A new project-a new adventure!

I celebrated a birthday this past week,

As a gift to myself,

I decided to start a one year project....

a block a day for a year.

The blocks will be 5 inch (finished)

The theme will be a village of

houses and trees and constructed

around the four seasons.

I went to the library and printed

off a few paper piecing patterns for

a house and trees. I will also be

appliqueing houses (and cars and trees)

Old photo, but I completed

row 42 of my hand-stitching

Trip Around the World quilt.

It is almost queen  sized. I

need to decide if I am going to

go larger, or start hand quilting

it now.

What are you working on?

Long weekend for sewing

Presidents Day weekend is always

a long weekend of sewing for me.

The next break-vacation time will

be in the Spring, which means

working in the yard and garden.

Today, for my

Slow Sunday Stitching project,

I will be attaching the two

flowers and adding

embroidery green stems to

my Be My Neighbor quilt top.

I will also be removing the outside

white border....too much white! I think

a border with bright colors will

work much better.

Sorry for the poor photo...My studio

is under construction, so I could

not use my design wall.

If I have time, I may use the

left over fabric for a service

quilt for our local Police Department.

What are you working on?

February...another busy month

Goodness...January just flew by

in the blink of an eye!

February...already picking up speed.

I had a grandchild born this week.

I was babysitting her older sister

for a few days,

which meant no sewing or creating

happened at my house.

This week, I am headed to my daughters

home to babysit her kids while she is

out of town. I am going to pack

up some hand sewing and knitting

projects to keep me busy.

I  am still undecided if I want to

continue adding rows to my

Trip around the World quilt.

The plan is to finish row 42 and then

re-evaluate the quilt size.

Here is an article I saw on Facebook

that I thought I would share. Enjoy!

The slow death of vintage skills

What are you working on?