Another HOT day today – 32 deg C and not a cloud in the sky…..there was a slight breeze, so that helped when you were outside.
Michael is here for little while before going off to heaven only knows ……he helped clean off the driveway – found out its wider than we thought!! He did the sidewalk that goes thru the backyard to the back alley…..lots of damaged areas so we will have to decide whether we want to pull them up (they could be very thick as they are the poured ones) or?????
I finished the valance in my studio – I measured the valance holder and it was just an inch wider than some 4.5 inch blocks that I had sitting in a tote waiting for something to happen to them……and they happened to be all in the blue range so that worked out OK. I pieced 12 of them together with an inch sashing between them and then cut a 6 inch strip to go around the back….about half an inch shows at the top and bottom of the blocks. Fits perfectly onto the valance!! I like it. Now, to do something with the white sheers that happened to be in the closet…..don’t know whether I want white or wait to buy something else. There are some blinds on the windows now so I may just leave that for awhile – you know, live with it for awhile and see if something comes to me.
I found a few little projects for Christmas gifts that just needed an hour or two to finish them up……haven’t a clue why I stopped when I did but they are done now! I will have to set one of the totes that I unpacked aside for Christmas gifts and start adding to it.
I finished my Pink, Black & White challenge quilt – Will have to see about scanning it. I like the finished look now. I lived with it on the design wall for awhile before finally sewing the cording on the edge…..walking by it for a few days helped.
I have pulled out some fabrics to start on the idea I have for the Myths & Legends challenge quilt that is due August 31st. I am doing it on “Sedna” – an Inuit legend and have fussed & fussed with different fabrics to look like the Northern Lights. This will be my first ever attempt at doing a human form & I’m scared to death!! Sedna will be only part human so I think that helps some…..and I LOVE the idea that she will have long straight black hair.
Still haven’t found the UFOs that I want to finish for others….will keep going thru the boxes one at a time.
Found a box of books – ones that I had bought ages ago and still hadn’t read…..pulled out a Maya Angelou one “Even the Stars Look Lonesome” and “The Sacred Hoop” by Paula Gunn Allen (which is about Recovering the feminine in American Indian Traditions). Good bedtime reading!!
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