This 'N That

 July was fill to the brim with family coming and going and other activities. August was the same way, I just couldn't get caught up with anything then September was the same! In between all the happenings, I did have a few days to myself. I managed to make black raspberry jelly and it's delicious, especially when spread on homemade bread!

There were almost 16 half-pints canned. Someone asked me "who cans black raspberry jelly"? All I can say is this jelly is so much better than jelly purchased at Aldi or any regular supermarket. A good comparison is the difference between piecing and quilting a beautiful quilt or buying a blanket at WalMart. Some people can't see the difference but we quilters certainly can and my farmer could definitely taste the difference.

In October I heard an airplane buzzing low over our house. It's October, what in the world was a spray plane spraying? 

Sorry the above photo is blurry, I had to snap the picture fast.

 He flew over the corn then flew straight up to avoid the wires and the tall trees. Then he flew directly over the house but I wasn't fast enough to snap that picture. He made several sweep over the fields.

The farmer thought the plane was spreading rye seeds on the field. We'll see how this works, the neighbors normally drill rye into the bare fields for a cover crop over winter to prevent erosion. I didn't even know that using a plane was a thing!

Lastly, but perhaps the most important item to share, I finished a quilt! I participated in the Evermore quilt BOM at Calico Point this year and my quilt is finished and measures 101" square.

 Technically the BOM didn't end until November but I'm not a patient person and I was ready to be done. The October pattern showed us how to sew the pieced corner sections. The November pattern is for the outside border but I decided to figure it out on my own so I went ahead, finished the flimsy then delivered it to Dana Stalter for quilting.

This above picture was taken on the display floor.

And now on the bed.

The blocks were 12" finished each except for October and November, those instructions were for finishing the quilt.

The quilting is Abundant Feathers designed by Three Sisters Fabric. Dana's turn-around is so fast, I wonder if she sleeps at night?

And a closeup of the stitching, feathers are such an elegant design!

Be warned, this design does use a LOT of thread! And the quilt top did shrink with all the quilting.

I had purchased a beautiful blue backing but it didn't leave enough room along the sides while quilting. I'll use that backing on another blue quilt.

One of the reasons I participated in this BOM was because we were allowed to use our own fabrics! Did you guess that when you saw all the blues?

I wasn't sure what I would do with this quilt but I have now decided it will go to one of the grandchildren.

Linking to To Do Tuesday, Wednesday Weight Loss, I Quilted This, Put Your Foot Down, TGIFF, Finished Or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Beauty Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts