Whew, July already. We got some much needed rain on Friday and a little relief from the heat. It's been a very hot early summer here in the mid-central part of the US. And now the Independence Day weekend is here. People are already shooting off fireworks. I love the big professional aerial displays, but not a huge fan of all the 'snap crackle pop bang' stuff.
Despite the heat, I managed to get to the halfway point on the last side of the Sock Yarn Blanket. I'm not pushing on this one despite it being close to a finish because I can only manage about three inches of the I Cord border before my hands get uncomfortably sweaty working with the wool yarn. Slow and steady......
"Patchwork of the Crosses" has reached a milestone, though. Ready for borders! I'm glad I took the time to finish off the connecting blocks. Even though the edges are still not straight, they are better than they were. The inner border will be the solid black to make the pieced section 'float'. The outer border will be the dark Jinny Beyer print. I was going to use the lighter version with the steel grey background, but now that it's all together, I'm leaning into the whole 'dark and dramatic' aesthetic. Plus, the light background was only BARELY enough for outer border length as the center sits now with no inner border. I have more of the dark background stripe - over twice as much. That will make pattern matching the corner miters MUCH easier!
After finishing "Corgi Caboodle", I got going on the monthly Black Bird Designs weekend stitch along. So I'm currently working on "Their Song". I've put a couple of hours in on this so far this weekend, starting with the branch and bird. There's a lot of stitches in that last big bird (in two shades of dark grey - WWD "Charcoal" and "Pelican Grey").
Back to work on this one as soon as I check out the current SSS link round up. There's a whole bunch of leaves and cherries yet to go (plus my initials over on the far right).
ETA: Five hours total in on "Their Song" (including a break to chart my initials). I think I'm going to work on this again tomorrow since it's a three day weekend and see if I can get a finish.
POTC looks great. The border fabric you have chosen will finish it off nicely. Will you hand quilt this one? Always good to have a cross stitch project to work on. I have not done one for a while. Gail at the Cozy Quilter.
ReplyDeleteI'm debating on how I want to finish this. Because of the 3/8 inch (1 cm) seam allowances, it would be a bear to hand quilt. I'm thinking tied with black silk with the knots on the back and then some minimal quilting in the borders. I'm going to use a piece of flannel for the batting to keep it quite flat.
DeleteBeautiful work on Patchwork of the Crosses and your cross stitch! Hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeletePatchwork of the Crosses looks better and better with each posting. I really like your cross-stitch also.
ReplyDeletePatchwork of the Crosses quilt looks so beautiful. There is a lot of hand work on it, very well done.
ReplyDeleteHappy Slow Stitching Today!
POTC is looking really good. Hope you have a nice 4th.
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