early family thanksgiving

I had planned a short trip to Wilmington to check out Sew Happin's which is closing and to stop by Hampstead on the way home to drop off some quilt tops to be quilted.
I had contacted my nephew to see if he was going to be at his restaurant so maybe we could have lunch together.  That wasn't going to work for him but he said his dad, my brother, was coming and would have supper why not stay and spend night.  I made arrangements for Cecil and stayed.  It turned out my other nephew, his wife, their cousin and step brother came too and they planned for this to be our Thanksgiving as they would be in Cuba then. Great fun and watched "Hemmingway in Cuba" which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Anyway here is Lily, LaVonne and me.

When our mini bee met a suggestion was made that we needed to have a picture of each person actually sewing so here is mine!!!

I am making two strip sets and then will use 30degree ruler to cut out triangles to make a table runner.

Not that I don't already have 3 Christmas runners.  Oh well.

Now to do some quilting and get these projects finished.

chilly quilting.

Sally

Matthew, the hurricane

Seeing so many people having to relocate due to the oncoming hurricane made me think if I had to leave my house for a period of time what would I take and do to prepare including the possibility of the power going off.
1.  Wash clothes
2. Run the dishwasher
3. Get food for Cecil ready
4. Take a shower
Things I would take
some comfy clothes
passport, money, phone
meds
extra glasses
jewelery I would hate to lose, then why do I have all this other stuff?
address book
chargers for phone
I am sure I have forgotten something
No I don't think the sewing machine would make it if I had to leave in a hurry!!
It is something to think about.
Praying for safety for all in Matthew's path.
Sally

Cotton candy nearly

I have just finished the 80 center blocks for this BH quilt. Thank goodness. Now to sew them together and do the outer piano keys border. Would like to finish this year. I also got the binding on alliatare BH mystery quilt from last winter. Now to do the hand work. Yikes.
Lovely weather quilting. Stay away matthew.
Sally

Finished with borders.

If I could figure out how to put multiple pictures on one post I would not be in competition with bonnie hunter for number of postings!
Anyway. Like the borders. Working on BH cotton candy to finish blocks for center then will start on dresden binding...400 inches. Yikes.
Hot quilting.
Sally

Finally

I still need to put on a border but am so glad to get the blocks done. I love the design but am not sure I would do another one.  Except there are all those red, white and blue strips.... hmmmm.
Hot quilting.
Sally

Another halloweenie

Finished the binding on this table runner last night. Had a difficult time finding the right binding to go with front and back. Found it a joanns! Like the back to use for november.
Now to finish christmas runner.
Orange u glad to b quilting?
Sally

Boo already

I really don't get into Halloween but the fabric is so doggone cute! 
I had some 30° triangles left from a table runner and my peeps said just aka a semi circle. The runner used two strip sets and the original pattern I saw somewhere had a light fabric strip set and a dark fabric set.  Anyway this is my variation.
It will be great on the sofa table.
Scary quilting.
Sally