Cross Stitch and More

 I had fun doing this quick stitch. I still need to add a few leaves to have it finished. 

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I had no post last week because no stitching was done. But look what the Easter bunny brought! I have a new she shed that we are trying to get ready for me to use. I’m very excited about this.

And this has been happening:

We are having a mother in law type suite added to our house. This is where our daughter and granddaughter will live. Their new space will open to their existing bedrooms. We are also very excited about this!

So lots of noise and activity at our house over the past few weeks. 

It’s a wrap!

 Yay! I’m so happy to have this one finished. 

Teresa Kogut: Christmas Kitty

Slowly stitching

 Not much stitching. 

I’ve been reading this week,

Christmas Kitty Progress

 Definitely getting there!

It was a good week of stitching. Mistakes??? Yes! But I’m going to keep on stitching!

Not much again

 A little more of her dress top, it’s been a busy week. Kids and grandkids are here. 🥰

And a new grand puppy. Meet Tuffy. ❤️

Not much, but progress

 Not much difference from last week,

But  a little progress has been made. 

Finished the butterfly quilt

 It’s wonky and far from perfect, but we love it. Annabelle helped make the butterflies.

The top was quilted and tied onto a thrifted factory made quilt, then bound together with the blue binding. Very frugal and very warm.

I no longer having a sewing room, but I have a little area in my bedroom set up for sewing. It was difficult to wrangle this quilt through the machine. I swore the whole time that I was sewing, that this is my last ever quilt. We shall see. 🤣

I didn’t post last week because I really didn’t have a lot to show, even though I had worked on the quilt.

I’ve made a small amount of progress on my Kitty cross stitch. I’m hoping to focus on the kitty this week.

Poor pics, but progress

 The quilt waits,  while the cat has found a new bed. 

We’ve all been under the weather this week. Lots of coughing and blowing. And a little stitching done.

Not much to see here, but I’m using my blog as a weekly journal for sewing projects. 

I’m really enjoying this cross stitch piece by Teresa Kogut. Her patterns are so easy to follow and also printed in color. 

Further along

 I’m actually further along than this pic shows . I’ve started the quilting on my machine. 

I plan to hand quilt around the butterflies. 

I’m trying to document my weekly progress this year. I also stitched more on the cross stitch this week.  

I’m loving the brightness of this little butterfly quilt.

Thanks for looking.

January is gone

 I started a new cross stitch this week. You can see my stitching partner in my lap.

I didn’t finish the border for the butterfly quilt, but I did cut and sew a lot of patches. 

Maybe I’ll finish this week?

It’s almost a top

 It needs a wider border, but it’s almost there!

And we got snow!!! 

That’s a rare event for eastern NC. It was fun, but I’m glad to see it melt away. 

Butterflies from hexies

 This little girl took an interest when I was making butterflies from EPP  hexagons. I have to say, she seems to be a natural with a needle.

Yesterday,  we started putting the sashings in to make the quilt top. 

We are hoping to have it ready to quilt this week. I will do a little hand quilting, but most of it will tied with colorful threads. 

Linking to Kathy’s Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.

Hand Stitching

 I searched and searched for this pattern. It’s Zoie’s kitties by Jan Patek. 

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You need 5 kitties to make the little quilt in the pattern. 

I’ve completed one, and question whether I’ll do all five. Ha!

I may improvise a smaller version for myself.

Here’s one version made  from the pattern.

This is a photo from an Instagram post that started it all for me. 

We feed the neighborhood kitties and this quilt really speaks to me. It’s just adorable.

Linking to Kathy’s Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.

Two Years !!

 It’s been two years since I’ve checked in on my blog. 

I’m going to attempt to blog my stitches this year. I have so many things that I want to get done. *accountability*

A lot has changed since I last blogged, but life is still good. 

I’m linking to  Kathy’s Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching. If you want to see what others are working on, click the link.

Happy 2025 to everyone!!