Triangle Tuesday

I'm still sorting waste triangles every day and I've been making hourglasses every day. 

The waste triangles are wonky and so are the hourglasses. I'm leaving them wonky. I use an old 18 x 24 cutting mat with batting on it for a place to take photos. I probably have enough waste triangles now that would cover that area three times. I have lots more waste triangles to sort and sew so I'm thinking I may have enough of these little things when all is said and done for a quilt. 

I've also been making a few Wonky Stars with waste triangle points. These will be made into Double Nine Patches. 

I'm having fun with these. I'm glad I decided not to waste the waste triangles. 

And speaking of not wasting...

I took advantage of the nice weather to play in the leaves. I took a piece of old wire fencing and made a couple of little cages for leaves near my herb garden. I'm going to add more leaves to this and other cages of them and hope to have some nice leaf mold for the garden next year. This is separate from the compost piles which are at the edges of the veggie garden. 

I also kind of added leaves and small brush to paths I've been trying to mark out through a previously overgrown area I spent all summer  slowly clearing of wild black raspberries, small trees and shrubs and invasive weeds like Stinging Nettle and Pokeweed.  It doesn't look like much now but I'm hoping to turn it into a native wildflower area.  I'm kind of excited about it and so far I have planted Camassia (wild hyacinth) bulbs I hope to see in the spring.  A lot of the wildflower seeds I will winter sow in January or February. More on that later.