A Little Stitchy Time

 The winter weather has been so rainy and just not conducive to being outside. Perfect for stitching! I started a new project. None of the ones I have in progress were speaking to me. It is a delightful red bird with a deer - just right for a mid-winter project. This is what I have done so far...

It is stitching up quickly and has been very soothing. I am questioning if I have enough of the fibers though because I think I was planning to stitch it on 40 count over 1 and I decided on 32 count over 2 with three strands. Oops. Looks like I will have to get more. 

A Small Step Forward

 It has been a very busy few months. I finished another semester (my 4th) of schooling towards a nurse practitioner license. I had a huge scare with one of my dogs...he will be having a long awaited surgery next Tuesday. I lost another one of my dogs. She was a wonderful girl and I very much miss her. And now I am going to be able to get back to hiking, resting, recovering...and hopefully stitching and quilting!!

This evening I was able to finish a small bit of a larger project. I completed the March installation of my calendar project.

I recently purchased a notebook and am planning to try creating a journal to track my projects. I am excited to be able to have some time to devote to making things!

While I was out hiking over the weekend I was also able to make some progress on my alphabet sampler project. Unfortunately I don't have a photo yet.

A Busy 6 Months

 I can't believe it has been over 6 months since I have posted. Just before my last post I had hiked a couple of the Adirondack 46 hikes (Donaldson and Emmons)./ After that I was hooked and ended up hiking almost every weekend and some Wednesdays throughout the summer and some of the fall. I ended up hiking 38 high peaks in just about 4 months. Needless to say I didn't have much crafting time. Then fall hit and I started classes...again, no crafting time. But during winter break I was able to get in some project time. 

I finished a quilt for my mom over the summer using some random fabric squares I got in a grab bag...it came out kind of wild but really fun. She (of course) loved it:

During the semester I started a quilt for a friend of mine that had been percolating in my head for almost a year. This was my first attempt at applique and I think it went pretty well:

Then, a work colleague gave me some "ugly" fabrics and I decided to challenge myself to make them into something interesting. I used a pattern I have worked from before and ended up making a bunch of wall hanging/place mats. There were 9 total, here are a few:

After that, I made a quilt for my car. This one has a sheet of the emergency wrap inside of it to help retain heat in event of an emergency. Currently it is with my longarm quilter so I don't have a photo of it completely finished but here it is:

Then 2021 arrived and I kept on quilting. This one was a kit I bought about a year ago. I decided to make it for my dog sitter because he has been such a champ for me all year with the frequent hiking trips and other random emergencies. He deserves a quilt (also because he thinks it is neato and therefore is craft worthy):

I also finished quilting one of my bay window decorative quilts. This one is for spring, but I have it out now because I haven't finished assembling the winter sandwich.

And I made a fun little block with the leftovers from the ombre weave quilt:

I did get a chance to cross stitch a bit, but I don't yet have a finish to show for it. 

Sadly, classes are startting again, so I will be going back into a work mode rather than a crafting mode. Maybe this summer I will be able to get in more quilting and stitching!