Slow Sunday Stitching

 I’ve been absent from the blogging world for a bit. The monitor screen on my computer died and it too a while to get the problem diagnosed and then even longer to get a solution implemented. But it’s all good now and I’m back in blogging mode again. 

Just before the computer problem, I finished my Swans for the winter series of At Home In The Woods. Here are all three side by side. 

I did finally decide to order a frame for it but it hasn’t arrived yet. 

I have since started on the spring series and the first one is a Jackrabbit. He’s very cute. I love the texture in his fur. I think it is that texture in all the animals that drew me to this series. Anyhow, it’s almost time ti leave for church, so I’ll post this and link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching

Slow Sunday Stitching

I had hoped to finish up the Swans stitchery this past week, but that didn’t happen. There are 1 1/2 trees left to do and one small bit is the evergreen branches and it will be done. Hopefully this next week will do it and then it will be on to gridding the fabric for the next set of 3. Once I get this done I’ll un-hoop it, press it and get a really good picture. And then I can also measure it and see if I can order a frame for it online. There was a comment left last week about checking the thrift shops for frames, which is a great idea. I would likely have to modify any frame I found there to fit this piece though, and I don’t have the tools or expertise to do that, unfortunately.

I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching and maybe finish this up today.

Slow Sunday Stitching.

 The Swans stitchery is close, so close to being finished. The swans themselves actually are done. All that is left is the background stitching, finishing the greenery and pine cones at the top and some more snow flakes, also in the top half. I am soon going to need to measure this and figure out how to frame it. I do the mounting on foam core board and stretching myself, so all I need to do is get a frame. However, that is the hard part. There is a framing place here in town, but it is terribly expensive. I have found a Canadian order frames online place, but I’ve never used them before so I’m hesitant about how that will work. I’m half thinking of ordering a frame for one of my hymn pieces just to see how it works. If it turns out all right I’ll order one for this. None of that though is likely to happen before Christmas, so I’ve time to figure it out. 

I’m linking to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching

What We’re Working On

 We have, as usual, many projects on the go at our Prayers and Squares group. Janet finished off a lovely 3 yards quilt. There is a finished Rick Rack Nines, a Bonnie Hunter design from one of her books. Sorry about the scrunched up picture. The quilt ended up bigger than I expected and I don’t have enough floor space to completely lay it out.

And because we’ve been making so many quilts, we’ve been busting through our stash at the church which meant going fabric shopping. There is a lovely quilt shop about an hour away in the little town of Minden called Remember Me Quilts and More. Marg and I made a trip down there for some much needed stash enhancement. We picked up some red fat quarters, just because it is impossible to have too many reds and we had very few. We picked up fabrics for a quilt for a specific person, in greens and creams as requested. And then we picked up a lot of backings and backgrounds. We are hoping to get working on some quilts to use up an overflowing bin of 2 1/2 inch strips that will need backgrounds and constant fabrics to calm to calm them down. Hopefully this will keep us going for most of the winter.

I’ll link up to Mid Week Makers

What we’re working on

 We’ve managed to get quite a few tops to the layering and ready for quilting stage. The Greens quilt is  done and has been delivered to its recipient. Such a fun and easy quilt to do.Then there is a Bricks and Stepping Stones quilt, from Bonnie Hunter’s free patterns tab on her blog. And a lovely quarter log cabin variation using a fun birds print in the large corners. And lastly, a finished music themed quilt which is going to a gentleman in a nursing home who loves music and the old hymns.
 In process is another Bonnie Hunter quilt called Rick Rack Nines from one of her books.I’ve ben making nine patches as leader/enders for quite a while. I have enough now to make a small version of her design. It’s almost half finished. I think it will finish somewhere around the 50x70 inches range, perfect for a lap quilt. Some of the fabrics in it go back to my very early days of quilting 20 to 25 years ago or more. It’s fun to re-visit them.

I’ll link up to Mid Week Makers.

Slow Sunday Stitching

 My plan of last week, to alternate stitching on the swans and the greenery is working. I’ve gotten a lot done and both areas are progressing. The dark green is hard to see in the photo.Another couple of weeks should finish this one. Then I can start the spring series. I already have all the supplies I need for it. I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching.

Slow Sunday Stitching

 The Swans both have their necks and heads and both have their faces. Which makes for great progress on them this past week. I also finished the cabin, except for filling in the window panes. There is a lot of foliage to be done at the top so I think I’m going to alternate - do a thread length on the swans and then a thread length on the foliage. That way neither seems overwhelming towards the end of the piece.

I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching and then find something to watch/listen to while I do more stitching.