Sunflowers Cross Stitch (Finally!) Done.

I spent a few evenings this past week working on my Sunflowers cross stitch.  Finn likes to lie beside me on the couch while I am stitching.  When I got up to get a glass of water, he moved over to my spot... very helpful!

On Thursday evening, I added the last few stitches and gave it a good press.  TaDa!   I love how all of the bees and sunflowers look on the blue background.  I will take this in to be framed sometime in May.  The stitched part is about 11.5" by 11.5".

Last Summer, my husband and I went to Newfoundland for our vacation and saw lots of lupins in bloom. I purchased this counted cross stitch kit while we were there. This is a much smaller project than the sunflowers. I have prepped my Aida cloth by zig zagging the edge and sorted out the threads by colour.  I hope to start stitching tomorrow for Slow Sunday Stitching. 

Today, the Oxford Guild hosted a sewing day to work on a pattern chosen by the Vice President of the guild.  Being a rebel (haha!), I chose to work on a flannel vortex quilt to use up some of my flannel scraps.  I had cut up lots of pieces earlier in the week and put them in a clear plastic shoebox.  The larger bin where I keep my flannel scraps looks fuller than ever...I think I must have just fluffed everything up.  I sewed and pressed and trimmed and sewed and pressed and trimmed all day long.  I hope I have enough crumb blocks made now to make a baby quilt.  I had some blocks leftover from the last time I made one of these quilts--sort of like a sourdough starter but fabric.  The second picture shows the blocks I made today as well as the ones that were made before.  I will work on cobbling them together soon. I love this part of the process--it is like putting a puzzle together. 

We took Finn for lots of long walks this week.  He loves to walk at the park and on hiking trails but does not like to walk in our neighbourhood...

We went out for ice cream tonight.  Finn got his own bowl with a small amount of vanilla ice cream in it.  He loved it!  You could not tell that there was ever ice cream in the bowl by the time he was done. 

His face, however, was another story!

Our azalea bush has started to burst into bloom this week. 

The bloodroot was very pretty earlier in the week until it rained for two days, knocking all of the petals off  of the flowers. 

We watched the eclipse on Monday in our backyard, enjoying Eclipse Sundaes while we waited for the full eclipse.  

Finn was ready!  (Actually, we kept him in a shady spot in our gazebo--he was very happy to be outside with us!). 

Have a good week!  I will link up with Kathy in the morning.