Hand Stitching

This was another week of hand stitching projects.  I finished off the outlining of the dark purple lupin and moved on to the lupin to the left.  It was partly done before and I am almost finished it.  There is more outlining to do on the leaves at the bottom of the picture. 

Finn laid beside me today while I knitted and listened to an audiobook. 

I attempted to sew another block together on my drunkard's path project but my sewing machine was not co-operating.  Usually, a good cleaning will fix the issues but not this time.  I think it will have to be taken in to the repair shop this week.  I sew at the dining room table when Finn is here as he is not allowed in my sewing room.  I pulled out an antique machine-- it took some time to get the tension set and then Finn woke up from his nap and wanted to play--that meant the end of my sewing time.  My husband was out today so he could not keep Finn occupied while I sewed.  Here are the pieces for the rest of the blocks.  The colours remind me of macarons.

Finn gave us a puzzle for Christmas and we finished putting it together this week.  It was harder than it looks!

I worked on my Arizona quilt this week too.  There are four of each block in this quilt and I quilted three square in a square blocks and three flying geese blocks this week. One more of each of these two blocks to do before I move on to the corner blocks.  I'm figuring out how to quilt each block as I go along. 

Finn is a big help while I hand quilt...

We had to run out to do an errand this week -- Finn was not thrilled with the ice pellets on his face. 

Sometimes, he takes a toy outside when he goes out to pee.  It was the chicken's turn yesterday. 

I will link up with Kathy and Frederique, as usual.