Witching Hour Wednesday – SAL Progress

***Edited to add Gary's progress photo***

It is time for an update on the Witching Hour stitch-along. If you’ve missed it, here are links to the previous posts.

November 1st

November 6th 

Assignment #3 is in the books. The stitchers completed the letters D, E and F.

Lisa K

Sandi L

Connie S

Lynne D

Tara B

Katie C

Sheila N

Tywanna J

Maria H

My dear friend Michele has decided to join, but like me, she is not participating in the drawings. Here is her progress.

Michele S

Gary H

And lastly, this is my piece.

Jeanna G

This has been so much fun for me to see the different fabrics and threads selected.

The next three letters are due to be completed by December 1^st. I’ll share everyone’s progress from that assignment on the next Witching Hour Wednesday, which will be December 4^th.

 

I hope you enjoy these progress updates.  I’ll be back on Monday with a regular post.

Oh, and Blogger still hasn’t fixed it’s NoReply-Comment issue. So, I will respond to your comment if we’ve communicated before. If you are commenting for the first time, please leave your email address so that I can properly thank you 😊

 

See you Monday!

The Next Quilt UFO

Veteran’s Day 2024!

I’m very grateful for those who have chosen, and those who continue to choose, to serve our country in the armed forces. THANK YOU and many thanks to your family for this selfless act. 

I am working on finishing – at least to a flimsy stage – the quilts in my UFO pile.  Next up is Flea Market by Lori Holt.  This is the last of the three quilts I was working on when we moved last year.

I had finished the center block

Finished churn dash blocks

Finished basket blocks

And now I’m working on the Primrose blocks.

Oh, how I would LOVE to have this one finished by the end of this year.

 

I learned over the weekend that we have visitors every weekend in December, except one. I’ll spend a bit of time this morning reviewing the calendar, making plans and lists. We are heading into the busiest time of the year, and I couldn’t be more excited!

For now, I'll enjoy these visitors.

Wild Turkeys

What are you up to this week? Have you started planning for the holidays? I feel like I’m late this year.

 

Enjoy your day and I’ll see soon 😊

Witching Hour Wednesday -- SAL Progress

We have several stitchers participating in the #GRZoomFriendsWitchingHourSAL. This SAL is split into assignments.

Assignment #1 was due October 31, 2024. Everyone needed to have selected their fabric and floss. You can read more about this assignment here.

Assignment #2 was due November 3, 2024. The letters A, B and C were to be stitched.  Below is everyone who completed those letters and submitted their photo to me in time. These participants have earned an entry into the drawings. (see original post, linked above)

Sandi L.

Lynn D.

Tara B.

Sheila N.

Tywanna J.

Margaret D.

There are some of us stitching along but are not participating in the drawings.

Gary H.

Me

We had a couple of new stitchers join the SAL.

Loretta's

Loretta M selected a 32 count linen, Nocturne by Picture This Plus and is using Royal Purple floss by Gentle Art.

Katie's

Katie M is using a black Petite Treasure Braid floss along with the called-for Royal Purple by Gentle Art. I’m not sure which fabric she chose so I’ll have to ask her.

 

The next assignment is due no later than 10:00 pm EST on November 17, 2024. The letters D, E and F need to be completed and emailed to me by the deadline.

 

Thank you for following everyone’s progress. The different fabric and floss selections are so interesting.

 

See you next Monday for a ”Quilty, Life and who knows what” update. The next Witching Hour update will be Wednesday, November 20th.

 

Enjoy the rest of your week and weekend ahead!

A Flimsy and Fall Photos

Happy Monday, Friends! 

Scrappiness Is Happiness is a flimsy!

This photo doesn’t look much different than last week’s because it is draped over the bed. Again…no design wall. The borders are the same fabric as the sashing and background. This was what I worked on Friday night, when I joined Cheryll for Friday Night with Friends.

If you click her name above, you can see what others worked on then.

These are the backing and binding fabrics I selected.

I did not fully finish the cross-stitch projects I had on my list. Honestly, I wasn’t in the mood. I need to be in the right frame of mind to do finishing and it escaped me last week.

Hubby and I took a stroll through downtown over the weekend. I enjoy seeing how main street changes with the seasons.

New barn stars are popping up on some of the buildings. I’ll have to do a walk-about and take pictures of them.

The lake is also in full fall glory.

The winter birds are beginning to arrive back at the house. Not a very good photo but this little finch is very colorful.

We had a family dinner on Saturday so I made a small pan of buttermilk biscuits.  I haven’t made them in a while, and I rarely make just a few. They were delicious. Hubby eats his for dessert, covered in butter and sour wood honey.

Several stitchers completed their first assignment for the Witching Hour stitch-along. I’ll share those with you on Wednesday.

In the meantime, I hope you have a great week!