Missing Ivy
Step 11 – unfinished
More parts of rows pieced together
6/6/2016

Last week’s to do list:

• Raining Cats and Dogs … continue to hand quilt an arm length of thread every day. … I pieced 6 days last week!  It was awesome and I’m truly enjoying the hand quilting.  This wasn’t the case with my first quilt when I first tried hand quilting.  I think when I tried it then I wanted the quilt to just be done and you can’t rush hand quilting if you mean to enjoy it.  I’m glad I decided to do hand quilting with this project.  
• Hand work – Work a bit on A Rainbow Garden …done… 
• Knit – watch the first lesson of the sock class on Craftsy and cast on my first sock. … done… 
  

  My first socks
  5/31/2016

• Cross Stitch – For the Welcome project finish the embroidery on the right border and for Bukid, finish the second row of the 1st page! … I was able to get of this project done.  I’m still working on both tasks but I’m closer to finishing it. 
• Moon Glow … continue to quilt this every day …done…
• Missing Ivy – Step 11 – finish piecing the rows together. … still working on this. I pieced a stitch into each row so 2 rows are done but the 3 middle rows still need another stitch to finish them off.  
• Celtic Solstice – Continue to work on Block B as leaders and enders. … done
• Spooky Halloween – Row, Block 2 – finish the applique and the embroidery.  Block 3 – finish piecing. Block 4 – piece the background, and do the applique.
  • … Block 2… applique is done and I’m finishing up the embroidery.  I needed a different color that I didn’t have for the eyes so I purchased some from hawthorne threads in the weight I wanted. I plan to take this with me to Florida so I will not be working on this again until then. 
  • Block 3 – done! yay!
  • Block 4 – the background is pieced, I need to do the machine applique, decide what will be hand done and prep that for hand work. 
• Provence BOM – Block 10 …done…

This week’s to do list will be very short as I’ve got a lot to do for work and just getting ready for vacation:

• Raining Cats and Dogs … continue to hand quilt an arm length of thread when I can.  I won’t hold myself to the daily work on this.  I’d be happy if I touch this once or twice.
• Cross Stitch – Bukid, finish the second row of the 1st page and start the third row!
• Missing Ivy – Step 11 – do the last stick of each row so that it’s ready to piece the rows together.
• Celtic Solstice – Continue to work on Block B as leaders and enders.
• Spooky Halloween –
  • Row 1, block 4 – machine applique, decide what will be hand done and prep it for hand work.
  • Row 2 – cut the fabric for all the blocks, piece all the parts that can be pieced, and prep it for hand work.

I’m looking forward to a great week!

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Have a great week!

~Melanie