'm not sure if they will again in the fall this year.
I mentioned I finally went into the sewing area and attempted to pick it up a bit. You might want to stop now, if cluttered mess gives you hives! I did the side section, that I did not photograph first and got that tidied up a bit. Lots of papers into the big shredding box and old suitcases went through and will be tossed out. These are from the 80's and 90's so old without wheels. Then I tackled all the bins of overflowing fabrics. Not a great solution, but 3 contained bins instead of all over the floor helped. I did manage to find the missing colorful Flowering snowball parts I was cutting out a few years ago each month! Still a lot more to go, but I can move around in there now.
The mess!
Slightly better mess!
Enjoy your weekend.
There you go - cowboys and denim - perfect! I've been thinking about making some more of those qayg hexies, too. They are definitely good for using up batting scraps. Good luck to the band for their performance, and I do hope it's cooler for you! And every little bit counts when it comes to cleaning up the sewing room, lol!
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