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