Slow stitchin'

 It's another warm Sunday and some slow stitching in the air conditioning sounds good to me. A while back I showed you a start on a Valentine cross stitch. Here is where I am at today, progress has been made.

I have also continued hand knitting slippers for donation through my daughter in law. Last time I showed them I had eleven pair done. Thirteen have now been knitted, one them still needs sewing up which I will do today. 

Yesterday I made the other two matching southwest placemats. 

I also finished up the last orange pineapple block, took a photo, put the project away and then as I was getting photos ready for this post I deleted the pineapple block one. So you will just have to take my word for it that it is done because I don't want to dig it out!

Lots of slow stitching happening today so I am linking to Slow Stitching Sunday and Sew and Tell Monday

Strip time

 Making strip sets has been my focus for the last few days. First cutting a bunch of strips of neutral and this black which has little gold circles. Then sewing into long strips and then the sub cutting began. 

Sewing going along smoothly. 

Oh I forgot to say these are for the leaf quilt. Here is what is going on with the strip sets. Still a ways to go but I am loving it!

For some slow stitching time I started a new little cross stitch. You are asking why I started another new something?  So I will be joining in with Slow Sunday Stitching.

That's because I actually finished two in the last two weeks!! So I kinda thought I deserved to start a new one, LOL.  Once again I used colored pencils to make a grayish aida cloth. I 'think' I used my Derwent water color ones.  White embroidery floss didn't show up very good while doing the snowman so I outlined it with a metallic looking blue gray. Then instead of stitching snowflakes on the top I used snowflake buttons I had on hand.  I also added three snowflake buttons to the green polka dot fabric. This finished up at 9" wide and 6" tall.  I don't consider this late for the season, I am ahead for next winter;)

This one I got done on time for this upcoming St. Patty's Day. He's about 6" square.  Both of these were monthly freebies from Primrose Cottage Designs.

Here it is with my little shamrock wall hanging. 

Linking with Finished or Not Friday, TGIFF, and Off The Wall. 

String progress + cross stitch

 I have made a little progress on my bright string quilt. The white sashing with orange cornerstones got added. I cut the sashing at 1.5". Next I will add a white border all around cut the same as sashings. The plan from there is to make a piano key type border with more strings. 

There is a finish today also...A little cross stitch pillow using a pattern from Primrose Cottage. This was one of their free monthly patterns. If you didn't know they offer a free cross stitch and a free quilting pattern in their monthly newsletter but you have to sign up.

Did you notice the background color of the Aida cloth? I used a green colored pencil and went over the white Aida to get a light green. I have no idea how this will hold up over time but I don't plan to wash it so I am not worried. This piece has been stitched since November and just now finished it into a little six inch pillow. 

Linking with TGIFF, Finished or Not, Off The Wall, Beauties Pageant and Oh Scrap!

Slow stitching

 I hope everyone is having a great December. Ours has been busy. But I have taken time to do some slow stitching for a change of pace. While traveling the first week of December I started knitting socks again.

But as you can see this is as far as I can go because my needle broke. Will have to wait to continue until I get to Hobby Lobby.  

But that is okay I had other yarn and needles to start making slippers again. One pair done using a burgundy 4 ply yarn with a sport weight pink yarn.

And second pair started using a variegated 4ply with a blue sport weight yarn. My daughter-in-law loves these and so I make and give to her to donate to someone in need in her community.

And I also started this Christmas Tree stitchery from a pattern by Melisa at Pinker n Punkin blog.

That is my slow stitching this week. Also linking with Sew & Tell and Monday Musings

Happy Halloween!!

 

The extent of my Halloween decorating is this nook in our main entry way. 

And my two finished cross stitch bowl fillers!  Both are the free designs from the very generous Melisa, thank you for all the fun stitchings you shower us with!! The Hocus Pocus pillow us from Primrose Cottage Designs. If you sign up for their cross stitch newsletter you will get a free design each month. If you sign up for their quilting newsletter you will get a free quilty design each month.

Linking with Off The Wall Friday, TGIFF, Finished or Not Friday

Slow Stitching

For my slow stitching Sunday I hope to start this little stitch.  Oh you say why is she starting another one, well....

because I finished stitching this one. I think it will be a little pillow like how Primrose Cottage finished theirs. This was a fun one to stitch.

Saturday I quilted, bound and appliqued this snowman runner.  If you want to see the whole one you can check out this POST of a previous one, same thing but different border fabric.

This is what my design wall looks like today. These snowman blocks have been up there for over 2 weeks. I hope to make them into a runner but haven't decided on the design yet. Thinking it would come to me as I see them there every day...hasn't worked yet!

Linking with Slow Stich Sunday , Design Wall Monday and Sew and Tell Monday.

 

Slow Stitching

 Not much stitching has happened yet this weekend. But during the week I did a little more stitching on this cross stitch that I started just over a week ago. 

I thought I was going to quilt a table runner yesterday but DH mentioned we should go to a rather local ATV trail as this might be the last chance to do that here as the weather is in for a cool down. The trails will be closing for the year soon too. We were enjoying the moment and I didn't snap any photos but we saw some pretty fall colors along the way. 

Linking with Slow Sunday Stitching

Weekend Stitching

 Friday I quilted the two gnome runner flimsies. Saturday I did all the machine applique on them.

They are identical except for the backings I used up a few scraps for that. Joining in over at Oh Scrap!

 

Friday evening I started a new cross stitch. I will be doing this for Slow Stitching Sunday tonight also.

On Monday I will join these parties...

Sew and Tell Monday, Monday Musings and Design Wall Monday

Three finishes and a start

More fall Rising Star table toppers. This one uses a beautiful fall leaves fabric with a coordinating one in the same colors plus the accent of green. I thought about using an orange accent but thought it would be a bit too much orange and blend in more than I wanted.

A nice homespun for the backing.

Another sunflower one was needed but using a different sunflower fabric. The pattern is from Anka's Treasure in her book Angles with Ease. They are about 27" across.

A gold backing fabric.

And Hello Summer is finished into a little pillow! I have a bin of lace and trims from doll clothes making days so I went there in search of something that might work. This is a design from Primrose Cottage. They used a pink cloth to stitch on, I didn't have any but I had white 14ct. Aida. To make mine magically turn into pink I used a watercolor pencil and rubbed it over the white Aida cloth and wet a stiff brush and brushed it over and over. I had never tried this before, it was an experiment that worked!

And the start is another little cross stitch piece so I have something to work on in the evening while watching TV.

 

Linking with Friday linky parties... 

Beauties Pageant

Finished or Not Friday

Freemotion Mavericks

Off The Wall

TGIFF

Done and Almost Done

 Pumpkin panel is done. This was pieced a couple weeks ago and the quilting and binding done on Wednesday, photos taken and listed in my Etsy shop on Thursday. 

This was all one panel and then I cut it apart and rearranged it, my favorite thing to do with panels. This is what the Benartex panel looked like to begin with.  You see how I cut the center pumpkin panel out, separated the border leaves from the smaller pumpkins rearranged everything and sewed it back together.

From there I added a black border to bring it to a size I needed for the triangle blocks. Easy peasy right? Add some fun quilting and it was done;)

My almost done is the Hello Summer cross stitch I have been working on. I thought I would finish it up while on vacay, but I just wasn't in the mood to really do much so I worked on it when we got home. I just have the bees wings to stitch today for Slow Stitching Sunday.  Maybe I will start the next cross stitch, it's a fall one. 

Also linking up on with Monday Musings, Sew and Tell Monday and Design Wall Monday. I hope to have another busy week of stitching ahead. 

Summer and Fall

 Hello Summer is a cross stitch from Primrose Cottage, love their designs. Diann and I had been talking of what to stitch next, she mentioned she was going to do this one and I thought it is the perfect timing. So I jumped in fingers first:)  A week ago I picked out the thread and then Monday started stitching and every night since except for last night. I only stitch in the evenings while watching TV.

During the day time I sew.  I figure it is time to work up a few fall panels for the shop.

And the current one I am working on.  I'll go into more detail about each when I get them quilted.

Linking with Slow Stitching Sunday, Sew and Tell Monday, Design Wall Monday, Monday Musings.

Some of this and some of that

Last week I worked on several different things and I did it in my camper. More on that in a minute, but here are some projects. In Wednesday's post I showed the start of my blue pineapple blocks. I couldn't resist making more and since I had more blue and neutral scraps with me why not make more, now I have a grand total of 10 blue made. These were really so enjoyable to make. 

Here they are all together.

After the scrappy fun I decided I better get the pieces cut and sew up this snowman panel. An identical one was made and sold last winter, lucky I had purchased two of them! This week will be a longarm and binding kind of week.

A little more accomplished on the flag cross stitch.

We were up north at the PGI convention(Pyrotechnic Guild International). It is a week long fireworks convention with seminars, classes and then several displays in the evening. These are not your ordinary everyday fireworks, they are from professional businesses that design really neat fireworks. Three nights of the week are PGI members and the public and the other nights are just for the members. We are members as hubby enjoys the classes and seminars and then in the evenings we go in together for the spectacular displays. Unfortunately the weather didn't always cooperate. There were two nights that events were postponed because of rain. And it was darn cold at night sitting out and watching the displays. We were wearing five layers of clothes plus wrapped in fleece blankets!! The wind didn't help either!!  It was mid 50's at 11pm, plus one night it was a bit of light rain off and on. Thank goodness we have a fireplace in the camper so when we got back there we could warm up quickly!

And this one is made up of drones, the drones kept changing within the display and consisted of 1800 drones. It started out with planets, the earth, and landing on the moon. It was so neat. This is a very shortened video of one part of it. Put your sound on:)

Linking with our favorite Monday linky parties: Monday Musings, Sew and Tell Monday, Design Wall Monday

Finished Piecing

Monday I teased you with a red and white project in the works and asked you to guess what it would become. A few of you were on the right track...a log cabin. I finished piecing it.  It is a pattern from Connie at Freemotion by the river blog. Next for me is the quilting and then I will applique holly leaves in the corners. 

After that I was still in the mood to work with more red and white. This is a Primrose Cottage pattern. If I understand correctly they are going to close their Etsy shop and open their own website for sales. But I changed it up a bit making my flying geese into trees and omitting the corner stars and also making my gingham squares smaller and adding a row. I have used this pattern before and love the design. 

In the evening I have been doing a little cross stitch a few rows at a time as my wrist is really bothering me lately. This is a sampler from Melissa. She has a whole line of samplers and they are free patterns, she is so generous with her talent!

My little garden produced these. 

It's Friday so I am linking with TGIFF, Off The Wall, Finished or Not, Beauties Pageant