Slow Sunday Stitching: The Last Week of Red, White & June

 As I say good-bye to "Red, White & June",  I'll check in one last time this month over at Kathy's Quilts for "Slow Sunday Stitching"!

Some Are Almost Finished

After a focus on them this past week, I'm thisclose to finishing the stitching on "Home of the Brave" and "Craft Supplies and Other Lies I Tell Myself".

I will admit that stitching on these two have been the most fun of all the stitching I've done over the last two months.  In each case, it was seeing the design revealed as I went along combined with the ease of stitching them out.  I also had less issues stitching on the fabrics as well as following the patterns for these than I did with the other two projects I worked on.  Well, with the exception of the error in positioning I did when starting "Craft Lies"!  Yeah, I still have some ripping to do from that, LOL!

I will continue to focus on these to get them done even as I've already pulled the project bag out for one of the projects I'll be resuming for "Christmas in July "!  I had hoped to have had them finished because plans for "fullfully finishing" them are already in place.  "Craft Lies" is to be framed so I'll be shopping for that as soon as it's done.  For "Home" the plan is a pillow finish and I will probably just follow how the designers at Primrose Cottage did it.  It's noted in the pattern that they used prints from Minick & Simpson's "Belle Isle" line and I actually have some of that so will consult my stash to see if I can do the same.

United We Stand is Still Not "Fully Finished"

Last time, I had talked about having a scrap of piping that I could use for the edging I want to put on this project.  Well, it still hasn't turned up so now I'll definitely have to make more.  

I will try to do so over the next two months since for me the "patriotic period" is from Memorial Day to Labor Day so Red, White and Blue quilts and cross stitch will remain up in my spaces!  I'd also really still like to see if I can then do the same edge technique on a pillow I also still need to finish so I'll see what happens with all of that going forward.

Stitching Still In (Long-term) Progress

This means I also end the month with "Right To Vote" and "NY Skyline" still in progress:

The threads I needed for "NY Skyline" arrived!

I may or may not continue stitching on these over the next month.  As I said eariler,  for July I plan to work on projects for "Christmas In July".  For that I already have two cross stitch projects that need to be completed:  one to be "fully finished" and one that the stitching needs to be completed.  If anything, "NY Skyline" will probably stay in the current stitching rotation since it's the easier of the two to stitch and is the one I want finished so I can use it in a prominent display spot that's open.  

It's been another fun "Red, White & June" season to focus on patriotic (and other) stitching!  Now head over to Kathy's Quilts to see what others have been "Slow Sunday Stitching" to finish up the month!