It was July. Really, I had nothing to do with it. The theme of the month was perfect for being late, though!

I'm posting the pattern as .jpg here, sorry the pic is upside down, and then if you want the .pdf, you can go to DesertSky Quilt Patterns on Google Docs and get those. It's FOL_Jul and FOL_Jul2. I'll explain the 2 part in a minute. If ( Read more... )

Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. Hopefully, I'll be ready with a finished block on Saturday afternoon.


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The last two weeks have been so busy, between girls camp and canning and all the things I needed to catch up, I didn't get any stitching finished. Finally, today (and the first half of this week!) it's a little more relaxed, and I did manage a couple of hours. Some beading and a little more stitching on the feather vines, and this part will be ( Read more... )

Just messing around with some ideas from Carole Samples' book. These pictures CAN be clicked to enlarge. The first one shows the entire block, laces sewn down. The white one looks much brighter white on the picture than it does in real life.


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Full block for July:


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Finished by noon today:

Jam:


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If you follow both of my stitching blogs, a few weeks ago, you will have seen the magic that produced this:


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I don't know what happened once June hit! My life was like a sleepy river and then bam! Things got so busy I am in danger of feeling overwhelmed. This week is not too bad, and I plan to spend most of July 4th in bed reading and doing nothing! The rest of July looks to equal June. I will be at Girls Camp with teenage girls from my church ward ( Read more... )

The month is almost finished, and I'm only about half finished with the June block. Still, I like what's there so far. I really like the feather stitching and the chain stitch is so-so okay. I do like the contrasting v-stiches, though.


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