June 2025 – Amy's Axons

Fledgling male Downy Woodpecker – he was a marvelous creature and I love how he was showing off his wings

White Breasted Nuthatch

Female House Finch

Carolina Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

The Chipping Sparrows are back!

My sister asked me to make a stuffed dog for her use at work. I went through my fabric scraps and thought these would go together well.

I appliqued the muzzle, nose, and eyes then used a zigzag stitch for the philtrum and mouth.

Aww, he turned out so Adorable 🩷!

After the puppy, I was inspired to use up some more of my mountain of cotton fabric scraps and thought I’d try my hand at book sleeves. This is one of my favorites 🤩

I especially think the pocket is handy AND cute

Whew, I certainly need to go through my scraps more often. I ended up making 49 book sleeves (!) and still have leftovers 🫣

I also had a lot of leftover canvas fabric and wanted to make something useful with it. Fifteen years or more ago my Mom, sister, and I made key wristlets. I decided to try it again and here are the first few I did. I think I ended up with about 25 by the end.

My Dad got a flat of strawberries back in May and shared some with us. My Mom always made strawberry shortcake with homemade pie crust so, of course, I do too.

On Memorial Day, we made the homemade ice cream recipe my Dad always made when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s. It was just as good as I remembered and it was fun to share it with Hubby 💕