Good-bye, July

Here in the States

July is associated with

red, white and blue.

There was no other choice for my small quilt

this month.

Independence Day

19" x 25"

Earlier this year I purchased the

mini quilt .postcard collection

 from Temecula Quilt Co.

I don't think it's available still, but 

I did see they have a new book,

Quirky Little Quilts.

It looks quite fun.

I added an outside border to

the original pattern and tweaked 

the size just a bit.

Nothing like simple machine quilting and 

then maybe a turn of the century print on the back.

Yes, we were around then!

There's still time to join in with Wendy,

Randy, Janet, and Barbara.

If I've missed someone else, 

please let me know.

There's no rules. No pressure.

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Yesterday was World Embroidery Day.

A good reason to stop doing chores

and get out a needle and thread.

A couple sewing sisters came over to celebrate

and we started a new project.

Sue Spargo's  Heart to Heart 

zippered bag.

This is the beginning of mine.

The wool for the hearts came out of the 

 neglected wool stash.

The lovely orange sherbet background 

was a wool blanket that had seen better days.

I pulled out all of the the beautiful threads 

that I've collected with other Sue Spargo projects

and started stitching.

There's no time restrictions on this.

Just slow and sweet.

Until Next Time-

Kyle