Lucy

 The hand stitching goes on and on and on.

Linking with Slow Sunday Stitching

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blessings,

Chris

Sunday Stitching

 I have progressed this far on Lucy. Friday night I joined the Chookshed Stitchers for 5 hours and did some glue and hand basting on the hexies and squares that will fill in those 4 corner squares. It should not take too much time to get those stitched together. Now the question is, do I stop here and find another hand project to pursue (the book is in the mail), or do I carry on with my last plan to make 13 more to double the size? The original had 56 crosses. I am aiming for 25. I still have so many interesting fabrics to fussy cut as well as a whole bin of already basted hexies waiting for some fussy cut show stoppers. I am loving this project.

This is what the backyard looks like right now. I had no idea the scope of that stonework. They would not let me anywhere near it while it was going in. I still have 400 bulbs to plant before the snow.

 

Linking up with Kathy at Slow Sunday Stitching.  

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blessings,

Chris

Slow Stitching on a Sunday When I have 18 Coming for a Turkey Dinner

 

I am a bit slow these days. I found a whole bunch of comments awaiting moderation approval. Silly me. I'm sure I had seen all of them in my inbox but did I reply to the comments? I will have to go back and see. Life has been full and busy. We went away a couple of times recently. I have been thoroughly enjoying working on the Lucy blocks. I have a system going now that makes it fun and not too messy. I want to get caught up on these before pulling out the huge bins of fancy fabrics and fussy cut more hexies. I am aiming for 25 crosses for now. But, alas, I have 18 for dinner later today. Lots of help so I can relax.

This has been my hand-stitching this year. What did I ever do before discovering English Paper Piecing? Oh yes. I did needle turn hand applique. I will get back to that in the New Year. That is only 12 weeks. Linking with Kathy at Slow Sunday Stitching.

Blessings

Chris

A Quilt Finish

 I want to shout it from the rooftops that I have completed a quilt!!!

This is the first WIPS-B-GONE finish.

Disappearing 9-Patch in 30s Repro fabrics

The backing is a novelty print from Joanns purchased 

many years ago.

And I finally get to show off a quilt roll.

The baby shower is on the patio in half an hour. Guess I need to get it wrapped. 

Blessings,

Chris

OMG October 2022

 So I did not meet my September OMG goal. No surprise. I did not meet it in  June or May or April either. So now it will be my October goal to finish the wedding quilt. I did make progress. Just not enough. In the meantime, we are hosting a baby shower (my Sweetie's idea to welcome new neighbours) this Sat evening on the patio. It is finished. Mostly. A few more shrubs will go into the ground in the spring. But for now, it is done and paid. 

The baby quilt is one of my ufos the Disappearing 9-Patch that I had intended to finish and give to one of my 4 youngest grandchildren, but they are all in school now and too big. This new little one should enjoy it. 

This is one of 4 ufos I am planning to finish up for WIPS-B-GONE with Leanne at Devoted Quilter. I still have to do the binding but have a couple of hours tomorrow afternoon to get that done now that the quilting is complete. Everyone else is posting progress on Instagram but I do not do Instagram so will post here when I have something to show. 

We have new neighbors on 3 sides of our farm. So my Sweetie thought it would be nice to get everyone to meet everyone and then he thought surprising the mom-to-be would be nice too. He has so much more time to think and play now that he is retired. My goodness, it was exactly a year ago that he announced that he intended to sell all the cows. And, we have such a nice patio to hang out on. Too bad it is October and a bit chilly. But that is what sweaters and jackets are for. 

Blessings,

Chris