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It rained briefly on Friday morning but the sun came out before lunchtime. It was a beautiful evening for the Fourth of July festivities at Shiloh Park in Zion. There was a big crowd for the concert by a band called Mike & Joe (80's rock). They played for two hours without a break.
The fireworks began at 9:30. My phone camera captured a couple of them.
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My quilting goal for the July is to keep up with a variety of projects. I got a great start!
The yellow stars were made from HSTs (1.5" unfinished) from a 2023 project. I began assembling them before I went to the ALA conference. They're now a flimsy. 39 x 44.
I surprised myself that the border blocks fit precisely.
The final block for the guild BOM was released midweek. It's the shooting star in the center.
The BOM designer suggested a straight set with sashing and cornerstones. I'm contemplating other ideas to camouflage the imbalance of the blocks (variance in complexity, light/dark, etc.).
I made 8 nine-patch blocks in purple for one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects.
I used darker, dustier purples with gold. The purple/gold border print was a serendipitous discovery in the stash and there was enough of it!
This is month #2 of the guild round robin. M.N. provided FQs of Cherrywood solids plus a blender and asked that we use only those.I can't show you the entire quilt-in-progress because it's a surprise, but you can see part of the border I added. I used the Split-Rects ruler by Studio 180.
Now I'm working on blocks for Jasper, the Running Doe Topalong for July. I'm using shirtings supplemented by some homespun plaids.
Linking up with RSC at So Scrappy Oh Scrap! Sew and Tell Design Wall Monday Monday Musings
P.S. On my evening walk in the neighborhood. There was no sign of the mate.
Nice photos of the fireworks! Your yellow flimsy is cute as can be, Nann!!! Now, are you making the same quilt I am, with your 9-patches? Neat that you saw a crane while on your walk!
ReplyDeleteYou got some fun fireworks photos, Nann! I love the yellow quilt top, especially how the colorful star points pop out here and there. Lots of good things going on in your sewing room!
ReplyDeleteMy brother likes the book about Davey Crocket that you recommended. Thank you for the idea!. Laura
ReplyDeletegee nann try and stay busy....ROFL! seriously, so many pretty projects...love those yellow stars...i hardly ever use yellow but honestly i should after seeing that...and always plaids are gorgeous...the BOM blocks are wow in my book, look forward to the setting...
ReplyDeleteLovely group of QIPs, Nann;))) Hugs, julierose
ReplyDeleteWow, you do have a lot of projects to juggle! I love that yellow flimsy, such dainty blocks that are totally a winning combination.
ReplyDeleteMy, you are never idle. And so many projects in the midst. I was thinking about the topalong, but I just have so many in progress all ready with more to choose from as WIPS. Love seeing yours. And I applaud you on making that border fitting so easily. Hooray!
ReplyDeleteI'm so impressed with everything you are accomplishing! The yellow top is my favorite and so
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sounds like a super great weekend!! isn't it cool that we have our phones to capture pretty things! your fireworks look great
ReplyDeleteOnce more you have some really pretty projects on the go. I especially like the purple/gold combination.
ReplyDeleteyellow stars, that one's for me :) I love yellow and you sure don't see enough of it in quilting.
ReplyDeleteYou've been very busy! I like your OH stars quilt and the color combo you chose ;) Thanks for joining my Sew & Tell party.
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