can it be . . .

Y'all.  Tomorrow is the LAST day of August, which means Saturday is the FIRST day of September, aka the FIRST day of calendar fall (as opposed to astronomical fall which begins with the September equinox--on the 22nd--this year).

WHAT???!  I think my 'all caps' tell you how I feel about this.

Sigh. This year is going by so very fast. And the summer's gone by even faster! Probably because I spent most of it in a sling. You think? Speaking of that, the right shoulder continues to heal and I continue to do physical therapy. Yesterday I consulted with the doc about the MRI I just had done on the left shoulder ... it's torn too, so as soon as I've got the right shoulder up-to-speed, we'll start the process all over again with the left one. Aye yi yi!  The good news is the doc said there's VERY little chance of either side tearing from use and age(?!) ever again. Whew!

Never mind that. Let's think on happy things.  Like pumpkins and hexies.

Or hexie pumpkins!  We'll introduce our seasonal mug rug swap at the September guild meeting and the October swap is autumn themed, so I'm prepping some appropriate samples. One of my co-chairs (Sarah P.) won't be able to be at the September meeting so she handed over her samples early.  Check out these cute little fellows . . .

Aren't they wonderful??!  They aren't finished (she's going to put faces on them), but still, so fun! She also did these leaf embroidered/strip pieced mug rugs.

I really love these - especially the elongated, embroidered oak leaf!  I'm going to play with something acorn-y for another sample . . .

Not sure where this is going to go with fabric, but I'll work with it and report. I noticed something funny...these two pics printed exactly the same, but whether it's the angle or the lines I've marked around them, they look different.  Illusions.

Here's another happy . . .

Finished whipping together the top of the starburst hexie topper. I was going to let it sit for a good couple of years before finishing it, but Sarah (of sarah did it!) was emphatically against that plan and insisted I have it finished for Veteran's Day. {grin} I'm still thinking big stars in the tone-on-tone solids, and maybe circling the inner starbursts on the stars.

I have one last A Quilters Journey piece, but I haven't decided whether or not I'll share it yet. It was a compilation of a broad sampling of other guild members' thoughts about the 2017-18 guild year -- I just wrote the intro and the closing.  It was still a fun piece, just very long.  I may share it by itself tomorrow -- close out the month, so to speak.

Hip hip hooray, today's a vacation day (and the start, thanks to Monday's holiday, of a five-day weekend)! So I'm headed to the Nook and may not emerge until Tuesday. J/K.  I'll be out to the lake tomorrow!  Happy {long} weekend!

:)