July Crafternoon

You may have noticed a lack of crafternoon posts on the blog, when previously they were blogged about every month. Before the Summer started I decided to take a break from hosting and asked the crafternoon ladies to pick a month and host at their house (on a voluntary basis of course!). While it’s been really nice to take a break, I missed our monthly get togethers and I think it was a lot harder then anticipated for everyone. We had a March & April crafternoon, but then no crafternoons until the end of July (photos above) The last photo is the white elephant gift I put together with a little nun bag I stitched up. Jessee hosted a sewing crafternoon at her house. I made gluten free lemon scones and a coconut bread that I never got a photo of. I think I was actually the only person who sewed anything, but I love working on my english paper piecing while hanging out with such wonderful company!

Our crafternoon family had a very sudden loss at the beginning of July when our friend Crystal and her young daughter passed away unexpectedly in an accident at their home. I think it made us all realize how much our little rag-tag group of crafternooners means to each of us. We all met up soon after and held a midcentury potluck in her honor, something Crystal would of really loved. There was even pickle dip because she absolutely loved pickles. The loss of Crystal has made me want to double my effort in getting crafternoon going again. These monthly meet-ups are some times the only time I get to see most of these wonderful ladies and I don’t want to let months slip by before connecting with them. So far we have a September crafternoon scheduled at my friend Jillian’s, and then October here at my house. I am really excited about getting the crafternoon gang back together each month.