SEARCHING FOR MY STITCHING EAGERNESS AGAIN

  Have you ever had those days, weeks or months where everything needs repairing, replacement or the simplest task turns into a massive effort to complete and trying to rectify problems requires hours waiting on the phone to talk to an actual human being? I am sure everyone endures such times now and then but it is all rather exhausting. My stitching has been neglected and when I convince myself that doing some stitching will be theraputic , as it has always been for me, I find myself picking it up only to make mistakes and further add to my loss of enthusiasm to finish my projects. However, I persevered the last couple of nights trying to stitch my little quilt and have hand pieced 4 rows. Alas, one block in the 2nd row has not lined up properly and the same thing has happened with the 4th row, same block. I shall unpick the last row's misalignment otherwise the quilt will be a bit wonky if neglected.

 

I have added a few more rows to my crocheted blanket and it shouldn't take long before I crochet the border. So, I won't take a pic until I am ready to do that.

I have nearly finished this novel.

I hope you are keeping safe and well.

BEEN BUSY

 

My apologies for not catching up with your blog posts. My mum had emergency surgery and is now home but I had little time to do anything while she was in hospital for a week as I was ensuring dad was ok at home by himself each day and getting his groceries etc. I was also contacting the hospital each day for updates and ensuring mum had everything she needed as no visitors were allowed due to Covid restrictions still in place. Ofcourse, everything happens at once and we have had other stressful things to deal with as well. So, I have not done much stitching or crochet as I have been completely overwhelmed and just find myself chilling out watching streamed programs. 

However, I did finish reading a book that was a Christmas present. If you love Miriam you will find her bio really interesting . I am not easily shocked but I found myself a bit shocked with some info lol.

Today I traced a lovely little stitchery to make a bookmark, one of a series of free designs that Jennifer ( www.elefantz.com) is kindly putting on her blog. 

Although  I have little to show you of my craft I thought I would show you what my daughter ( mother of my two grandsons) has been crocheting.  The cat is for my eldest munchkin and the other was a Christmas pressie for someone.

I promise to catch up with your blogs soon. I hope you are all well and keeping safe.

 

BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR

After unpicking the triple half triangle rows that were sewn onto some of the large half square triangles of my latest little Civil War quilt I put my brain into gear and completed hand stitching the unattached blocks in their rows. It won't look as good but at least I am working on it and shall keep doing so until all the rows are sewn together. I just hope I have the right fabrics in my stash for borders and backing. 

 

I promised myself I would complete UFOs this year and finish projects that I start. Now I want to make something with all the little half square triangles, ( there are many more than shown on the right) , and shall enjoy playing with them until I come up with an idea. 

I hope you are enjoying your weekend and keeping safe and well.

A FINISH

 

I have been plodding along with my projects between 2 FMS flare ups this past week. Our weather is all over the place with some lovely warm or hot days , which I much prefer, but much cooler days thrown in. It is these cooler days that cause my flare ups and I am not amused. One would not know that we are in the middle of summer. So, what have I finished? Well, I added a few extra bits to the embroidery which I copied from the designer's pic and completed it yesterday. I just need to find a frame or hoop to hang it. 

A few more rows have been added to my blanket. It is so good to have a project that I can just pick up and put down whenever the mood takes me . 

It is a beautiful warm day today and I am sitting outside listening to the pretty parrots in our apple tree and enjoying some peace while I can. I hope you are keeping safe and well.

ZOOMING ALONG

 

Yesterday was such a lovely day stitching along on Zoom with many bloggers thanks to Chooky.  It was so nice to sit, stitch and chat. Thankyou all you lovely gals for making it a great day. 

I made some progress with my embroidery now that I have been reinspired.

                                                       

                                                       Keep safe and well.

NOTHING MUCH TO POST

 

It has taken me a month to finish reading this book. Having loved  the TV version of "Big Little Lies "but not enjoyed " Nine Perfect Stangers" so much I thought I would try reading one of Liane Moriarty's books. Well, it kept me interested enough to pick up now and then but I never felt any enthusiasm to read it every night like other books. 

The only crafty thing I have done is add a few more rows to my crocheted blanket.

 

It has been one of those weeks. Something curled up and died under the house again and now we need new heating ducts. My toaster triggered the safety switch so a new toaster is on the list added to the mini vac that broke ( 2nd one in 2 years). A leak was found under the house from our ensuite shower which will be a major job to repair as our shower is on a floating cement floor which was designed for disability access over 20 years ago. 13 hours of music  from a neighbour yesterday until 4.30 am this morning. While everything is reasonably quite I am just going to sit and relax before the music starts up again.

Keep safe and well.

A LITTLE PROGRESS

 

Very little stitching has been achieved due to a busier week than usual.  Being busy tires me out easily which means I lose my stitching mojo. However, I have completed blocks for 6 rows of my little Civil War quilt and have started the 7th row. I still can't work out where I went wrong with the pieces that are supposed to finish each block. So, I am still going ahead without them.  

I was eager to start one of the embroideries from the UK but have only done a teeny bit so far.

Jennifer's (Elefantz) latest 'Faith, Heart and Home ' designs have been released so I am looking forward to stitching them too.  Keep safe and well.