Well to be more precise there are some dragons at least. I finished Blackie so I thought I would just put up a picture of all dragon blocks I have done so far. Since I am posting this after midnight I guess that makes it I'm posting this early on Wednesday. LOL.
So here are my finished dragon blocks. I have around 3 more left and the next one up is the lavender one. That will be a bit later though since I need to work on another Words of Wisdom block next.
This is just couple of pix that I talked about but forgot to attach the pix. Here they are...
I also saw this pattern (hexies) that was in the American Quilter Magazine,. I will make it sometime...forgot to post it also.
on keeping up with some projects so ...
For instance, I caught up on my blackwork, stitched up some Arbor leaves, and worked on the Candlewicking more. I also picked out another project to work on soon-ish. So that is this weeks progress in a nutshell. Tomorrow is my monthly SCA meeting so I might be online much and I am hoping Dan will put together the weed wacker that I ordered and it came in. So just let me post up some pictures, sorry no new ones of the kittens, but still progress pix.
First up is my blackwork. It is coming along nicely, It won't be long (about another month) before I will start to work on the border.
Here is my progress pix of my Candlewicking. This is as of this morning so you get it hot off the press as the saying goes,
What is nice about this is that I get to change to the darker color now and work on the roof of the house,
I can't forget my update on the Words of Wisdom blocks. This one is done but I won't start on the next one for a bit. I think another dragon, Blackie, is calling to me to get her/him done first.
Next up is the Arbor leaves, These are two stacks of 3 (all the same color/fabric). I will be working on another purple colored one next.
I received my July American Quilter magazine the other day and I found this pattern in it. I am thinking of making it sometime. It will take me forever to do it so don't expect it anytime soon. LOL
That's about it for my updates. It wouldn't be an update without tonight's kitten pix. It is harder to get their get a pix of them in this cooler weather. Their energy isn't as zapped as it was earlier and they are practicing their pouncing. So far just on each other's tails and on bugs. Sometimes they get courageous and pounce from the porch step.
I hope everybody has a great night/day.
Yes it is that time again...it is update time. What I have been working on? Not much new since most of my current projects are UFOs. I did start a new UFO, if I can call it that, called Arbor. After many restarts, I have the blocks fused down and now I can start to stitch them. The background fabric wasn't my first choice but quickly found out that I didn't have enough background fabric so I had to substitute with another fabric. I think this will work. Here is a pix of my blocks waiting to be stitched. The yellow post it notes have the DMC floss number on them that I chose to stitch with. These are seven inch blocks that are supposed to be cut back to six and a half. I'll see how much shrinkage I'll have after stitching.
As a reminder, there will be 4 columns of petals in total. Each column will have 6 petals. That will be three on each side of a so called stalk. I'm not sure yet how wide that stalk will be.
I have also started on another block for Words to Live By. This one has four birds on it and three of the four are small birds. I am doing French knot for the eyes on the two smallest one. That has been stated. Here is a pix of the blocks that I have done so far.
I did mail out my block exchange block today so that is one thing to check off my list of to dos.
I haven't been doing my Fleur since my eyes have been bothering me a little bit. Nothing serious. I know it is just eye strain and working with black thread on black fabric wouldn't help.
I also haven't worked more on the Candlewicking since I have to pull a lot to get the strands of fabric through the fabric. My fingers are stiff lately due to the weather so I'm not working on that project for a bit,
I actually went outside today to tackle a bit of the high grass/weeds by the house. That is the side between the house and the wooden fence. It didn't last long, But I did manage to pull off some of the vines that love to grow on the fence and stick to it as well as cut (with a pair of scissors) around the water meter. Tomorrow I might rake what I cut down and put it out by the curb since I'm expecting the city to come and haul that type of stuff soon My neighbor has a lot for the recycle guy (lawn and tree waste) usually drives around on garbage day to get an idea of where he should stop and pick things up.
I am saving up to get what I call a weed Wacker to take care of a lot of this stuff. I might not get it this year but I will definitely have it next year. This is one that doesn't have that twine that can get all jumbled up but instead runs off a battery. The price is pretty good but on limited budgets, it will still take me a bit. It is a matter of what do I want to do without if I get that. I'll figure it out,
That's about it for a quick update. I hope everybody has a great week.
Thank you my friends!
Let me see on what I have to report on. You might have already seen some of this stuff but I'll mention it anyway. First up ...
