It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

 

I have missed the changing of the Seasons.

 

This post is coming to you from beautiful Paducah, KY.  I'm here doing what you do when you buy a house ....
touring the house ... signing things .... meeting people ... writing checks, etc. 

It's just the right size for me.

  As an added bonus, I get in a visit with my daddy, too.

This pic was taken during my September visit.

 

It's been nearly a week since I arrived, and there's been a so much to do, but today, FINALLY, I did venture out to
Handcocks of Paducah.  I told my family, "I'll be back in a half hour." (Hancocks is only 2 miles away)
.....one-and-a-half hours later....and honestly I could have browsed longer.

There is a lot to see at Hancocks.  I wandered around for a while, auditioning fabrics for the
"Dawn Quilt*."  It was really hard to buy only what I needed! There are so many beautiful fabrics, and at pretty good prices. 
And the Pre-cuts and Kits!!  Oh-My!!

I decided to give the Dawn Quilt to one of my sisters for her January birthday.  Now that the quilt is for an adult and not a baby,
I wanted to jazz-it-up a bit.

The Dawn Quilt for my sister.

And, because I'm using the "Dawn Quilt" for my sister, I need a baby quilt for my nephew's new, expected one. 
I bought a pack of fat quarters.  The pattern?  A Star is Born.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click  HERE  for the tutorial and a link to the free pattern. Melissa Corry at Happy Quilting.

Sunday it's back to So.Cal. All the Paducah real estate stuff  will sort itself out. In the meantime, I'm going to TRY to live a normal life through the end of the year, Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I'd like one more regular Christmas with my Babes, doing the Christmas things we've always done.  

Changes are in the wind.

*It is the "Dawn Quilt" because my friend, Dawn, gave me all the pieces.  Read about it HERE.