WHERE DID THE LAST MONTH GO?

Wow! June is gone and it is now July. Half of 2019 is gone. What have I accomplished?  I like to think I am re-finding myself. Yes, that is what I am doing. June was spent basically at home by myself. I've been reading books, sewing and embroidering, a bit of cleaning (I really do not like cleaning), and I have begun eating at home once again.  I've also been dealing with major computer issues and fears of needing to spend $1,000 or more to keep me in my virtual life and designing on the computer. I hopefully have dodged that bullet, but am still waiting to hear from the repair guy.
First for the fun....what have I sewn and finished in June?

 This is a baby quilt that I worked on as a project to learn how to design embroidery and quilted blocks using my Floriani software. I was fun and I did learn a lot. Who says you can't teach old dogs new tricks. Well I wasn't taught, but I did learn. Keep that brain working I say.  Then when my body gives up in old age at least I'll still be able to learn.

After working on learning and putting it into action I decided it was time to finish up a few projects that had been started for classes I taught but never had time to actually finish.  So I pulled out an Easter project, an Thanksgiving one and a small Christmas or winter one. They are now completed and ready for their respective holiday.

After all that was accomplished I launched into a rather large project for my past boss and good friend.  It will be one that lasts a long time before it is done. Not only is he a quilt shop and sewing repair owner, but he is a pastor of a small church. So as a thank you for all he has done for and helped me with in the last 6 years I have decided to embroider a Noah's Ark wall hanging for the church.

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This is one of the 20 blocks I need to embroider. Each one has about 55,000 stitches and takes about 4-5 hours to complete. Hopefully it will be beautiful when it is complete.  I was making pretty good progress on it and had 8 blocks done when my machine (Lovey) decide she needed a break and a spa treatment. (Oh that I could have such treatments when I'm over worked.) She's all cleaned up and back as of today, hopefully well rested, so tomorrow she and I will have some fun time together.

I still haven't found time to get back to my rubber stamping and card making.  Thought I might do so while Lovey was at the spa, but I had to deal with some computer issues instead. That however is a whole 'nother story, for another day, or not.

On into July I go. Noah's Ark is on my to do list and I continue to work on relearning how to cook rather than eat out all the time as is The Village way. There is only one  draw back to cooking and eating at home, I do it alone. Eating out is more expensive and less healthy, but at least it is social. Oh well, you can't have everything. Fortunately I like my own company.

Till next time.....which I hope will not be a month from now. Enjoy and do be creative!
Suzanne