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<\/p>\nHere in Arizona it is hot, hot, hot! The heat really saps my energy! And, with the kids’ summer activities, I don’t have blocks of time for stitching, alas! However I do snatch moments here and there on a variety of small projects. Little by little it adds up, and I realize have quite a lot to show!<\/p>\n
First, my “Joy” ornaments are done:<\/p>\n
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My Star Santa awaits a few more beads:<\/p>\n
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These were made for the Christmas Ornies SAL (here). This month’s theme is God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, so I have a Merry Gentleman (Santa of course is the Merriest gentleman ever, right?) and 2 “Joys” for the “comfort and JOY” in that carol.<\/p>\n
Speaking of Joy, I’ve made a little progress on June from Joyful World:<\/p>\n
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Next to the beehive where my needle is parked there is a great big bear. He is just so big I don’t want to stitch him! He will take several sessions! I am such a whiner! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
And here’s my Just Nan Baby Celebration which I’ve really focused on this week:<\/p>\n
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So much detail and so many colors in this one! That’s what makes it beautiful of course but also so time consuming! It seems I’ve hardly made any progress even though I feel like I did spend a lot of time on it!<\/p>\n
My other WIPs take too much concentration so they have to wait for the kids to be back in school. But my goodness are they building up! I don’t think I’ve ever had so many!<\/p>\n
I “needed” another easy project and so picked up one out of my “do in 2018” pile: Charmed Sampler by Raise the Roof. Now this is super cute. And I do not wear my charm bracelet so it will be useful to display my charms on the sampler instead. Here I am so far:<\/p>\n
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I’m stitching as charted, and the colors are so fun! The verse says “Some wear a charm on ear or arm I sewed mine here to see all year.” Here are the charms to put on it:<\/p>\n
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There is a stitched charm bracelet across the top and bottom so there should be plenty of room for all of them!<\/p>\n
I’ve been working on some finishing too but I’ll save that for next time as nothing is quite 100% done yet. See you back here soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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