Beyond the Cherry Tree & More

Good morning! The cold night time temps means it's time to once again bring out the whopping 100x100" quilt for hand quilting in the evenings. 

I got the table extended a bit so I can trim up a larger quilt and get it ready for binding, but thought it would be a good time to spread this out and see where I am on it.

I laugh when I see this block. It has 57 leaves! I was hand appliqueing this quilt but when I got to this block and got a few leaves hand appliqued on, I knew I'd never get it finished, so I started machine applique and finished the quilt that way. All except the bias stems. I opted to do them traditionally by hand. 

My borders have the cross hatching going one direction and it looks like I need to continue the other direction. I also think I didn't outline all of the border applique. I figure I can easily go back and do that after the quilt is completed. 

Here's my center blocks. That's a lot of grapes! 

I'm looking forward to getting up close and personal with this one again. Maybe I'll complete it this winter!!

Hubby and I and the 2 dogs went for a last outing in the camper. The temps took a dive over the weekend and inside the camper our water froze! I think it is the coldest time we've been out camping. We had fun but both agree we are fair weather campers. 

I look forward to seeing the larches (also called tamarack) change color. Did you know they lose their needles in the winter? 

Always squirrels and chipmunks getting ready for winter. Elsa thinks they are great fun to watch. 

Surprisingly the trees around the lake weren't changing color as ones not around the lake. This one was the exception. It was about 35 degrees and that sun sure was welcome!

This is such a great time to head to the mountains. Hunters are out but the campgrounds are pretty much empty. 

It takes our aging Porter time to recover, but he sure likes it outdoors. 

All that squirrel chasing poops Elsa out. 

I hope you all are having a wonderful week.