Susan: No Time!

I started back to college on Sept. 14 - don't ask, no good reason, just thought I'd see if I could still learn. I can. Can I drop out now? LOL I have almost no time for anything else, after I do homework and my part-time job, but I have done a LITTLE in the last month.

September Finishes - I was late with August, but managed September by the end of the month - Holly Cottage Christmas SAL:

I kept up with the blocks for the I Wish You a Merry QAL, too. Block 5 was the latest, finished just in time:

October work - I have about 4 feet left to bind on this humongous quilt:

That pretty much catches me up to date. Like I said, not much going on around here.

Susan: A Little Stitching

I'm closing in on the finish of the third Holly Cottage Christmas block (by Michelle Ridgeway, Australia)

I made some progress on the Project Linus quilt I'm making from scraps sent by Cotton Cuts through Heart Builders:

I recently finished this tea towel challenge project from 2014, I think it was.

And I made a little more progress on the third Emperor's Wives block, but not enough to warrant showing it again. That's all the news that fits!

Susan: Catch-Up

Life has been extremely busy in August. I'm looking forward to September in the hope that things will slow down some. I have managed to do a few things, though. I took a week's vacation with a friend in Ohio, near Cleveland. We did some sight-seeing, some row by row hopping, and a little stitching. I made these two Halloween jars, but I don't think the project will be finished before Halloween this year - not if things keep going they way they have been!


I also finished this 2nd block for the Holly Cottage Christmas Stitch Along (though this isn't the final picture - can't find it right now):

There was a little actual stitching, which I haven't gotten back to the rest of the month. I started the third block of Emperor's Wives:

And I had a top finish for American Hero Quilts. This is from Alycia Quilts and her recent QOV Mystery A6 QAL:

Too big to photograph on the floor, so I laid it on my queen bed. A couple of borders, and it would fit! That's most of what I've been working to finish.

Susan: Holly Cottage Christmas

SAL site for Holly Cottage Christmas. The design is a booklet from Michelle Ridgeway

My stocking block is finished! I still have to put the squares around it, but the stocking itself is finished.



Close-up of bird embroidery:



Machine buttonhole appliqué; hand embroidery and hand appliqué of circle.