Whippy Wednesday

Hello friends.

Here is my progress on my WIP's

for this month. 

Antique Birds and Angel

Day 6

I decided to go down and work on the angel.

Her face was suppose to be a yellow.

Everything in this angel

is yellow, except the banner,

so I opted to make her face a peach color.

I wanted it to stand out.

Plus it does look like the photo.

This angel is suppose to be stitched

in all silk...but because I changed up 

her face, that was stitched in cotton.

I have never stitched with silk before.

At first it was hard to get use to.

Slippery...but once I got the hang of it,

it glides through the linen.

Since silk is more expensive,

these are the only ones I have purchased.

Day 7

Stitched more of the wing.

This is tedious stitching with lots of counting.

Decided to do the yellow first and now working 

on the gold.

Day 8

Finished the left wing and most

of her upper gown.

Almost outlined the right wing.

Day 9

I finished the right wing.

Started stitching the peach banner on the right.

Also stitched in the sash on the left.

This angel is getting monotonous.

Only two colors in the angel herself.

Gold and yellow.

At least now the banner will be another

color I can stitch.

For Strawberry House I opted to go

with the blue as the called for parchment 

you could not see on this fabric.

I think it turned out pretty good.

I told Bob it was my Big Beautiful Blue House.

Am getting into July 4th mode now.

This is where I left off last year stitching

on Patriotic Pinwheel Parade.

Next to Christmas, I believe I have more

patriotic decor than any other month right now.

Plus the majority of my antiques are in

old red or blue paint which is so fitting

with this holiday.

I managed to get two more bunnies stitched.

That flag at the top is a beast to stitch....

just very long.

Also started adding the pinwheel border underneath.

This pattern is so cute!

Plus I love bunnies.

Next up is Blueskin.

Started this last year and this is where I left off.

I have one more cherry to finish...

then onto the bowl to finish this

bowl of cherries.

Am getting tired of doing these.

I want to get to the horse.

I did change the flag from gray to blue.

Finally Sarah Casey Unwin.

I finished the big basket this past month.

Also the basket of the fruit,

the bird and then started the border underneath.

I do see now that I forgot to finish the one 

red flower to the left of the fruit basket.

This is not even half way completed.

I stitch this on Saturdays when I can.

Am starting to feel I am getting 

something accomplished on this one.

In other news,

Monday night Bob's daughter took us

both out for a steak dinner to celebrate

Father's Day.

It was so nice of her to include me.

We might get some severe weather come

in later this afternoon.

Am hoping we just get rain though...

we do need it.

The chipmucks have moved on.

I did see one the other day in the yard,

but they are gone from our window box.

On the other hand, I did see a juvenile

groundhog go into our wood pile.

Tundra saw him too and tried

 his best to get him.

My mom forgot my brother's birthday

which was on Monday.

He ended up calling her that night.

Asked her if she no longer liked him.

Then he said do you know what month it is?

She said June.

He then asked what day it was.

She said the 15th.

He said wrong...its the 16th. 

She said  well I sent you a birthday card. 

They both laughed then.

Need to get my butt to work now.

240 days to retirement...but who's counting. LOL

Hump Day Blessings To All!

Janice

 

June CupboardScape

How do ye friends.

Today marks a gentlemen's post.

I gathered me up some items that

a gentlemen of the day would require.

Hope ye enjoy. 

A little tribute for the father's out there.

In other news,

The Cottonwood trees are still shedding.

We are still waiting for our privacy fence

to be installed.

Am hoping all the dad's out there have

a fantastic Father's Day!

I lost my dad almost 32 years ago.

I was 35 when he died, and I still

 miss him dearly.

Well hope everyone has a great weekend.

June Blessings To All!

Janice

It's Berry Season

Hello friends!

With strawberry season in full swing,

here are my strawberry displays for this year.

Hope you enjoy. 

In other news,

the Cottonwood trees are 

currently shedding around here now.

It's like having snow on the ground

in June.

Saundra asked from my previous post

if my pillows were bowl filler size.

Yes they are, but Bob says it is silly

to make such little pillows. 

Even if I did manage to stitch

a pillow that was big enough to use...

there would be no way.

It would take forever and I don't want 

it ruined on the couch with Tundra around.

Mikayla is now a graduate.

There were 465 students in her

graduation class.

It took forever for them to get through

all of the names.

Sunday it was so hot and steamy too.

We were almost at the top of the bleachers

outside on the school's football field.

After almost 2 hours I was not feeling

the best and decided we should leave.

The ceremony was not yet over but we did 

see Mikayla get her diploma.

I was able to chat with Michael.

He was still not cleared to go back to work.

Now that the swelling has gone down,

it was discovered he has a ruptured disc.

His doctor is hoping because he is young,

this will start healing on it's own.

Otherwise he will need surgery.

He goes back to the doctor in a month.

His foot remains in a boot. 

Well have to get to work.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Berry Blessings To All!

Janice

 

Friday Finish

 Hello all my friends.

Strawberry season is upon us...

and I have two finishes,

both strawberry related.

First is Strawberry Faire.

I did change the flower on the upper right

to match the colors of hearts on the left.

The pattern called for the yellow...

which on my fabric was ghosted.

You can slightly see the yellow at the bottom...

in between the red motifs.

Then I finished Berry Pinkeep Tray.

I used all the called for floss except

for the flag bunting. 

Here are both together,

which I stuffed with pieces of scrap fabric.

I so love the lumpy look of my lil pillows

stuffing them this way.

I purchased a yard of strawberry fabric

from a quilt shop that is about an hour away from me.

I stopped at it on our way back from Frankenmuth

that one weekend. 

I knew I would be going in that direction 

so got off the freeway to the town it is in...

and was glad they had this.

I did coffee stain it a bit, but do love it.

So back to this finished piece.

You may have noticed the year 1820.

At first I was not even going to add this year in.

Then I got to thinking and did some research.

I found out that in 1820,

commercial cultivation began for strawberries

in the state of New Jersey.

With the introduction of rail cars,

farmers would ship the berries by wagon

to the train, and the berries would be sent

from New Jersey to New York.

This resulted in New York becoming

 a strawberry shipping mecca.

{I just love history}

In other news,

Don't forget to watch for the 

Strawberry Moon

{full moon}

coming up on June 11th.

The name of this moon came from 

the Algonquin tribe marking the time

to gather the wild strawberries...

not because of the color of the moon.

The town just to the South of me

is called Algonac, which was named

for the Algonquins which lived here

in our area of Michigan before

the settlers moved in.

Sunday Mikayla graduates,

Bob and I will be attending her ceremony.

Tundra's Grandpa Ed came over to see

him last night.

He is our friend who watches Tundra (our dog)

 when we need him to.

He just came back from Florida.

He now lives down there 6 months

out of the year.

Tundra was so excited to see him again.

Other than yesterday when it rained,

we have been getting the affects of

the Canadian wildfires here.

Been a bit hazy those days.

Well hope everyone has a great weekend!

Friday Blessings To All!

Janice

Maker's Monday

What have I been up too? 

 

I finished the cursive strawberry.

WOOHOO

This was the pattern from Erica Michaels

Alpha Strawberries.

Now to make it into that strawberry.

I folded it with the right side in.

Then hand stitched the one side.

Turned it right side out.

Stuffed it with my Morning Glory

fiberfil stuffing.

Topped it with a green wool top.

Took some green ribbon.

Made a bow and secured it with a long pin.

Next I took some velveteen.

Took the same pattern which was

included in the Alpha Strawberries pattern.

Stitched up more strawberries 

using the velveteen.

The two colors together.

These will all go in a display soon.

In other news,

the repaired bowl from my last post

is a reproduction.

Folks get fooled all of the time,

 it is a cheap fake....but I do still love it.

Also the pics from my last post were all from my home.

We no longer have the gift shop.

I only order honey, candles and bath bombs...

and those are inside our antique store now.

Mikayla had her final prom and overnighter.

She starts college in August now.

We ordered a privacy fence from Lowes.

It will replace the old rotten wood one

that my neighbor installed.

We asked them if we could replace it...

and of course they agreed.

Not yet sure when they will 

come out to install...but when they do 

it will be done in one day.

Just the one side of our property.

The rest is cyclone...but we wanted

a privacy one on this side to keep

Tundra from barking at everything.

Well have to get my butt to work.

Hope everyone enjoys their week.

June Blessings To All!

Janice