Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Farewell Summer

 Just like that, the seasons are changing and we bid farewell to summer.  We enjoyed a mild summer until we had about two weeks of incredible, record breaking heat.  Wow....it was toasty!  We even hit 112* one of the days.  Other than the heat burst, it was a delightful month.  I always love going back through the photos to do a post.  It's incredible what can happen in a month.  

We had a granddaughter that got married so we had lots of fun wedding events and family visiting from Iowa.   I did manage to get a bit of sewing done too. 

For a number of years I have been in a group of friends who sew and swap together.  Each year we choose a new project.  This year is a round or row robin.  The most recent round that I have finished is the mountains and pine trees that went on this spectacularly paper pieced buck.  I love the way this one is coming along.  There will be one last round added to it.  This one may get "lost in the mail" at my house.  ;-)


Another one was this panel piece in such pretty colors.  I added the geese round to it.  


There was a bit of wedding sewing as well.  The bride and I stitched the flower girl dresses and made the wedding veil.  It's a poor photo, but this will have to do for the time being. 
 



I know that I should be thinking of sewing fall projects, but this heart has been calling my name for sometime now.  It is my version of Kyra's Heart Quilt.  I loved pulling out all of my Kaffe, etc. fabrics for it.


We managed to slip in a few short day outings.  We always enjoy seeing the September flag display at Pepperdine University for their 9/11 tribute.  There is one flag for each person killed on 9/11.  It is a lovely sight on the hill overlooking the ocean.  It's hard to get the full scope of the sight in a single photo, but it is very sobering.  



Another day trip that we always enjoy is a drive to the local wine country.  The grapes were quickly harvested in the heat and the leaves will soon start to change.  I always enjoy seeing the rose bushes planted at the beginning of the rows of vines.  It is said that they are planted for disease control.  Apparently the roses will display any disease first and the vines can be treated before they become infected.  

Not sure this guy is much help to the vintner.  


Now for a chuckle.....we celebrated our September birthdays during our little heat wave.  I had made spice cupcakes with a buttercream penuche icing, a family favorite.  They were beautiful, but when it came time to serve dessert, the icing had melted right off of all 3 dozen cupcakes.  What a disaster!  They looked awful, but still tasted good.


Happy fall to all those in the Northern Hemisphere and happy spring to those down South.  

10 comments:

  1. I would think after that heat wave fall weather will seem extra special! I love your heart quilt, never mind the season, the heart wants what the heart wants, or something like that!

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  2. Hmmm...you can hide the deer quilt at my house ;o) I been seeing the heart quilt all over, I so want to make it. Did you use one fabric or just one color way?

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  3. Beautiful quilts Mary, I can't wait to see the final row on your Round Robin. Congrats on the wedding, I never knew that roses were planted by the grape vines, what a great idea. I had to laugh at your cupcakes but I'm sure they were tasty!

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  4. You got so much done. Beautiful quilts and dresses look lovely on the little ones. I am sure nobody minded about the melted icing. We are enjoying a few cooler days now and it even rained here!!

    -Soma

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  5. Both Round Robin/Row quilts are lovely and the Heart one is gorgeous too.
    Lovely young couple and two sweet flower girls.
    The flag display for 9/11 look great.

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  6. The round robin quilts are wow! The flower girl dresses are adorable. What a neat tribute at Pepperdine, not small flags either! Looks like some fun excursions.

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  7. Lovely quilts. The colors in the heart one are very pretty. I used to belong to a group that made baby blankets in round robin style with knitting; but people didn't stick to the time table and so too many weren't getting done in order to be donated so I found it frustrating and left the group. I think they disbanded shortly after. There just weren't enough committed people to do what they signed up to do I guess. Cute couple in their wedding finery. Sounds like you've been busy.
    Sandy's Space

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  8. Was pretty sure I had visited this post previously, but don't see a comment. Lovely quilts and the wedding pictures are very nice. All those flags are impressive.
    Sandy's Space

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  9. Making my blog rounds and waving hi. Hope you're doing well. 152 days until Spring. I'm counting down because it's been entirely too cold already and fall came too soon. It wasn't even very warm here in August. August is usually hot, but it was very fall like for us.
    Sandy's Space

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  10. I would have licked the penuche icing off the plate...I love it! Your quilts are amazing as always and those cute little dresses are so sweet.

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