It's HERE !!!! IT's HERE !!! I've had a hard time keeping my big mouth shut about this, but it's FINALLY HERE !!!!!! What's here? The November/ December issue of McCall's Quilting magazine !!!! AND........
....if you page through and stop on page 18 ......
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| long suffering , years in the making, "Witches Brew" stitchery This combines a few of my favorite activities ...... coloring with colored pencils (the frog, kettle, etc are all colored in with colored pencils), stitching, and Halloween ! Too bad that witch got dumped in her own kettle .... I was hoping for a magic "get it done already" spell from her ! Happy Fautumn/ Autall !!! Be back soon! Toodles, Mary Anne (aka Mare) |
How about this GORGEOUS autumnal (is that a word?) fabric for some autumnal inspiration !!!!
There's a VERY WELCOME chill in the air this morning here at MBIAJ Headquarters in Jim Thorpe, Pa !!! Fall (or do you say Autumn) is in the air !!! and I couldn't be happier ! It's my FAVORITE season !!! Time to get the sweaters and plaid wool skirts out of the moth balls !!! and soup !!! Don't you just LOVE the smell of a pot of home made soup simmering on the stove on a crisp fall afternoon ?!?! 
Looks like somebody else is doing their fall chores ...... gathering up some acorns for the coming winter .....
Well, I haven't been gathering up acorns, but I have been gathering up some new fall fabrics .......LOVE those colors !!!!
.......and here's another stack of fabrics I recently gathered and plan to squirrel away until I can figure out what they are going to be when they grow up ...... (found all of these fabrics at Jo Ann Fabrics .... except for that brown one ..... I've had that for awhile and can't remember where the heck I got it .... but it's a good brown, don't you think?)
Ok, so the pretend Labor Day Clambake is over .... but I'm still making "clams" (chain gang fused clams that is).......
.......only now , since summer is over, I should be making clam chowder !!!!
.....AND, I'm adding this project to the list of many "Works in Progress" ! and linking up with W.I.P. Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced.
And, as part of our last summer fling, we thought we'd make some "clams" for our clam bake out of a "Lucy's Crab Shack" charm pack using ......
...and how about that fun newsprint fabric for the background! (it's from "Crabtastic" by Maude Asbury)
PHEW ! The MBIAJ Sewing and Quilting Dept sewed the lid on that jar just in time ..... the blue moon moonbeams didn't escape ! I used Kajsa's method of applique-ing things down with a black straight stitch ..... I think her stuff is SO cute and I'm happy with how this turned out !
So, even though this block wasn't finished in time for the "Texting While Sewing Contest" deadline over at Amy's During Quiet Time Blog ,
1) handwritten fabric ; 
