February 2019

Hi everyone! Hope you're having a great Sunday (or whichever day it is when you're reading this!). I've spent time stitching, piecing, and quilting today and am enjoying the lovely 2" of snow that is covering our yard. It is great when it snows on the weekend and you don't have to go anywhere! 

February was a bit of a topsy turvy month for me - I went into my boss' office one day and found out that my company wants me to move to a new position. I talked to a few leaders and decided to make the move. It came as quite a surprise, but I think it will be a great move and it will include some travel (which I love!). I am in transition through March and then will be to the new position full time in April. 

I also spent a fair amount of time on each of my crafts. On the piecing/sewing front, I continued to make progress on the koala baby quilt I started in January. I started the month with the center done and finished it with all the borders cut and pieced, but not attached to the top yet. 

On the quilting front, I got two quilt tops quilted, one of mine (from my UFO list!)

Moon and Trees Quilted! 

Closeup of the quilting - I love the variegated threads on this, especially the black and white, which comes and goes on the dark background. 

and one of my mom's (from her UFO list!). I still need to get the binding on mine, but I am so glad to have it quilted! Hoping I can get another one done this month. 

Quilting closeup - loops through the background with the black & white thread

The quilted top

On the stitching front, I had a big finish and a small finish. I put the final stitches into my Snowbelles project on the 7th. I started this in Nov 2017 and worked on it on and off through last year. It is big enough to be framed and be the centerpiece over our mantel after I take down the Christmas decorations, so I am hoping to get it framed this year so that I can display it next year. I am really happy with it and hope you like it too. This was one of my 12 Things in 2019, so I am also glad to check the first one off the list. 

After I finished that big project, I started on my Flip-Its monthly series by Lizzie Kate. My mom gave me these a long time ago and I finally got a big piece of fabric and got the first one done in a few days. It was nice to have such a quick finish, and I am looking forward to working on the others throughout the year. This was another one of my 12 Things. I won't count it "done" until I have a few from the series completed, since my goal was to start on the series.

In the crochet front, I finished all the crochet work for a new cowl. This is called the Autumn Leaf Cowl on Ravelry, and you can find the pattern here. I was so happy to use some of the yarn I bought in my early days, and I used up almost all of it on this pattern. In the beginning, I just bought a little of this and a little of that and now I find myself trying to find patterns that will go with the weight and amount that I have. I think this one will be great when I get it blocked and get the buttons added. I am going to need some help from my mom on the blocking, as I haven't done that before. 

All in all, it was a pretty good crafty month! I quilted on 7 days and did some type of crafting on 17 days, for 61%, the same as last month! 

My stash usage was for the moon and tree back and the koala borders - not too much out, but also none in so far this year. 
Fabric added this month: 0 yards
Fabric used this month: 1 1/8 yards
Fabric used year to date: 3 3/4 yards

Hope you enjoyed this recap and hope that your February was good too. I'll be back soon with a finished quilt! Not sure yet which one it will be, maybe we'll get two in March! 

Linking up with Stash Report Sunday and Judy's UFO Report.