Weekly update: OMG July and a finish

 Broadleaf arrowhead at Van Patten Woods on Saturday.   I was able to get a close up because the pond it grows in was dried up. (The ground was mucky and moist but ordinarily the water would be 5" deep.)

After 1" of welcome rain yesterday all the flowers will perk up.  (More rain to the south -- 2.6" at O'Hare and nearly 9" in Berwyn/Cicero.)   

The downpours delayed some of the NASCAR races in the Loop.  (We aren't car racing fans so it didn't bother us.)

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Quilting goals for July:

1)  Guild challenge (due in September) -- maximum perimeter is 144" so 36 x 36 or 48 x 24 (or 68 x 4, to be ridiculous)

2)  Two kid quilts for Nancy's project

3)  Get a start on string blocks for an online swap

4)  A set of placemats for our dining table

5) Something red for this month's Rainbow Scrap Challenge

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Meanwhile, here's  the first finish for July.  I made the flimsy last year.  The back uses a cheater cloth panel that is one of three different "Amish" prints that I got in a destash.   69 x 77.  3-1/2 yards for the back and binding.  

Homespun plaids on the front,  regular prints on the back. 

Linking up with Oh Scrap!  OMG Sew and Tell

P.S.  I found this in a box of stationery that I got at a rummage sale.  Who wrote it? Who's Margaret?  A creative writer could come up with a good story -- "The Interrupted Letter."