Slow Stitching On Sunday

Wow, it's been forever since I've done a slow stitching post. February! Gosh, where have I been? Playing and beaching and stitching and quilting and sewing. Busy not posting. 😏

Slowly but surely the Mischief Quilt wall hanging is making progress. 

I'm starting to sew rows together.

The 2 on the bottom go on the right side of the row.

The top and bottom rows and each side end needs the green border sections added.

I was quite surprised at myself when I saw the pieces were already cut.

Just some quick glue basting and I soon had a stack ready to add.

I  am keeping my row organized by marking the upper left corner with a safety pin

and then clip the stack that gets sewn on left to right together with a binder clip.

The next row will me marked with a safety pin and then sewn on to row 1.

Row 1's pin will always stay on until this wall hanging is ready for the border. 

Today will be a good slow stitching day as it's rainy and dreary outside.

See fabulous Stitcher's Stitchings at Kathy's Quilts:Slow Sunday Stitching. 

Hand Stitching On Sunday

While sewing rows together for this quilt, I had to find something for a leader/ender project.  I pulled out the little bin with the extra half square triangles from this step of Orca Bay. Some were sewn, some were not.

I started playing around with them and come up with this little mini quilt.  Early this morning I sat down and did some simple stitch in the ditch quilting and put the binding on.  I couldn't leave it alone so I had to finish it.

I turned on some HGTV show and stitched the binding down.  Now it's hanging on the wall right in front of me when I sew.  (Now that I look at that picture, I think I need to give this a good pressing!)

Today we are having our favorite Sunday dinner-pot roast, smashed potatoes, gravy and corn....it smells so good in here.  Perfect for a Slow Sunday.  Check out Kathy's Slow Stitching Sunday and see what others are stitching.

Hand Stitching On Sunday

My poor hexi project has been kind of ignored.  I haven't worked on in for a while.  I've been in sewing and knitting mode with a few self imposed challenges and deadlines.

One evening I added another cream row and used up the fabrics I had cut. I spent some time the other day cutting cream fabrics and finding some blues and grays for the sky. You can see my EQ7 plan here.  This is a long term project because there are too many Christmas projects to get done.

I think in the deep dark winter this will help me look forward to spring.  Until then, I will put it up on the shelf and make a dates with myself to get it out and work on it once in a while.  Do you ever do that?  Mark the calendar with something special just for you?  I think I might do that more often...

Today I'm linking up with Kathy's Quilts Slow Sunday Stitching.

Hand Stitching On Sunday

Back in the olden days when I was still working, I was able to sew, stitch, knit, crochet, read, whatever if my work was all done.  I worked as a scale master in a rock pit so certain times of the year we were so busy I couldn't think and other times I just had to be there. I cannot be bored so I always had something to do.  I loved that my bosses were always interested (or pretended to be) in what I was doing.

One of the projects I worked on was hand stitching this hexagon quilt using plastic templates called Quilt Patis. (Julie at JayBird Quilts has an excellent tutorial on using these.)  This is still one of my favorite quilts.   I remember I wanted to make a small quilt just to see if I liked the working with these things.  I used up old fabrics that I didn't want for anything else.  I still love this quilt!

The other morning at 0 dark 30, I woke up thinking about a project I had started several years ago. I have never counted this as a UFO because I completely forgot about it. After finding it, I remembered I had planned to use these green hexagons in a vest.  I don't know what I was thinking because I have never been a vest wearer. So now a new plan is happening.

I started thinking of a wall hanging and the next thing I knew, I had it drawn out in EQ7 and couldn't wait to get started.  I thought I would replace some of the teals with truer greens but I've decided to leave them in.  I have several sizes of Quilt Patis and will make all the applique flowers from hexagons.  This coming from a person that wasn't going to do any more hexagons!

A few more greens to be sewn on and I can move on to the creams and blues. This is going to be so much fun!

See Kathy's fabulous project and check out what others are showing at Kathy's Hand Stitching on Sunday link party.

Hand Stitching On Sunday

Ms. Owl is now residing on my bed.

She thinks she's pretty special.

I agree.

I used some strips left from this quilt to add to her glory.

They were already sewn in sets of 4.

That was perfect for zipper placement.

I used poly batting scraps to make her extra fluffy.

Little Birdie is coming along.

She is my Wednesday project.

Easy to work on her and chat it up with the gals.

Kathy showed her needle threader,

this is mine.  

I found it in with the crewel supplies at JoAnn's.

Kathy also showed me my next project.

Visit Kathy and her Slow Sunday Stitching post.

Sunday Stitching

My cute little bird has been neglected and I feel bad.  When any evening hand work was done, knitting had taken over until a few nights ago when I picked up this sweet thing.

This is my embroidery thread box.  I really need to take it with me next time thread is on sale and do some thread enhancing.  I love all the colors but this box is looking quite sad right now. I don't like that they can't all stand up like the pinks and the blues.  My goal is to have this box full and another waiting to fill up.  How fun would it be to have every color available at my fingertips.  But then again, that might be too many choices for me.

My goal for the week is to take some time (23 minutes at least!) to do some slow hand stitching.  Check out what Kathy worked on this week and what others are doing by going to Kathy's Quilts: Slow Sunday Stitching.

Hand Stitching Sunday

Ms. Owl is complete.  Now she need a good pressing and turned into a pillow.

I started this little bird but haven't picked it up since Wednesday.

One of the gals at Binding Friends told me she uses a FriXion pen to trace her designs.

The ink from these pens disappear when ironed.

I decided to try it on this piece.

Good thing I remembered before ironing out that crease!

What are you stitching???

Check out other stitching projects at Kathy's Quilts. 

Sunday Stitching

Today is my 5th post about Ms. Owl.  She has been my project for my Binding Friends group and rarely gets stitched on at home. I'm hoping post #6 will be the completed pillow.  I was amazed at how much personality the eyes gave her. I'm not all that thrilled with the little flowers on her tummy so I an going to redo some of them.

My friend's daughter is working on her own Ms. Owl.  She is using black fabric and bright thread.  I cannot wait to see hers.  You can get your own by going here.  You will need to open the picture in a new window or tab and then print it and tape it together.  

I am so in love with this piece.  Today I am going to go stash diving and find the fabrics for the pillow.  I'm not even sure how I want to "dress" her, I just know I want her to live on my bed.

Visit Kathy's Quilts-Slow Sunday Stitching to link up your post or to see what others are stitching.  This is a fun link up party Kathy, thanks!!!

Hand Stitching On Sunday

Only a little bit of progress on Ms. Owl.  

I had planned to work on her at group on Wednesday but plans change.

That's OK.  She isn't going to fly off any time soon.

I'm going to spend some time this morning reading about other hand stitching projects. 

They are linked up to here at Kathy's Quilts Hand Stitching On Sunday. 

I see hexies. 

I'm still resisting.

What are you hand sewing?

Hand Stitching On Sunday

We are back at our Wednesday Binding Friends gathering after a few weeks off.  Oh how I missed those gals!  I made great progress with Ms. Owl while chatting and laughing and catching up.  She will soon be a pillow.

This is a view from the chair that I sit in when I stitch or knit out on the deck. Bubbles are a very important part of our outside time.  I even blow them when there are no kids around.  There's just something about bubbles!  And sitting out in the fresh air.

Visit Kathy's Quilts to see what others are stitching.

Hand Stitching On Sunday

I am working little bits at a time on Ms. Owl.

I think this is the last of the green.

Next up will be more flowers.

What color to do next???

Little things thrill me!

I love Kathy's Quilts Hand Stitching On Sunday link up.  

It is so fun to see what stitching projects are being worked on.

I wish I could spend the day stitching in the shade.

I can't, today we are building fence.  

Not the kind of fun I had in mind.

Hand Stitching On Sunday

Kathy at Kathy's Quilts has started a new link up called Hand Stitching On Sunday.  After finishing my little snowman embroidery, I started on this cute owl piece.  I have always love to do embroidery but it's been a while since I have stitched anything.  (If you are not a regular reader of Kathy's blog, you should be.  She does such fabulous work.)

I first saw the owl on Pinterest and pinned it.  Followed the links until I found the page to download the design.  I went here today to link on the download page and unfortunately my virus protection said it was malware.  Not the page I linked to but the page from there with the download on it.  Make sense???  Insert sad face here.  I hope it is just a glitch in the system.

While clearing out my sewing room, I came across my embroidery box.  In it were several pieces that were started as BOMs.  Some completed blocks, others not.  I have the completed set of blocks together with the fabrics waiting it's turn at the sewing machine.  Now that I'm excited to sit and stitch a bit, I'm hoping a few of these projects will get completed.

Visit Kathy's blog post today and see what others are hand stitching.