When Jupiter Aligns With Mars

 Yesterday was just one of those days.

No, no, not a bad day,

but a day where things went perfectly.

One of my favorite songs in 1969

was by the 5th Dimension,

Aquarius, Let the Sunshine In.

Anyone remember that?

 "When the moon is in the seventh house
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
And peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars"

It was a rockin' good day.

Everything was perfectly aligned.

I had a beautiful start

Photo by Jessica Redente Wolfe

when one of my favorite helpers came to play.

Then in the afternoon I simply

seemed to flow from one project to another

in a perfect rhythm.

I finished hand quilting

Mountmellick.

I had already made the binding and

decided there was no reason to wait sewing it on.

Oh, my gosh.

I'm so close to being done with this

mystery quilt designed by Di Ford 

that started in 2014.

The planets stayed aligned

and I knew there was no better time

to start the free embroidery pattern, "3 Cheers", that

 Crabapple Hill had published last week.

I decided to enlarge the pattern and 

will probably make it into a pillow.

It's a sweet design that reminds me of

simpler times of decorating our bikes and riding them

in the 4th of July parades back home

in Michigan where I grew up.

Meg's pattern shares

a successful way of using crayons

with your embroidery.

First, heavily color the areas 

that you're going to color with white crayon

and then add the colored crayons on top.  It makes the 

wax and colors smoother when

you use the iron to melt it into the fabric.

Also a reminder 

you have today and tomorrow 

to leave a comment in my post

"Happy Birthday to You!" 

Why?

Because you could win

one of these awesome fabric baskets

to help me celebrate.

 

 Everyone needs a basket

and one of these could be yours.

The day ended with a summer music concert

over at Colorado State University.

 It was simply a day to 

"Let the Sunshine In."

Until Next Time-