Slow Sunday Stitching

 My reindeer now is on its way to having two full sets of legs, as most self respecting reindeers would agree is absolutely necessary. Maybe by next week the legs will be done, or at least the front hind leg. 

I still love it and enjoy working on it, which is a good thing. I’d hate to lose interest and end up having a cross stitch UFO pile start to add up. It’s bad enough having quilters attention deficit disorder without adding cross stitching to it.

Nothing much else to say at the moment, so I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching and call this post done.

Slow Sunday Stitching

 My Reindeer is growing. He sprouted a full set of front legs this past week and his mid section is coming along nicely. 

I suspect there is a counting error in his mid section on the right hand side somewhere, but rather than rip it out I am going to try stitching over the mistakes with the correct colour. I think the correct one will be darker so I’m hoping in the overall scheme of things that the mistake won’t show. I’ll call it a design and shading choice if it does. I’ll know one way or the other by this time next week. 

I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching tomorrow.

What We’re Working On

 Last week at Prayers and Squares we finished a couple of quilts and their backings and got them layered. I brought them home and they are now both quilted too. I haven’t got pictures of them quilted. They both still need bindings applied. That task will be done by another of the ladies. Both of the finishes are of the outdoor theme variety. The one with the birds already has a recipient in mind. The log cabin /woodland animals might end up as a fundraiser. We’ll have to decide about that later.

I’ll link up to Mid Week Makers

Slow Sunday Stitching

 This reindeer is such a pleasure to stitch. I’m so glad I gave in to the impulse and ordered the patterns and thread and fabrics. It’s going fairly quickly too, for a slow project that is. I like being able to see progress from one week to the next. And the new magnifying glasses are helping, both with seeing the stitches and with seeing the chart, a double bonus. I also have the chart available in a knitting app on my iPad where I can zoom in on the chart and see it better. Since it’s a paper chart rather than a download, I had to scan it into my computer, but that was an easy task. And it also acts as a backup should the unthinkable happen and I lose the chart. I’m thinking maybe I might start on the tree, just to have a bit of a break from all the browns. It will be easier counting too for a bit.

I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching and then I’ll decide what to stitch next.

What We’re Working On

 It’s been a while since I did an update post for our Prayers and Squares group. We hadn’t had any finishes and I hadn’t managed to get any photos. But that has changed a bit. We are into our fund raising season and we have 2 quilts that are finished and have raffle tickets on them. First is a Toronto Maple Leafs quilt. And second is a scrappy triangle sampler quilt. 

Janet finished off the hexagon stars. The hexagons were donated to us. There were enough to do about 2/3 of the quilt and then we raided our stashes to find fabrics that complemented those that we already had. And lastly there is a log cabin quilt with some woodland animals in it. This is the fourth quilt that this fabric has shown up in. This one finishes that particular fabric.

I’ll link up to Mid Week Makers

Slow Sunday Stitching

 I’m not sure how much stitching I’ll get done today. We are puppy sitting for the weekend.

She is a very cute and very active 8 month old cocker spaniel poodle mix, which means stitching quietly probably won’t happen unless she is sleeping, something she doesn’t seem to do a lot of. She loves cuddles and lap surfing and she wants to say hello to everyone. But I have made good progress on my reindeer up until this point this week. And I did order the increased magnification glasses which helps considerably when working on this project. I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching

Slow Sunday Stitching.

 I’m starting to be able to see the smaller thread count easier so the stitching on my Reindeer is going a bit easier. I think the bigger magnification glasses would help, so I am going to order some. In the meantime, the reindeer’s antlers and head are done and I’ve started on his neck. I haven’t much else to say today. It’s been so wet and stormy lately that there hasn’t been opportunities to do anything other than stay indoors and sew and stitch.  I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching and then do some more stitching.