I Like Thursday # 72 ~ Late Fall

Good Morning from my sunny living room!

Happy Thursday to the

I Like Thursday Bloggers @ Not Afraid of Color

I have tucked away my Halloween quilts and brought out my fall quilts.

This maple leaf one is old and shabby.

It is my first attempt at this block pattern and was made many years ago

when Mr Scrapatch was working as a consultant in Vermont and

we rented a motel room with a tiny kitchenette during the week and went home 

every weekend.  Our children were all young adults,

busy at college and starting their new jobs.

I packed and carried my new portable sewing machine in its box back and forth 

and set it up on the tiny two-person dining table during the day

so I would have something to do during the day when he was at work.

The fabrics in the maple leaf quilt are all from Walmart and Joann Fabrics

and are such a overwhelming color choice that I do not know what I was thinking.

It was a "learning" quilt.

I quilted it without the help a walking foot

 because I did not know what that was 

or that I had one in the bottom of the box.

The layout I devised after I found many of my blocks were odd sizes.

I matched up the ones that fit together in the center,

added borders and put four that were too large as cornerstones,

although I did not know what cornerstone blocks were at the time. 

I still love this quilt and all its flaws and shabbiness.

My new fall pillow covers are the same intense colors, 

although much better made.

I also set out my Fabric Pumpkin and "Oh, My Gourd!" Quilt.

It has been cold here this week, although today we are on a warming trend,

so I have made soup a few times.

This is adapted from

  Loaded Baked Potato Soup Recipe.

I left out the chicken broth and added water.

Mmmmmmm  ...tasty!

My song for the day comes from this pandemic duo,

Mat and Savanna Shaw

who started with this

Daddy Daughter Duet: "The Prayer"

to help people through these difficult times.

I cannot tell you how many times I have listened to this in the last few months.

It always heals me.

 Now they are a number one billboard act:

#1 Billboard Emerging Artist

#1 Billboard Classic Crossover Album 

Bravo! 

The maple leaves are all gone from the trees.

It is late fall outside my back door,

though the sun is shining and it is warm enough to open my south facing windows.

May you and yours have a Happy Thursday!