Happy Friday and May Day, Friends. Are you dancing around the maypole today?
Here we are at the beginning of May already. This year is passing by quickly. I still need to put away Easter décor and get out the “May” pieces.
Before looking ahead, let’s
see what I accomplished in April. I had
two starts and finishes…
Patriotic Pears Blue
Patriotic Pears Red
I had two new starts…
Summer Stamp by Melisa at
Pinker n Punkin’ Quilting and Stitching
This week’s stamp is
Summer Harvest. Melisa added straight lines to the carrot to give it more definition and also french knots to the strawberry to act as seeds. I may still include those at some point.
Patriotic Pears Red, White and Blue (pathetic start)
I touched one WIP…
Salute to Abigail
All of those projects totaled 3,643 stitches in April.
Cross Stitch plans for May:
- Finish stitching the last Patriotic Pear and fully finishing all three.
- Finish stitching Salute to Abigail.
- Continue stitching along
with Melisa at Pinker n Punkin’ on the Summer Stamp. This has turned into my
Tuesday evening stitching.
- Get back to stitching
American Sampler by Crocette a gogo.
- Start Happy Day by Plum
Street Samplers.
Happy Day will be stitched on 36 count linen by Fiber on a Whim in the color Silver Fox and using the called-for floss. I am stitching this with Christi of Java Girl Stitches on YouTube and Instagram.
Here are some nature photos from this week…
Mama, Daddy and babies resting in the shade at the lake.
Cardinal waiting for his turn at the feeder.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak on the feeder. He wouldn’t turn around so I could photograph his vibrant red chest.
Enjoy the weekend ahead and I’ll see you soon.
