Progress on Many Fronts!

 I have been working on these modified Geese Migration blocks for the last couple of months with the aim of making 16 different coloured blocks from my scrap bins.  Each block has 25 different fabrics in it so there are 400 different fabrics in this quilt!  There was no noticeable difference in the volume of scraps in any of my scrap bins after making these blocks, so I will have to come up with another scrappy quilt to use up some of these scraps.  Each block is 10.5" square.  I am not sure how I am going to set them yet.  Here are close ups of the three blocks I made earlier this week:

Navy Blue: several of these scraps were leftover from my Blue Ridge Beauty quilt that I made 8 years ago. 

White with black:  Those owls are my favourite!

Black with white:  The square with the orange bug is the backing fabric for my Tula Pink 100 Modern Blocks sampler. 

Of course, I made 4 more lupin blocks this week, this time using some purple pearl bracelets fabric.  

I have 8 sets of 4 lupin blocks completed for a total of 32/48 blocks completed.  I have chosen the final 4 fabrics that I will use for the remaining blocks.  I will try to continue to make 4 per week but can't guarantee that I won't get impatient and just finish the rest in one fell swoop.  Here is a sample of each block I have made so far. 

I started a new Block of the Month quilt this week, because, of course, I need another project!  My friend, Sandra is leading a BOM for her guild, the Twilight Quilt Guild, based on a pattern published by the Knoxville Modern Guild in 2012 (with permission).  This week, I gathered up my fabrics from my stash and made my first block.  I have a few striped and dotty fabrics chosen as well as a funky glasses print.  The top fabric, a gray hash dot by Michael Miller, is the background.  The orange fabrics look red in this picture.

Here is my first block.  

The stripes and directional glasses print are going to be fun to play with!  If you would like to join in the fun of this Modern BOM, here is the link to the BOM blog. The September 14th post has the instructions for the first block. 

In the knitting department, I finished another facecloth!  Excuse the second picture for being sideways!!

My daughter and I have both been doing lots of embroidery/blackwork this week.  She finished her practice piece:

Then, she started a "real" project:

Here is my daughter's blackwork project, which inspired me to work on one too. I love the bee!

And here is my project...based on a Celtic knot design. 

I'm reading the next book for the library book club--Anxious People by Fredrik Backman.  I am only 50 pages in but it's good so far!

The garden always has something interesting going on...this week, our burning bush is red hot!

The fall colours continue to be spectacular this week.  I took this picture one morning on my walk. 

Finn wishes all of our Canadian readers a wonderful, socially distanced,  and safe Thanksgiving.  Our family will be getting together on Zoom tomorrow. Finn and my daughter did not come home this weekend.  I am thankful that we can all see each other via technology during these COVID-19 times.