I'm having fun with handwork Ufos

I feel a bit like a juggling artist, but I can assure you - never a dull moment here in Quilt Corner these days!
I am only working on my Ufos - which is great.

Some stitchery and English paper piecing - on the Cornelian quilt,

Some cross stitching and crewel work - I really had forgot how slow cross stitching really is - but I do enjoy the process.

 

And finally - I un-knitted half a sock that did not fit, found myself a better pattern and am soon having a pair of nice fitting socks instead of a knitting-Ufo :-)

   Hanne

A busy week, daily threads, and an Ufo finish

Really taking to heart how many hours of work that are hiding in my Ufo-boxes,
I dug out the Cornelian quilt blocks, and have done daily threads on the 2 remaining stitchery blocks as my daily thread(s) this week.
Daily threads do pay off, and now all the stitcheries are done.

Through the process I have decided I will alter the finished quilt a bit, and I therefore can now say I am done with all the stitcheries.

As much as I love blue, it will still be nice to put the blue DMC floss away for a while ;-)

I have been working on this quilt for 2 years, and I am now aware of what stopped it in its track:
The finished quilt is to massive for my taste - not to big - just to massive, and I am doing something about it!

I have dug out one more project to move forward by daily threads:

These Crewel work napkin rings looks so good.
They are very slow work, but I would like them finished in time for Christmas!
I think I can do it :-)

One has to have some starts too, right ?
The red table topper / candle mat is badly sun faded, and I would like a new one in time for advent.
In fact, I would like to make more than 1, but I am doing 1 at a time :-)

And finally - A Finish :-)
Dear Husband wanted another Sew Together Bag for his computer bits and bobs.
It was put to the side when it did not meet a travel deadline of his, but now it is done and he is happy!
It is in daily use - it does not get much better than that :-)

Hanne

Thinking out loud, under a quilt.

After digging out this quilt from my Work In Progress boxes,
I can't help thinking about how many hours of work I have already put into this quilt, all the small stitches.....

I spend a lot of my time with hand work and a quilt over my knees these days - it is a good place both to stitch, sew and to think.

Stuffing work in boxes is not a good way to "store" my used time - I need to dig out some more work in slow progress.
I will not, never ever, promise to finish all my unfinished projects,
but I can promise to honour my strength, my time and my work better :-)

Here are all the prepped hexies sorted and ready for the hand work.
I like to sort and make piles :-)

Hanne

Happy progress

All those small stitches adds up!
Now all the hexagon flowers are done and joined into 4 long rows for one of the Cornelian quilt borders.

Colour wise, the photo below is more correct than the photo above. It was taken earlier today, when the natural light was good.

Those hexie flowers would have looked good as a vertical row quilt too, don't you think?
But - that is food for thought for another quilts, maybe in the future......
I love to work with my blue repros and repro-ish fabrics!

Hanne

Small steps and setting goals - focus projects

Time flies, and I  have found it is time to revive the focus project way of moving my projects forward.

Small steps, small goals, small blog posts - and they all add up to miles, finished quilts and getting in touch with blogland again :-)

30 hexagon flowers down, 6 to go, before I can move on to another stage of the Cornelian quilt.
I absolutely have some waltzing to do with this quilt (like steps to the left and steps to the right), as all the stitcheries in the middle section are not done yet either, but stitch by stitch, through 2015, my plan is to finish the quilt top this year.

Hanne