It's that time of the year...

We begin getting out our woollies....

sunrise is later...

there are lots of crunchy brown leaves...

with the occasional pretty leaf left...

and

it is the beginning of chapped, 

punctured, 

and cracked finger skin season...

Oh the agony!!!

This is the mottled, post super glue look...

Between the knitting and hand stitching these days..

My hands are already taking a toll

 and the calendar is not even near the worst time, 

 dare I say----

"winter"!!!!

I go to bed with Aquaphor or Burts Bee's Hand Salve slathered all over my hands

 and 

yet another day with a needle in hand yields...

more damage!!!!

I may need bionic hands this winter!

blogus interruptus or Quilters Take Manhattan take 3

Yikes!!!

Right after I made a come back to the blogging world

I disappeared again!!!

I kept thinking about blogging

but life got in the way and

the days kept rolling by...

As Albert Einstein once said...

"Life is like riding a bicycle,

to keep your balance, you must keep moving."

so, I am moving on...

(from a recent Color Me Rad race)

trying not to choke in the process...

(just didn't want to eat the colored powder they were throwing our way!)

and somewhere I will find balance!!!

In the meantime,

back to...

Day 3 of Quilters Take Manhattan...

 which started with a talk by Alex Veronelli of Aurifil Threads

He entertained us with a running commentary and video 

on how they make their threads.

Very interesting!!!

and we each got a package of threads of the various weights!!!

He shared with us

which needles to use with the various weights of thread

as well as what kind of bobbin thread to use. 

Then we got to see a few samples of the various threads at work

including this piece that I had seen on Facebook

by Shruti Rohit Dandekar of 13 Woodhouse Road

and a close up...

Of course,

what is a blog post about NYC without a few photos of the colors of the city???

and some doors...

and some of the beautiful architecture of the city...

I finished the weekend with a workshop with Earamicha Brown

on embellishments...

The original workshop was supposed to be led by Frances Holliday Alford

but Frances was recovering from surgery 

and sent trays and trays of goodies to use in our projects..

These days,

I have warmed up from a weekend in the Hudson Valley

at the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival

which featured

small, cozy cabins for 4..

some good food

majestic fall trees

and dare I say,

snowflakes???!!!

cute animals...

and some yarn, of course!!!

Now..

 I am back in the studio

creating a series (at least, I think it will be a series)

with some 

and

Stay tuned....

ch-ch-changes.....

I love old David Bowie tunes and every time I think about changes, 

I think of this song...

I like to listen to it-- LOUD!!!

So yes, there have been a few changes around here...

most notably a sharp change in the weather...

almost overnight it has cooled off and the first leaves are beginning to change color...

could be another quilt in one of these photos!!!

Although I love the lazy days of summer, 

I am happy to have routine in my life again...

and the cool air is much more conducive to creating 

in my studio...

But some things don't change so easily...

when I get busy with projects (plural!),

I don't have time for cleaning up!

Early in the summer, I took this photo

which I edited (or changed) on my computer and 

created a couple of fat quarters at Spoonflower...

without any particular idea in mind

until 11 PM last Wednesday

when I mixed them up with some of my snow dyed fabric....

"Lisa in Dis-Guise"

(I thought briefly about calling it "Sybil" or "split personality")

I also tweaked my "Musin' with Susan"

for an upcoming exhibit 

(our fiber art group will be the invitational exhibition)

In the meantime,

if you live nearby

several quilts will be on exhibit locally ..

More changes in the air coming up!!!