Breakfast Stitching

A week late, but I just got back from Minneapolis yesterday.  We went to the State Fair on opening day.  Such fun!

More Whirligig  blocks and an entire row joined.

And the new row, photographed in sections since I can't get the entire thing in one picture.

Linking to Kathy's Quilts.  I do love her blog!


Thank you all for your lovely comments!  Breakfast slow stitching continues.

Breakfast Stitching

And here we are again with more Whirligig blocks, all done while eating breakfast with the Hubz.  We eat, chat, and I stitch.  It's quite delicious.

When I finish the above row, I'll have 6 rows done.  Yay!

Slow Stitching

And here we are, again.  3 more blocks and one joined to the quilt top.

I now have 6 rows joined with maybe 4-5 more, plus filling in the crenelations on the edges.  I made start calling this "porch stitching", because that's where I work it.

Bardy's Quilt

Bardy's wife asked me to make a quilt out of his shirts.  He passed away a year ago.  He was my dear friend, and I was one of his opera "dates".  So here are the first two blocks, untrimmed and then trimmed.

These were rotated which is why the trimmed blocks look a bit different from the untrimmed ones.  Not to worry, each set is exactly the same.

Very Slow Stitching.

EPP, the mother of all slow stitching.  Here are this weeks blocks for Whirligig.  Aren't they cute?  Slower than a sloth, but fun to make.

I work on my blocks at breakfast.  The Hubz and I eat breakfast together on our sun porch, and I like to linger over my tea, so doing a bit of handwork, chatting and sipping tea go nicely together.

I have about 30 blocks waiting to be joined.  This week, I attached 2 of them.  The goal is to finish by next July.  Maybe?

Here are the new joinings plus possible blocks to add next.  I"m leaning towards the bottom picture.

I've linked this post to Kathy's Quilts.

Diamonds and Rust

No longer a blob, but a wondrous shawl!  I love, love, love this thing.  Love the design, the yarn (Wendy's Wonders on Etsy.  This is the lace shawl yarn:  875 yards, 80/20 merino/silk, color - Saguaro).  Design is by Anna Victoria on Ravelry, my favorite lace shawl designer!!

Started July 10; finished July 21.

Photos taken on my deck and somewhat muted by the light.  The color of the first picture is very accurate.

Blob and unblob

Lace shawls in 2 forms:  blob (i.e. unblocked), and unblob (blocked).

This is the Diamonds and Rust pattern by Anna Victoria, and it is not blocked!  In total blob form.  I"ll probably wash it tomorrow and will post pics then. Wait until you see how it changes!

Next is Mermaid's Lair, also by Anna Victoria.  Do you sense a pattern here?  (bad pun)  I love working her shawls.  They are challenging enough to keep me on my toes (I count a lot), fun to make and stunning when finished (and blocked).

Here's Mermaid's Lair in blob form and unfinished.