Oh my goodness...I do not tolerate hot weather very well. Our lawns our crunchy and dried; in the vegetable gardens, the long storage onions are ready for gathering a month ahead of schedule & all the pea vines have given up despite frequent watering.
As much as we appreciate having central air, it gets claustrophobic quickly. We have just returned from 6 days in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and even there it was quite warm. I had looked forward to relaxing outside our RV doing some hand stitching, but instead stayed inside with the A/C units running. Our furry shelties could only be comfortable that way too.
So, taking advantage of the downtime, the binding on my Scrappy House quilt got completed...
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And I can officially call this one Done! It is a two for one quilt if you check out the backing...
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I also got started on handquilting my Brimfield Block quilt but even that felt too warm despite the cool insides of the RV...
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Thank goodness for a nearby friend who just happens to have literally 100’s of hand quilting stencils that she let me go through and pick out a set with 2 different sizes. Stencils for hand quilting are like a dinosaur - nobody stocks them anymore.
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When time permitted, all the trimming and squaring up was finished for Midnight At The Pumpkin Patch...
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Once we got back home, the quilt top went together much faster and the addition of the wool appliques added...
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With the continuation of our warm weather pattern and staying inside, will be doing a buttonhole stitch around the wool edges...love those Valdani colors! This has been a very fun quilt to work on - something different from my other projects and a way “to get my feet wet” working with wool. When I figure out how to machine quilt this, will show the whole thing...I am kind of stumped.
Honestly, this hot weather can go anytime...give me 65-70 degree days with the windows open...
Happy stitching everyone.
Pat
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