Tuesday's This and That: July 5, 2025

 

If you want some inspiration, I know of a few videos that may help.  Over at the "From Small Things" channel on youtube, Sue gives a tour of the "Oceans" exhibit that I discussed a few weeks ago.  You can watch it here.  

The biggest quilt festival in Europe is "The Festival Of Quilts" in Birmingham, England.  Here are some videos that you might appreciate:  

Emma of Vintage Sewing Box here.

Rachel of Stitch with Rachel here.

I like watching these things when it is too hot to be doing much.  Hope you get a chance to seem some of these outstanding quilts!

Have a great day!

Christmas in July Follow-Up

 

I didn't get as much done in July as I had hoped.  Still, I did get some projects done.  I made more of these table rounds.  Some of them are Christmas presents, some are for my guild's craft show.

These have been so fun to make.  I hand sew them while we have the Phillies on. 

It's a great project for leftover fabrics and scraps.

I'm not a big fan of Halloween so I'm happy to use up this fabric:

I sure have seen a lot of blog posts about people who got done a lot of work for Christmas in July.  Di at "Quilting Is Blissful" completed a number of quilts.  Check out her work here.

This is going to be a great week to work in the garden so I'm not sure how much I will post this week.  Definately doing Flower Friday though!

Have a safe and happy day!

Flower Friday: August 1, 2025

 

Hello and welcome to Flower Friday!

We had another heatwave this week so I didn't get any more done in the garden.  The weekend is predicted as being cooler and I'm hoping to get a lot of weeding done.

This week the pink salvia bloomed.  It reseeds each year and then blooms in late summer.

Another volunteer was this impatien:

The Swan Hydrangea is also blooming and big favorite here:

Wishing you a safe and happy weekend!

Happy World Embroidery Day!

 

Happy World Embroidery Day!

How about doing some embroidery today?

Above:  Close up of part of a South American arpillera.

Below:  Vintage embroidered textiles

I haven't embroiddered in a long while but I do have a pattern I've been wanting to prepare for embroidery.  Maybe I'll work on that today!  Hope you get a chance to slow stitch and embroider!  Stay cool!

Have a safe and happy day!

Stay Cool!

 

I won't be home today but I thought I would leave you with an image of this coverlet.

Honestly, it's so humid that I don't even want to look at a photo of a quilt right now.  The above top is circa 1955.  

Wishing you a cool and comfortable day!

Flower Friday: July 25, 2025

 

For once, the weather was perfect:  low humidity, cooler in the morning and sometimes even a nice breeze.  I spent the mornings on Monday and Tuesday out in the garden with Lucky and it was glorious!

And yes it was relaxing!

I weeded and weeded and weeded.  It was so much fun crawling around the garden that I really didn't feel that sore afterwards.

Sue sent this wonderful photo of her Turk's Cap-Lily.  I'm loving the colors on this photo!

From my garden:

Daylily:

Hydrangea and weeded out pathway:

Rudbeckia and Phlox:

Wishing you a safe and happy weekend!

Native Flowers

 

In my garden, I have a plant that I purchased many years ago called "Turtlehead".   As I continue to redo the gardens this year, I'm hoping to move it from the front yard to somewhere in the backyard where I can enjoy it more.

Turtlehead is a native plant and I thought about it when I read this article about using annual native plants in our gardens.  I've used a few of the plants mentioned but had forgotten about a few.  Are there any you are interested in?

Tomorrow is Flower Friday and if you would like to participate, please email me photos at allentownquilter@gmail.com

Thanks and have a great day!