CQJP: June Block Progress

Not much progress. It's slow go, and I can't find decent photos of my mother's youngest sister, Peggy. Here are some details:

You can see my Palestrina Stitch over at Tuesday Stitchers. Once I got the hang of it, I really liked it - as with most stitches.

I am having Scottish oatmeal for breakfast and boy is it bland. Needs more something - sugar? butter? I thought grits were tasteless without accoutrements.

CQJP Progress & TAST Stitch

This is the Cabled Chain stitch which you can see on right. I'm using it as a basket handle. Or, you can interpret that motif as an ice cream come, whichever you wish. This is block 6 of my CQJP project, dedicated to my Mom's youngest sister, Peggy Ann, for whom I am named (the "Ann" part). Today, Peggy is the last of the eleven children in my Mom's family still living. Sadly, she does not communicate with the family. But she was a fixture on Wednesdays at the quilting bee/sewing circle/coffee klatch, so she has a block in the quilt.

Semi-Daily Detail: CQJP Block 6

Chain, detached chain and bullion

using some of the variegated perle cotton . LOVE the colors!

 Ready for my close up, Mr. Demille...

Daily Detail: CQJP Block 6

Perhaps I should retitle these posts "Every Other Daily Detail" ;-)

My tried and true, go-to vine & rosebuds - feather plus French knots. I love the texture.

Buttonhole wheels and laisy daisy.  Plus cretan stitch on the right. More embellishments needed. I'm doing the basic layer at this point.

Couldn't resist: on sale at Hobby Lobby:

Variegated perle cotton floss...

CQJP: June Block

Only a couple of weeks behind schedule, I'm just beginning my June CQJP block:

I'm off topic a little here but I've been doing some garment sewing recently. I saw this fabric at Fabric.com 

where I often shop. However, I think they've sold out.

I love this skirt pattern: New Look 6053. It takes me a couple of hours to stitch it up. I even lined this one with some wonderfully soft rayon I bought a few years ago when I thought I was going to hand dye fabric. That didn't last long, and I was stuck with about 4 yards of beautiful 100% rayon. I thought about making several white blouses or tanks but it worked beautifully as a lining.

I prefer skirts and tops to dresses. I'm so long-waisted that dresses are (1) hard to fit and (2) uncomfortable.

Here's the top I made (New Look 6735). This fabric is a very soft rayon knit blend, which I bought in white and pink. I never had much luck with knits so I practiced on a piece of knit fabric that I wasn't crazy about. I like the way this turned out although  the neckline is a little wider and lower than I normally like but it will work. Having a serger has made a big difference. Now I just need a coverstitch machine.

New Look patterns offer a lot of  easy, basic, versatile pieces.