July Cottage of the Month
Designer - Country Cottage Needleworks
Completed July 2, 2015
Stitched on 28 ct Light Blue Jobelan
Floss Used: DMC Variations 4129, 4080, 4000, 4205, 4230, 4045, 4240
and DMC white
Trim Used: Tizzy Baby Yarn (no longer available)
Changed month name to USA
While helping with the tornado recovery and clean up a few weeks ago, I took a nasty fall. The fall forced me to take time off, but it gave me enough stitching time for a few more finishes!
Monthly SAL
Stitched on 28 ct Black Monaco
with Six Strand Sweets floss
June - Chocolate Covered Gummybears (completed June 30)
July - Sorbet Swirl (completed July 8)
July - A Year in Chalk
Designs by Hands On Design
Stitched on WDW 30ct Gunmetal
with suggested GAST threads
August - A Year in Chalk
Designs by Hands On Design
Stitched on WDW 30ct Gunmetal
with suggested GAST threads
Hard to believe just how fast the month of July is going. My youngest DD has been away at a military base for training since June 13. Last week, we made the 6 hour drive to visit her for family day. All she wanted to do was leave the base and have "real" food, so that's just what we did. She won't be back home until August 5 and then she leaves for an additional 2 weeks of training on August 7. Her college classes don't resume until after Labor Day, giving her a couple of weeks off before she begins her senior year of college.
Have you started thinking about the Christmas gifts you want to make yet? I always have great ideas in January, but never get ambitious enough to start stitching. Then, I seem to really start thinking about it again in July and August, although I might not actually start on any of them until (almost) the last minute. Why do I do that to myself? Ornaments are always on my list and I have more people to stitch for this year, which means I really need to get stitching.
I'm thinking of Christmas in July, lol!
