This is the progress on the Pumpkin 4-Patch Stacked Posies quilt that I showed you blocks from yesterday.

I have now added orange sashing and green cornerstones. I ran out of orange so you can see in the picture that both sides of this piece are missing a row of orange sashing and green cornerstones. I will have to buy more orange fabric on Monday. Fortunately, I just bought the orange fabric last week so I am certain the quilt shop will still have this fabric and dye lot.

I will then need to add a narrow black inner border and an outer border of the original pumpkin patch fabric. The outer border will only be 4″ wide as that is all the fabric I have left. There is no chance to get any more as I have had it in my stash for years!

This top as it sits now in its partially finished state is 39 1/2″ x 45″.

I enjoyed making the previous 4-Patch Stacked Posie quilt so much, that I just had to try this technique again.

I had some pumpkin fabric left from a previous project and this is what it looks like cut into blocks using the 4-Patch Stacked Posie technique.

Today, I will be setting these squares together with orange sashing fabric.

I had set the blocks out on the floor to see where I wanted each block and along came my helper. I am not sure if Joey actually has an opinion on the layout or if he is just giving me a big hint that he needs attention!

This past summer my quilt guild sponsored a black and white quilt challenge. The rules were simple–only use black and white fabrics. You were allowed to add one other colour as long as the quilt was predominantly was black and white. The quilt could be any size or shape.

The quilts were finished over the summer and revealed at our first guild meeting in September–last Wednesday night.

I didn’t participate in the challenge–I ran out of time. However, one of my customers did rise to the challenge and she had me quilt her quilt for her. This is that quilt:

These are some of the other quilts completed by other members of our guild. The woman in the center created a quilt in a bag–a quillow. She is pictured in the center of this picture and is seen taking the quilt out of its bag.

This is the quilt after it was taken out of the bag.

This was the back of that same quilt.

A creation inspired by Judy Farrow’s work.

What a talented group of women!

The annual Fall Fair in our small community is an event that many look forward to all year. Many people return “home” this weekend and so it becomes a reunion of sorts–a time to see friends and family that have moved away from our small community over the years.

These are pictures from the parade on Saturday morning. The parade is always led by one of our local Mounties in red serge along with members of our local Legion.

Each year in conjunction with our fair, we crown our Corn King for the year. This is a title that the local dairy farmers compete for. This year, we had our first ever Corn Queen! Here she is atop a horse drawn wagon – on the right holding the bright bouquet of flowers and wearing her crown and cape.

A parade is never complete until the horses go by.

There were many restored vintage vehicles in this year’s parade.

Look at all those sock monkeys!

These are pictures of some of the floral and produce displays in the hall.

And of course, here are the quilts!

This is my mom and dad inspecting the entries.

My favorite quilts – a chicken quilt…

… and this farm yard quilt.

This is a quilt that was made by families in our community years ago. This quilt has made an appearance at many community events over the years.