Weekly Update - Feathers To And Fro Afghan & New Project - Batik Cascade

I made a little more progress on the Feathers To and Fro afghan from Learn to Make Monk’s Cloth Afghans by Marilyn T. Magly.

My quilting has been calling me, so on Friday I started Batik Cascade by Karen Combs.  At least that's what she was calling it when it was published in the Oct./Nov. 2009 issue of Mark Lipinski's Quilter's Home.  It's now for sale on her website under the name Batik Go-Round.

I've already finished the 1st row and part of the 2nd. I've also got a bunch of patches cut and marked.

I'm keeping Feathers To And Fro out since I know there will be days -- like the last two -- when I just won't feel like messing with the iron.

Weekly Update - Feathers To And Fro Afghan

I'm nearly halfway done with the Feathers To and Fro afghan from Learn to Make Monk’s Cloth Afghans by Marilyn T. Magly. It's getting harder and harder to get the whole thing into the picture at a distance from which my camera is willing to focus on it.

Weekly Update - Feathers To And Fro Afghan

More progress on the Feathers To and Fro afghan from Learn to Make Monk’s Cloth Afghans by Marilyn T. Magly.

Weekly Update - Feathers To And Fro Afghan

Here's my progress so far on the Feathers To and Fro afghan from Learn to Make Monk’s Cloth Afghans by Marilyn T. Magly. It's coming along well.

Weekly Update - Feathers To And Fro Afghan

I made good progress on the Feathers To and Fro afghan from Learn to Make Monk’s Cloth Afghans by Marilyn T. Magly. I'm still hating the monk's cloth, but I'm loving the stitching process and the design.

Weekly Update - New Project, Feathers To And Fro Afghan

I actually started this project last Saturday, but I've been sick with a nasty cold and haven't been up to posting anything. Sorry about the poor quality of some of the photos, but I was dealing with light and space issues.  Hopefully next week I'll be over this cold and be a bit more organized.

I finally finished preparing the monk's cloth I've been working on now and again, and I started stitching Feathers To and Fro from Learn to Make Monk’s Cloth Afghans by Marilyn T. Magly. If you've been reading my blog for a while you may remember that I did a towel using the smaller motif from this pattern. This time I'll be using the entire design with these yarn colors:

I'd already squared off the ends of this monk's cloth, basted temporary hems, and washed it. Saturday, I undid the basting along one of the long edges, and cut the selvedge off, carefully following one line of the weave.

Then I folded the edge over 3 squares and pressed it.

I folded it again over 5 squares, pressed it and pinned it.

Then I sewed the hem down.

I did the same thing on the other long edge, then on Tuesday I was able to FINALLY start stitching. Here's what I had done on Wednesday:

 

Weekly Update - Barefoot Summer Days, Finished

I've just finished Barefoot Summer Days, a scrap afghan designed by Kathy Wesley. It took me only a month to crochet this thing.

I didn't do any work on Brilliant Butterfly Celebration this week, and I've put it back in the UFO pile to make way for my next project. I'll blog about that later as I need to tend to all the things I've been neglecting while obsessively crocheting this past couple of weeks.