A Slow Day Calls For Stitching

 Oh how I wished it could be a pj kind of day but at some point I've got to get out & pick up dog food for Grace🐕my bad for not picking it up yesterday,we have been going through some extreme heat waves this week with heat index as high as 105🌡️slow days calls for slow stitching,a stitch here a stitch there,stitching in the morning stitching in the evening & so on ,working on pages in the slow stitch journal,this has been a work in progress for the last 2 years,I now know why they call it slow stitching😄 

Only 2-3 pages to finish the little Christmas slow stitch journal from a stitch along last January 

The biggest thing I'm working on today is the final stitching around the binding on this quilt, I'm going for the win by midnight on this one!🤣

Christmas In July Week 2

 

I think I have the biggest Christmas projects done that I wanted to get a head start on, our fabric shops haven't put out much Christmas fabric just yet so Im stil looking for that just right fabric for aprons.but I think I have enough left from the red & white top for pillow covers

I finished up the keyboard boarders & added another white boarder at 3" so we have a 2" white boarder, a 2x4 keyboard boarder & a 3" white outer boarder

It measures out to a 64 x 76 it goes all the way across the bed but I feel it could go with another boarder but happy the way it is "for now" it will be more of a decor part of my ted & white guest room theme for Christmas 

Doing the math ,it comes out 7.5 strips for binding,I cut 8,always leaving room for just in case & mistakes lol I didn't fold it in half as it'll be over in the Fall before I quilt it ,rolled onto a t-paper roll

Then placed over the top of the hanger with the top & moved into the holding room "closet" 😄

Sunday Inspiration

 

Progress On The Red & White

This top has been screaming to be turned into a quilt for I know 10 years if not more so I pulled her out to join in my Christmas In July to myself,I don't join in any Christmas In July  groups or challenges, " I challenge  myself"😄,getting a head start in July is something I've done for years so there's no pressure of how much actually  gets done ,  so far I've gotten a 2" white border on all 4 sides & a 2x4 keyboard style border on the sides, top & bottom to go & possibly another white border

A Day Of Antiquing Part 3 (coming home)

 The boys were happy  for our last adventure "Golden Corral" they couldn't understand why we'd spend the day looking at "old stuff" 😄 we ate way too much & the drive home was absolutely gorgeous! Today I will spend the day finishing up extending the red & white quilt top & working on Christmas in July projects, August will be here before we know it & there's a few quilt shops we plan to visit  for the quilt shop hop 

https://allsoutheastshophop.com/ 

A Day Of Antiquing Part 2

 From Prattville to Montgomery was just  a little less than 30 minutes away so why not? 🤷 so off to adventure #2 to the East Brook Mall, this mall has 3 floors & we're pretty sure we didn't see it all lol by this time the boys were hungry & so were we😄so off to Golden Corral!

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.eastbrookfleamarket.com/&ved=2ahUKEwju84zz39mVAxV83RoGHc8YGsgQFnoECCkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2n9RUAoy28eZMYe_5n2K4h

A Day Of Antiquing Part 1

 What an awesome day of antiquing we had,the day wasn't quite as long as when my niece -n-law & the kids struck out to Mobile last weekend, our first adventure was Prattville Pickers,a huge  warehouse  antique mall in Prattville Ala.

https://shopprattvillepickers.com/