I found a cucumber!!! Actually it was right in front of my eyes on the grass and I didn't see it! Hopefully there are more in that mess of cucumber plant leaves. Also, there are lots more tomatoes, especially on the deck, and squash.
Still no peppers but I have hope. I have given up on the beans. To be honest, and I really didn't expect this, but the morning glory vine is overcoming all the climbing beans. Still, there are flowers on the bean plants and best of all, there are bees! So hopefully...
So I did spend the weekend on my craft projects. First of all, I finished the accordion never ending scrap journal. I will share pages later on but here's the book with the front and back covers attached...
It turned out much better than I thought it would when I began the journal. And there's lots to do and places to journal inside. So, one project finished.
Remember these strips of fabric?
The squares of less than great quilt fabric? Well, I paired the strips with strips of green fabric and the result looks nice...
The top is finished and I have a piece of fabric ready for backing. All I need is the batting which I will be picking up this week.
I finally found time to arrange my paper pieced project from this...
To this...
Now that I have the hexagons arranged I can begin sewing them together. And to aid in that I decided to make a couple needle cases so I can keep one with different projects.
I put four squares of felt together, stitched across one side, then cut in half making two needle cases...
Each case has a page with needles and two needle threaders. I like the metal threaders rather than the wire loop ones because the wire always detaches when pulling hard. The second page has pins...
Finally, I finished the August prompt for my Fabric Embroidery Book. The stitch was the VanDyke Stitch, one I had never heard of nor tried but it's fairly easy...
So, my weekend was successful! Projects either done or steps finished. The emphasis for this week is to redo the dining area...taking out the large table and chair set which was nice when we moved in (Left by previous owner) but is slowly falling apart and quite frankly, way too large for our needs.
We are going to use our smaller table from the upstairs room and look for a couple more chairs as well as remake the small leaf that was lost in the move. We may decide that this table is too small in the end, but at least we will know what fits best. And, we can always move it back upstairs if we find a better sized used table and chair set.
Do you have any special plans for this week? If you have school age children, you may have to focus on back to school activities as many schools begin next week! Hopefully, though, you can squeeze in some fun summer activities along with getting ready for school.
Have a great day and enjoy the weather...even if it's hot and muggy! Remember the cold days of winter are not that far away (and then we can complain about the snow and cold!!!)
Again, have a great day and stay safe...
Talk with you tomorrow...