Slow Sunday Stitching in 2025. 25.1

 

Good Sunday Morning !  It’s the 3rd Sunday of the new year.and I’m joining Kathy and friends for the first time this year. Click on This Link to see others slow stitched treasures. Special sympathy to our hostess Kathy. 

We’ve are back in Wonderful Wyoming! But gosh it’s cold!! It’s 7:14 am as I’m typing this and it’s -4 F ° with a high of only 9°.  A good day to stay in watch football and stitch. 

When last I joined you here, I was stitching on a Christmas small. It’s an FO, but not a Fully Finished Object. 

I outlined the white of Santa’s hat with DMC 3840. I used it for the snowflakes also. My chart had the border in brown and the word Christmas in green. I noticed that Little Penguin stitched hers with the border in green and the word Christmas in brown. Both are cool!

I am working on the Biscornu from Tiny Modernist. The orange coral is the bottom, I haven’t started on the octopuses 🐙 (or octopi, if you prefer) yet! 

Thinking of those in the wake of the fires in California, the extreme cold in the Midwest and the Nation, as we enter a new epoch in our history. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Rainbow Scrap Challenge 3rd Saturday

 

Some pink scraps were cut to 2”x3 1/2”. I’m a judicious cutter of scraps. That makes me slower. But I am not in a race, my focus is to use up my scraps. 

One potato chip block was finished,

 one is under my needle. 

So many different pinks! Raspberry to Petal Pink, to beige-y Peach. 

Small leftovers will become crumb blocks. I have a plan for those too. 

It’s been a slow start this  month but it’ll get better. The cold is making my arthritic joints hurt. It’s 4 degrees now at 4pm with a low tonight of -12.  And it’s playoff weekend, so not much machine work. I spent time this morning with like minded quilters. Mostly lots of visiting and sharing. It was Reveal Day for the last of the 2024 challenges. Some beautiful quilts and needlework were revealed. 

Hope you all are having a great January. I’m linking up with Angela at So Scrappy Hop on over to see lots of pink!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

SAHRR 2025. Center

 I finally decided on my center block for this year’s Stay At Home Round Robin.

It’s 12.5” Christmas block. I don’t remember why I made it. I was probably just trying out a block. I’ve got a whole bin of Christmas fabric, traditional colors. I’m headed toward a wall hanging or small lap quilt. 

I hope to get a plan laid out regarding measurements this weekend. Then I’ll be ready for the first Round!

I’m linking up at Quilting Gail’s blog. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful

A Collection of Challenge Posts

 

This is definitely a Not Finished Friday. I’m linking up to Finished or Not Friday We’ve been on Holiday visiting our son. We arrived home at 2:30 pm Thursday. I had been thinking about Project Quilting 16.1. But didn’t start selecting fabric and cutting til Friday. 

Is a pink flying elephant a Mystical Creature?  I think so! I was inspired by the New Year’s Eve party we attended. Though no one admitted to seeing pink elephants, there was plenty of spirits to have inspired a few! 🥳

I worked all day Saturday with several breaks to get this little fun table topper finished. It’s a project using some pink stash forRainbow Scrap Challenge 2025. I’m linking up to Angela’s blog. 

To some, it may look like a girl creature. To others they may look like a famous flying elephant. But AI states…

Mythical creatures are beings with extraordinary features that appear in folklore, mythology, and cultural tales. They are also known as supernatural beings, legendary creatures, or monsters. 

So this mythical creature fits the being with extraordinary features ( those patchwork ears and pink skin) 

And he appears in cultural tales. (Don’t drink too much, you might see pink elephants)

This is my entry for Project Quilting 16.1 Mystical Creatures. Follow this link to see other participants 

entries in this fun annual event . There are some real works of art!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful.

I LIKE Thursday. 25.2

 

Joining up with other bloggers that participate In LeeAnna’s I Like Thursday event at Not Afraid of Color.

This post is late. It’s 5:00 pm and we have been back home for about 3 hours. We said good by to Mount Shasta yesterday . 

Then got up at 2AM to drive a hour to the airport in Medford OR. Our flight boarded at 4:30 AM for a o'clock flight. 5 o’clock in the morning !!! 

 Some of the suitcases are unpacked. 

We bought wheeled carry-ons before we came home. Mr Busy felt like a pack horse on our plane trip to California. We used duffles and backpacks. Do you notice the luggage tag? It’s a fabric one with a vinyl window sewed by a friend several years ago. 

Last night our last night at our son’s, we had pan fried chicken breasts, mashed potatoes and white gravy and we watched episode 15 of season 7 of Outlander!. The season finale , episode 16 will be on January 17th. 

We had supper with neighbors on Tuesday night and played several rounds of Rummikub. What a fun time. 

We had a wonderful 5 weeks, but it is good to be home.  Had to take a picture of this bench in the Denver Airport as we walked toward our gate at the far end of B concourse. Made from skis and snowboards. With the Colorado C emblem. So cool!

Our granddaughter picked us up at the airport, we were an hour late arriving. Planes were late due to storms in other parts of the country , blowing snow and icky in Denver. I came home to a sparkling clean house, thanks to her. She vacuumed and dusted, mopped and cleaned so it was all nice to come home to!. I’m one lucky Grandma!. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful 

First Saturday of 2025

 

 

I couldn’t resist joining in today. There is a fabulous new logo and so much inspiration. Come read all the amazing posts at Scrap Happy Saturday

We are still visiting our son in way far northern California. He’s single and has been for some time, so not much pink going on here! 😉 Think gray,  black, ivory, sage green. Mountains, tall evergreens, Ansel Adams art, fancy bourbon bottles in the bar cabinet,  classic cars in the garage !

I did do a quick counted cross stitch on pink Aida at the end of December. 

The top alphabet is a printed chart , coincidentally on pink. The stitchery looks ivory here.🤷‍♀️ It’s a light pink!

There were puzzles being created. 

Not much pink here either. 

I’ll be home by next Saturday, so maybe a bit of pink will be cut and sewn. But I’ll also be working on Project Quilting, so maybe not. Won’t know what that challenge will be until tomorrow!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I LIKE Thursday 1-2-25

 

I hope the coming year will bring you blessings and gratitude.

We’ve been putting a puzzle together during our stay here in California. Actually 3 puzzles!   And the WE might be a little exaggerated. Mostly Mr Busy 

First was one we sent from home with our winter boots and coats!

The second is one that our daughter sent a few years ago when we were here. We had assembled it before but enjoyed doing it again.

The third has been the most difficult. It was a gift from a friend of our son’s. 

We made a second batch of Chex Mix! This one was better. Increased the butter and the garlic powder. 

I also baked a pumpkin pie 

Can you guess what I might have added to it?

2 Tablespoons of bourbon.

New Year’s Eve we went to a Birthday Party/ New Years Eve party, the theme was RatPack. We had a lovely time

A beautiful buffet table.

The birthday princess and her prince!

I’ve started reading The Secret War of Julia Child. It’s good so far, but I’ve just started. Diane Chamberlain is an author I have read in the past, so I’m hopeful. 

Tuesday afternoon we watched The Six Triple Eight! I recommend it! It’s on Netflix.

Wishing all a Wonderful NewYear.!!!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

ps: I posted this earlier then unpublished it because I was on the wrong day!🤪