Welcome fall!

 I pulled one of my periodic disappearances, just because everything (in the world) has been so overwhelming.  I have read virtually nothing but the fluffiest of Golden Age mysteries for the past couple of weeks -- mostly Georgette Heyer and Christie -- and I haven't found time to blog about the things I was reading before my sudden vacation.  I'm way behind on reading blogs, too!  I've done a good bit of embroidery, though, and I finished my lunatic labyrinth quilt project.  There are so many quilts I want to make, and so many embroidery projects to do!  Also, autumn has finally arrived, the smoke is gone, and the weather is glorious -- cool and breezy.  How lovely to be able to get too cold and put on a sweater!

 

I'm going to try to pull myself out of it this week so as to be ready for Witch Week, which is coming soon!  You'll find a post from me in the lineup, and I'm participating in the readalong discussion for The Graveyard Book.  I hope you'll join in too!

I guess the quilt requires a bit of explanation.  The pattern is known as St. Bertin, from a medieval French church, and is all one line; if you start at the entrance you'll end up at the center, after a very long trek.  The original was destroyed, but a replica exists.  I was originally going to make it in just two colors, as with the original, but when my daughter was on her Labyrinth (the movie) kick, I thought how much more interesting it would be to have the pattern move through different landscapes.  So I did a whole bunch of different fabrics, as though the traveler is going through stone alleys, woods, hedges, and whatnot.  As I said, a completely lunatic project, and pretty strange-looking, but I think it's cool.