Sew Fall

October 6, 2015 by Candy Fullaway · Leave a Comment (Edit)

Monday, October 5

As I write this, it’s sunny and about 80 degrees. A bit later I will go out and water the flower pots mostly just to be out in the sun. Oregonians don’t like to waste sun. The veggie plants are all out (except for the lettuce, which is doing wonderfully well) and some mums will go in that space later this week. I didn’t have the heart to tear out some California poppies and a few tough lobelias and the volunteer tomato.

I also have some dahlias that don’t give up until it turns cold. I like these guys.

Last week I went to Southern Oregon to visit my mom (The Matriarch). On Tuesday it was 88 which is pretty warm even for there this late in the year. It’s also been very dry. That part of the state usually has cool nights by now, but 79 degrees at 8:30 pm is pretty balmy.

Flower pot watering here usually lasts from sometime in June to about the middle of September. This year we started in May and we’re still at it. There comes a point when I don’t care as much as I did in the spring. Then I turn on the TV and poor South Carolina is floating away! Prayers for them that they dry out quickly.

Most of my Halloween decorations are out.

I’ve had this lantern a long time and it always reminds me of a few episodes of having a bat in the house. FYI: An open door to a dark room in September is an open invitation to a juvenile bat.

Sweet husband cut out the witch several years ago from plywood. Her cauldron will be out there soon.

And the new quilts are up.

Sew Scary, above, is a panel with some cool borders. I like it because it’s a bit steampunk and also because there are those who think I am sew scary.

The quilt below is an older one made of fun panels set into twist and turn blocks. Just right for snuggling up to Halloween.

The weather says,”no, no, no,” but the calendar says “get with it” so my goal for the week is a Christmas/Winter block. It took me a while to figure out how I wanted it. I was looking for the fine line between same old Christmas red/green with a Santa and a winter scene that could be anytime of winter. It’s not that I don’t love Santa and traditional colors. It’s more that I have a ton of Santas and Christmas colors. Maybe something a bit more subtle.

Which reminds me that the Starshine Runner is great with Halloween prints. One of its earliest incarnations was this small Halloween runner. It would also be great with some general fall prints. Please don’t ask why one thing reminds me of something completely different.

And finally, if anyone knows what the behavior below is about, please pass it on. Ella goes out the open half of the French door and then stares in through the closed one. It must be interesting inside her head.