I've enjoyed walks nearly every day.
Top: swamp milkweed, purple coneflower, blue lobelia. Center: vervain, liatris (blazing star), red lobelia. Bottom: nodding onion, pinnate coneflower (Mexican hat), Culver's root.
Milkweed nourishes monarch caterpillars and tussock moth caterpillars.
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On to quilting!
My dear Magpie friends made a two-sided hug quilt for me. It was in the mail held for me during my trip. It began as two hugs, one for Stevens and one for me, but it turned into one. The blocks are from the U.S., Canada, England, and Australia.
My side was assembled by Terri and Gilly in Australia.
The photo was taken at the orchid show earlier this year.
Stevens' side was assembled by Katie in Nebraska, and quilted there.
Many of the Magpies had met him at our meetups in Australia (2014) and Maine (2018).
I cherish it!
I entered three quilts in the Wisconsin quilt show. All three were accepted!
Left: Round Robin Medallion. Right: Grayscale. Bottom: Red Tie Log Cabin.
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Stash report, July:
Fabric IN: 28-1/2 yards, $10. (Estate sale bargain.) Average: .35 per yard.
Fabric OUT: 29-1/8.
YTD fabric in: 788 yards, $285, average .37 per yard. YTD fabric out: 637 yards.
I've already added to the stash this month with more bargains. I picked up a quilt from Barb-the-quilter. She gets scraps and destashes from her other customers and gave me several bags. By weight, 112 yards -- for free! I went to an estate sale on Friday. Lots of fabric, but I resisted. I went back in the closing hour on Saturday and made a deal. $30 for 82 yards (by weight). I also went to a church rummage sale and got 11 cotton shirts for $4.00
I will report quilting progress in Wednesday's post.
My goal for August: get back to the placemat project (can I make 10?) and set the guild BOM blocks.
Linking up with Design Wall Monday Sew and Tell Monday Musings Oh Scrap!
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