Merricks and More: Late September, 2026
My dear Canadian friend shared this little piece of art via Facebook today. And, truly, that's how it is. I woke up this morning, the day of the equinox, and fall had arrived. I had a date for breakfast and was kind of pleased that I had to put on a light long-sleeved layer. While I know I'm not ready for what follows autumn, and while we've not has as many dinners on our deck as we would have liked, we're all of us, Lizzy included, looking forward to less heat and humidity, less stickiness. Joe and Lizzy will be holding down the fort this coming weekend while I retreat with that new-to-me group of quilters. I'm doing a rather brash thing: Going on a quilt retreat without my Bernina! I've got the center medallion for Merricks finished and pinned in place, and have all of the surrounding bits cut and I'm going to make Merricks the focus of my time away. I never did find that one large element composed of hexis, so I've got a replacement for that in the ...
