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Woke up to a beauteous sight this morning, the fog lifting off the Lake ushering in a sunny day. 

Sophie and I took a walk and then went to the farm stand this morning for some lovely early pears, raspberries, peaches and red lettuce and I intend to spend the day sewing with some swimming thrown in and maybe a little sunset ride in Barbie Dreamboat. Ahhhh, the luxury of anticipating a lazy summer day.

My friend, Carole, and I got together to make this little Sew Together Bag by Sew Demented. And can I just say that demented is what we ended up after trying to figure out this pattern. Honestly, no pictures and the directions may as well have been in Swedish. Thank goodness for a tutorial online by Quilt Barn or we would have given up. And really, once we got into it (our second try and with much hilarity) it came together ok. I would suggest after turning the binding, to hand stitch it. Much nicer.

3 zip pockets on the inside.

Oh! And don't you just love this sloth fabric? How freaking adorable is that?! It's by Cotton and Steel - easy to tell because their gray is like no other. And speaking of their gray, I finished up my niece's quilt. I think you've seen the front, shown here with the binding all on now.

And here is the back. I ran out of that distinctive gray so bought the patterned piece you see below, also Cotton and Steel-had to be. I think it came out nicely. A modern quilt for a modern girl.

And here is Lu's quilt, all done but the binding. Kind of hard to see in the glare from the windows but the quilting is a little much, it is bubbles, lots of them. I think it will be okay but will take some getting used to. I've made up the gazillion yards of binding and now have to get stitching. But not today. Too much like work. 

Some good reminders here and I need to reread this often, perhaps daily. Enjoy.