Autumn turned this maple tree into quite the marvel.
Now those limbs are bare. And for a short time, we will enjoy our golden leafy carpet under foot on our walks.
Someone asked...yes the Swedish BungyPump Walking poles are fabulous in my opinion. You do get a workout- I can feel my heartrate rise, and I do believe my upper body and arms are getting stronger. I usually spend 15-20 minutes walking with them as many days of the week as I can get in. Not affiliated in any way.
LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color's prompt this week was a favourite costume of ours. All I remember is having face masks as kids. Those made of a stiff plastic like material that made your face overheat and sweat so much. Not pleasant. I always wanted a rabbit as in those days, my nickname was Bunny. No fancy treat bags either, an old pillow case to carry about. Gosh it all sounds like Olden Days doesn't it especially compared to the Halloween animatronics items available today.
Speaking of Halloween, I went to see Halloween Ends with older grandson and I enjoyed it for what it is. I did not find it scary. Fun to see Jamie Lee Curtis again.
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Remember the Super Scrappy table runner. The hand quilting on that is done.
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Time for Thursday's Three Free!
Linda, the Texas Quilt Gal, alerted us to this free Mystery Autumn Stitchalong from Joy at Days Filled With Joy. Every Friday for 4 all together, Joy will release an embroidery pattern, free for a limited time.
I'm sharing this idea because I just don't think of fussy cutting motifs enough or using fusible applique either for that matter. And the projects those techniques could be used in are endless. This one below is part of the free cache at Connecting Threads and is called Acorn Park Triptych. I love little scenes like this. Perfect for small scraps for a pin cushion or needlebook maybe too.
I am ending this post with this wonderful video from Karen at Just Get It Done Quilts called My Dutch Textile Tour. Karen and her mother went to Holland to visit the grave of her grandfather who died fighting to help liberate Holland in the Second World War. Along the way they visited several textile and quilt shops. While I had tears in my eyes during some parts, I also was thrilled to see the Petra Prins shop, which as Karen says, was like stepping into Quiltmania.
Great to be able to share this post with Quilting Patchwork Applique, Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, Quilting is More Fun Than Housework, Stitching Stuff, Sum of Their Stories and Kathy's Quilts.
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I love that tree and the carpet of leafs. I have nothing like that still but give it a couple more weeks and I will have a lot of leafs on the ground - I might stop at the trails later and see what they have there.
I love your quilts. That Friendship pattern looks really nice -- I remember those plastic masks we had them too and used paper grocery sacks for our treat bags when we lived in the town - once we moved to the country we were out of luck no one to take us to the town for that as dad was too tuckered out from work all day and mom didn't drive :(
the super scrappy quilt is looking great! Glorious photos of the tree and leaves
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Your beautiful golden trees are breathtaking. I'm sure that I've mentioned New Zealand native trees are mostly evergreens. So the ones here that turn golden and drop their leaves are imports. Our parks, grand homes and suburbia do have the English style trees growing so we do see Autumn leaves. Thanks for the link to Karen's trip, I do enjoy her videos.
such a pretty tree and all those leafs - I love to walk in the fall leafs
the quilts are pretty and I like that Friendship quilt - so nice and always nice for a free pattern.
I think your quilting stitches look just fine. I'm certainly not a member of the quilt stitching police. I'm going to check out the bungypump walking poles and I missed that free pattern from Gay's blog. Happy stitching!
Ooh - I love all the leaves. Ha - I like the little triptych. Friendship is really pretty, too. Good stuff.
Your golden maple tree is beautiful....and the colourful carpet of leaves is inspiration for a quilt, isn't it. We have really enjoyed our autumn trips to Canada to visit family and friends - and now we have six months until autumn arrives here!
The fall colours have been spectacular this year! The leaves look just as good on the tree as on the ground. Your quilting looks great! I think I have a UFO that is half hand quilted….I need to get it out and finish it. Karen Brown and I both belong to the Toronto Modern guild. She has some great videos.
You are such a busy woman! The leaves are amazing. Your projects lovely.
I'd love to walk on that carpet of leaves. We have very few trees here on our street, and I miss the crunch of fall leaves. Your hand stitching is lovely, and I love the backing on Plaid Tilda. I remember using a pillow case or grocery sack for Halloween treats. My most vivid memory of Halloween is when I was 8 and my Mom was in the hospital. I decided I would simply dress as a boy, so I put on one of my brothers' baseball caps, put on a white t-shirt and jeans, and away I went. In those days, it was perfectly safe for little ones like me to roam the block. Couldn't do that now!
That is a beautiful leaf photo, Jocelyn! I love those maples that turn red on top and are yellow underneath. Such a pretty combination! I think your Tilda quilting is looking good. I have trouble getting every quilting stitch all ths way through to the back, too. Hopefully there are enough to hold the quilt together! I enjoyed the video you shared. I have some Petra Prins fabric that a friend shared with me - it's been fun to sew with.
Such a pretty maple 🍁 leaf tree! I remember those awful masks, so hard to breathe! We used pillowcases for our loot too, such fun and I enjoyed Halloween 🎃 so much! I remember one girls dad actually passed out concrete/gravel rocks and I was so surprised and went back and got another one thinking surely he would pass out candy. Nope. I still like to watch scary suspense movies but don’t like all the blood/killing. The original Halloween 🎃 movie is the best!
Your stitching is still much better than mine. I am hoping that practice make perfect.
God bless.
Our trees looked so pretty with their autumn leaves but they've all fallen now. One good wind and the leaves are gone. I remember those plastic masks too. So sweaty!! I'm loving your projects. Your hand quilting looks great!
Those tree photos are picture-postcard worthy!
I only went trick or treating twice (once as an adult...just for fun) and don't remember what I wore either time. I do know that I had a long-haired wig that I bought that I actually wore at work when I didn't have time to wash my own hair (wigs seemed to be 'the thing' back then) and I wore it along with some sort of mask.
Fun links....thank you!
I just love the golden colors in the fall and you captured them beautifully! Thanks so much for the link to the Dutch textile tour - fascinating!
Hello, nice to meet another Canadian stitcher. I found my way here from a link on another site from Slow Sunday Stitching. Your work is lovely, off to check out some more. Have a wonderful weekend.
Oh, Jocelyn, those Fall photos are so good that I just had to save them in my Pinterest Fall section. I hope you don't mind. Oh yes, I had the plastic/whatever rigid mask and a pillowcase for Halloween too. It blocked my peripheral vision and I got quite a fright a few times because of that.
I'm no Gretchen or Karen either but I think your stitches are very nice and dainty. Great job! Enjoy! ;^)
Those beautiful colored leaves, and so much.
I love that too.
I love that blanket from your previous blog post.
Love all those colors.
Greetings,
Floor
Congrats on finishing up the quilting on your Super Scrappy Runner, Jocelyn, and thanks for the project links!
Your carpet of leaves is absolutely glorious - I'd find reasons to go for a walk just to walk through them! I've not heard of those poles, so I'm going to check them out. I love the squirrel triptych - how fun!
Your leaf photo is beautiful, there are not a lot of trees around here that lose their leaves. Do you leave them all on the ground?? I guess it would be not so pretty when they get wet?
Well done with the hand quilting, as a longarm quilter, I can't imagine doing it all by hand!!
well I know nothing of walking poles but those masks...scary and hot and hard to see through at night. You sure got some leaves.... the price we pay to have lovely trees that shade and make oxygen
Lovely post! I have some of the same Halloween memories, like the pillow case for candy, I don't remember any plastic bags then. You're right about those masks, hard plastic and hard to see out of! I think I was a cowgirl for several years, partly because I didn't have to wear a mask!
Congrats on all the hand quilting you've gotten done. Happy stitching this week.
Lots of wonderful things shared today. I especially loved the tree and the leaves on the ground. (On the other hand, I wouldn't be really happy if all those leaves landed on my grass and I was in charge of clean up!) But they are beautiful.
What a gorgeous carpet of maple leaves; I could look at that all day long! Wow!
I was glad when those hard plastic masks became a thing of the past. Wishing I lived closer to my grandkids to see their costumes in person. But my girls are usually good about sending me pictures. Your hand quilting project is looking good.
I love the colors of Autumn maple leaves. I remember those awful masks. They made it so difficult to see and breathe. I love all of your hand quilting. Thanks for the freebie links. Have a great week!
Pretty Autumn colors, it's fun to walk on a thick leaves carpet. Your quilt backs are great too, well done on the hand quilting!
Thank you for sharing so much, and linking up ;)
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