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Posting a day early because I remembered and did it WHEN I remembered, LOL! Also, I entered a crocheted afghan in our County Fair for September. Our fair is the last of the season, and they're going to have it, Covid or not! (We've only had a few cases county-wide, no deaths, not even a hospitalization and no nursing home incidents, either. Yay, Us!)

This afghan is called, 'Sky, Sea and Sand' and I used Caron Simply Soft yarn and a pattern called 'Spectrum' which I have used two other times to rave reviews. I'll post the pattern link below.

I was about to get going on a very complex doily to enter in a county fair in about 2 months & just found out the fair has been cancelled for this year - BUMMER!!

Here’s a link to a picture of the doily (trying to find a non-Ravelry link) .... it’s from the book Absolutely Gorgeous Doilies by Patricia Kristofferson & it’s #10 Pineapple Song.

https://exquisitecrochetdainties.blogspot.com/2010/11/pineapple-song-tadaa.html

I have the book & have crocheted several of the other doilies, but none as “intense” as this one.

Your afghan is really pretty - I love the colorway - blue ribbon for you!!

That is a lovely afghan! And, great to hear that your fair WILL be held.

I finally finished the work to be done on my daughter’s wedding gown. This is the gown, not her: https://www.usabridal.com/p12498244/allure-bridals-romance-3009.html

I took it up in the shoulders, as she is short. Then shortened the front by 6 inches. This involved painstakingly taking off (stitch by stitch) all of the lace at the bottom, plus six of the lace appliques, then shortening 3 layers, and putting the lace along the hem back on (painstakingly), and deciding to also put 2 of the appliques back on. This all took MANY, MANY hours, and I could have sewn her a perfectly lovely dress from scratch! I also added some tiny lace by hand down each side of the buttons on the back, from the upper back, down to where the nude mesh ended, which stabilized that area (as well as improved the appearance, IMO). I finished the dress on the 4th of July, and the wedding was on the 11th.

I also made the veil, which also involved plenty of lace hand sewing. It was all worth it, in the end, though, because she was radiant and beautiful. The wedding had been postponed from 5/23 to 7/11, and ended up being “mostly” what they originally planned, albeit with fewer people.

I also made 21 voile table squares, just to spruce up the decorating and add color, and because I had tons of this plum voile left over from making my jacket for the wedding. I didn’t get to wear the jacket, due to it was hot.

This weekend, I am going to work on sewing masks for my 2 granddaughters, for “back to school”. The current plan is for school to start up, full time, 5 days/week, but they will need to wear masks. My daughter-in-law brought me about 15 fabric cuts, and I think I have the pattern figured out, to match the style of the sample that the oldest granddaughter prefers. I am looking forward to this, and then moving to some more sewing for myself. I really need more tops for work, as we have been mostly wearing jeans all of 2020.