Lazy summer days

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 Hello again, 

 It has been a little longer than I had promised in my last blog post...sorry about that! Sometimes life has different plans in mind, you know?

Now that our youngest is done school for the summer, we are settling into a nice summer routine...no more getting up at 6 am! Now we get up when we feel like it ( although I have to admit I am not one to waste my day away lingering in bed ;), and try not to make many commitments...I love that pace of life!

I have a few quilts in the works right now. I finished my strawberry table runner and will work on getting that pattern into my Etsy shop soon ( You can find me at HyggeFarmhouse). It is a super simple and scrappy pattern that has some sweet strawberry appliques. Here is a peek at it:

It is featured on top of the yellow cabinet that I mentioned in my last blog post. When the college students leave town after graduating, they usually sell a lot ( if not all) of their belongings, so I was able to pick this up from one of them. She couldn't recall the history of it, just that it had been in her family a long time. I ADORE pieces of furniture that aren't perfect and look a bit worn so this one has found a prominent spot in our home! 

I finished this quilt top using my Accuquilt dies and it is currently in Texas being longarm quilted. I have always quilted my own quilts, but my friend said she could provide batting and backing as well as the quilting so I decided to jump at the chance! Here it is before it flew off to Texas: 

It is a simple design, but I have to tell you that I adore it! Or maybe it's the colors I adore? You can never go wrong with red, white and blue. And when they are faded like this and look like they have been used for years....SWOON! :). I'll make sure to share another photo after it is back and bound and ready for use on our porch!

I was a little behind on my embroidery journal but finally got caught up on that! Here is what I have so far...we are about halfway through the year so I think I will have enough room to fit all the weeks. I think it will be a lot of fun to frame this and have it as a reminder of 2022.

And finally, I was invited to sew along with Fat Quarter Shop on one of their Shortcut Quilts. I decided to use some out-of-the-box fabric colors and designs for me and chose these layer cakes:

Go check out the pattern..it is free and fast and will be so fun in a variety of fabrics!

Until next time~happy creating!

Monique