Slow Sunday Stitching - March 30, 2025 AND 2025 Rotation #2 Slot #2 (Modern)

Spring has come to Kansas; there are daffodils and hyacinths up and blooming everywhere.  I'm so glad to see them.  I need to plant more spring and fall bulbs, for sure.   My neighbor is really into bulbs and perennials; their yard has color pretty much from March to November.  (Goal!)   There are also several spring festivals in the area; one is at the local historic house museum that's just a few blocks north-east of my house and I LOVE their tulip displays (I'll try to get photos and share when that festival happens this year). 

Stitching is coming along.   I'll have updates on the daily temperature stitch and the full coverage project next week.  I can't believe that April is almost here already!

The main focus piece this week was the KC Plaza Stitching Bag.  And I've hit a milestone - the first side stitching and beading is complete!  I got rest of the cityscape beads and the border backstitch and beads done this week.

Side One is Complete!

Detail of the remaining finials and the lanterns/sconces

I also got a small start on the beading for the fountain side.  Which brings me to ten hours and to a decision point.  The problem is this:  I have committed to a "Start A Long" with Brenda (@HandworkManiac) in May.  We will be starting a Just Nan piece - "Butterflies, Blossoms and Bees".   That project will fit into the "modern" category, so the stitching on the KC Plaza Sewing Bag really needs to be completed by the first of May.   In order to meet that deadline, I'm going to expand the slot for this project and work on the second side until it is also completed.   I'm hoping to have it finished by the middle of April.

That will give me the last part of April to finish up Rotation #2 with the vintage crewel project.  "Majestic Eagle" is also very close to a finish.  But unlike the sewing bag, there's no deadline on that one, so I'll just do a standard ten hours on it.

If I have time in April, I need to have another "Finish Frenzy".  Both of the WIPGO calls for April are for the Just Nan pincube that I started last year.  AND there was a call for it in February.  I didn't even get it out onto the worktable last month because I was so caught up in the Mead Dragon.  That's not a good way to get things FFO!  The Sewing Bag needs to be included in WIPGO so that it doesn't languish in the 'under the bed box' for a year (or years!).   I should probably redo my board to include it once the beading is done.

Speaking of finishes, I did manage to get the Timberline Santa off my table, see the finished post for the details.

Linking up with the SSS crew (current round up).  Even when my rotation runs off the rails (which it seems to do frequently), these folks are always a source of accountability and inspiration.