Basting Away....and weather watching

The weather outside is frightful..................

So I stay inside and basted!!!!!!!!

I start basting on the floor in the kitchen - tape the backing down, put the batt and front down and crawl around. I sew one direction and then take the quilt up so I can finish basting on the island - MUCH more comfortable!!!!!!!!

This is the space quilt for Alexander. It is made from two panels plus lots of other fabrics. The sky has stars that will glow in the dark. The pictorals were cut from the second panel. This is the top of the quilt. The stars at the top and bottom were made with space fabric from my closet.

The pictorals are very neat - from man on the moon to nebulas in outer space

and close ups of planets and the moon.

I will machine quilt this one myself. I can do it now that my machine is humming.

Meanwhile, outside the windows in my kitchen, it's raining leaves and water and the sky is darkening. I was basting on the floor by the large floor to vaulted ceiling windows - great lighting!!!

I could hear the weather alerts on the radio and the sirens go off in the township!!! I stayed basting - being the unofficial weather watcher for our home. The sky was slowly getting brighter and rain diminishing so I didn't go to some interior room and take cover as directed.

I was paying attention - and could hear everything as the windows in the kitchen were open for a nice breeze.

We are supposed to get wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour because of a record low barometric pressure in the midwest here.

The leaves have already blown to the front door - there is a Halloween mat under there!!!!!!!!

The back deck is covered.

Hopefully all the wind will blow the leaves into the creek or over to the neighbors' yards!!!!!!!!!!!!


No further weater alerts as of right now...........maybe later - about the time I want to get out for a long walk!!!!!!!!!