A Little of This and a Little of That

Last week had it's

up and downs.

The weather went from

one extreme to another.

 One day it was 70 degrees,
then the next day it was 8 degrees!

 It started snowing on a Sunday and when it
finally finished there was 8 inches on the ground.

 I didn't go anywhere until Friday.

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Halloween can be an 

exciting and wild trip

for kids and families.

But here in Colorado
 it usually involves winter coats and boots.

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Sewing wise....

I was wishing I was at Quilt Festival

along with so many others just
soaking up the inspiration
and doing some retail therapy.

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Slowly, I

worked on a few things in between

shoveling the driveway.

Why, look, there's a snowblower.

.

But something didn't want to do it's %#@ job!!

Maybe next time I won't have to.

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I silently joined in with Sharon Knightley's blog

and her new sew along from her book

Autumn Bouquet.

For a long time I've cut leftover small pieces
into different sized squares.
It was the perfect place to find all the pieces for

these cute 3" churn dash blocks.

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Lastly, I tried to get caught up
watching all the Hallmark movies
I had previously recorded.

Lots of hand stitching opportunity to
get the next Star Upon Star finished.

Still working on it, as you can tell.

Look how different it looks turned around.

Guess it just proves there's nothing right or wrong.
It's just what appeals to you or
works with the other blocks.

As you can tell
there weren't really many downers
during the week.
Just needed to go with the flow
doing a little of this
and a little of that.
Minus the snow shoveling!

Until Next Time-

Kyle

To Go or Not To Go

On Saturday evening Running Man and I were
having fun trying a new Rick Bayless recipe 

when I casually checked the weather forecast...

Winter Storm Warning!

Not a great forecast.

I needed to make a decision...

drive back to Denver in the dark,

or wait and see about the snow on Sunday.

It was an easy decision,
my instincts told me

 I needed to head back.

Driving in blizzard conditions on the interstate

isn't what I wanted to look forward.

I would have laid in bed trying to

count the snowflakes during the night.

I hated to cut my weekend at home short, but
 I repacked my unwashed laundry,

my quilty stuff,

made a quick stop for gas, 

and headed back to Denver.

Thankfully, I beat the snow and 

avoided any dangerous conditions on the highways.

I wouldn't have been so fortunate on Sunday.

The best part about snow, unless you're a skier,

is seeing it through the eyes of little children.

Don, Sanford and Elizabeth

It took longer to get everyone bundled up

than the time that they were outside.

Everyone's noses turned pink,

but we were all safe and snuggled in
waiting for the sun to come out tomorrow.

Until Next Time-