Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 22 ~ Simple Stitching

 

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 22

My bumblebee embroidery is done! 

This was started two years ago Here.

This pattern is # 8 in the 

Simple Stitches Stitcheries by Walzing With Bears ~

 Available for Purchase Here

I love all the designs in this pattern booklet.

I have added a narrow white border to this block,

which was made with scrap 30s Repro prints.

I am currently working on using up more of my 30s scrap strips 

with this new scrappy project.

I am enjoying my slow stitching and sewing and sitting in my garden.

What are you working on this week? 

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To-Do Tuesday # 3 ~ Re-Evaluating

 

I have been sewing.

Linking up today with

To-Do Tuesday @ Chrisknits

Much of it has been hand sewing and stitching as my knee is still tweaking

and I have been sitting.

I have made more blocks and more hexagons for my 

Kingfisher Quilt

I have started a new large scale project 

to use up my 30's Reproduction Fabric scraps. 

This was my Scrappy Saturday Sewing.

This will be ongoing and it will pop up in my posts regularly.

I stitched on my Simple Stitches Bumble Bee Project

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Hmmm ... none of these projects were on my 

Last Week's Goals List

Sewing Goals ...

(1) Make new covers for outdoor swing ... not again :(

2) Cut and sew project for the Fairy Tales project ... yes, no peeking ;) 

3) Make more blocks for my Grand-darling's A-Z Quilt ... no ... sigh :( 

This is to be hand delivered when we visit in the fall and the  trip plan has been adjusted to a later date to allow for attending a family wedding reception. So I have more time to complete it.

Non-Sewing Goals ...

1) Plant window boxes and hanging baskets ... yes! :)

Here is another one. 

With Mr. Scrapatch's help,

 I actually got nine window boxes and three hanging baskets

 and several pots planted. 

There has also been hours of watering happening in the 90F plus heat.

Heat index is over 100 degrees Fahrenheit today. 

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Well, at least I met my non-sewing goals.

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It appears my "To Do List" goal making needs some re-evaluating.

I have always been hesitant to make weekly or monthly goals like this because I very much like to pick up whatever work in progress or new project appeals to me on any given day or night.

So I am adjusting my goals so that they may be more flexible

 and in line with my easily distracted quilty muse.

This Week's Goals:

1) Continue work on my Fairy Tale Blog Hop Project ...

sneak peek soon. 

2) Hand Stitch Project ...

finish lettering embroidery on beehive and/or work on cross stitch project.

3) Make Blocks for WIPs ...

not specifying project. 

4) Swing Cushion Covers ... this one is staying on the list.

I do have the fabric cut and I do want to sew new covers. 

The problem with this goal is the cushions are in usable condition and are in constant use on the swing in the shade outside. 

5) Sew my scraps.

I love using up my fabric scraps!

6) Take time to garden and smell the roses.

I am hoping my more generalized goal making

 will result in my feeling more accomplished. 

It could work ... ;)

Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 17

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 17

Thanks to all who joined in the fun last week.

Life has been happening here in the Scrapatch.

I have been away from my computer.

I hope to be back to regular blogging soon.

I have not been stitching and sewing much

although I have put a few more stitches in an embroidery project 

that I started two years ago ...

Simple Stitches Project ~ Started Here

My pretty kitties have been a wonderful comfort.

Here is Nutmeg helping me sit and stitch this damp spring morning.

Thank you to all who follow and visit 

and keep me company while I stitch and sew. 

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The Art of Giving from the Heart

I like to stitch.

I am a very slow stitcher at this particular art form,
but that does not keep me from starting a project now and then.

This little pillow has gone to live with a friend of mine,
so it was time to begin anew.

This pattern is #5 in a packet of eight designs in

Simple Stitches
by 
Waltzing With Bears

Pattern Available Here
I am not affiliated with this shop in any way.

I like these designs are easy,
the sayings very quaint,
and I hear the song about Uncle Walter
Waltzing with Bears in my head when I stitch.

I decided Tuesday while I was trying to rest
so I would not get ill,
that my hands needed something to do
and the cross stitching was not making me feel better.

So I started a new simple stitches.

Here is my new start.

"bumble bee, bumble bee ...
wake from winter slumbers
wings begin to hum"

  This made me smile ... :-)