I don't know where the start of the year has gone - it seems like the first few months have flown by and here we are almost to the middle of March - is it just me or is time flying for everyone? Maybe some of it has to do with my daughter's senior year.
February was busy and fun - it included some stitching, a tiny bit of quilting, a district music competition (gold medal!), a trip to the theater (Hairspray!) and our Girl Scout troop's last cookie booth.
On the stitching side, I continued to work on my FFO Challenge, with a goal to get moving on my FFOs. The two projects picked for the month (a la WIPGO) were a new style of finish and something I'd already started to FFO. I had a few others in progress as the month started and wound up with 6 FFOs for February! Here they are:
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| Cardinal with Candy Cane, finished as a pillow ornament Stitched on 28 ct. Slate by Picture this Plus with called for threads Fabric from my stash Stitched and FFOed in 2023 (!!) |
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| Love, freebie from Scarlett House Stitched on Aqua dyed-by-me fabric with a mix of called for and substituted threads Finished with stash fabric and chenille from my stash Stitched in 2021 |
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| Give Thanks by Hands of Design, stitched on 32 ct. Pumpkin linen with called for colors Finished as a pillow with stash fabric, covered button and Lady Dot chenille Stitched in 2021 WIPGO #11 - something I already started to FFO |
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| Snow White by Little House Needleworks Stitched on mystery navy linen with B5200 Framed at my local Michael's Stitched in 2019 |
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| Lady Liberty by unknown designer Stitched on kit light blue Aida with kit threads Finished as a standup with Perle Cotton cording that I made Stitched in 2017 WIPGO #7 - a new style of finish |
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| Bee Extraordinary by Shepherd's Bush Stitched on 10ct. kit fabric with kit threads Finished as a pillow with stash fabric and stash mini-poms Stitched in 2012 (my oldest unfinished piece!) |
I am really pleased with all I got done in February - there are two more pieces at the framer that should come back in March and I can't wait to see both of them. I am making good progress on my list and only had one finished piece to add to it this month.
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| Can Do Attitude freebie from Silver Creek Samples Stitched on 32 ct. Blue Linen (and pretty see-through linen as you can see!) with my own color conversion |
On the quilting front, I cut out fabric from stash for a new project and loaded a long-time UFO onto my frame. I also added some fabric for the background of the new project.
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| Batiks cut for the new project |
Overall, even though it was a fast month, it was a good one! Here are the stats for the month.
Stitching time report with Kate at Life In Pieces:
Days with at least 15 minutes of stitching = 26/28 = 93%
Stash Reporting with Donna at quiltpaintcreate:
Fabric added this month: 1 1/2 yards
Fabric used year to date: 3 7/8 yards
Fabric added year to date: 1 1/2 yards
Net fabric used: 2 3/8 yards
Unfinished Project Tracking:
9 quilt UFOs waiting to be finished (same as Jan)
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