Weekly Update

I've been sick this week, so I didn't meet all of my goals. I didn't get as much done on the sew-alongs as I wanted to, and I didn't do anything on Tech Support.

Quilting:

I pieced the backing together on Forget Me Not, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts, but I didn't press it.

I sewed a bunch of pieces together on Dutchman's Puzzle, the October installment of the Block of the Month series by Deanne Eisenman of Snuggles Quilts, but, again, didn't get them pressed.

Blackwork:

I'm still working on that same square of the Blackwork Chessboard by Anne MacGregor.

Cross Stitch:

Elements of Nature I has been relegated to UFO status since I got distracted by a new project. I didn't do any more work on it before I put it away.

I've started work on Fish City which is adapted from artwork by Stewart Moskowitz. This is a huge project: 29" x 21". Rather than try to count up from the center to the upper left corner, I'm just stitching my way up there.

 

Swedish Weaving:

I'm still making steady progress on the Feathers To and Fro afghan from Learn to Make Monk’s Cloth Afghans by Marilyn T. Magly.

Crochet:

I did some embroidery on the 2nd panel of the Morning Glory afghan designed by Michele Maks. I also started crocheting the third square for the 3rd panel.

 

 

 

Knitting:

I wove in some more of the vast multitude of ends on the center panel of the Octopus Garden Blanket by Georgia Vincent.

 

Weekly Update

It's been a busy week.

I finished Parts 7 & 8 of Forget Me Not, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts.
 

Part 7 was my first attempt at partial seam construction. It was a breeze: I finished it the same day I started it.

Part 8 was a bit tricky. Since I piece by hand, I draw exact sewing lines and pin match them. This (and other considerations) means that I can't use most of the quick-piecing techniques that machine piecers use. So, I have to figure out what the finished measurements of each patch are and then mark those on my fabric. That's not a problem when the block only includes squares, rectangles, and triangles, but, as you can see, there's a very odd-shaped patch in this block. It took me a couple of tries to get that dark blue patch right. Once I got the patches marked and cut out, the sewing wasn't difficult. It was, however, a bit tedious because there were so many very short seams to match up (the smallest measurement in this block is 9/16").

I also got a bit done on Around the Town by Dawna Baker.
 

Saturday afternoon I got a sudden urge to crochet a tank top. I found a pattern online, and by midnight Sunday I had this:
 

 

It's the Not-Yellow Top-Down Tank by Kristen TenDyke. I made the solid section a bit longer than called for in the pattern for modesty's sake.

Today, I decided I'd had enough of quilting for a while (see, I told you it would happen) and pulled out the Blackwork Chessboard by Anne MacGregor.

 

Weekly Update

Quilting:

I'm almost finished with Heading North, the June installment of the Block of the Month (BOTM) series by Deanne Eisnenman of Snuggles Quilts. Just 2 more seams and I'm done.

Blackwork:

I did a little more on the Blackwork Chessboard by Anne MacGregor.

Cross Stitch:

I got bored with Brilliant Butterfly Celebration from The Gold Collection by Dimensions, so I put it away without doing any more work on it.

I started -- and finished stitching -- AmeriKat, a Mini-Kats™ design by Linda Connors of Calico Crossroads®, adapted from the artwork of Kathleen Kelly of Kats by Kelly™. I have the entire series of these: one for each month. I've already stitched February and March and will post them when I get around to finishing them.

Then I started Elements of Nature I, which is adapted from the artwork of Jennifer Pugh. (The package says that it was designed by Ms. Pugh, but she says on her blog that 2 of her "art pieces have been converted into cross stitch". There's no mention of who did the converting.)

 

I didn't do any work on my other projects.

Quilting:

Deanne Eisnenman of Snuggles Quilts has published the June installment of her Block of the Month (BOTM) series, Heading North. I'm a little over halfway done with it already. However, I've come down with a cold and don't feel like getting the iron out, so it may be a while before I finish it.

Blackwork:

I did some more work on the Blackwork Chessboard by Anne MacGregor.

 

I didn't work on anything else this week.

Weekly Update

Quilting:

I finished the Twisted Star block from the March installment of the Block of the Month (BOTM) series by Deanne Eisnenman of Snuggles Quilts. I hand pieced it.

I also cut some of the fabric for the April installment, Weathervane Variation. I'm using the same blue as before. The background is a different color since I ran out of the beige fabric I used in the other blocks. I'm replacing the green with turquoise, and in place of the red I'll use a purple fabric from the same line as the green that I used in the other blocks.

Blackwork:

I did a bit on the Blackwork Chessboard by Anne MacGregor today.

I didn't do any work on my other projects.