A bit more progress

Roses - May 26

Here it is Monday morning, and there has been a bit of progress on a couple of projects over the last week.

Roses - I continue to work on Roses each day and have been happy with the progress that I have been able to see.  Of course, I know that I am still a long way from being finished this piece, but at least I have continued to move it forward even if it is only a few stitches each day.

Roses - June 2

This past week I was able to get the butterfly done, so that meant another 2 pages finished, so we are now sitting at 20 pages finished out of the 57. My original goal for this project was to get 12 pages done in 2019, but I have been able to get quite a bit more done.  The easiest way for moving this forward was to decide to work on it each day even if it was only 10 stitches some days. I have finished the top row of the pattern and now am working on getting the second row of pages done so that I can move the fabric again.  I hope to be able to get the fabric moved again during June but will have to see how things progress on the piece.

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL - June 2

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL '19 - the June section was released Friday morning here in Canada as it was the 1st of June in Australia.  I decided that I wasn't going to work on it until the 1st as I had other things that I wanted to get done on Friday evening.

This section didn't take me very long to finish as I was able to start it on Saturday and it was finished on Sunday evening.  The piece was interesting to work on with some backstitch again to help with the design.  I have now put this piece away again, and it won't be coming back out until the end of June when the July section is released.


I hope to get back to working on a couple of other projects this week, but I will have to wait and see how the week really goes.  I have quite a few things that need my attention, so I hope each evening I will be able to find even a few minutes to add some stitches in on Roses.

Hope everyone has a great week and you find the time to do the things that you love doing.

A bit of progress

Roses - May 20th

Here it is Monday morning, and I have been able to make a bit of progress on my stitching.

Roses - now this is the project that got most of the attention this week, and it didn't get a lot of attention.  I was able to get some more work on a page, and one of the pages is now finished.  I have 19 pages finished on this piece so at least I am making some progress on it each day.

Roses - May 26th

I decided I was going to work across the top of the pattern so that I could at least get the entire top section done, so that meant working on getting the butterfly completed.  I have to admit that I didn't realize how much detail was in the butterfly until I started stitching it.  It has taken me quite a while to get the stitching in on the butterfly so far, and I still have quite a bit of work ahead of me to get it completed.  I love all the little detail that starts to appear when you can stop and look at the piece from a bit of a distance  When working on this piece I really don't see the detail until I put it down at the end of the evening to take a picture and look at the progress I have made.  There have been days when I have only got a few stitches in and other days I have got a couple of threads, but every stitch is at least some progress.

Spring Garden - Needlebook - May 20th

Spring Garden - Needlebook - May 26th

Spring Garden - Needlebook - this project almost didn't get any work done on it this week, but I decided that late Sunday I would at least pick it up for a little bit and get one thread done on it, so that is what I did.  I have now started the border around the entire piece and will see how long it takes to get it completed.  I had hoped to have this piece done by the end of May, but it looks like I may be looking at some point in June to get it done. It doesn't bother me because at least I am making some progress on this piece.


This week I am not sure how much stitching I will be able to get done, but I will be trying to at least get a few stitches in on Roses each day.  I have a lot of other things that I need to get done so that will be the main focus again this week with making some time to stitch at the end of the day. 

Hope everyone has a wonderful week and you continue to find time to do the things you enjoy doing.  It doesn't matter if it is 5 minutes or a lot of time each day but making sure you do what you enjoy is important.

Some progress this week

Roses - May 12

Here it is Tuesday morning, and I have a bit of progress on a couple of projects this week. The weather is finally starting to warm up here in Ontario, which is excellent and now to see if we have a few warm and sunny days.

Roses - once again there is some progress on Roses for this week.  I was also able to finish off another 2 pages on the pattern, so that was nice.  I continue to work on this a little bit each day and am enjoying that.  Of course, there are days when getting even a couple of stitches in is a significant accomplishment when things get hectic.

Roses - May 20

The good news this week was it was time again to move the q-snap so that I had another area that I could work on and I am now working towards the right side of the top section of the pattern. I am looking forward to getting move of the pages worked on, and I think before too long I will start to see another rose begin to appear, or at least I hope that it happens soon.   I have 17 pages now completed on this piece, and I am looking forward to seeing if I can get another page finished before the end of the month and I think I should as I don't have much more of it to complete.  Some of the pages are nice and quick to finish  if I have already done some of the stitching on the page and then other pages seem to take quite a while due to the amount of actual stitching involved.

I will again try and work on this project each day even if it is only a couple of stitches, but at least it is progress, which is what I want.

Spring Garden - May 8

Spring Garden - Needlebook - this is the project that I also decided to work on a bit this week as I wanted to see if I could get the center sections completed.

Spring Garden - May 20

I hadn't picked this up for about a week and figured as this isn't a very big project I would try and get a few more stitches in on it before the end of this past week.  I felt that trying to get the planter and the plant finished would be a good goal and before the end of yesterday, I was able to get that done.  Now what needs to be completed is the border around the entire piece which is going to take time to do, but I think it might be one of the projects that I try and continue to work on a bit at a time even this week. The border is broken down into four sections, so I think I will try and work one section at a time or at least that is what I think I am going to try and do.


This week is a short work week, so that means that I have some things that I need to get done so now to get working on them and see what the rest of the week is like.

I hope to find some time each evening to put in a few stitches on at least one of my projects and I hope you can find the time to do something that you enjoy doing.

Another week with a bit of progress

Roses - May 6

Here it is Monday morning, and there is a little bit of progress from the last week.  It was a busy week, but at least most evenings I was able to find a little bit of time to stitch.

Roses - May 12

Roses - I continue to work on this piece a little bit each day, and it is slowly coming to life.  I finished another page in the last week and am now working on getting another page finished before too long.  I have touched the top of the design and also the centre of the top of the piece.

I hope to continue to work on this piece and will see how much more I can get done before the end of the month as I would like to have to move the q-snap before too long, but that still means some more stitching.

Spring Garden - Needlebook - May 3

Spring Garden - Needlebook - this is the project that I worked on when I met up with some friends for a stitch night.  I was able to get a bit of work done on it but also had to take out one of the flowers as I had it in the wrong place.  Now that it is corrected I am hoping to get some more of this piece done before the end of the month.

Spring Garden - Needlebook - May 8

I am enjoying how quick this piece works up, and I know that when I start to work on the outside border, it isn't going to be as fast a stitch, but at least I hope to have the centre of the entire piece done soon.

I hope to have the basket and the bunch of flowers completed before the end of the month, but if I don't, I can always continue to work on it next month.  I don't have a deadline of when I want this finished so it is just stitching when I can on the piece.

Unleash the Butterflies - Apr 23

 Unleash the Butterflies - I figured it was time to get Unleash out again to see if I could make a bit of progress on the page that I was working on.  I was able to get one of the sections finished and will need to look and see how much more of the small page I have left to complete.  I would like to have the bottom page finished before the end of the month, so that is what I am going to try and focus on the next time I pick up this project.

Unleash the Butterflies - May 9

Unleash the Butterflies is taking quite a while to get another page finished, and part of that is because I haven't done any focused stitching on it.   I am looking forward to seeing it before the end of the month I can put in some time on this project and maybe see another page finished as well as progress on the next full page which I already have some work done on.


Hope everyone has a great week and you find the time to do the things that you love to do.  I am not off to try and get some work done and then maybe this evening I will pick up my stitching and at least get a few stitches done on Roses and then will see what the rest of the week is like.

Where did the week go?

Roses - April 28

Here it is Monday morning, and I have to admit that I am not sure where the last went has gone.  Yes, it has been a busy week, so I know that is one of the reasons why I am not sure where it went.

Roses - I continue to make some progress on Roses each day even if it is just a few stitches.  I am happy with what the piece is looking like and can't wait to see that I have reached the top of the design which shouldn't be too long from now. 

Roses - May 5

One of my goals this month is to reach the top point of the design, and that will also mean a nice milestone for the overall piece.  This weekend I was able to finish another page, so that means I have now completed 14 out of the 57 pages of the pattern.  Yes, it is slow progress when you only get a few stitches done each day, but at least I have been able to continue to move this piece forward a little at a time.

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL ' 19 - May 3

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL ' 19 - once again I was able to make some quick progress on this piece and was able to get it done in a couple of evenings of stitching.  I love how this piece is turning out and look forward to the beginning of each month when we get the new section.  I am not sure what section we will be getting for June but no matter what I will be looking forward to once again picking up this piece and seeing how long it takes to get the next section complete.

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL '19 - May 3

I decided that I would add the picture of the entire piece to date so that you can see what it looks like.  It has been a nice piece to work on, and we have already been told that there is going to be a Linen and Threads Mystery SAL '20, so that is nice, but we won't find out anything until late in the year.  We may find out the size of the fabric we need but other than that we won't know the design until January 1st, 2020.

Spring Garden - May 3

Spring Garden - needle book - this is a project that I decided to work on after finishing the scissor fob that goes with this book.  I am not sure how long this piece will take to complete, but I hope that this week I will be able to make a bit of progress on it. 

I have at least got two of the sections outlined so getting them filled in will be nice, and then there is a border that goes around the entire piece so that may be the section that takes the longest to complete.  I am not sure which section I will work on next, but I look forward to seeing the entire piece come to life.

Mahala Barber - May 5

Mahala Barber - this design is once again part of the Linen and Threads family, and it is a section from a sampler by the name of Mahala Barber.  Brandon Kirk of Fox and Rabbit designs provided this section of the chart as a complimentary design after doing a podcast.  I saw the piece and decided that I needed to stitch this piece up, so I kitted it up and have now just got a bit of a start on it.  The project isn't very large so I will see how quickly I can get this one completed as well.


Last week was a busy week for me and this week looks about the same.  I hope to get together with some friends one evening for a Stitch Night but other than that I will have to see what time I get for working on the various projects.

Hope everyone has a great week and again find the time even if it is just a few minutes each day to do the things that you enjoy doing.

A week of progress

Unleash the Butterflies - April 21

It is Monday morning, and before I start my blog, I will let you know that it might be a bit longer than usual as I was able to get some progress on a few projects this past week.

This week instead of working on a couple of projects I was able to make some progress on a few of them

Unleash the Butterflies - April 23

Unleash the Butterflies - I didn't get a lot of progress on this page, but that doesn't bother me as I was able toget a bit more progress on the overall design.  I decided that I was going to try and work on getting to the edge of one of the pages so that I knew where that was and instead of stopping at the edge of the page I continued to work on a bit of the black that was right at the bottom of the pattern.  I like how this piece is coming together and am looking forward to being able to work on it some more over the next couple of weeks.  Besides working on Roses, this might be the project that gets the most attention in May, but I will have to see what I feel like.

The overall project isn't going to be something that gets done quickly, but at least if I can continue to get a few stitches in on this piece each week, I will be happy.  If things go well I should be able to get the small page at the bottom completed within the next couple of weeks, but I will have to see how that goes.

Roses - April 21

Roses - I continue to work on this piece a little bit each day, and that is helping me see a bit of progress on the design.  I was able to finish another page on it this week, so now I have completed 13 out of the 57 pages. I still have a long way to go on this piece, but I have been enjoying seeing each of the little sections of the roses and the leaves appear.

Roses - April 28

I have been able to add a few stitches each day in April so far, and I am thinking that I am going to try and add a few stitches each day in May as well so that I can continue to see that the Roses are getting completed.  My overall goal for this piece at the beginning of the year was to get 12 pages completed this year, and I have already done that so now to see if I can get some more pages finished.  I would like to be halfway through this design before the end of the year so will have to see how things go.  I don't think it would be difficult to get that done if I continue to at least get 10 stitches a day in on the pattern.

Hit Any Key - April 8

Hit Any Key - now here is a project that hadn't got any attention since the beginning of April so I figured it was time to pull it out and see if I could at least get a few stitches on it before the end of the month.

Hit Any Key - April 28

The biggest challenge with this piece currently is the amount of white and light colours that are at the bottom of the design.  I was trying to work on it, and the lighting wasn't the best, so I decided to try and work on some of the other colours which were a lot easier to do.  I have been working on a couple of the different sections of the design and am feeling a little better as I am now starting to figure out what some of the areas are.  I know it will take some time to see the overall design but at least I have started to see the book a little better and now to see what I can get to appear before the end of May.

The Stitcher - April 12

 The Stitcher - this past week I decided that it was time to pull this piece out and get it finished.  I didn't have a lot of stitching left to do so I figured picking it up and getting it done was necessary, so in one evening I was able to get the little guy stitched up, and the piece is now finished.

The Stitcher - April 25

I do have one more of this series to complete, and that is The Snipper so I will probably be picking that one up soon as these are nice quick pieces to complete.  Once all three of the pieces are finished, I will figure out how I want to finish them and then I might try and complete the needle book that these pieces are also part of.

Spring Garden - April 26

Spring Garden - this is a scissor fob from a pattern that was released at Nashville Market this spring by the Blackberry Rabbit.  The actual pattern is for a needle book, needle roll and a scissor fob.  I decided that as I wanted another quick finish this week that I would pick up the scissor fob and maybe get it finished.  It didn't take me long to get this piece stitched up, and now I have decided that I am going to make the needle book as well from this pattern in the next while.


Yes, this last week I was able to pick up, and work on a few different projects and I think it is what I needed to do.  I saw a couple of quick finishes as well as some progress on other pieces, so overall it was a good week when it came to my stitching.  I love finding time to sit and work on the things that I love and yes it is a method for me of recharging and also refocusing my mind.

Hope everyone has been able to find the time to do the things that they love to do and will continue to do that.  I now need to go and get the work done that is currently sitting on my desk and then will see if I can get some stitching done later this evening.  Tomorrow morning the Linen and Threads May section should be released so that will be one of the projects for this week and then I will see what else I can work on.,

Have a great week and I will see what gets my attention this week.

Some progress

Roses - April 14

Here it is Monday morning, and for some people, it is a holiday, and for others, it is a work day.  For us, it is another work day and now a quick update to show you what I have been working on.

Roses - April 21

Roses - I continue to work on this project a little bit each day and have been happy with the progress that I have been able to make on it. The next rose is slowly coming to life, and that is great, and I will then see what I can do on this project.  It is fantastic to see the piece a bit at a time, and I hope to be able to take a picture of the entire piece again before too long.   

Roses will continue to get a bit of attention each day as it does make me happy to see that I have been able to work on this piece each day so far this month and will hope to continue to do for a while longer.

Unleash the Butterflies - April 14

Unleash the Butterflies - one of my goals for this month was to try and get a page finish on Unleash the Butterflies, and I was able to do that this weekend.  I was able to get the page finished, and then, of course, I continued to stitch on it to see how much more of it I can get done.  I am loving how this design is turning out, and it is something that I keep saying that I want to work on as I am looking forward to seeing more of the piece come to life.

I have got part of one of her arms done and can now start to see the rest of the arm to appear.  I am not sure how much more time I will be spending on this piece, this month, but I know that in May I will be trying to work on it again to see if I can get some more of it done.

Unleash the Butterflies - April 21

I continue to work on little bits of other projects, but there isn't much to show on any of them.  I would like to see if I can spend some time working on the various projects that I have on the go and maybe soon see some more pieces get some attention.

I hope everyone had a great Easter if you celebrated it.  I now need to start to get to the work that I need to get completed and then will see if I can get a bit of time this evening to work on at least Roses.

Have a great week and remember to try and find that bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy doing.