What We Are Working On

 I didn’t do a “working on” post last week since most of us went on a road trip. One of our local quilt shops is closing since its owner is retiring. The good news about that is she has sold her business and it will be opening again in another location. It is always sad when a quilt shop closes, so that is great for everyone. She had all her stock reduced to $10.00 a metre, a great price so we stocked up on some lovely backings and also some neutrals which we were getting quite low on. Yesterday Marg spent the entire afternoon cutting some of those fabrics into big block quilt kits for future sewing. Meanwhile, Tammy continued to work on the quilt as you go sampler. Pat has been working on these lovely blocks for a while now. I think they are almost finished. And I started a new quilt. These blocks are 14 inches. There is lots more different blocks needed before it can be a finished quilt. I’ll link up to finished, or not, Friday.

Slow Sunday Stitching

 I made progress on both hand stitching projects this week. I have one sock finished, and the second started with about an inch of ribbing done. Our Prayers and Squares group went on a shopping trip last Thursday and so I was able to get in knitting time during the drive. And my skunk cross stitch for The Year in the Woods now has a face. I continue to enjoy doing these and seeing the textures in the designs. I know I said last week that I was going to keep on with the black until it was done, but I couldn’t do it. I’m also noticing that the white on the skunk’s head is not really showing up against the linen. I may need to do a small amount of back stitch to define it. I’ll decide for sure once the whole thing is done. I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching.