bad, bad, bad

First off...........Happy first day of October!  Whew, it came in on the cold side, didn't it?
Anyway...............
That's me... yesterday..... bad, just bad.  I did a few errands yesterday.  One of the errands was to pick up some fabric for a project for my momma for her birthday  (I can't show you yet, 'cause she might see it here.  At least I hope she follows my blog, that's one of the things momma do, isn't it?). 
Her birthday is only a month away, and she lives out of state, and THIS year I promised myself I would be better and do something and have it ready and mailed before the last minute. 

I had something in mind, knew where to find it,
went with a list, of course, and came home with:
exactly what I had in mind for my momma,
and I also came home with this: 
See this large group of nicely folded homespuns and flannels?  Maybe a yard, yard and a half of it will be used in conjunction with the above mentioned project.  The rest............bad, bad, bad.
So here comes the rationale..........
I have signed up for
a block of the month group

with a great group of gals

at my LQS. 

It meets

the last Thursday

of the month, for a year

starting this October.

And because they meet once a month

it helps me keep my act in gear and keep close

to the monthly deadlines.

This year, the project is

Sweet Land of Liberty

by Cheri Payne

http://www.quiltsbycheri.com/index.html

There is machine piecing, wool and cotton applique, some hand embroidery and it looks like fun! 

But, this is not my usual cup-o-quilt-tea

and I NEEDED more homespuns and flannels

to get started on this.

Doesn't the new group of fabrics

so look like they were made for this quilt?

So, I already have a lot of my fabrics ready for this NOW;

I am ahead of the game by a month!!!..........and all except for two pieces, were 30 or 40% off.  Yippy!

Still..............bad, just bad, but...........now reasoned to justification! 

I also quilted yesterday and today:

Sorry, must need to clean my

glasses, this didn't look fuzzy when

I took it.

But here's a close-up of the quilting

and it's not so fuzzy!

And, another quilt done:

These were both block of the month samplers

that were on a to-do list.

Aren't they pretty? Great colors.

Yea! off Patty's list and now off my list!

Well, I'm off,

hope you get to stitch a little today, too.