Oct 26th.

Progress on Sweet Pea. The colours are horribly off but I have made some progress. I find myself in a bit of a stitching slump lately so even a small amount of progress is good for me.

The shirt I was crocheting in my last post turned out to be too long, it looked like more of a short dress then a top, so I've had to start over again and make it shorter. My Christmas party is in six week, hopefully I can have it finished in time.

While at work last week I did manage to crochet this square. Didn't have to frog it as many times as I did with the flower so I know it's a sign of skills getting better!

I bought fabric this weekend to sew around Outstanding in His Field. I'll be visiting my mom's sewing machine (and my parents too) this weekend and while I till have quite of bit of appliqueing to do, I'd like to finish it this weekend. Stitching wise I plan on continuing with Sweet Pea.

Anna

Crochet Flower

I'm back from vacation and had a really relaxing time. I spent a lot of time crocheting and not time stitching. Below are the pictures. The first one is a very simple top that I am making using double stitches which I found in a book from my library. Basically the top consists of two pieces of crochet running vertically from front waist to back waist and joined at the middle. I've finished one ball of yarn and working on the second and it's working up pretty quickly. Ideally I'd like to get this done for early December in time for my work's Christmas party. I absolutely adore the blue of the yarn. The second is a picture of a flower that I finally was able to crochet completely after many, many, many attempts (I'm not kidding).

This week I hope to continue with the top and with the Pixie.

Anna

Sweet Pea Wip

A picture of my Sweet Pea by Nora Corbett as I've finally managed to put some stitches into her (it's been a couple of months). This is a conversion and when finished it will look significantly different from the original. I find Nora's Pixies easily look like other things. Ivy I converted into a teenager coming home from her prom and this one I will change to look like a figure skater. She is stitched on Picture this plus Glacier.

I've also managed to stuck the threads into the back side of my quilt. I now just need the use of my mom's sewing machine to applique the rest and do the boarders and finishing touches.

I'm hoping to get a nice amount of crafting in this week as I go on vacation on Tuesday till next Sunday. I will be traveling but I'll have plenty of time to stitch or to crochet.

Anna

Applique Quilting

This is a wip picture of what has been occupying my time for the past week and a half. It is a applique quilt design by Pine Needles Designs called Outstanding in his Field. I had bought this pattern at the CreativFestival in Toronto last year without having any prior experience with this type of quilting but I fell in love with the design and with a lot of McKenna's designs. I'm sewing machine appliqueing it but using hand for the smaller details and I'm quite enjoying the entire process and learning a lot of things that I can do differently for the next time I do one of her designs.

This week I plan on stitching a leopard design by Jayne Netley Mayhew. Leopards always hold a special place in my heart and this design is one of the best I've ever seen. This is my progress as of last week.

Anna