Crayons, Fall, and Cupcakes

 Welcome to Treadlestitches!  I hope you're having a wonderful day.

The end of the year is coming up fast (how does it do that every year?), so I'm starting to put my Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilts together.  First up were the crayons.

Each crayon has a solid tip and 18 rectangles.  I didn't have enough green for two months, so I made a black crayon for October.

I don't use black much in children's quilts, so I was kind of surprised at how many black novelty prints I had.  (Oops, somebody's sock got in the picture!)

Pink is another color I use less often, but I made sure to include it.  My grandson (Buddy) loves pink, and it's been his favorite color since preschool.

Crayon quilts tend to have a problem.  If you have lots of pieced crayons (I have 10) and set them side by side, the quilt ends up being wider than it is long.  Some quilters fix this problem by setting the top like this:

Which is cute, but not really what I wanted.  I like them set the other way, just as you'd see a real box of crayons when you first open them up.  I admit it, I love a new box of crayons!  All those possibilities, and even that slight waxy smell!

So I oriented my little top like the first photo, and I added borders to just the top and bottom, from the last of this Eric Carle fabric.

But now I'm stuck.  The quilt is square, and that's okay, but does it look finished?  Should I add borders on all 4 sides now?  And if so, what?  Maybe a solid color?  Could the binding function like a border, and tie the quilt together?  I would love your opinion on this.

In other news, we're enjoying a beautiful fall here.  The trees in the park are starting to change color, and most nights we have a frost.

My Little Guy and I sometimes collect leaves on our visits.  Soon there will be too many, and we'll just crunch up the dry brown ones as we walk.

It's still warm enough after school for Buddy to play on the playground awhile before we go home.  (That's our Little Guy at the bottom in the dark shirt.)

All the Halloween activities are going strong.  Little Guy and I went to the library this week, where they had this "scary" clown tree.  He wasn't scared at all!  It was his first time at story time (mostly due to COVID), and he absolutely loved it.  I think the best part for him was playing with other kids.  We can hardly wait for next week.

Here's something completely new, at least to me--a Sprinkles cupcake vending machine!  I saw this in the Chicago airport on my way to the family reunion.

Yesterday was a day off school for Buddy, so we made our own cupcakes, with possibly too many sprinkles.  The kids like helping, but especially love to lick the beaters.  Well, who doesn't?

I snapped this photo the other day of these two guys "reading".  Our Little Guy insisted on looking at his book by himself and having Grandpa look at his own book.  Little Guy loves to be read to, but sometimes he just wants to look at the pictures by himself.  He is two, after all.

Have a wonderful week, and don't forget to visit the linky parties!  It's an eye candy fiesta!

Thanks for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

Linking up with:

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Angela at So Scrappy

Cynthia at Oh Scrap