A Prelude

To my Autumn upcoming decor.

Yes my friends...
I have Autumn on my brain.

Looking around my humble home,
I have realized that blues and golds
are here and there throughout.
Therefore I have planned to feature
these hues as my Autumn tones.  

Quilts have also been a big part of my childhood.
Gramma H would take no longer 
used clothing and cut them up 
into squares and triangles.
She saved them in her sewing box,
and once she had enough for a quilt,
her trusty treadle Singer sewing machine
worked its magic.

Gramma B also made quilts from old clothing.

She also used feedsack material.

Her chicken feed came in bags of fabric,

which was called Feedsack fabric.

She chose her feed bags by the colors

 she wanted in her quilts.

Although quilts were a necessity,

There were no fabric stores at the time.

The five and dime stores or the corner

general stores carried fabric,

needles and thread, and batting.

I loved going inside these stores.

The floors were made of wood,

and they creaked with every step you made.

It was these same stores

where Gramma B always bought 

me some Mallow Cups.

These are still one of my favorite 

chocolate candies!

We now sell Mallow Cups in our own store.

I had this wool in my stash, 

so I decided to create a quilt block.

I appliqued each of the squares and triangles

into this as a memory of my gramma's quilts.

If anyone knows this pattern,

please share as I have no clue.

The backside was completed in this blue tick fabric.

For now I have placed it on this chair.

Later this finished pillow will be a segment

of my blue and gold Autumn.

So stay tuned for upcoming reveals

when I decide to start my Autumn decor.

A Prelude to Autumn Blessings To All!

Janice