Umbrella and a perfect timing finish!

I managed to stitch up this umbrella yesterday.

I also knitted the second half of my purple dish cloth at a meeting last night and just finished it off at home .... with just that little bit left of the yarn at the top! Sophie was an unwilling photo prop - you should have seen the look she gave me after I took the photo!

Perfect amount to finish with! I used the crochet hook and weaved in the ends and added a pink and purple dish cloth to the drawer. So nice to open it and have some nice pretty colors peeking out at you.

Linking up with the RSC Challenge on Saturday - that umbrella is brown with blue flowers!

A day of stitching.....

I only made it into the sewing room to draw my stitching lines today. It has been a wonderful relaxing day of stitching.

Ella Marie Deacon block #4 is completed. I'm all set for the next release of 4 blocks on Tuesday. Doing one per week by hand is working out well!

Happy Little Things block #2 is completed. I guess I should go draw #3's embroidery onto the fabric so it is ready for stitching this week.

Hand quilting - the teal portion of this is finished and I'm moving onto the orange part. I noticed a little more batting fixing will need to take place before the next roll... which should be later tonight or tomorrow! I will officially be half way through on the next turn. Sew exciting!

A nice dinner out with hubby using some gift cards and back to a nice quiet kid free house =) We don't get this very often and are enjoying the peace and quiet! (No, she's looking at me, he hit me, make him go away, leave me alone.... etc!) Peace and quiet .... until the cats decide to start chasing each other around the house and wrestling on the living room floor. Here is an innocent photo of them - Ollie on the left and Peanut on the right.

Slow Sunday Stitching....

I am so looking forward to a day of rest and working on whatever I feel like doing.... or nothing at all! It has been crazy busy the last couple of weeks. The kids are headed to Grandma's and will be there overnight as they are off school tomorrow. Did I mention I just love my MIL who takes them during the day Sunday and overnights sometimes?

I'll be doing some nice relaxing stitching today on a few projects. It is nice to have options as I never know 'what I am in the mood for'!

The 4th Ella Maria Deacon block will get finished today. All the parts are made. I just need to draw my stitching lines and put it together. The next set of blocks are released Tuesday! It is so fun to pick from my stash of blues for these.

 

The 2nd Happy Little Things block is waiting for lines to be drawn on the borders so they can be attached. I'll also draw the 3rd embroidery pattern onto the fabric and maybe start that today.... or in car lines this week. I think I might pencil draw the 4.5 inch square around it before I even stitch it to see if that will help center the block better when it is time to trim it down.

I'll uncover the frame and get some hand quilting in on the trip quilt today. Peanut was caught sleeping on it this morning... which is why I cover it with quilts. I really need to remember to put it in an upright position so the cat's can't sleep on it! I did a little research and realized... when I rolled it onto the frame... I was to have done the batting and top onto the same rod... rather than what I did - just the top! Lesson learned, if only I can remember when I put the next one on! I get to play with happy looking teals today!

I have 2 more umbrella's prepped I just need to pull fabrics so those are ready to pop into the 'to go' bag for car line waits and horse riding lesson waits. Em missed riding last week but I have her scheduled for Wednesday this week.... and I hear she might be trying to canter on Prism! We will see how that goes!

The last knitted dish cloth in pink was completed in the ICU on Thursday sitting with my Uncle. Time to find the next little ball of yarn and start another one - I believe I have purple, yellow and some light and bright pink balls along with a huge cone of cream. I'll use the parts first for some colorful kitchen dish cloths. I just have to remember to zip these into the bag so the cats can't get in and eat my yarn.

Linking up with the other Slow Sunday Stitchers. Head on over and get inspired.

RSC in the dark mode....

These are the two umbrellas I was able to do this week. Both with the black. Ollie was not happy when I placed that umbrella on him for the photo! His brother Peanut is much happier to pose with quilt blocks.

Linking up with the RSC Challenge today.

Emily is over at VOCAL for some community service with animals this morning. I need to go pick her up shortly so need to grab a shower. The boys are mowing the lawn. Then we'll head over to visit my FIL in rehab today. The kids have not seen him in over a month! Maybe I'll get a little sewing room time later to play with some browns.

Umbrella Wednesday

Another umbrella added to the collection. This one has paw prints on it.

Happy Little Things....

I made a little progress on block #2..... and block #3 was released yesterday!

I just need to find and cut and mark the 'log cabin type' borders for this little guy. I should have time to do that today before picking up the kids from school. Emily has her first volleyball practice after school today - 60 people tried out for the team and 16 made it. She was tickled pink!

Slow Sunday Stitching....

There will be slow stitching today! I am up early (hey - when you fall asleep before 8PM then wake up for an hour around 11:30 then go back to sleep till 6:30 you must have been tired!) and ready to do a little slow stitching while listening to the news in a nice quiet house.

I did not get much sleep Friday night - we had a sleepover and the girls were in a tent set up in the living room and they did not settle down until after 11PM... giggling and chatting and we were up early to meet the troop for a walk to search for a geocache on the trails for 9AM. We found one..... and decided we will wait for it to cool down before doing that again! It was feels like 90 degrees at 10AM yesterday. I spent the day cleaning the house (between breaks to stitch up block #3 for Ella Marie Deacon Quilt Along) which explains the tired. This does need a press but it was fun to stitch together.

Today... slow stitching, grocery shopping and a visit to my fil in the hospital is on tap for me. He is better and they are talking release to rehab early this week. It will be 2 weeks on Monday he has been in there. Very weak but on the road to recovery.

Today will be slow stitching the Happy Little Things block (next one is released tomorrow!). Anyone have tips on how to center properly and cut the embroidery block to size? I thought I had a good plan... but it is not going to be centered well.

Prepping Block #4 for EMD quilt along and prepping 2 umbrella's to stitch this week in the car lines will happen.

I hope to also put some thread into the TATW quilt on the frame this afternoon/evening. Lofty goals, so I'd better log off, take a sip of coffee and get stitching on HLT's!