September UFO Finish

I managed to finish the September UFO for Spring Water Designs....today.  Seriously, why do I wait until the last day so often? 

This was a Hearts to Holly quilt pattern using their Holly Bunch fabric bundle. I saw the bundle at a quilt show and liked the fabrics...any of their patterns can be used for any of their bundles.  A nice, quick, easy charity quilt.

Is it Christmas already????

Hell has officially frozen over - I'm working on holiday tablerunners!

I'm a Winner!!!

The Universe simply doesn't let me "win" stuff....I actually asked if she made a mistake!  But the most astounding thing:  I was the random winner of the August Spring Water Designs UFO Challenge!  It's almost embarrassing though since it was the very simplest of all the UFOs I've worked on so far this year...I added one, small, border...seriously...but as they say, never look a gift horse in the mouth...

This is a long-running UFO.  The pattern is Everyday Best Quilt by Piece O Cake designs.  It is mostly bright fabrics with dots of some sort so it's pretty busy - thus it makes it hard to find something to border it.  My original plan was to add a narrow border and then a wider one, only once I got the first one on it just seemed impossible to find something else to add to the mix...so I didn't.

Before:

After:

Detail:

I still may find something to add a second border, but that's for another challenge!

Deep Creek Lake

Every Labor Day Weekend we make a point to have the whole family together.  We all look forward to it.  It's a lovely time with all of us there - big meals, swimming, fire pits, s'mores....ice cream at the Lakeside Creamery, DCL State Park, outdoor activities at Wisp - even Charlotte went zip lining this year at 4!

We passed a Garrett County barn quilt driving in:

Our home-away-from-home:

Coffee in the morning:

And sunset in the evening:

With the occasional adult beverage in between!!!

Family evenings making s'mores:

It's hard to say goodbye...

...goodbye, Uncle Steve...I'll miss you