I've been making good progress on the cross stitch. I forgot how much I enjoyed doing it after a 20 year hiatus. This was my last post last Sunday
I've been stitching this week! This is where it stands this week. This is the second page of the pattern. I still need to do the first page but I wanted to start towards the middle on this which was the quilt part. I think I'll alternate between working on the 'quilt blocks' and the grassy area below the wagon. The pumpkin was fun to stitch. This is the October Quilts For All Seasons book by Paula Vaughn. I did the months of August, September and started January back in the 1990's.
When I went to the front room to photograph progress, I saw these guys out the front window! One of the flocks of turkeys in the area. This one has 2 toms and 4 ladies.
He is missing some feathers, so I know which flock he is with.
A question for you all. How do you juggle multiple projects? Knitting, cross stitch, sewing, hand quilting, hand piecing? As the mood strikes? Finish one before moving onto another or work a little on each throughout the week?
Linking up with Kathy and the Slow Sunday Stitchers.
What a pretty cross stitch project! I often make a list and then work through the list. .. I need to have several different projects going at the same time because I often get stuck and need time to think of how to get unstuck. . .LOL! Sometimes a project will grab me and I'll work on it until it is finished; but, often, I have one to quilt, one to piece, one to design and one to finish--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteYou have made really good progress on that one, Deb! I love the pumpkin. And the turkeys, too! We've seen lots of them around our town this year, too - but not in our yard yet. I do juggle multiple projects at one time - it helps to be retired and the kids out on their own. I like to work with my machine piecing projects in the afternoons and hand stitching in the evenings. Slowly but surely, things get finished!
ReplyDeleteYou made great progress on your stitching! Yes - I juggle lots of stitching loves and just go where the mood strikes me. Today I feel like hand binding a quilt, so I'll start with that and see what happens!
ReplyDeleteI'm working on too many once again and the knitting is barely getting touched. I do the RSC the first of the month I'm making two blocks for this pattern and only those for that. The rest of the month I am mainly machine piecing 2 others and rotate every couple days on them. I'm doing two by hand and tend to rotate those every couple days now too which leaves me no time to knit - I will eventually get back to it. I have a Pineapple block with foundation papers but it is set aside at the moment as I couldn't fit time in on that one too.
ReplyDeleteIT's so funny--but your question is one I wondered about this past week too--especially for those of us who seem to like so many kinds of projects--I cross stitch right after breakfast at my desk--that is usually how I start my day--then I usually do any sewing that needs the machine--then it's lunch time--after lunch it might be more machine work-till late afternoon and tea time--then it is rocking chair time and I do hand work of some sorts (applique, embroidery, hexies, ect) the rest of the day and evening (evenings is usually for knitting on the baby sweaters)--but lately it has been alot of cross stitching and hand work and no machine stitching or finishing--and this week--will be some spring cleaning and changing out my blues for pinks and spring items--so??
ReplyDeleteLove how your wagon is coming along--and talking about turkeys--I would love some fresh roast turkey to eat!!!!!! hugs, di
Juggling projects? I tend to flit from one thing to another, unless there is a time frame, then it's all go on that project! I usually do a little knitting in the evenings, although I've several projects cast on and started. What does that say about me, I wonder?
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