It was a fairly productive solar daytime yesterday. While I was stitching away on the latest of the Sundress blocks, I started edifice upward a caput of steam in addition to courage to stitch the row of bullion stitches at the bottom of the dress. Feeling somewhat invincible, I watched the video posted on the Crabapple Hill Studio website, which is rattling helpful. And then...
Ta-Da! It isn't the best bullion stitch ever, but it's non the worst either. I know this because I've stitched much worse correct hither inwards my ain sewing room.
And feeling buoyed past times my stitching prowess, I finished the whole thing.
When I took it downward to the sewing room to press in addition to bring down it, my lilliputian furriend came along amongst me. She was itching to larn upward into the clubhouse.
Purrdon me...purrhaps you lot mightiness live convinced to opened upward the clubhouse doors?
It would live e'er thus considerate of you lot to exactly plough around in addition to opened upward the door behind you.
And it was early. I wanted them to larn out, run around, in addition to deed similar cats for a spell first, in addition to thus I ignored her wretched lilliputian face.
With the Sundress block done, in addition to having finished upward the terminal of the Shop Hop blocks, there's an opening on my embroidery trip the low-cal fantastic toe card. For this adjacent project, I'm going to create something pocket-size in addition to a lilliputian different. The adjacent ane is a cross-stitch project.
I can't hollo upward where I kickoff saw this...Pinterest maybe? The ikon below is the ane I saw. It's a pattern past times Ursula Michael Designs. She has some fun lilliputian designs on the website, in addition to I've given you lot the link. The ane below was stitched past times someone else, in addition to I mean value it's the ane I saw first. You tin give notice encounter that the stitcher personalized it amongst the add-on of the flag in addition to their cite inwards the upper correct corner. Also, below the trailer, she's stitched inwards when they became full-time RVers along amongst her signature in addition to the date.
You tin give notice abide by the pattern for this right here. I purchased it to a greater extent than than a twelvemonth ago, in addition to its fourth dimension has come. I've been plotting in addition to collecting the items I'll involve to complete this, which happens to include the cross-stitch needles I purchased past times mistake. Also, I've had to picket some videos to remind me what I'm supposed to live doing. The terminal fourth dimension I did cross stitch was when my kids were babies in addition to I passed my pregnancy fourth dimension making nascency samplers for them. The solely cross-stitch I've e'er done was from kits, in addition to thus I had to figure out the whole Aida stuff affair in addition to hollo upward how to read a pattern. Wish me luck every bit I larn started on this...probably a lilliputian afterward on today.
With my morning time stitching done, I got dorsum to operate finishing upward the residual of the applique on the terminal block for It's Raining Cats in addition to Dogs. That took exactly a few minutes.
I had to switch the topographic point of the star in addition to the cat. When I made the applique for the cat, I neglected to opposite the template in addition to ended upward amongst a truthful cat facing the incorrect direction. I was afraid he'd autumn off the sloping roof every bit you lot encounter him inwards the ikon below, but in addition to thus (face palm) a truthful cat belongs at the top of his footing anyway. Who doesn't know that?
After that, I got to operate on the machine top-stitching.
And last, I added hot cook nailheads for the door knob in addition to the oculus of the dog. The cat's seem upward is paw embroidered.
And that block was finished. I set it out amongst all of its neighbors, in addition to in that place it is.
So here, I took a lilliputian intermission. One of my goals for the twelvemonth is to rededicate myself to all things Fitbit in addition to to arrive my 10k steps during the day. It took all of my motivational courage to forcefulness myself out the door for a walk. Now that nosotros receive got a cool paved road, it's a lot nicer walking inwards my ain neighborhood. At this fourth dimension of the year, ane could experience what it feels similar to receive got mud splashed all over one's body, but no more. That babe is smooth. And thus black. And thus striped.
It was a dark, windy, in addition to mutual coldness day...not the best solar daytime for walking, but walk I did. I walked to the top of the colina in addition to turned inwards the opposite management from my commons path. The views were pretty.
The mushroom forests honey this weather.
When I got dorsum home, I took payoff of the dry out solar daytime to fill upward the aeroplane feeders. There's our lilliputian Christmas tree relegated to the outdoors now. It'll larn planted afterward inwards the year. Now that it isn't pretending to live a Christmas tree, it doesn't await thus ridiculous.
The birds were to a greater extent than than grateful when I gave them some seed. They were peculiarly fond of the cracked corn I threw out on the driveway for them.
Our light-headed Andromeda is already forming bloom buds. Mike pruned it a few months agone because it was blocking the window. It seems to mean value its fourth dimension has come.
Back inside, I took a topographic point to H2O ice my knee, in addition to Smitty came inwards to bring together me.
He was peculiarly interested inwards something he smelled on my jeans. While I was walking a human being rode past times on a bicycle. He had a woofie along amongst him who ran upward to me in addition to may receive got brushed my jeans amongst his furry body. This caused Smitty no halt of consternation.
He got upward unopen in addition to purrsonal.
Very close...and rattling purrsonal.
When my xx minutes of icing fourth dimension was up, nosotros went into the sewing room to stitch the quilt blocks together. Smitty was my almost first-class snoopervisor.
He's a chore original when it comes to matching points in addition to quarter-inch seams.
Peek-a-boo!
It didn't accept long, in addition to those blocks were sewn into a near-finished-flimsy.
This morning time I'm walking amongst Sue. When I larn home, I'll stitch the 2 borders on this, in addition to it'll live a finish. After that, I'll in all likelihood brand another quilt blocks. As I'm writing this, I haven't genuinely made upward my heed what's adjacent on the list.
How's this kickoff Fri of 2019 shaping upward for you?