Slow Sunday Stitching

 So far, the day has started off nice and slowly. I got to sleep in, which was nice since we got home from a dinner and visit with Grandma close to 11 last night. It was a nice dinner out and then some CLR games at the dining room table and chatting. Good family times. 

I took this photo on Saturday when I was out gathering eggs. That reminds me, I need to let them roam today since I forgot to let them out yesterday. They have been out in the back yard roaming most of the week as we got some rain... and that means good bugs on the ground to gobble up! 4 eggs - not bad for 3 chickens we got in September 2000 and the other 2 I think we got a few years ago. Looking at the colors - Either Poppy or Eggnog did not lay as they both provide green eggs.

Aidan got me this set of puzzles by Thomas Kinkade for Christmas and I picked up this puzzle board that swivels and has 4 side pull out drawers at Aldi this year. I realized after laying out the pieces, that the plastic is to go over the puzzle while you are not working on it... I'll do it correctly on the next puzzle. I started with getting the pieces turned over and out and started the edges. Aidan has done the majority of the puzzle, but I do add a few here and there as I walk by. 

I've been stitching on the back porch a little this week and got these into sets of four. I dug into the bag and have some more prepped and ready to stitch. I need to add some pink and red to the mix on the next prep round. These will make row three that I want to add to my existing QAYG hexagon quilt that is asking to be made a little bigger. I have 2 columns done and plan 2 more. 

This is the existing quilt at 88x66. 

Lots of progress has been made on the cross stitch this week.

Last Sundays for a reference. I'm going to work on the bottom grassy area before I finish off the last quilt block area, then move onto the first page of the pattern which is to the left of this.

Linking up with the Slow Sunday Stitchers. Hope you all enjoy a little relaxing stitching today. 

Progress....

 I gathered the eggs this morning and managed to crack one of them! Sigh, I'll use it up in dinner tonight. A green egg and 2 brown ones. It will be a homemade Chinese night - I'm going to try Moo Goo Gai Pan, Emily will make veggie fried rice and I also got the things to try a beef and broccoli. We will see how it comes out. ***Edited - the beef and broccoli has been added to the rotation. I opted not to do the Moo Goo that night.  I am tempted to make egg drop soup as well, but think that will be too much food. 

The baby chicks sure are growing fast. They have feathers coming in and the tail feathers are starting to grow as well. Eggnog is on top of the water with the Reds on either side of Blackberry. They tend to fly out when we open the top of the cage!

I got some sewing time in and cut out the sashing and cornerstones and got this all sewn together. I pulled from that magic box of fabrics I ordered last fall and found a cream for an inner border and a blue dotted print for the outer border. I'm thinking 2.5 inches and then 3.5 inches for the borders. 

Maybe I'll be able to cut and sew the borders on tonight after dinner? We will see. I'll have to search and see if I have a backing that will work. I believe it will end up about 66x84 for a twin size quilt. We will see if I can get it quilted this weekend. Linking up to the RSC on Saturday.