A Little Stitching and a Lot of Temptation

 After a busy few days at work, I finally have my weekend off. And it’s club week, so I packed up the easiest project to take along with me — my Down in the Garden stitchery. 🪡

If you remember, I left it here last time, having only just started. After the official meeting and the usual chat, I got stuck in and started stitching. I took a few breaks to have a look at what everyone else was working on, because that’s always part of the fun.

We broke for lunch, which naturally led to more chatting, but I was soon back to my stitching. I packed up a little early as we have a 60th birthday party to attend this evening, but I’m very happy with the progress I made.

While I was there, I also had a dig through the storage area. There was something I was sure I had seen in there before…

And yes! That big quilting hoop came home with me on loan. Sadly, there was no stand with it, but I’m going to have a play with the hoop before deciding whether I want to invest in a stand of my own.

I’ve been working on the Poppy / Lest We Forget quilt just in my hands, as my largest cross-stitch hoop wasn’t really up to the job. Well, I don’t think so anyway! 😆

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Every meeting has a Show and Tell, although it was a quiet one today with only six of us there, and just two people bringing things to show.

Raelene had this fabulous motorbike/blokes’ quilt that she made for her husband to take camping.

It’s backed with an old woollen blanket, and some of the squares are made from his old T-shirts. I love that idea — a proper camping quilt with a bit of his own history stitched into it.

Lynda brought along a rather more long-term project: 365 — a block a day.

And she had hand quilted it!

She said the quilting only took 3 months!  🪡

Oh, my goodness. That 365 is calling to me.

Naturally, I had a little look on Pinterest…

And now it’s calling even louder. 😂

Do I need another project?

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Probably best not to answer that question.