Today was the annual Vice President's day at the Oxford Guild. Many quilters were working on Anita's Arrowhead blocks, a pattern chosen by our VP, but I decided to bring along some hand stitching to work on instead. Earlier in the week, I thread basted my Arizona quilt so that I could hand quilt it. I am using 28 wt grey Aurifil thread for big stitching. So far, so good!
I had several opportunities this week to add stitches to my Winter Woods cross stitch project. The deer is done and I also did the snowflake. I am working on the part below the deer which includes several trees. I still need to add some stars in the sky and the eye of the deer.
I also hand stitched the binding on my potato chip baby quilt today. I had finished the quilting earlier in the week.
You can see my straight stitch walking foot quilting in the next couple of pictures. I will block this quilt to get it to lie flat.
The Rainbow Scrap Challenge colour for February is blue so I put together some light blue hollow nine patches this week. I may make some turquoise blocks too.
After several months of not knitting, I decided that the only way my scarf is going to get done is if I try to work on it most days. I have the yarn bowl and scarf on the coffee table to remind me to pick it up and knit!
It was very cold today where my daughter and Finn live, but the sun was shining and Finn enjoyed sunbathing by the window. He likes lots of blankets in his bed as well as some toys...
My daughter's crocheted book blanket will have 11 granny squares for the books she read in January.
Here are the books she read in January along with their ratings. She does not give very many 5/5's. (only 3 books got this rating last year out of the over 120 books she read)
Last Sunday, my husband and I went for a walk at the local park. I took this picture of a milkweed pod, dried out and cracked open, seeds and fluff still inside.
I will link up with Angela for the RSC, Kathy for Slow Sunday Stitching and Frederique for her weekly link up.
love that quilting in the first photo. How do you do so many crafts and make progress = I have a knitting project going but never seem to find time to work on it - do you just say ok - Tuesday (or whatever) is knitting day?
ReplyDeleteYour hand quilting is fantastic. Love those quilty dimples. Beautiful crochet blocks in a sweet palette. Enjoy your Sunday.
ReplyDeleteAhh...the beauty of nature. Gorgeous photo of the seed pod. The potato chip baby quilt is singing with colour and the quilting on your Arizona quilt is looking lovely. Finn has a happy smile on his face as he basks in the warmth of the sunshine.
ReplyDeleteYou had a busy week, and you did great with your projects! Love the hand quilting, the finished quilt and the cute blue blocks. Well done! The yarn for your skarf is very pretty, I love these colors together. Great progress for your daughter too :) Thank you for sharing and linking up with Patchwork & Quilts. Hugs
ReplyDeleteVery nice hand quilting on Arizona. I do like the thicker thread to quilt with. I to am knitting a scarf and like you not much knitting is being done. Finn is so photogenic lying in the sunshine.
ReplyDeleteI love the colors of the Arizona quilt and your Winter Woods. Love your daughter's crochet blocks too. Finn is so adorable lying in the sunshine, looks like he has a smile on his face!
ReplyDeleteAlways a pleasure to see Finn, he makes me smile. All the projects you and your daughter make are beautiful. It has been very cold and continues to be so, a sign of a April Springtime?
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a fun sewing week, Gail! Your hand quilting is beautiful, and so is the finished potato chip quilt. I love your photo of the milkweed pod, too! Looks like Finn is quite comfortable there - I bet he is a good companion!
ReplyDeleteI love the delicate snowflake that you stitched. The potato chip quilt is great. I like the fabrics in your blue nine patch blocks. I checked out the books that your daughter read and added a few to my list of future reads. I love the granny squares she has completed. Finn looks cozy and comfy. Enjoy your week!
ReplyDeleteYou inspired me to buy the Winter Woods pattern... it's so beautiful! It made me so happy to see your quilt in a hoop getting hand quilted! Such a great idea to bring a hand quilting project to meetings!Thank you as always for linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching!
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