Another week but not lots of time to craft

This past week was a little busy for me so being able to find some time where I could sit and craft was a bit of a challenge. We were at a conference for 2.5 days this last week and by the time each day was over I didn't have any energy to pick up a project.

Stained Glass Orca - well this is one project that I wanted to ensure that I could find some time to work on this project even a little bit given there were hockey games happening even this week.

This past week I have been really working hard to continue to get this project moved forward. I ended up adding another 800 stitches to the piece and that makes me happy. Being able to continue to move this project forward has helped and I am seeing even with the busy schedule I have been able to see some progress good on it.

This coming week I am going to be doing some catch-up stitching as I currently owe this piece 700 stitches and that is before the Leafs play on Tuesday. It is helping me move this project forward and I am happy with that so we will see how things go this week. I just which that the Leafs weren't scoring as many goals as they have been so that I could at least get caught up.

Unleash the Butterflies - here is another project that I have been able to work on and here is the progress that I have made on this piece over the last couple of weeks.

This project is another one that I am using for a different challenge, and I am looking forward to seeing how much progress I can make on it. The challenge that I am using this project for is WIP into shape and it is a challenge that Andrew - The Runner Stitcher on YouTube started. This challenge is to do 10 stitches for even mile that he runs during his per training and marathon training and he will be running the London Marathon in April 2027.

This challenge only started at the end of September so there haven't been lots of miles run so far but I know that I have been able to add over 400 stitches to the piece in the last week and it has been great. Right now, the number of miles each day of training isn't too bad, so I have been able to keep up with this challenge.

Other projects - I have been able to find little bits of time to pick up and do some EPP which is good, so I have been moving those projects forward as well. Seeing progress on things is making me happy so we will see how things go as I would like to know that I have been able to move things forward a bit.

Hopefully things are going to slow down a little bit now that the conference is over and I can focus on moving some of the crafting forward. I may not get as much done as I would like to get done each week but at least seeing progress on things is what makes me happy. I am trying to focus on specific projects because I think that will help me feel like I am getting progress on things. Far too often, I have tried to work on too many projects each week and then I don't see progress on anything.

Hope everyone is finding that bit of time each day to find something that you enjoy doing. I know it helps recharge my personal battery and I hope you feel the same way. This week I have a couple of things that will be taking some of my time but otherwise I am going to try and see if I can move some projects forward. I hope to have at least a couple of projects moved forward in this next week and hopefully I will be able to show you some progress.

A Throw finish and some stitching

Here it is the start of another week, and I did have some progress on things over the last week and that makes me happy. I think the cooler weather is also helping me want to sit and craft.

Stained Glass Orca - here is the project that I spent some time working on and getting all the stitches in for the goals that the Toronto Maple Leafs have scored. The good news is I am caught up so that makes me happy. 

It has been nice to be able to focus on moving this project forward a bit and just working on it 100 stitches at a time does make a difference. This past week it was catching up for all the goals that they scored the last two games of preseason and then the start of regular season. Now I hope that I can continue to stay caught up and that the Leafs don't have any wild scoring games.

V-Stitch Throw - well after writing last week's blog it was time to try and get the rest of the border completed on the second v-stitch throw and that is exactly what I did. I was able to get the border finished last month and now the two throws are ready to be gifted this week.

I am happy that I was able to get the throws completed quicker than I thought because it means that I wasn't stressed in the last couple of days trying to get the throws completed. It was nice getting the throws done and now I am going to be figuring out the next project that I work on, but I think I will give myself a couple of days before I do that.

Of course, I have lots of yarn waiting to be worked with, so it isn't that I don't have projects that need attention. This week is going to be a little crazy with a work conference so maybe I will wait until next week to figure out the next knitting or crocheting project.

Other projects - honestly after finishing the v-stitch throw I decided it was time to focus on some EPP for a while and it has felt great. Being able to spend some time working on my EPP and seeing the progress that I can make when I focus on it has felt wonderful.

This coming week I am not certain how much crafting I will be able to get accomplished for three days but I hope the other days I can find some time to craft. I know that on the weekend I will be trying to make some progress on things so that is good. I am going to try and make sure that I can keep up with my cross stitch project because that has been making me happy.

I hope everyone finds that bit of time each day or most days to do something that helps you recharge your personal battery. It is very important that we remember to take care of ourselves because that is how we are there for those around us.

Hope everyone has a good week and hopefully I will have some progress on at least one thing so that I can show you next week.

English Paper Piecing - September progress

It's hard to believe that another month is over and I am sitting here and writing another blog about my English Paper Piecing progress. What I can say is this month has been a very interesting month with this journey. I have continued to figure out the various threads and needles that I like so that has made it a little different. Hopefully I will be able to write a separate blog about that journey before long as I am feeling like things are getting a little more organized on the thread and needle front.

Popsy Throw (my sister's) - this is one of the projects that got some much-needed attention this past week. As the weather has started to cool down some it has meant that I have been able to think about starting to attach motifs to the various projects that I have on the go.

This is the first project that I wanted to move forward so I spend some time his month working on attaching some of the 2-inch motifs to the project. I still have another 34 motifs to attach to this project, so it is going to be the focus until it is done. I would like to see if I can get all of the motifs added quickly so that I can focus on getting it quilted and ready to be gifted before too long. Seeing that I have been able to get this project finished would be great so that is going to be something that I try and focus on.

I also need to finish my nephew's version of this so I will see if I can get both projects finished before the end of the year. I hope that I can do that, but it means focusing on moving them forward and not letting them sit and not get worked on.

Flower quilt - this is another project that has got quite a bit of attention this month as it is a project that is fun to work on and it is also something that is easy to work on.

Over the last month I decided it was time to at least get the first few motifs added into the quilt, so I have attached them together. This means that I should be able to start to get more of the flowers attached so that I don't have all the attaching left to the end. 

This project is a lot of fun because it depends on how much time I have what I work on. Being able to have all the options available is wonderful and this is one of the projects that I have figured out the joining thread and the needle that I like using.

The remaining flowers from the August motifs got made so that is great. I am going to try and ensure that I can at least get the previous months motifs made into flowers so that they are ready to be joined to the overall quilt. 

Well, as this is an easy project to work on as these are 1-inch motifs I was able to get some more motifs made and they are now ready to be made into flowers and attached to the overall project. There are still lots of motifs to be made but I am trying my best to not just make motifs but get them made into flowers as well. 

This project doesn't have any deadline so it is something that I can pick up and work on when I have that bit of time. I have been enjoying working on this piece and hopefully I can continue to get bits of progress on it each month until it is finished. We will see how much attention it gets in October as I do have a couple of projects that are a priority to get finished so we will see how it goes.

Popsy's Throw - this is another project that got some attention in September. I decided it was time for me to focus on getting the motifs made for the version of the throw that is going to be mine. 

It has felt great seeing that I have all of the motifs completed so now it is just to sit down and work on joining them onto the throw that I have on the go. I would love to see this throw moved forward in the next couple of months, but we will see how it goes. 

Other projects - of course, I have other projects that are waiting their turn for some attention and hopefully with the cooler weather I can figure out how to move a bunch of projects forward through the various stages of the projects. 

In October I would like to see some good progress on my sister's throw, so we will see what happens. I am going to be taking each day as it comes, and I will see what projects get attention through this month.

I hope to have some more progress to show you at the end of October and maybe at least one of the projects will be closer to being finished. Until then, I will see what gets attention and what projects move down the list and what other projects move up the list of things to get finished.
 

Making some progress on projects

Here it is the start of another week, and I am going to admit that my focus was on just two projects as I wanted to at least get one of them very close to a finish.

Stained Glass Orca - here is a project that I am going to be working on for a while. This project is part of a challenge that I want to do. It got 400 stitches added to it last week and that represented 4 goals from the first two pre-season games of the Toronto Maple Leafs. What I am going to be trying to achieve is stitching 100 stitches per goal that the Toronto Maple Leafs score during this season, including pre-season and hopefully playoffs. 

This challenge originated for football, but each person can decide how they want to do the challenge and what sports they are going to use it for. I have decided that I am going to try and move this project forward over the hockey season so we will see how it goes. During the last two pre-season games there were 10 goals scored so I currently owe this project another 1,000 stitches so hopefully I can get that completed soon and be on track for when the regular season starts.

V-stitch Throw - here is the other project that got the most attention in this past week. I have been working hard to get this project finished as I do need to have it finished before the end of this coming weekend. After quite a bit of focus this past week, I currently am working on the border of the throw so I should have it finished before too long. 

It has been nice being able to focus on getting this project so we will see how it goes. I haven't figured out the next project that I will work on, but I do know that I have some knitting and crocheting projects that do need attention.

Other projects - I have been working on my English Paper piecing projects this past week, so do have progress on those as well. I will be working on writing that blog later this week.

I have also been working on another project, but don't have anything to show yet but hopefully before long I should be able to show something.

Hope everyone has been able to continue to find that bit of time each day to do something you enjoy doing. I know for me it has helped me recharge my own batteries and it helps.

This week I hope to continue to work on the V-stitch Throw and get it finished and then I will be working on Stained Glass Orca to get some more stitches completed. I should have some progress to show you next week.

 



 

Focused on two projects

Here it is the start of another week, and I hope that things are going to go well as it is a busy week for us. This last week was busy as well and the weather has cooled down so that means that sitting out on the balcony seems to be over for this year. I loved having that opportunity to just sit and relax and watch the world go by around us.

V-stitch Throw - well this past week I have been focusing on getting two of these throws completed so that they are ready for the beginning of October. 

The first throw got completed quickly as I finished it up on Monday so that was great. Knowing that I had one completed ahead of when I thought I would made me happy. It should mean that I can get the other throw completed with some time to spare but we will see what happens. These throws don't take a lot of time to actually get done if you can focus on working on them.

As you can imagine as soon as the first one was finished and the ends sewn in it was time to start on the second one. I have been able to make some good progress on this one as well. I have 33 rows out of the 78 rows completed so it is moving forward at a good pace and hopefully this week I can continue to get more of this throw completed.

It feels great knowing that I am already working on the second throw as I originally thought that I would be starting this throw on the 20th of the month, but I started it on the 14th so that was nice. I am going to see how quickly I can get this one completed so that I can get them completed without stressing.

Other projects - well, as the two throws has been my focus I haven't worked on much else except for my English Paper Piecing. Yes, those projects have got some attention again this past week so there should be lots of writing about at the end of the month.

It was a good productive week for me and now to see what this week has in store as I do have some other things that I would like to try and focus on this coming week. I do know that the second throw will remain the focus until it is completed so let's see how quickly it can get done.

Hope everyone had a good week, and you were able to take that bit of time for yourself and recharge your personal battery. We will see what I am able to accomplish this week and hopefully I will have something to show you next week. Have a good week and remember that those few minutes are important to you no matter what you do during them.

 

Focused on one project, mostly

This past week seemed to go by rather quickly. The weather has been a little cooler, so that has helped a little bit as it has been easier to focus on things. I know that I have been trying to have a focus on getting a project moved forward so that is a lot of what I did this past week.

V-stitch Throw - here is the project that got most of my attention this past week as I have been working hard to get it completed quickly.

As this is the first of two baby blankets that I am making I wanted to ensure that I could get this one finished and then have the time to make the other one. Well, I am happy with the progress that I have been able to make as I am now just started the border. I had given myself until the 16th to get the main part of the throw completed but it was nice to see that I am ahead of that. I now hope to be able to focus on getting the border completed soon so that I can get to working on the second throw.

I have been enjoyed working on this throw and hopefully I can get the next one completed as quickly as I got this one to where it is. I am thinking that if I can get the next one started before too long it would be good as I only have three weeks to get both throws completed. I am pretty sure I am on track to get them both done but I would like to know that they are finished and ready to be gifted.

Other projects - Well, there has been no cross stitching happening as I have been spending most of my crafting time focused on getting the throw completed but that's fine as I will get back to cross stitch soon enough. I have been able to spend a little bit of time working on my English Paper Piecing and that is usually after dinner when I have a few minutes. Some evenings I can get a couple of motifs made so that is nice.

I hope everyone has been able to find that bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy. Just making sure that you can spend some time doing something for yourself is good because it helps recharge your personal battery, so you are there to everyone around you.

We will see how this week goes and what progress I can make on things. It is a little busier of a week for us so we will see what happens. Hope everyone has a good week, and I hope to have some progress to show next week.

 

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.