Stuff, the June edition

Hi all! Hope June is off to a great start for you all. It has finally warmed up around here, in the middle 80s. It's finally acting like regular Arizona late-spring weather.

I have Junia progress to show, my FFO'd exchange piece, new stash (again), and another FFO!

First order of business is something Robin in Virginia wanted to know about my header picture, the flowers. After some research, I've found they are called the Daisy Fleabane flower. They're from the
Aster family of flowers, not a Daisy..

They grow wild here in the spring. I can't remember if they grow here after our monsoons.

. They like dry conditions, fields. I did pick a leaf for the smell test and they do smell

like soap! For that reason, I'm guessing that's why animals won't eat them. I've never

given them much thought because they're basically just weeds. Here in the Southwest, 

wild flowers are confused with weeds. At any rate, I had to weedwack those cute

flowers. They sure brighten up a yard though. Different species of the Fleabane

are found in other areas too like Indiana.

On to stitching.

One of my refinished finishes was FFO'd today..

I really like how it turned out using the light orange cord that Carol (I think we all) 

know who Carol is!) made and I won. Cute.

I also FFO'd my exchange piece. I wished I took a better picture but here it is..

The fabric is lighter in real life, WDW Parchment. The design is 

Hurrah! Blue and Gray by Pineberry Lane. I stitched just the bottom 

portion. What is missing is the word Hurrah and a few more pinwheels like 

the one at her right arm and the diamond motifs. I'm pretty sure I

would still be stitching on it had I continued with the rest of the pattern!

I made it a hanging flat ornament with the shell rings to hang floss in, 

trimmed with the red and white twine and tied it with silk ribbon? I forgot what

that's called! The back fabric is a med brown with tiny blue and red flowers.

It is on its way to Georgia as I type. Hope she likes it.

For Junia I picked up The Merry Hart by PSS..

I really do love stitching on this. I have added the flowers to the border and a start on 

the roof. I hemmed and hawed about the fabric at the beginning but it has since grown

on me and I'm happy with it. I think I'll keep at it until it's finished.

Well, I stashed again (enter guilty grin)! I have got to stay away from those

stash selling sites on FB! But look what I found..

This has been my unicorn chart ever since a flosstuber showed it. I think I 

paid $8 for it plus postage. Here's the two other items I couldn't live without..

I just had to have the WTN&T chart on the right, love the colors on it, and

the magazine with the adorable Halloween pattern. I bought it just for that reason!

Okey doke! That's all I have. I think if I update more often with smaller posts, 

Blogger won't go haywire!

Merry Hart will stay in my qsnaps and will be finished. I'm rethinking my plans because

I'm getting a little stressed about my plans! Lol. I think from here on out, I'm just going to 

stitch on whatever catches my attention. 

Oh, I forgot! For Whine and WIP SAL on Stitch Maynia, I pulled out Dear House

by La D Da..

It's my whine piece because of all the dk blue. I have added the the blue to the 'you are

really' section. I'm nearing the halfway point on this but can only take the blue for so

long!

Alright, now I'm done. Take care and thanks for stopping in!