Weekly update: bingo finish

 

It's been unusually warm this fall.  We haven't had a freeze yet, let alone a frost.  (I just looked up the definitions:   A frost is when ice crystals form on the outside of your plant. Frost can occur when the temperature is above 32F.....It’s a short event (usually happens right around dawn). A light frost happens when the ground is still warm enough to give off heat. A hard frost (also known as a killing frost) can occur when the ground temperature drops below 32F. A freeze, on the other hand, occurs when the temperature drops below 32F, causing water particles inside the plant to freeze. A freeze can happen without a frost, it usually lasts longer than a frost, and it is almost always more damaging.)

This is a bellflower (campanula) back in bloom. The flowers are on the lower end of the stem. The upper 2/3 of the stem were blossoms-gone-to-seed. (Photo taken at Van Patten Woods on Saturday.)

No leaves, just golden fruit (crabapples?) on this tree at Greenbelt on Sunday.

Apparently the warehouse where many growers' amaryllis bulbs were stored was too warm. I went to Lowe's, Home Depot, and Ace Hardware to buy bulb kits to give as Christmas gifts. They're all sprouted. Either I give them for Thanksgiving or I come up with something else.

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Exploring EQ 8 was Saturday was the guild's monthly skill-building workshop. Though I've had Electric Quilt since version 4 ($50 from a friend who had an unopened package) and I've bought all the upgrades, I've barely scratched the surface of its capabilities. I learned so much in two hours! Back home I solved a design conundrum in five minutes and a few clicks.

But that's for the next project.

I spent sewing time finishing the Bingo Board quilt. Ta-da!

I used purple thread and the serpentine stitch in horizonal rows. The back is from Barb M's estate sale. The multicolor binding uses the colors in the blocks.

Linking up with Oh Scrap! Sew and Tell Design Wall Monday

P.S.  We saw Thelma at our church's monthly movie night.  (It's also streaming on Amazon Prime.)   Fun! Stevens enjoyed it, too.   Lead actor June Squibb is just 95 years old.