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.
 

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.