A small finish, some progress and change of focus

Here it is the start of another week so that means time to see what I was able to accomplish in the last week.  The weather has been a little cooler so that means that I should have been able to make some good progress on things this past week.

This past week we had some crazy weather so that meant that Wednesday afternoon and evening was spent tracking the weather and then deal with a tornado warning in the city.

Vintage ABC's - M - I was able to work on moving the cross stitch forward which was wonderful as that means that I have another one of the letters completed.

I hope to be able to get back to working on the letters because they don't take long to complete when you can focus on them. I should be able to get back to these soon but there currently is a project that I will be focusing on as it has a deadline so that is going to be my main focus until it is completed.

I do have the next letter ready to stitch so it might get bits of attention, but it wouldn't be the main project at least for the next couple of weeks.

Granny Wrap - I did pick up and work on this wrap for the first couple of days of the week and I was happy with how it was coming along. I know that I had a focus on getting this done as quickly as I could, but plans have changed and this project has been put down until another project gets completed as that other project is my focus.

I am happy that this wrap is available for when I have that bit of time to work on it. It is getting closer to a finish so hopefully once the other project is completed: I can get back to working on this wrap and I can get it done quickly.

V-stitch Throw - here is the new project that I started this week and it will be a project that I work on until it is finished along with a second v-stitch throw. These two throws have a deadline of the beginning of October so that means that these are going to be getting a lot of attention so that I can hopefully get them completed. 

I am hoping to have the two of the throws completed as I will see the new father at a conference so I would like to be able to give them to him then. I think I should be able to get them done by then as I have figured out how many rows, I need to do each day so that helps. I will have to make sure that I can get a bit ahead as there are a couple of days when I don't think I will be getting much crafting done.

Other projects - I have been making a bit of progress on my English Paper Piecing so there should be some progress to show you at the end of the month. It is nice to have projects that I can pick up when I have those few minutes especially at the end of the day.

Hope everyone has been finding some time to relax and do something that you enjoy doing. If things so well, I hope to have some progress to show you next week on at least the V-stitch throw and maybe something else, but we will just have to wait and see.
 

English Paper Piecing - August progress

Here it is the end of the month and the beginning of the month and time for me to start to show you what I have been working on over the last month. One thing that I can say is I have been busy this month moving a couple of projects forward which has been really nice. I hope to be able to continue to move things forward over the next few months.  

Once the weather cools down a little bit I am going to be focusing on joining motifs and flowers to some of the other projects that I currently have on the go.

Flower Quilt - this project is the one that last month I called the Oh, Oh project. The reason for that comment was I had decided to kit it up and figured it would be something that I might work on in the future.

Well, the future came a little faster than I thought it would as the weather was such that trying to focus on adding motifs or flowers to an already good size project wasn't going to work so well. This project has been a lot of fun, and I have been enjoying the progress that I have been able to make on it.

What I have been trying to do is as I get some motifs made, I try and make them into flowers so that I can then focus some on joining the flowers together.  It has meant that I have been able to focus on smaller sections of this overall project.

What I am hoping to be able to do before too long is actually start to join all the completed motifs into the quilt top. I need to make 158 full flowers for this project, so it is going to take a while to get this project done. This isn't going to be my major focus over the next couple of months as I would like to try and move some of the projects that I already have on the go closer to a finish. 

Trying to get some of the larger projects moved forward would be good and once the weather cools down just a bit I am going to be working on trying to get the throws that I currently have on the go closer to being completed.

Kindle Cover - this is a project that I have worked a bit on over the last while. This project was worked on in 2025 but until this month it hadn't got any attention, so I knew it was time to pick it up and give it some much needed attention.

The first thing that I had to do was to figure out the size of the cover as I wanted this case to hold both my Kindle and Kobo e-readers. It didn't take long to figure that size out and then it was the return to joining the motifs to this project and making sure that I was within the size that I wanted.

As you can see, I think I have the piece to the right size, but I need to measure it to make sure it's large enough before I can start quilting it. I am looking forward to having this project completed so that it can hold both of my e-readers.

Other projects - well I have been locating the various projects that have been started during my EPP journey so there might be some older projects getting pulled out before long and finally getting moved forward.

This last month has also been a bit of a journey regarding thread and needles and it's been very interesting. I am looking forward to writing all about that journey, but it will be a separate blog as I think it is going to be a longer one.

Hope everyone has a good September and I look forward to seeing what I can get accomplished this month as it is a busier month for us. I will be back hopefully at the end of September with an update.

A new start and some progress

Here it is the start of another week, and I will say that I don't have a lot of progress to show for this week. I will have progress to show when I write up my August English Paper Piecing blog.

Vintage ABC's - M - here is the cross stitch that I picked up and started on Saturday. I made some good progress on it and given it got only part of two days worth of stitching I have made some good progress. I hope to be able to continue to move this piece forward even if it is just a little bit at a time. 

I do hope that I can focus on moving some of my cross stitch forward even if it's just a few stitches at a time. Getting some more of the ornaments finished that I would like to do would be great so we will see what happens over the next little while.

Granny Wrap - grey - this is the crocheting project that has got some attention in this last week. I have been able to continue with the hour a day of working on this project and I have been able to make some good progress on it. I have decided that as I have used 250 grams out of the 500 grams that I have and the wrap isn't the size that I would like it to be I am going to continue working on this and get the remaining 250 grams into this wrap. Yes, it is going to be a good size when it's finished but that is exactly what I have wanted. This wrap is going to be something that I can wrap myself in.

This wrap has been a lot of fun to work on and it's something that is easy to work on. Having a project that you don't have to worry about getting to an end of a row before you put it down is great. There are times when I only get a few stitches in on it and then it goes back down for a while and other times I can make some good progress on it. The rows are rather long now so it does take quite a while to get across the row.

Other Projects - I have been working quite a bit on my English Paper Piecing projects and am happy with the progress that I have made. There will be a separate post on that as I wrap up all the EPP I have done through August.

I hope everyone is finding that bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy. It doesn't have to be something big just making sure that you take that little bit of time for yourself is important. Hopefully next week I will have some progress to show you on what I worked on this week. Have a great week and I will check in next Monday.

 

At least some progress

Here it is the start of another week and time to show what I was able to accomplish in the last week. I really don't have a lot to show as something else has got most of my attention this past week. Yes, my English Paper Piecing projects have been getting quite a bit of attention. More about that at the end of the month.

Stained Glass Orca - this project did get a little bit of attention this past week as I worked on getting a bit more of the outline completed. I also started to fill in at least bits of colour so that I could see some progress in some of the areas.

I think this project is now going to go away for a little bit as I have a challenge that I am going to be using this for starting in September. With the challenge, I hope to be able to move this project forward quite a bit so it can be put down for now. I will explain the challenge that I am doing once it has started.

Granny wrap - grey - now here is one project that has got quite a bit of attention this week. I decided that I wanted to try and work on the wrap for at least an hour each day and it has worked. I am making some really good progress on this wrap. I added another 10 rows to the wrap and given the size of it that is a good accomplishment in the week.

I hope to continue to move this wrap forward again this week as it still isn't the size that I would like it to be. I am wondering how much yarn I will be using on the project, but I am going to continue to work on it until I am happy with the size or I run out of this yarn.

Other projects - as I mentioned at the beginning of this post, my English Paper piecing projects have been getting some attention and that makes me feel good. I will show the project on the projects when I write that blog at the end of the month.

I hope everyone is finding time to do the things that you enjoy. It doesn't have to be for a long time but at least taking a bit of time for yourself, each day is important. Well, I hope to have something to show you next week. 

Making some proggress

Here it is the start of another week and hopefully a week where the weather cooperates. It has been a little less humid which has been nice and now to see what this week is going to be like.

Stained Glass Orca - this is the piece that came out this las week for a bit of attention. I have decided to work on getting more of the structure of the piece done and I think I made some good progress on it.

I know that there is still a very long way to go on this piece as I am currently just over 4% complete. I am very happy with this piece and just working on getting some more of the structure completed has been good. I am not certain how much more of it I will work on it as I have a goal for this project that will start in September. So, have some of the structure ready should help me with the project that is coming soon. I will explain what I am going to be doing with this piece in the latter half of September.

Granny Wrap - well, this project didn't get a lot of progress this past week as I just didn't pick it up. The good news is I did finish a ball of yarn so that has helped so there is now 150-grams in this wrap, but I know that it will be getting more added.

I haven't figured out the size that I want the wrap to be, but I do know that it is going to be larger than it currently is. As I get close to the end of each ball of yarn, I look at the project and try and figure out how much larger I want it or if it is large enough. I am thinking that I might have another 100-grams of yarn to add but we will see when I get close to finishing the next 50-gram ball of yarn.

This week I would like to see if I could pick this project up for a little while each day to make a bit of progress on it. This project hasn't got the attention that it should have this past couple of weeks, so I need to try and move it forward.

Other projects - well my English Paper Piecing has been getting some attention so now to see if I can continue to work on it as well as get some more progress on my crocheting and cross stitch projects. I have been enjoying working on a couple of my EPP projects so we will see what happens this week.

I hope everyone is finding time to do something that they enjoy each day. It doesn't have to be anything major but at least taking that bit of time to relax and recharge is important. If things go well this week, I hope to have some progress to show you next week, but we will have to see. At least, I know that there will be some progress to show when I write my English Paper Piecing blog at the beginning of September.

A small finish, and some more progress

Here it is the start of another week, and we will see how things go. I know that the weather is once again a roller coaster as we have lots of heat and humidity so that means possible thunderstorms most days. What is interesting most of the time is the storms look like they are heading our way only to split and go either to the north or south of us.

Wishful Thinking - here is the project that I tried to work on a bit as I wanted to see if I could get most of the words added to the bottom rows. I did get some done but I still have one more word to go so we will see when that gets done.

I am thinking that this project is going to go away for a little while so that I can work on something else. It isn't going very far away but at least I am going to take a bit of a break from work on this project.

There are a lot of other projects that I would like to work on so I have decided that given I haven't been working on this piece very much it's time for it to go away for just a little while and maybe other project will come out and I can get some good progress on it.

Vintage ABC's - B - here is the one project that did get the attention this week as I wanted to see if I could possibly get another letter finished. These are nice to work on as they aren't very large and with just the three colours, they normally go pretty quickly. I do hope that I can continue to work on the letters as being able to get more of them done would be great.

One thing I have decided is I am not going to be working on the letters in order so now that I have four of the letters completed it's time to pick the next one that will get completed and we will see how it goes.

I am thinking that I might go future into the alphabet this time and maybe work on one of those letters, but we will have to see how it goes. I currently have A - B - C - H completed and have enjoyed how quickly they do stitch up.

I am not certain if this project will come out this week or not. I haven't figured out the project that is going to get the attention this week as of yet.

Granny Wrap - grey - this project once again got some attention as it is something that I enjoy picked up and working on it when I have those little bits of time. I have been able to get a few more rows added to the project so that has made me happy. I would like to continue to move this project forward a bit each day. I am getting close to finishing the third 50-gram ball of yarn so we will see how many more balls of yarn get added to this piece.

This is a great project to have around because I can pick up and work on it for the time, I have available and it doesn't matter if I finish a row or not. I can just pick this piece up and put it down when I want to.

Other projects - well my English Paper Piecing has been getting quite a bit of attention this past week again. I have been enjoying working on the pieces that I am currently focusing on. I have been trying to focus on some of the smaller projects as it has been fairly hot and humid, so I don't want a large project on my legs. I will show you those projects at the end of the month.

I hope everyone is finding that time each day to do something that you enjoy doing and it helps recharge your personal battery. This week, I am not certain what projects are going to be getting attention so we will see have to wait and see. Have a good week and hopefully I will have some progress on something next week.
 

A frustration, a finish, a new start and some progress

Here it is the start of another week and hopefully the weather will be nice without any major storms. It has been a little cooler the last few days so now to see if we can at least warm up just a little bit so we can get back to enjoying being outside and sitting on the balcony again.

Wishful Thinking - this is the project that I had hoped to get done on in the last week. I was able to get the border finished which is good. I hope to see more progress on this piece soon but while stitching on it last week I found an issue with the pattern. I had imported the pattern into Pattern Keeper and was working along well or at least I think it was going well until I looked at the word less.

When I compared the letter e to the ones in the words above it on the pattern, I discovered that there was a problem with the chart. When the chart imported into Pattern Keeper it removed a horizontal row of the pattern. This meant that the words in this section were one row short. This is an issue with some Long Dog Sampler patterns and Pattern Keeper, but I didn't even think to check. I was pretty upset when I realized that I was going to have to figure out how to correct this issue. After chatting with my husband, we realized that I could just add the row to the bottom of the letters and I would still have room in this section. So, my husband took the project away from me and he took out the two s's that I had stitched and the part of the e that was wrong. Now I will work on moving this project forward again and I will use the paper pattern to stitch the words in that row.

Vintage ABC's - H - here is a project that has been sitting around for a couple of months so I figured it was time to see if I could get it moved forward again. This is the third letter that I have stitched, and they don't take long once you focus on moving it forward. There are only three colours in all these designs so there isn't a lot of changing colours so they do stitch up relatively quickly.

I picked up this piece after the issue with Wishful Thinking and decided to just focus on it to see how quickly I could get it done. It only took me one day of stitching to finish the letter and the one holly leaf. I am happy getting this small ornament completed and am looking forward to getting the rest of the letters completed.

Vintage ABC's - B - Yesterday after a couple of days of no cross stitch I decided I would pick up something that was easy to work on. I started the B ornament and am happy with the progress that I was able to get done on it. These ornaments don't take that long to complete which is nice and I will see how quickly this one gets done. I hope that I don't put it down like I did the Holly ornament. I might try and get this completed before I go back and work on Wishful Thinking as getting another one of these ornaments done would make me happy.
 

Granny Wrap - grey - here is the crocheting that has got the attention this past week.  I have been enjoying having a project that I can just pick up and work on and see some progress on it.  I still haven't decided how big this is going to be, but I do know that I have some more crocheting to do before I can say that this project is done.

I have been thinking about the size that I would like to have so that means that there is going to be more yarn added to this piece. I am thinking that I still need to add at least a couple more 50 grams balls into this project and maybe then it will be big enough. It is a great project to work on when I have those few minutes as I don't have to complete a row as this is just pick it up and go without a pattern or anything else.

Other projects - I have worked on my English Paper piecing in the last little while and it makes me happy to be able to continue to work on that. I hope to be able to continue to move some of those projects forward a bit at a time.

I hope everyone is enjoying the summer and finding that time to enjoy doing something that you like doing. If things go well, I hope to have some progress on something to show you next week.