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Cross Stitch and Quilt Goals for August 2023

 Since I will be at home for the month of August and I'll have access to ALL my sewing and cross stitch supplies, I thought I would make a goal for the month and share it here.

In my cross stitch, I have the final installment of Cross Stitch Camp to do.  I'm using the Gather Pumpkins from the Fall Gather Round by Hands on Design to meet the "try something new" requirement since it has over one stitching in it and I've not done that before.  This is being done with all the called for floss and fabric because it came in a kit LOL


I'm stitching along with Nichol Spohr's Flying Lessons Stitch Along and that starts August 16.  She posted a picutre of a conversion done on a fabric similar to what I've got and in purple.  You know I am a cutesy Halloween person so this color way was perfect for me.  I've picked mostly Colour & Cotton threads with a couple Weeks Dye Works for mine.  And aren't those floss drops adorable?




I want to finish my June Cross Stitch Camp piece.  Every Day Things by Heart in Hand.  I'm super close on this one.  I'm thinking of finishing it as a small pillow and putting it in the dough bowl I bought at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago.  I've got the bowl on the dining room table.  And yes, I realize I have not mentioned July's Cross Stitch Camp piece.  It's a rather large one that I KNOW I won't get finished this month.  It's a fall piece so maybe I'll prioritize it in September so I can display it.

  

Cottage Garden Samplings Partridge in a Pear Tree is also a goal to finish.  I'm so close!  I've already got the next two in the series.  My plan is to frame each of these individually and put them all over the house during Christmas.  I'm stitching this on 14 count vintage country mocha aida with the called for DMC and Classic Colorworks threads.


In quilting, I will finishing quilting and  put the binding on my Basket Case quilt and it will be done!  I am struggling with machine quilting on my machine.  I did not spray baste it to get it to be "glued" together, I've just pinned.  Maybe that would help me like machine quilting better.  I'll see for the next one LOL

I want to put together my pear blocks and get that going. They're all cut out, just waiting. The pattern is from Fig Tree & Co in her Fruit Salad book.


I have a new BOM that is starting this month from Fig Tree and I will put those blocks together.  This one is called Midnight in the Garden.  I am soooo hoping it uses her newest collection called Harvest Moon.

And lastly on the quilting goals is to start Manchester by the Sea by Fig Tree.  This BOM ended earlier this year and I have not even started on it.  I've seen finished ones and it's beautiful.

I better get to sewing if I plan on meeting these goals.  Until next time...

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