Where Did October Go?

Here we are at the end of October already!

Fall has arrived,

although the leaves in my area are turning

brown and falling off of the trees.

It's less than two months until Christmas

and then another new year begins.

YIKES!!

One day at a time, Ramona.

One day at a time.

My sewing machine has been quieter than usual these past couple of months.

We are having major work done on our house

and things are a huge mess.

I thought I would be hiding in my Hidey Hole more,

but my days are too disjointed.

One thing I have been working on is the challenge quilt

for the History of Quilting group I belong to.

This session's challenge is to make a medallion quilt.

Our leader gave us a pattern to use if we chose to, 

and I decided to use it.

The fabric choices took a bit longer

until I remembered that I've had some Christmas fabrics

in my stash for several years, just screaming to be used.

Out they came.

For the medallion I fussy cut birds from one piece of fabric

and began building from there.

It was suggested to add sashing in between the blocks,

but if I had done that, the birds would have been cut in half.

The medallion blocks are block 2.

Block 1

Block 3

Block 4

Block 5

 

Block 6

 

Block 7

Block 8

 (This block is my favorite one.)

I added the two grunge fabrics and the

light fabric with the lines to my stash fabrics. 

It's a busy quilt without the sashing,

but I like the designs and colors moving through the quilt.

I wanted the colors to show more than the individual blocks.

(I may turn one of the bottom middle blocks before sewing them together.)

Once the blocks are sewn together,

I'll decide on the borders.

 

It will be nice to have a new Christmas quilt to put out this year.

Hopefully it will be finished before then!

I am linking to Design Wall Monday.
 

Happy Quilting!