More chalk paint and stuff

 Oops..forgot to turn the photo! I finished the chair and look at the pumpkin.  It was scarred and looked horrid and since it was a fake one that I've had for years, what the heck.  I like it! There is so much controversy about using Annie Sloan wax over the paint, but I found it easy and like the matte finish, plus no fumes or sticky varnish. Durability?  We will see.

 So I had my pigs on top of my cupboards, but since there are now six, they are quite heavy and I decided that they might be too much weight for the cupboards.  I personally know of two people who had their upper cupboards fall and lose dishes when not enough hardware was used to secure that much weight.  Dishes are heavy actually.  So my little piggies are in their pigpen.

 I have been taking a class to complete a "Gypsy Wife" quilt and I had no idea really that there were so many squares.  I know for sure that I finished 43 squares yesterday and today although they are small...4-3 inches and the other ones which are larger were done during the last month, it feels like a 100 at least.  There are about 10 or so more to complete, using some of the ones below by adding more rounds, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on this portion.  Next will be to try to put the sections together with narrow strips (yet to be cut). At least I have been able to use from my stash and put to use some of the smaller pieces of fabric that I could not bring myself to discard.

I have also been working with a friend to organize a group of gals (who want to machine quilt in a group) to find a place to work.  We need a large room with electrical facilities where we can spend several hours a day.  The Laramie County Library has been able to fill that need and we will hope that it works.  I have more than a dozen quilt projects started, so hopefully this will motivate me to finish some.

With daylight savings time ending this weekend and the temperature dropping now, it sure feels like winter is here or close at least.  Not my favorite time of the year and the wind nearly blows me away. How many shopping days until spring?

"Wherever you are it is your own friends who make your world." ~ William James