Quilt tops, cross stitch, and mowing

I got the long, black insert pieces sewn together and cut last night then hung up the interfaced sleeves to get an idea of how the border is going to look. I think I have gone as far as I can for now on this top until I can cut up my yellow shirt.

So in the meantime, I will go ahead and finish the odds and end top. I dug thru my vintage fabric bins and came up with 4 options for the filler/joining pieces I need. I am leaning toward number 2. It is a slightly heavier piece of fabric that has a narrow hem. I am thinking it was used as a tablecloth in it's past life.

I watched the last hour of yesterday's TDF stage, sewed a little, then headed out to mow. I got the front mowed and the one side. I was interrupted during mowing with texts from one brother, a phone call from another, and talking to the neighbor. I need to trim badly so maybe I can tackle that tonight. Here you can see how tall the grass was at the side. I hadn't mowed the side in two weeks so it was long!  It wasn't quite that bad in the front. It was very warm and humid even at 7 -8 p.m.

I made some progress on the deer cushion top over the last couple of days. Here is where I was on Monday and where I am now.

I am taking vacation tomorrow. The band has two shows this weekend. Friday's show is local and Saturday's show is 55 miles away which isn't too bad. Have a great weekend!