It's amazing what three days off work can do. I feel relaxed and rested even though I did a bunch of chores, the grocery shopping, some garden work and even an hour long Fire safety thing at work!
Amid all of that I made time to sew, and I have sewn up a storm. Well part of one. I managed to complete the last of the B windswept blocks.
And today I made the first fifteen C blocks.
They will eventually all go together with the A blocks
And my Autumnal windswept quilt will one day be whole.
Not really the finish you were hoping for?
How about this one?
Happily Ever After.
Not quite a wedding sampler, but it shares the same sentiment.
I will gift this to Joe and Lee.
It has stopped and started throughout the year, but here it is, finally completed and in a frame.
So what's next?
I should be working on two more Christmas ornaments, but instead I found myself pulling out something completely different.
I adopted this woodland sampler at an Altrusa craft sale last year. No chart, no threads just an almost complete design for $2. Here you see it as I adopted it, only the borders to stitch.
There should be more than enough here for me to copy.
A plea to a facebook cross stitch group revealed that the design was published in a needlework magazine back in 1991!
I did find a copy of said magazine on ebay for a not so terrible price, but thought maybe I could wing it.
I spent some time this afternoon sorting threads for the floral border. And this evening I have managed to complete the bottom border except for the orange needed for the centers of some of the flowers.
I'll go to the sewing center tomorrow, before club.
Tomorrow is patchwork club AGM, then sit and sew Saturday. I'll be taking my blue lanterns EPP. It is so very close to being finished. I'm excited to have a completed top so that I can move on to a new challenge.
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That was my exciting news.
Bedtime methinks.
11 comments:
I think the progress on each of your projects is worth celebrating, but the finish definitely takes the prize.
And I think that adoption is very ambitious--especially when you are choosing to "wing it". What a brave soul you are. ;)
Well done on the wedding stitching, and the adopted cross stitch! Love those windswept blocks, looking forward to seeing the finished product.
lovely cross stitch and a true heirloom... i confess i would wing the woodland also...nice sewing blocks...grand to have time off and be ultra motivated...
What a productive few days. Joe and Lee will be thrilled with their gift. I love the cross stitch and it will be fun to see all those separate sections morph into a stunning quilt.
The wedding sampler is beautiful. You are progressing well with windswept. The sample you adopted is lovely.
All your projects are wonderful. I’m sure you will manage the sampler border with no trouble at all.
The wedding cross stitch is beautiful, such a lovely gift for the happy couple.
You've made good use of your days off...
Hugz
Your Windswept blocks are looking lovely. Great finish on the sampler. The Woodland sampler is lovely and deserves to be finished. Great work on matching the threads, that border is so pretty. xx
Great progress with Autumnal Windswept.
Gorgeous gift for Joe and Lee.
That’s a fabulous find for $2. Will be lovely when finished.
What a bargain!!! even without the border it would be a lovely piece...but lucky to find the right border too.
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