Busy Month

October has been and will continue to be a busy month.  

The first weekend of the month I went with my friend Patti to her cabin and we made snap bags for Breast Cancer Survivors.  I have written about this in the past, as we have been making small gifts for a number of years.  Check out the bags!

I had some 10 inch squares leftover from another project and I figured out a way to use them in the bags.  I also had some other fat quarters that worked well.  If you're interested in making the bags, Riley Blake Designs has a video you can use here.  For my pull tabs, I just made prairie points.  But you can do whatever works for you!

This past weekend I met my friends from the Kansas City area at the Farmhouse.  This is the same group of ladies that I went with last year and we stayed at the same place again this year.  Pictures of that Retreat are here on my blog.   

And I have 2 more fun weekends planned for this month!  

Finished!

The UFO challenge for the small group I belong to is finished!  WooHoo!

I do have to show you a little problem I had in the finishing the quilt.  When I was trimming the quilt, I went past the ruler and took a little side trip into the quilt.  As far as the seam allowance and maybe a little more.  I did use a zigzag stitch to repair and I lucked out, it ended up covered by the binding. 

And here is the label.  Always before I just winged the placement of my writing.  This time I used my ruler and Clover Chalk Wheel Line Marker, to draw lines and it was so much better looking.

I love that marker for so many things.  When I need to draw a line on my fabric for HSTs, it's my "go to" tool.  I put a link to it on Amazon, I don't get any kick back for doing that, just thought you would like to see what I'm talking about.  I know other places carry them and they come in other colors. I have used only the white so far, but I love it!  It just disappears when I iron over the line.

Do you have any tools that you can't live without?