Slow Sunday.....

I had a finish and a start this week. The finish was the Umbrella quilt which I posted about yesterday. Hand applique last year and hand quilted this year.

The start - was a new block I had drafted from a memory and finished hand piecing it mid week here. I am calling mine Endless Diamond since it is similar to an Endless Chain pattern I found.  I plan to dig in the scrap bins and prep some more pieces to make more of these 12 inch blocks.

I also plan to pin this 35x35 inch book club quilt for hand quilting today.

A few stitches will be added to the cat and mouse quilt on the frame which has been sadly neglected to get the umbrella quilt completed.

As I was in between things last night, I pulled the crochet out of the tin can and added a couple of rows..... which had Emily asking when her blanket would be completed! She tried it on for size and it needs to be a little bit bigger. 

I'm sure some time will be spent helping build the chicken coop (maybe - he and Emily did a good job last night for a couple of hours out there). Prep work, stitching and relaxing are on tap for my Sunday. It was an early start as someone was wide awake at 6AM and thought she needed to 'check on me'! every 45 minutes! I put her off until I got out of bed at 8. So much for sleeping in on a Sunday! 

Linking up with the other slow stitchers at Kathy's Quilts. 

Superbowl Sunday....

I've deemed the house picked up enough for the day! Time to relax. I have one kid home with me.  She just finished her 'stables' and will be playing with it this afternoon. I hear we need to make a soft flooring for the horses this afternoon as well.

Hubby just headed off to work and the boy is out shopping and for lunch with Grandma for his birthday. He will be 12 on Thursday! How did that happen?

I'm not sure which of these I will work on but it might be a little of all of them. That is the advantage of having multiple projects - depending on what mood you are in you can pick any of them up for a bit.

Yesterday I was trying to keep warm at horses working on Emily's blanket. It was in the 50's.... I didn't check the weather and was happy to have a sweater in the car I could go and grab for under my coat.

I attempted Aidan's multiple colors for the sheep finally this past week. It is not a favorite thing to do but I do like how the pattern of the sheep is coming out. I need to do 3 sets of them..... lets hope the first set gets done this week.... or maybe tonight?

Then there is hand quilting. I rolled the frame on Friday and have yet to add a stitch. I do see hand quilting in my future today. The end is in sight!

My spot was taken over this morning by Ms. Sophie. She is 15 and spoiled rotten. I noticed she is not eating her special dry kidney food very fast.... so went to the vet and picked up some wet food for that diet. She is eating that better. She is getting a little ornery in her old age and swiping at the other 2 cats lately. Guess she is just letting them know she was here first and own's the house!

Linking up with the other slow stitchers over at Kathy's Quilts. Stay warm.

Slow Stitching......

Progress has been made on the trip quilt on the frame! I was able to roll the quilt again this week and start working on the last set of colors. I got the first part of the blues quilted yesterday and will start on the pink today. That should get me to the green this week and hopefully I get to roll it again soon to work on the middle section of this row.

I should be tying  a new skien of yarn to the crochet project as I am almost at the end of the current skein. I hate when it gets down to the near end as it gets all tangled up while pulling it.

Linking up with the Slow Sunday Stitchers where we enjoy making slow progress on our projects.