Under the Needle - July

The day our girl came home, I had been texting with a friend and fellow ranch wife who has made quilts. She said she hates sewing - she just loves making quilts. I told her that no one had ever even suggest I sew anything but a quilt these days. Even mending requires an act of Congress and even then it's iffy.

Then our girl walks in and asks if I would mend some britches. I laughed and I sent my friend this photo along with this text:

So, I ate my words and cheerfully set about mending a couple pair of britches:

It was fun having company in the sewing room:

And look at Huck's reaction to the sound of the sewing machine:

When I would stop, he would look away and when I began stitching, we would get this face. We got so tickled.

And I don't have anything cuter to report than that, but I've been sewing more blocks for my Scrap Dance Waltz quilt:

I cut more fabrics for it and have spent some time making HSTs

I am of course making it bigger and I'll need 90 blocks if I do a 9 x 10 block setting. I've got 45 sewn so I ought to be ready to piece the top in another month or so. I've also been working on my EPP project. It's grown from this:

To this:

I am just smitten with those little stars.

I also made the binding - 11 strips - for the Sequoia Quilt I made for our girl and I started stitching it down yesterday. I rarely take time to do that during the day, but yesterday I did. Notting Hill was on so I spent an hour and a half binding:

It's 90 x 110 so it'll be a while. When I looked outside, I saw this:

Praise God! We're dry again so every drop is a blessing. We really need to grow some winter feed. Today is a no-sew day unless we get more rain...praying for rain. :)