Slow Sunday Stitching

 Today’s slow stitching report its on Monday, rather than Sunday. I got hit by a nasty head cold that turned into a nasty cough. I’m finally feeling more like myself, 10 days later. Yuck-er-oonies..... All that to say I haven’t been doing much cross stitching due to lack of concentration. The Woodpecker from the Year in the Woods is slowly taking shape though. And the slowly is good, because that’s the point of the whole thing, to enjoy the slow progress and watch it slowly take shape. I’ll link up with Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching.

Slow Sunday Stitching

 As soon as I’d finished the Skunk critter for The Year in the Woods series, I started right in on the next critter, a Woodpecker. I’ve gotten quite a bit done on it already. I’m doing this one differently. On the last few that I’ve done, I’ve started on the bottom of the charts and worked my way to the top. This one is growing from the top down instead. When I went searching through the threads I already have, while waiting for the ones I ordered to arrive, most of them were for the head, therefore I started there rather than be patient and wait for all the other threads to get here. I also had to change the lighter yellow in his beak. The one called for was too close to the colour of the linen. He’s looking quite handsome so far. I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching, and then do some more on this handsome fellow.

What We’re Working On

 We changed our P&S day to Friday this week so a couple of our members who were visiting today could come. It was a great day, full of laughter and sewing and hugs and chaos. And we also got some stuff done. It doesn’t get any better than that. Marg has been working on some little boy quilts for a family in need. These are done, just waiting for their bindings. The one boy is into trucks and also mine craft. Some of the pieced blocks are sort of like some of the mine craft things. The other boy likes mythical creatures and monsters. This panel fit that theme quite well. Marcia is working on putting together her Disappearing Nine Patch. I think she is working on her borders now. Diane took home a couple of big block quilt kits last week. She has the blocks all pieced together. We found the large print the last time we went fabric shopping. There were 2 one yard cuts of it, enough to cut 12 squares measuring 10 1/2 inches for these blocks out of each yard of fabric. There is a blue version and a brown version. 

We have had a request for a quilt for a young boy, 11 years old, undergoing treatment for a malignant brain tumour. His favourite colours are blue and black. He likes fish and moose and lego. There are moose and fish in the fabrics. They are being sewn together to look like large lego blocks. I’ll work more on this at home this week and hopefully get it finished and then layered next Thursday.

I’ll link up to finished, or not, Friday.

Slow Sunday Stitching

 I finished the very cute and totally non-stinky Skunk from The Year in the Woods series. Here it is in all its cuteness. And here is the finished set of three, the bear, the chipmunk and the skunk. I’ve started on the next set of three. But there isn’t anything interesting to see since the beginning is always getting the linen gridded. Highly boring and highly frustrating with the smaller count linen, but absolutely necessary. It has saved me from mistakes so often that it has become an essential part of doing a cross stitch piece. The next critter to be done is The Woodpecker. We often see these large woodpeckers outside our front window so it will be a fun one to stitch.

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

What We are Working on

 Another very productive day was had at our Prayers and Squares group yesterday. Marg finished a Disappearing Nine Patch top. It still needs a backing made for it. Dian and Donna, our newest members, took this sweet quilt home and between them finished the quilting and the binding. Tammy has finished the quilt as you go assembly of this sampler. Here’s the back.  Elizabeth has been working on a bear themed quilt. She is planning on adding borders to it with Bear Paw blocks on the corners. Here at home I’ve been powering through some 2 1/2 inch strips. This top is finished and, along with 3 others, was layered yesterday. There were off cuts from each end of the strip sets. So they have been combined with some pastel Kona solids to form hour glass blocks. I’ll hopefully finish putting it together this coming week. I’ll link up to finished, or not, Friday.

Slow Sunday Stitching

 My cute little skunk is almost finished. Actually, the skunk itself is finished. It’s the background stuff that is left. The bottom row of the house remains, and then there are a couple of trees to do. I’ve already ordered the flosses for the next set of three animals and then these will be all done. I’ll have to pull out some unfinished pieces once these are all finished. But that’s quite a while away yet, with each animal taking anywhere from 6 to 8 weeks to finish. I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching.

What we are working on

We had a couple of finishes yesterday at our Prayers and Squares group. Elizabeth finished her animal themed quilt that she brought with her to her cottage from home. Diane and Donna, two friends who have recently started coming out to our group, finished the quilting and the binding on the green Punctuation quilt. Marcia is working on some disappearing nine patch blocks. 

And Janet is working on doing the quilting on this top that Marg finished a few months ago. Here at home I finished a quarter log cabin quilt top design called Townhouses. And then I brought home a tote that contained pieces for a quilt that I started cutting weeks ago. I never seemed to be able to get blocks of time at the P&S meetings to be able to work on it, so I brought it home. Progress has finally been made on it. It’s a pattern called Fourteen On Point. I’ll link up to finished, or not, friday