and a casserole carrier. I was trying out my pattern on the casserole carrier hoping to make one suitable for a Christmas gift. Well, the first one is mine--too many flaws for a gift.
But I can use it as a pattern for a future one.
I got involved in non-quilting projects - a marble maze made from those wooden trays from Michaels's that have those handholds on the side. I used dowels to make the walls of the maze, but next time I think I'll get wood strips about a quarter of an inch wide and at least a half inch high. The dowels make it too easy to jump the rails (and cheat).
We have been judging a couple of barbeque contests on the weekends as well. Yesterday we were in Blairsville, GA, a town in the North Georgia mountains where the leaves are just beginning to turn.
