During the fires in Oregon, the smoke got so heavy in the valley that it was eerie. Some suggested it was like the atmosphere on Mars. For a few days, it was very uncomfortable going outside, and noon time looked like this:
a very strange orange color. Our house must be built pretty tight, because not too much smoke seeped in. All I could do was read the news, and feel sick at heart for all the loss to those who lived in the paths of the fires. When the winds quit blowing and the evacuations slowed down, I decided to get busy on one of my “Fall To Do” items.
Last winter, my sister and I did another round of Farm Girl Quilts. We used Lori Holt’s book Farm Girl II this time around. We each picked the blocks we wanted, and then bought our fabric. We divided our fabrics in two, and mailed them with our block list to each other. As I sewed my blocks, I made two if it was on my sister’s list and visa versa. My sister made up some of her own. Her quilt has been done for awhile, but mine got set aside, ending up on the “works in progress” pile. I am finally getting mine together while I was cooped up in the house from lingering smoke. I got my top finished, and layered to be ready for quilting. I plan to quilt mine by hand over the winter. It is all set to go. This is the bottom half. I will post a finished picture in the spring.
