Shenandoah Valley Botanical Quilt - July Block Lily

I am sewing along with the Shenandoah Valley Botanical Quilt project - the pattern is provided by the Virginia Quilt Museum and all pattern sales benefit the museum. Dawn, from Collector with a Needle, and Doreen, from Aunt Reen’s Place, are hosting a quiltalong for this quilt, here.

The pattern size as provided by the museum easily makes 9 inch blocks. I am doing mine in wool so that I can make that size (8 1/2" finished), many are enlarging the pattern and all the participant's resulting blocks are well worth a look...so pretty!

This is my version of the block for July, labelled Lily:

 I wish you could feel this one :)  the texture on the layering is so much fun!

Here is one of my new distractions keeping me from getting much sewing in this summer - a 7 month old chocolate lab has joined our family.  His name was Zeb but we find he comes to us better if we say "Hey Buddy".
Happy Independence Day weekend to all my American friends, and a happy weekend to the rest of you too!!