Dreaming of Autumn...

I hate this hot, sticky weather we are having in upstate NY.  Not even the unusual appearance of the sun can keep me from dreaming of Fall weather, not to mention the changing leaves and abundance of colors.  I haven't been home during Fall in a long time.

So as soon as I spotted this fabric, with colors that reminded me of autumn, I knew I needed to base a Fall-themed quilt around it:

Here are some of the blocks, up on my quilt board:

I envision quilted flowers on the plain blocks, and leaf scrolls on the orange brown boarders.  But I have a lot of machine quilting practice to do before that can happen!  (sorry for the quality of the pic - the lighting around my quilt board is not so great right now.)

Blue & Green Quilt ready for basting

I finally added a border to this quilt, after doubling its size since I last posted on it:

I used my reject border fabric for the back.  I didn't have quite enough, so I added some piecing:

quilted cards

I made a trio of quilted greeting cards:

It was a fun project, but I think I need to brush up on my rubber stamping!

Lots of Blocks.

I need help arranging all my bright modern blocks! 

Don't worry, it won't be that bright when the quilt is done.  I have lots of white strips to separate and provide contrast to the blocks:

To be exact: 11 80.5 X 3.5 '' strips, 10 18.5 X 6.5 '' strips, 10 8.5 X 6.5 '' strips, and 60 2.5 X 6.5 '' strips.  Putting all this together will keep me busy for a while!

Paper pieced Tulip

I took a break from all the borders & sashing that I've been cutting & made a paper pieced tulip.  It's not perfect but it was a fun project:

Tulips and lilacs are my favorite flowers - but it would be hard to piece lilacs, I think!  It bugs me that the yellow corner on the right side doesn't match - not sure what will happen to this little guy.  I like the fabric combo, except for the center yellow which I accidently put in wrong side up.  I may redo a few for a wall hanging...sometime.