It’s been a theatrical kind of week; I have seen the Topeka Civic Theater’s musical, “Mary Poppins” and the Auburn Community Theater’s “Old Time Radio Show” — both good! Also had an evening out for dinner and meeting of my small quilting group which is always fun! So, it has been a busy week.

On the quilting front, yesterday I prepared and applied the facing strips to the newest wall hanging. That still needs the hand work to finish it, then the hanging sleeve and documentation, but the end is in sight.

I have been invited to participate in the Silent Auction at the Houston Quilt Festival so that must be my next focus as it has to be there by mid September!

If you didn’t go to Houston and want to get a glimpse, go to Quilt Festival at Home. Click on the side bar “Quilts, World of Beauty” to see the judged show winners, “Special Exhibits” to see selected others from the show (a couple of mine are in there), “On the Show Floor” for candid shots ( in pt 3, there’s one of two ladies looking at my “Just Dandy”!)

Yesterday I got the binding sewn on Poppy and about half of the hand work done, the accounting done for Houston, the patterns and samples put away and started getting ready for my next trip – Omaha, leaving Friday  and coming back on Wednesday, I believe.  I hope there will not be snow!

A couple of shots from yesterday.  It was warm but VERY windy and today it is cold and rainy so I don’t expect these leaves to last long. As you can see most of the trees are already bare.

Burning Bushes

Ornamental Pear Tree

I’m leaving in a few minutes for Houston – International Quilt Market and some of Festival, so I will be out of touch til my return on the 31st. No orders will be shipped until I return home.