Time for Birds

Hi. My name is Sherry and I am a stitchaholic! I love everything stitching related (patterns, fabrics, floss, stitching aids, hoops....) and I can't control the urge to get more and more! LOL. Whenever I say I am only going to stitch from stash, that is like adding adding fuel to the fire and I go on another binge! I am not complaining though because I enjoy it all so much!

Our yard is like a swamp because of all the rain we have had over the past several weeks! I am ready for the weather to clear up!

Here we are in a New Year. It usually takes me about a month to get used to writing a new year date when required.

I was going to post an update on Virtuous Woman this week but I am still behind where I would like to be on this but the holidays just kept me busier than I had anticipated plus I had to do some frogging, allergies and hand cramps always figure in several times a month or more. I was going to leave it be but upon examination, it made the whole piece look out of balance! So I frogged.

I hate to admit it but 2019 was a terrible year for my stitching! I did not have enough finishes to even mention a number! I plan to do a lot better this year! One thing that will help will be to clean up my little space!

For several years I have thought of doing a BAP that would take the entire year (or less) to stitch. Just something I could take my time with. I finally found what I have been looking for! Little Birds by Blackbird Designs. It is exclusive to The Attic Needleworks. The charts are on back order but I hope to get mine ASAP!

As for our cleaning binge, it is not going quite as fast as we had hopped but I feel if we can do at least 1 room done a week, I am happy.

Until next time may you have simple days and an uncluttered heart.

Pot of Gold

The Grumpy Ol Gazer and I decided that we needed to get busy and clean out a lot of the stuff that has been cluttering up our closets and drawers for years. It has been a big task and one we are not going to hurry with. Cleaning out these spaces is like taking a walk down memory lane! We each would find little treasures from years ago that had been safely tucked away (then forgotten about). We are able to get rid of a lot of things that we no longer need or want while making new spaces for other items.

While cleaning out my closet I found some quilt tops that I had obviously just put away before finishing them off! I found three row quilt tops from exchanges I had participated in and I found some house blocks from another exchange I had taken part in. I will be sharing these over the month!

First of all is a Christmas row by row quilt. This is the top half.

This is the bottom half.

I also found several finished cross stitch pieces that I thought were gone forever! I had especially been looking for this piece by Plum Street Samplers. I see a Christmas pillow for next year!

I saw that LHN is coming out with a new series. I know that I said I had enough but I really really like this series. I am not going to make any commitments yet but I do keep looking at it and drooling.

I fell in love with this free block over at Quilters Cache. It is called Hard Times and is a 10 inch block. I automatically knew how I would put it together. I will save that for a later surprise just in case I can't find the fabrics I need for it. Or in case I change my mind about the colors.

I found several other designs I like but I am going to take them one at a time and enjoy the hand quilting on each one. I sure wish my Grandma was here so we could talk about quilting; gardening flowers and vegetables And even though I was not big on playing the piano, I sure loved to sit beside her while she played and sing those hymns after dinner!

This will be the year of home improvements around here. We have been putting things off for too many years and now we really need to get busy! Instead of listing all the things we hope to get done, I just post them as they happen!

Until next time, may you have simple days and an uncluttered heart.