Slow Stitching Family Day

Today is Family Time.

We will be gathering at my younger son's house for his first Easter in his new home.

I will be bringing my 

Quilter's Cottage Cross Stitch

along with me for to enjoy some stitching with the 

lovely stitchers at 

Slow Sunday Stitching @ Kathy's Quilts

I got way behind in this stitch-along at one point and although it has

officially ended, I am still slowly stitching.

I took this outside one warm sunny day recently to sit on our yard swing

 and enjoy some lazy swinging and stitching,

but I could not get quite comfortable holding the frame

and my hands tired quickly.

So I have invested in a good wooden lap stand that will support my expanded Q-Snap frame.

This is a Z-Frame from K's Creations

I purchased only the lap stand with no frame.
It is made oak and it is solid without feeling too heavy. 

I can hold a smaller frame  without a stand but the enlarged frame
 was making my wrist very tired

and a lap pillow did not help much.

It just felt awkward.

This frame works very well for two hand stitching.

I am changing up the colors in the floss to make this my own.

As we will be gathered together for several hours

and they are doing the cooking and hosting,

I am bringing my cross stitch with me to keep my hands busy.

I am taking the lap frame, too.

Looking forward to a slow day of family and fun and stitching.

May you and yours have a Happy Easter !

Slow Stitching Sunday

Slow Stitching Cross Stitch

For the
Quilter's Cottage Cross Stitch Along
which was last updated in the link above.

I missed completing the Week 3 Challenge section on time.

In part because there is a error in the count
between the post of the left and the first quilt on the line.

This snowballed into a error on the clothespins and the quilts placement.

There was some ripping out
but I left the post for the moment.

For those of you who are not stitching the pattern and would not see it,
there should be TWO spaces between the post and the quilt.

I am dithering over whether I need to take it out and
cannot stitch the post on the right until I make up my mind.

I am now working on Week 3 and 4 at the same time.

I hope to have it done by Wednesday.

Time will tell.

I am taking a few minutes to cross stitch.

I have been  Slow (Machine) Sewing my

Sunny Lanes Baby Quilt

I almost have all the blocks together
and hope to have the top done by the time I call it a night

... or tomorrow morning.

It is cold and very rainy here today.

A good day for stitching and

linking up with all the beautiful works
@
Slow Stitching Sunday @ Kathy's Quilts

May you have a Happy Sunday.

Cross Stitch ~ Weekly Update

Week 2 Challenge Done!

All set up to start Week 3 tomorrow with the 

Quilters' Cottage Cross Stitch Stitch Along

I am feeling very accomplished.

I have recently started cross stitching again after a 40 year lapse.

The fence in this pattern was challenging for me last week,
but the lettering this week felt very familiar.

I am enjoying these weekly challenges and
am hopeful that I will be able to keep up.

On to the clothesline and the first quilt on the line tomorrow.
The quilt motifs are one per week.

I can do this! 

:-)