Is It Fall Yet?

 

The weather has been under 100 all week here in the Valley of the Sun.  We began the week with a rainy Monday.  Cool and rained most of the morning.  Made me think of fall so I decided to share one of my fall quilts.  It is made from a kit I purchased a few years ago.  I love all the fall colors and hope you too enjoy my "Salute to Fall". 

 

As a footnote, we will be back over 100 by the weekend.  After all we do live in the desert and will appreciate the warm weather in December, January, and February.

Pillow for the Coffee Lover

I finished this pillow last week but had to wait until the weekend to add stuffing.  It seems that WalMart no longer carries the stuffing that I used to stuff the last pillow.  It was called Cluster Stuff by Morning Glory.  I purchased it at WalMart a few months ago and loved the down-like feel it gave to the pillow.  So I had to settle for regular stuffing.  Here is the finished pillow.

It is one of my "using my stash projects".  The squares and backing fabric are left over from  a quilt kit I purchased last year from Fat Quarter Shop.  The kit was called "Cherry on Top" and was made from this coffee themed fabric.  I find that the Fat Quarter Shop's kits often have left over fabric. The fringe is another of my thrift store purchases.   I'm thinking this will become a gift for a coffee lover in the family. 

Here's a photo of the little quilt made from the fabric.

 

Table Runner

I am back in blogland after a vacation.  I just completed this top for a tablerunner.  I joined the Fresh and Fancy Table Runner of the Month club by Cotton Way at Fat Quarter Shop.com.   This the is January table runner.  I completed the top and the back yesterday.  Later this week I will add the backing and do the machine quilting.  Thus far I have been impressed with the kits.  They include more than enough fabric for the project.  Not like some kits where the fabric is cut so close that one little miscue and the project is trash. 

The fabric for this table runner is Simple Abundance by Moda.  It is reversible as are all the table runners.  One side is "Fresh" and the other "Fancy".   I will post a photo of the back after the runner is completed.   I am now working on the March table runner.  It is so bright and springy.  I have the back completed and now it's time for the front.  Since it has a number of pink fabrics, I plan to post a pic for Pink Saturday later the week.