What We Are Working On

 I skipped doing a post about our Prayers and Squares progress last week since I didn’t get any pictures taken. I’m not sure what I was doing or why I didn’t get pictures. Anyhow, this week I remembered to get up and get pictures. I even grabbed the pile of sampler blocks Marg has been working on and spread them out to take their picture. They are 10 inch blocks using up scraps. They are gorgeous. She’s planning on 20 blocks set 4 x 5 done quilt as you go style. Janet has also been working on a sampler. Hers are 12 inch blocks and she is trying the quilt as you go technique for the first time. Here’s a close up of one of the blocks. Tammy has started a new quilt using some 4 1/2 inch strips that were in a bag. She’s doing a block from the Quilter’s Cache website called Tam’s Patch. The fabrics are gorgeous. I’m looking forward to watching this one grow. I’ve been working on some sets of stars while at P&S. There are 7 more sets to make. They are all cut and waiting to be sewn together. Here at home I’ve been working on pinwheels. I love patterns that blur the edges between the blocks. One more block to go and this one can be added to the to-be-layered pile. I’ll link up to finished, or not, Friday. Next Thursday just might be declared a layering day.

Slow Sunday Stitching

 I’ve gotten a good start on the next piece in the Year in the Woods series. This time it’s a Skunk, much cutter and no stink, unlike the real thing. I’ve gotten all the greenery across the bottom finished and a start on the flowers. I really do need to do something about getting these pieces framed. After all the time and stitching that goes into these, they really should be up on a wall. Unfortunately, stretching and framing cross stitch is my least favourite thing to do in the process. I have the supplies to do the first set of these here. I’ve had it for over a year and keep putting it off. sigh......

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

What We’re Working On

 We had a good day at Prayers and Squares yesterday. In preparation for our summer ladies coming back, Marg and I have been doing some cutting. We used to schedule full afternoons of cutting, but I’m finding that way too hard on my back, not to mention the cost of gas to drive there and back an extra day. So instead, we are starting an hour early to do some cutting before we get to our sewing machines. We finished putting together three kits yesterday for those who like to come in and find the cutting already done. They can pull a kit and start sewing right away. 

Tammy continues to work on the 3 yard quilt she’s been sewing on. This one was a community effort. Pat bought the fabrics and chose the pattern. I cut it and Tammy has sewn it. All that is left is one more border to add. Marg has been working on a sampler for the last month or so. I don’t have pictures of all the blocks. These were sitting on the table. And I’ve been working on some star blocks in autumn shades. Here at home I’ve started some pinwheel blocks. The intersecting blocks will form grey pinwheels. These are using large pieces, 4 inch finished triangles, so I only need 12 blocks total for the quilt. They work up quickly. I had lots of reds left from a couple of quilts I did a couple of months ago, so I’ll use up more of them here. There are still more left, so be prepared to see more reds in something yet to be determined.

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

Slow Sunday Stitching

 I’m up early this morning, so I thought I’d do my post for Slow Stitching since I’m up, rather than waiting till later this afternoon after we get home from church. The chipmunk for the Year in the Woods is finished. And better yet, I’ve gotten all of the gridding for the next section done as well and all of the flosses wound onto bobbins. I can now start on the Skunk. I hope this is as close as I ever get to one of those critters. Here are the finished Bear and Chipmunk together. I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching.

What We’re Working On

 We had a couple of finishes yesterday at our Prayers and Squares group. A few weeks ago, Marg started adding to the panel with the cats. It had already been quilted, but needed to be bigger in order for us to be able to gift it to someone as a lap quilt. Using the quilt as you go method, Marg added the pieced borders and then did the binding yesterday. Another quilt that was gifted to us, already layered and the quilting started was this gorgeous autumn themed sampler. Janet has been working on the quilting for the past month or so. Marg put the binding on it yesterday. After Janet finished the quilting on the autumn quilt, she started in on piecing together another sampler. Tammy has been putting this 3 yard quilt together and now has the centre ready for the borders. I’ll link up with finished, or not, Friday

Slow Sunday Stitching

 The chipmunk for the Year in the Woods project is finished and is so cute. I still have the flowers and leaves that surround it to finish up and then I can move on to the next animal, the Skunk. Depending on the amount of stitching time I manage this week, this piece just might be done by this time next week. I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching.

Slow Sunday Stitching

 My chipmunk for the Year in the Woods got a lot of stitches put in this past week. Its tail is done and now I’m working on the top of its body and its head. Another week or two should finish this one and then I can start on the next, which is the Skunk. Skunks are nasty critters in real life, but the cross stitched one, found here, is very cute. I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching