Floss Friday – Cross Stitch Progress and Weekend Plans

Well Hello and Happy Friday, Friends! 

Someone recently said to me that everyday is Friday for them. Sugar, I am so happy for anyone who doesn’t have to keep up with what day it is. I, for one, still work for a living and to support my crafting. So, Fridays are a big deal 😊

 

Today I am sharing my cross-stitch progress on Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow (now, don’t laugh!)…

And I’ve gotten a bit more done on A Honey of a Tiny Town…

I think cross-stitch is going to slow down just a bit…not too much…so I can make progress on some quilt projects. See previous post.

 

Memorial Day is this weekend in the United States. This means a three day weekend for those of us that work Monday through Friday. My plan is to work on binding quilts. I’ll start tonight but tomorrow we are planning to take a 6-mile hike at the Biltmore.

And I hope to do some plant shopping. These are the doors of the garden shop at the Biltmore.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

Never forget…

Linking up with Alycia for Finished or Not Friday

 

See you soon,

 

And Then There Were Nine and Halloween Figs Month 5 Blocks

Hello, Friends!

I hope you are doing well and those in the US are safe from the terrible storms that have passed through in recent days.

I mentioned in last week’s post that we were taking a trip on Friday. We went to Florida to surprise our baby girl for her 30^th birthday. She was so excited because we had just been there three weeks prior and she didn’t expect to see us again so soon. No photos as we just enjoyed being in the moment.

This trip gave me an opportunity to pick up the five quilts I left with the long-arm quilter last month.  So now, there are nine quilts that need to be bound.

I have plans to start on those this weekend. It is a long weekend here in the United States, so I expect to get at least a couple done. I can’t wait to show you each one as they cross the finish line.

Progress was made on the Halloween Figs quilt.  Here are blocks for month five…

Another Crown Star Block. Made from different fabrics
than the block made in Month 2

Box Star Blocks

Month 6 will include appliqued, as well as pieced blocks. My plan for now is to just make the pieced ones.

It is definitely spring here. These fellas visited us yesterday. They were just babies a few weeks ago.

I’ll be back on Friday to share progress on a couple of cross stitch projects.

Joining these linky parties because they are chock full of inspiration.

         Jennifer’s Wednesday Wait Loss

         Alycia’s Finished (or not) Friday

See you soon!

 

Halloween Figs Month 4 Blocks and Quilts to Bind

Good day, Friends.

I hope everyone had a nice Mother’s Day weekend. My children (young adults) called very early and gave me some great laughs to start the day. My husband prepared a lovely dinner for my mother and me.  My mom watches her sugar intake due to diabetes.  The results from her lab tests last week were great, so I made her favorite pie for dessert.

Coconut Cream Pie

She had one small piece and really enjoyed it.

Even though the quilt along has since ended, I’m continuing to work on the Halloween Figs quilt per the monthly instructions.

Here are month four’s blocks…

Nutmeg Star Block

More Simple Star Blocks

I will be getting FIVE quilts back from the long-arm quilter soon, and that means I will have five quilts to bind. Then I remembered that I have four additional quilts that are ready for binding.

Quilt #1 has binding attached to the front and only needs to be sewn to the back. Quilt #2 has the binding strips cut but not sewn. Quilt #3 has the fabric for the binding, but nothing has been cut. The last one doesn’t even have fabric chosen for the binding.

This, my friends, is the epitome of pathetic! My husband’s assessment is that it will take me until the end of the year to get all of these quilts across the finish line. (he may not be wrong!)

I’ve made very little progress on my cross-stitch projects since last Friday. We enjoyed walking around the Biltmore grounds last Saturday and I was reading for this week’s book club meeting. This means there will not be a Friday Floss update this week.

Also, we must take another trip on Friday. I’ll share more about this in next week’s update.

Enjoy the remainder of your week and weekend ahead.

I’m linking up with Jennifer at The Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday Wait Loss.

See you soon.

Floss Friday – April Stats, WiP Progress, New Starts and a Finish

When I posted about my Red Bird Sampler finish on April 11^th, I didn’t share a photo of the finish (duh!). It made it to Instagram though.

Here it is…

Red Bird Sampler by With Thy Needle and Thread

April’s cross-stitch stats:

Completed 5,455 stitches

One finish = Red Bird Sampler (above)

Worked on one old WiP = Memorial Day

Memorial Day current progress…

Finished the main stitching on the Flags and stitched more words

Two new starts in April = Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow (no progress on this since April 18^th post) and Parrot

Parrot by Salty Stitcher Designs is a stitch along with the GaRon Facebook group. I’m stitching mine on 40 count linen by Fabrics by Stephanie in the color Friendship Greene. The photos do not show the correct color.

I’m choosing the floss as I go. So far, it is DMC 3810 and Waterlilies by Caron Silk #207 Bermuda Reef.

This is more like the real color

Progress as of this morning...

This color is not even close!

One new start in May…A Honey of a Tiny Town was started on the 3^rd. I’ve only stitched on it for two days.

I was looking for something a few days ago and ran across May Calendar Crates by Stitching with the Housewives.

No record of when I actually started this one but it must have been in 2022. I figured I would put Memorial Day aside and finish the stitching on this one.

I have everything I need to fully finish it this weekend. Another old WiP complete!!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mamas out there and I wish everyone else a very enjoyable weekend.

 

The Next Quilt WIP

Now that my last 5 quilts are with the long arm quilter, I’ve pulled the next WIP to work on. This is Halloween Figs Sampler by Fig Tree & Co.

Fat Quarter Shop offered a block of the month for this pattern in 2020. You can read more about the beginnings of this project here:

-        Introduction on July 14, 2020

-        Month 1 blocks on December 20, 2021

-        Month 2 blocks on February 4, 2022

Month 1 blocks

Month 2 blocks

And here are Month 3 blocks

There are a few applique’ blocks in this pattern and I doubt that I will make those. I’m hoping to be able to substitute with pieced blocks of the same size.

I’m slowly working through the quilt projects I previously started. This is the same goal I have for my cross-stitch projects. So, I hope you come back on Friday to see that progress.

I am joining WednesdayWait Loss  hosted by Jennifer – The Inquiring Quilter. I’m always amazed at the eye candy shared there.

And I’ll leave you with photos of a few of my rhododendron. These were blooming when we returned from our recent trip. Such a sweet sight to come home to and they’ve even produced more blooms since taking these photos last Sunday.

See you soon!

Did I Do It?

I did, I did!!

I finished the Flea Market quilt top. This was designed by Lori Holt and published by Its Sew Emma. 

It has been rainy and cloudy here so I couldn’t get a good photo. Also, my favorite 6’ 2” quilt holder’s arms weren’t long enough 😊

The fabrics are from several of Lori Holt’s collections, so I purchased the kit from Fat Quarter Shop back in 2022, I think. It was a quilt along with FQS.

It has been pressed and is ready to go to the long-armer.

Along with four more…

Four out of the five quilts were FQS quilt alongs. I’ll share the details for each one when they are quilted, labeled and bound.

I’m joining Jennifer at The Inquiring Quilter for her Wednesday Wait Loss.

Enjoy your day!

 

Floss Friday – A Cross Stitch Update

Happy Good Friday!

There has been a little stitching happening over the last week. Most of my creative time has been spent piecing quilt backs and pressing quilt tops in preparation for the long-armer. But here is what I have today…

 

Progress on an old WiP

Memorial Day by Hands on Design

I finished the cross stitches in the second flag and started the third. There is back stitching in the flags that will be added at the end.

New Start

Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow by Carriage House Samplings

I stitched the border and two letters in the first block. As I mentioned before, this will be a long-term project.

We travel to Florida again soon. I’m spending all my time between now and then preparing quilts for the long-armer. And since I won’t be sewing on the trip, I’ll bring a couple of cross stitch projects to move along. (Maybe the house sitters can take over some projects?!?)

 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and if you celebrate, Happy Easter!