"A sewing wallquilt"

"Un gobelino costurero"

Sisal, Yucatán (1 hr from Mérida)

Hi dear friends,how are you doing? Here in mérida had yesterday what the news called the hottest day of the year; We were at 42 degrees almost all day, even in the aftenoon, about at 6 or 7 PM we still had 40 degrees. So it was an awful day, I didn't sew anything, only did a little redwork. My kids and I, almost spend all day watching TV and eating icecream and popsicles. Later in the nightfall when the wind started to blow was a relief and we had a good sleep.I hope we don't have more days like this.

Hola amigas, ¿como les va? A quí en Mérida tuvimos, segun las noticias, el dia mas caluroso del año; Estuvimos a 42 grados casi todo el dia, aún en la tardecita, 6 o 7 PM seguíamos a 40 grados. Así que fué un dia horrible, no costuré nada solo hice un poco de redwork. Mis hijos y yo estuvimos casi todo el dia viendo tele y comiendo helado y bolis. Al anochecer que empezò a soplar el viento fué un alivio y ya pudimos dormir bien. Ojalá no se repitan muchos dias así.

Returning to the crafts..

Volviendo a las manualidades...

Today I want to share this wallquilt I've finish a few days ago; It's made with a "sewing ladies's" fabric that I loved in the moment I saw it.

Hoy quiero compartirles este gobelino que terminé hace unos dias; lo hice con unas telas de costureras que me encantaron desde que las ví.

 I just sewed thin strips in different colors around the ladies blocks and joined them with a little wider strips of the other fabric.

Solamente cocí unas tiras angostas de diferentes colores alrededor de los cuadros de las costureras y las uní con tiras un poco mas gruesas de otra tela.

 It came with a decorative strip in a very contrasting yellow with sewing stuff (machine, pincushion, iron board, scissors etc) on it. It is very beautiful so I used it to make the big pocket with divisions in the bottom to keep all my sewing supplies, it came out very nice, and is very useful.

La tela trajo una tira decorativa en un lindo color amarillo contrastante con motivos de costura (máquina,tijeras, alfileteros, tabla de planchar, etc). Está muy linda y la usé para hacer un gran bosillo con divisiones en el extremo para guardar todas mis cosas de costura, quedo bonito y muy útil.

Until next time...

hasta la próxima...