aaahhhh august

 

if you come to my door in august, no matter where i live, you will find this to greet you.  it's from a long ago book "a month of sundays" featuring a different wall quilt for every month. special to me for many reasons.  i was homeless when it was made.  the fabric was bought at cambridge quilts in massachusetts.  it's hand pieced and hand quilted.  it's boats on the ocean, my favorite place to be.  the mottled print behind the 3 yellow boats is actually snowflakes...lol!  i've sent a few wall quilts off to the thrift for them to sell but this one stays.  

it definitely was an aaahhh day with temps hovering around 80, a lovely breeze wafting thru the space.  got the apartment all spic'n'span.  trekked to farmer's market for produce restock--melon, peaches, cukes, summer squash, cherry tomatoes, potatoes and corn...and the corn is delish! whipped up a double batch of these...

baked zucchini bites--they make up lickety split, shred zucchini in food processor, add a bit of cheese, egg, few bread crumbs, basil and garlic powder and bake!  a very nutritious snack.  

rounded out the day with a trip to the library to restock mysteries.  unusual to have a day with no sewing but apartment way overdue for cleaning.  will make it up on the weekend when hot returns.   a quick shower and off to bed with a book while the breeze lulls me off to sleep!

world embroidery day

don't do much embroidery nowadays...my aunts taught me basic stitches when i was a kid to keep me occupied while they napped sunday afternoons...in those days...1950s...not much on TV sundays except Bishop Sheen and Oral Roberts...my only current embroidery project, a UFO...

i've drooled over this pattern since i began quilting but never enough courage to make...it's recently popped up in blogs and Quiltmania so i caved...only making 4 blocks...pulling out my kaffe scraps for this one!  and while avoiding heat index of 100+ made this little placemat of christmas squares given to me...

this finishes them off....and it will be donated to the thrift when done.  another project of gifted fabric is this...

some juvenile charm squares that were used to make this little quilt....some of the squares went into my funky churn dash earlier, but perfect for this....the backing a lighthouse theme toile, a gift.  a destination presented itself so it got tied with yellow perle cotton--also a gift--and bound in blue.  it'll be a sunday finish.  

the other night on zoom tackled the scrap basket....remember, it looked like this...

but now....

garnered a fair number of squares for 'liberty crossroads' in the bargain....and when got tired of this, pulled this out for a wee start...

this is 'alaska' in the infant stage, a hand piecing project, no deadline at all.  

i want those who have gifted me fabrics and such to accept my sincere and hearty thanks...gifts always fuel my creative juices and give me opportunities to pay it forward. *** that's about it, plus some reading, a quick early morning dash to grocery and back.  finally last night very severe thunder storm and in less than 2 hours, temps went from 97 to 77....a/c is now OFF and it's going to be warm 80s week.  *** woke up this morning after a restful night with gratitude and thankfulness in my soul, not just for today but every day, blessings too numerous to count.  hope you can count some too!