Progress is tardily but sure enough on the Semper Fi quilt. Yesterday's essay took me all the way around amongst the outset Friendship Star border.
After that, I carefully counted out all the squares for the remaining 58 Friendship Stars along amongst all the squares I'd necessitate for the corners as well as centers of the blocks.
When I was sure enough I had all I needed, I cutting the remaining strip of blueish stuff (about ix inches worth) as well as made borders from it. The adjacent 3 borders are seat out instantly inwards lodge from correct to left. When I larn dorsum into the sewing room today, I'll sew together them to the quilt center.
While I was doing that, Smitty was posing for some posters he's creating. He's going to larn out a Purrine Corps recruitment officer. He was having a difficult fourth dimension deciding whether he should stick amongst a potent purrofile shot...
or the to a greater extent than relaxed as well as seductive shot.
Which practice you lot purrfer?
Of course, all operate as well as no play makes Smitty a tardily cat, as well as thence he took frequent breaks to soak upwardly the Sun on the catio. It was mutual frigidness yesterday...and blustery...but it was squeamish inwards the warm sunshine.
By day's end, he was 'zhausted. And the lite was thence bright!
While he was napping, I took a petty extra fourth dimension stitching on Pieces of the Past, filling inwards the adjacent section.
Now I've hooped the terminal of it, as well as I'm hoping to complete it upwardly this morning.
There's some other novel projection inwards the works later this one. As I've mentioned before, 1 of the projects on my embroidery trip the lite fantastic bill of fare is a "short" one, which only way it's a projection that tin hold out stitched from start to complete inwards 1 brutal swoop. Today I'll in all likelihood line out the blueprint for the 12 Trees for Christmas. It seems similar a fun 1 to hold out doing equally Christmas approaches. The pattern is from Mary Corbet's Needle 'n Thread newsletter. It's a collection of twelve 3" Christmas tree designs inwards styles ranging from vintage to modern.
It also includes some bead work. I haven't done a lot of bead work, but I lead maintain some beads on lodge to consummate the designs inwards this grouping. I purchased the eBook spell nosotros were making our way around the perimeter of the United States, as well as exactly lately works life it inwards my Dropbox. It seems similar a expert fourth dimension to larn started on it. I'm non truly sure enough how long each 1 volition take, as well as thence I don't truly know if it qualifies equally a "short" project. Either way, it volition hold out fun to operate on amongst Christmas approaching. Unless nosotros larn a lot to a greater extent than energetic, these mightiness hold out our alone Christmas trees this season.
This forenoon I'm heading out for my monthly pedicure, as well as and thence I'll larn dorsum to my sewing. We're expecting warmer conditions today, a squeamish alter from yesterday's frigid temperatures.