This week ended up with more crafting time than I thought it would. We had a pretty nasty ice storm here in eastern Kansas that started on Wednesday afternoon (choir practice was cancelled) and I worked from home on Thursday and Friday. So zero commute time! That was fun, but I was getting a bit cabin-feverish by Saturday morning LOL. (Like Kathy who hosts the link up party, sand and/or salt is not to be found here for 'love nor money' as my grandmother used to say.)
I finished off the orange cowl and cast on a matching hat:
And on the needlework front, Millennium is at about two hours. I am working on Saint Michael, working down the landscape behind the sword blade on both sides. I have two more colors to lay in on the left of the blade and then I will be able to do the back stitching on the wings, outer column, lower torch pole, and upper tunic. I'll leave the lower, golden tunic to do later, since the cloth drapes over and behind the bottom of the base of the arch.
And I am about to finish off another block for Aunt Lottie's Garden; just the upper left quarter yet to go. This is 17 of 30 for the center of the quilt and is my focus today. I'd like to get this one done and the next one set up this afternoon.
All in all, progress on all fronts. I'm linking up with the rest of the Slow Sunday Stitchers over on K's blog. (Link to this week's round up.)
I finished off the orange cowl and cast on a matching hat:
All in all, progress on all fronts. I'm linking up with the rest of the Slow Sunday Stitchers over on K's blog. (Link to this week's round up.)
I'm in awe of your cross stitch, its going to be a real stunner. Enjoy your slow Sunday stitching!
ReplyDeleteThank you. It's all up to the designer on this one. Teresa Wentzler is a marvelous artist.
Deletelove your cross stitch you are always working on such nice pieces
ReplyDeleteThank you! This one is always fun to work on. The designer has such a wonderful color sense. I wouldn't have thought that peach and lavender blended together would work in a landscape scene, for example. But it totally does!
DeleteYou have some great projects in the works. I love snow days at home because you can get a bunch of crafting done. Your cross-stitch is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I enjoyed not have to make that long drive to work (it's an hour and a few minutes one way). I am really looking forward to retirement in about two and a half years. Lots to do between then and now, though.
DeleteI always love looking at your progress on your beautiful Millennium cross stitch. Another pretty hexie, too.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I enjoy this stop on my rotation each time through. Teresa was a wonderful designer and I have several of her patterns kitted up in my stash.
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