Feeling Patriotic

Do you realize in one month the 4th of July will have
come and gone?  It suddenly hit me like a ton of
bricks and I decided I best get busy on some projects
I'd like to complete before July rolls in.

About this time of the year, I put away all my
spring decorations and pull out my patriotic
items.  They are left out all summer and I try to
add a new item or so each year.

I started this little project yesterday.

It is laying across my chair in the family room
waiting for me to decide if I like the flowers or if
I want to cut them down a little more.  They seem
to overpower the rest of the wall hanging.  So, I'll
just stare at them for a day or two until I feel good
about leaving them or trimming them more.

Today I worked on this using fabric that I have
had forever.  I have a plastic file box with
what I call "patriotic fabric" (reds, blues and
creams) that really needs to be used up.  Most of
the pieces are several years old, but when I started
putting them together, they didn't look too bad.
Kind of a scrappy look. 

I have also been doing a little stitching.
Just about have this done and then I can
border it and hang it on the cute little
hanger I bought a couple of months ago.

Hopefully, I can finish up these projects this week
and get some binding on a couple of little quilts
I just got back from being quilted.