Keyword: county fair

I don't know where this week went! I KNOW I stitched but I don't have a lot to show for it. I seem to have gotten sidetracked into reading and sleeping late (because I can't get to sleep until late.) Oh, and the local HOA Girls' Night Out on Thursday didn't free up much stitching time either... Oh well, I did get in one completion --- the "pink" quilt block for the special "Pink" category for the fair: It's not as encrusted as I would have liked but I was stumped as to what to put on i…

I did stitch this weekend... I finished Stitch 71 for TAST on Friday and the June block for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project on Saturday. Then I started on the 12 x 12 block I hope to enter in the county fair next month in the category called "Pink"... All the seam treatments are finished and now it's time to embellish.

Besides catching up with TAST, finishing the piece for the fair ("The Taco Sampler") and taking nine finished pieces to the framer on Saturday, I did squeeze in some stitching as well this past week. I managed to get the main part of the outer borders done for "Midnight Garden", as well as some of the black cross-stitched elements in the middle border: Ready for blackwork! I also put together a 12.5" block (12" finished) for the "Pink" category for the fair. It needs embellishment b…