Coloring and Stitching and Thinking

 

I have four blocks done for 

The Neighborhood SAL ~ Started Here

This is my block for today.

I am finding this new to me color and stitch project fun.

I think that I want to make a small wall quilt for spring with these blocks.

The fabric in the background I have had in my stash for some time and I pulled it a year or so ago for another project.

I actually did not finish the stitching on the other project.  

Now I am thinking that maybe I might combine all of these into one quilt.

 I will have to complete the bird house blocks

 and then see what my quilty muse envisions. 

Do you ever work on projects just with no clear plan for how you want to finish them?

The Neighborhood SAL ~ Block 8 Done!

 

My block for Day 8 of this stitch along is done! 

I am following this stitch along on Facebook 

Crabapple Hill Studio ~ Facebook

The free pattern download for all the blocks may be found here:

The Neighborhood ~ Free Downloadable Here

I have been sketching the new block each day but have not had time to color and stitch as I have been busy with other projects. 

 Today's block was so cute, I had to start coloring.

I have started setting my sketched block onto a sheet of sandpaper for the coloring part of the process.  I think it helps to hold the fabric more securely

while I color and it also seems to make the crayon coloring a little denser.

Then I added the embroidery.

I am using what I have and following my own muse in some places.

Now I have two blocks completed!

This is a fun new adventure! 

The Neighborhood SAL ~ Progress

 

Sunday has been a family day, 

so I have not had much time to play with the fabrics or threads.

I was able to do the outline sketch for today's 

Neighborhood Block 6 @ Crabapple Hill Studio

I have all of the daily SAL blocks outlined, 

but only the first one is colored and embroidered.

I have a plan to try to catch up with these blocks by:

1) doing the daily sketch everyday, 

2) then coloring a few at a time,  

then

3) picking one and doing the embroidery. 

Some of the embroidery stitches, like the bullion stitch rose on today's block is going to take me awhile to do. I knew it was unlikely that I could keep up with one block per day, but I do want to complete these cute little blocks in my own time.

Linking up today with

Slow Sunday Stitching @ Kathy's Quilts

I hope you and yours have had a nice weekend.

Thanks for reading. 

Stitching and Snowing in the Scrapatch

 

The Neighborhood ~ Block 1 done for my ... 

Neighborhood SAL ~ Started Here

is embroidered and done!

This is a free stitch along pattern @ Crabapple Hill Studio

Nutmeg has been her usually helpful self. 

When she curled up for her afternoon nap on our fleece covered ottoman,

I sat and worked on the fourth stripe in my 

Christmas Candy Striped Afghan

I definitely needed the instruction video for this stitch as the written instructions and diagram had me confused.  After the how-to video de-mystified the process, I could see that is just what they said.  My brain just would not comprehend.

I love the look of the star stitch stripe and the lovely pink yarn.

On to stripe five and this pretty Christmas green yarn! 

Today was a bread baking day.

If you missed my post for this wonderful, go to my earlier post:

Peasant Bread ~ Recipe Link Here

Mmmm ... so good!

It has been a day of ice and sleet and snow here and precipitation is still falling.

Mr. Scrapatch went off to work. The plows pushed a few feet of into the end of our driveway.  The temperature is dropping.  This stuff is not shovelable.

 Time for ice melt to help him get into the driveway. 

Hope you have a safe and warm and happy weekend.