Slow Sunday Stitching

 I’ve spent lots of time this past week on my Fox for the A Year in the Woods series. I love his face and the emerging texture in his body. I think it is these details that pulled me into these stitcheries. And so far it looks as though the elements were designed to fit beside each other as it comes together. I’ll get a bit further and then perhaps next week take a picture of the fox and reindeer together. In the meantime, I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching

What We’re working on

 We had another quilt go out this week, this time to a lady in hospital with worsening Multiple Sclerosis. She requested something “happy, perhaps something with flowers and pinks and purples”. Well, we just happened to have something that fit that exact description. Pat put this one together. I’ve been working on a couple of outdoorsy type quilts. One of them is almost done and will be gifted in the next couple of weeks.It needs a plain border around the outside to finish it and then binding. The other doesn’t have a recipient yet, but that can change very quickly. It is getting more of the square in square blocks around the last two edges.

And then I think it is going to get a couple of migrating geese borders to the top and bottom, plus some spacer borders to bring it up to a good size. These are fun to do. We recently purchased some more panels so be prepared to see some of those here once we start working on them.

I’ll link up to my usual Mid Week Makers

Slow Sunday Stitching

 Last week, after I finished gridding the area of my linen for The Fox, I got straight away into stitching the fox and his surroundings. The little cabin is almost done and the Fox itself is started. I love the texture in his tail and am looking forward to starting that section. It’s a damp and rainy weekend, so after I post this to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching, I’m going to find something to watch/listen to and then do a lot more stitching.

What we’re working on

 We have more quilts finished and going out to people who need them from our Prayers and Squares group. The greatest demand seems to be for quilts for men. Somehow, each time we get one finished it goes right out. We can’t seem to keep up with them. So for the moment, the focus is on getting more men’s quilts made. This one was finished and out within a week after being finished. We have a panel with six sections in it, each showing an animal that calls the Muskoka region home, so I’ve designed up some quilts that will use them and go together fairly quickly. This is one, which will be done quilt as you go style, which is why the borders are still separate. The side border has these wolves framed with a tree bark like fabric.The same borders repeat on the other side of the panel, but I don’t have the space to lay them out. And then there will be three quilts that will have the animal panel as the centre and then borders going around them to make them bigger. This one is just started.It will have the blocks with the wolves in them as the next border and then perhaps some stars.

This very pretty floral quilt may be going out this week as well, based on a three yard quilt pattern. It will be  a choice between this one and another also pink and floral.  

We remain a very busy group. I’ll link up to Mid Week Makers

Slow Sunday Stitching

 Except that it isn’t Sunday, but Monday when I’m writing this. According to Kathy’s link party, I have 2 more hours in which I can link up, so it isn’t a total waste. I got so involved yesterday in my actual stitching that I didn’t get a moment to write about it. It is very exciting. The reindeer is done and on top of that I was on a roll, so I get the gridding done for the next section, which is the fox. And past that, I even got the flosses sorted and organized for what I need for the fox. I can get started on the stitching for the Fox tonight. I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching. 

The other exciting thing this past week was being able to visit with my friend Gail, aka The Cozy Quilter. We haven’t seen each other in person in over 3 years, so that was a great day. FaceTime visits are great, but they can’t compete with in person. They were visiting a cottage up here for a week so we spent the afternoon together at that cottage. We were able to sit out on the dock for a while and just chat. And of course we had to do a photo op with their grand puppy.

Slow Sunday Stitching

 A finish is in sight. Perhaps this week will see the reindeer stitchery finished. All that is left is the grass and snow under the reindeer and some more scattered snowflakes. So close...... Then I can start the gridding for the next creature that will live beside the reindeer. So many things to enjoy about these patterns... the cute little log cabin, the wonderful texture in the creature’s fur, the beautiful swooping antlers..... 

I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching and then perhaps put on the Olympics and do some more stitching.