Gratitude and Glimmers #97

Welcome to my post for the month of all things I like and for which I am grateful. You can find links to more posts like this one at LeeAnna's blog, Not Afraid of Color.

July has been a slow month for stitching and blogging. I have taken it off the past few years and, although I didn’t make it official this year, I did tend to step back a bit. Here we are though, the last Thursday in the month, so I thought I’d pop in with a few little glimmers that have brightened my day over the past month.

1. July 1, Canada Day, saw MacGyver and me at Seacliff amphitheatre for the first of the summer free concerts lineup put on by the town of Leamington and sponsored by a few businesses. This was Forever Seger, a Canadian tribute band out of Toronto who absolutely nailed the Bob Seger band’s sound; MacGyver commented that the female sax player was better than Bob’s! We saw the real Bob in Detroit a few years ago. 

Since that night we’ve seen another Canadian tribute band, Brass Transit, a tribute to the band Chicago. Excellent again. And the Windsor Symphony Orchestra gave an excellent concert this past weekend, playing so many of my favourites. What a venue. I love live music but getting this setting and this quality for free is incredible.

A Little Pick-me-up or Lay-me-down Cushion

This cushion is going to a dear friend who is going through a rough time this summer. Homemade cushions, in my humble opinion, are just the best: quick and satisfying makes, filled with meaning, simply trying out a cool block, and practical. This one ticked all the boxes.

It felt so good to dig through the two piles of Island Batik fabrics in my IKEA Kallax cabinet. Gosh, they were so generous, (I still have lots and lots of leftovers) and wow, their fabrics so divine!

Kismet

After I'd finished my Winter Blues quilt for Project Quilting 16.2. I always wondered if it would work with a jellyroll…and it sure did! It's taken me no less than five quilts (yep, this is number 5!) made in this pattern to finally answer that question! Here is Kismet, and she has quite the story to tell.

Yes, just one jellyroll, well, actually, half of one jellyroll!