Block 3 and July's Friendship Block...Amongst Other Things

Block 3

Here is Block 3 for the 100 Days 100 Blocks challenge. 

July's Friendship Block below.

July's Friendship Block

As you notice, there is only one this month. I'm doing a liberal queen-sized top requiring two blocks for months 1-7. Since the quilt along began in November, this is number eight meaning only one block from here on in. Thank goodness. I thought June's were going to kill me with all those HST's!

Happy Independence Day, BTW.

Nothing planned really for today. Maybe a boat ride in the boat parade scheduled for later this morning. Maybe a cookout/lunch/dinner with a few of our neighbors. Maybe some quilting. Most everybody around us has family and friends over. We do not. A few of the kids were up last weekend, and we have a huge weekend next weekend with reunion, meaning we take advantage of the calm. The lake is busy enough with everybody else and we shall enjoy their laughter and fun via arm chair.

After taking a swim yesterday afternoon, I started pulling fabrics for the Stitch Happens wall hanging.

Stitch Happens fabrics

It turned into a cutting marathon while Jim was in his happy place putting up the very first batch of strawberry and strawberry-rhubarb jams for the year. He loves to work in the kitchen putting up food for the winter months ahead.