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Eventful July

July was a super creative month for me. Inspired by 14carrot's textile art, I acquired some bee and honeycomb charms with matching findings to make a necklace and earrings set.

I think I might be making more jewelry projects in the future, too -- I forgot how fun it is.

I finished embroidering another row of patchwork on my recycled linen quilt.

I taught myself how to make my own hair scrunchies (another thing I'll never have to buy again!)

I quilted the two small panels from my 9 lb. Goodwill haul to make some bowl mats for the pups.

I finished two of someone else's UFO projects from one of the Goodwill online auction lots: an applique kitchen towel and patchwork table runner.

I made a 100% recycled quilted bespoke bag from the summer issue of GreenCraft Magazine, using only scraps from one of the Goodwill online auction lots, and embroidery threads leftover from other projects.

I made my first series of mini art quilts with this trio, inspired by the cover project from the summer issue of Art Quilting Studio.

I turned some scraps from another Goodwill lot into a new light-blocking cage cover for the birds.

Using two more of 14carrot's quilted art pieces and some thrifted fabric, I made covers for two new sketchbooks.

Another reason I like thrifted fabric: I can use it to make experiments, like my new reversible dust cover for my sewing machine (more on that in another post.)

Finally I kept up with my calendar scroll stitch project for another month. Whew! Onward to August. :)

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