Work In Progress Wednesday - Golden Week Progress

Today is the last day of my Golden Week holidays.  I love to travel, but staying home is good this year. 

These are the projects I worked on this week. I've made a little progress on some of the WIP/UFO's, as you can see by looking at the projects a week ago.

I finished the stitching on this small canvas piece.  It was one of the projects on the cruise with stitching teacher Sandy Arthur last fall.  I still need to attach the stitching to the bracelet part, but that will be a project for another day.

I worked on the cross stitch afghan one full day, but didn't even finish the square I had started.  The fabric is 14 count and I'm stitching over one.  This is going to be a long term project, I think.

I showed this finish last Friday.

This ornament is the June design from the Snowflower Diaries, stitched over one with one strand of DMC floss on 28 count linen.

I'm stitching this winter banner in silk thread.

I've done more Rhodes Stitches.

It's hard to see in the photo, but I've begun a new section with this multicolored thread.  

And one tiny new project - I found a bit of left over linen and started a triangle eyelet fob.

It's been a good stitching week.

Work In Progress Wednesday

I've been doing a little machine sewing, but still my only stitching project continues to be this eyelet and rhodes stitch piece. This is a calm easy stitch.

Work In Progress Wednesday

Work In Progress Wednesday

Continuing with the same project.

Work In Progress Wednesday

Still working on this and still happy with it. This is rather calming, really.  I don't have to read a chart and it doesn't take a lot of concentration.  It is really the perfect project for the uncertain times we are living in right now.

Work In Progress Wednesday

So far, I'm not tired of this, so I continue to stitch.

I was asked how much time I'm spending on it.  I usually stitch a couple of hours in the morning before work, during my lunch hour (after I eat), and an hour or so in the evening.  More time on the weekend.

Work In Progress Wednesday - Continuing

Work In Progress Wednesday - More of the Same

Work In Progress Wednesday

I'm continuing to do rhodes stitches in the spaces, with Accentuate thread.  I'm using a bright color of silver in this section of light blue now. I like it.

Work In Progress Wednesdday - from Eyelets to Rhodes Stitches

I finished the eyelets and started working on rhodes stitches in the openings. I'm using accentuate threads in the spaces.

Work In Progress Wednesday

More Eyelets

Work In Progress Wednesday - Eyelet Progress

I'm not usually a one at a time stitcher, but I'm enjoying this one and want to keep stitching on it.  Other than my weekly temperature block, this is the only thing I have been stitching.

I've been asked if there is a pattern for this.  No, I'm just making it up as I go along.  I'm using 28 count linen and #8 perle cotton.  The eyelets are 8 threads by 8 threads.

Work in Progress Wednesday - Guess What I Am Still Working On?

More Eyelets - I love working on this!

Work in Progress Wednesday - More Eyelets

I can't put it down.

Work in Progress Wednesday - Blue Eyelets

Sunday was the big burn of New Year decorations, called Dondoyaki. (Sounds like something to eat). Last year I did a post on the full process.

Some projects are just hard to put down. Right now, I only want to work on this.

Do you ever get completely consumed by a project?

Work In Progress Wednesday - More Ladies and a New SAL

I worked on a few more Fashionable Ladies. I'm still having fun with this.

I also decided to participate in 

at Magical's Quilts.

Part 1(Pre-Stitch) was posted on December 7th.  Here are the threads I chose and Part 1 completed. You have to look close at my Part 1 to see the light blue in the center and the four silver corners.

Part 2 (Pre-Stitch) will be posted on December 21st.

Work In Progress Wednesday - Vacation Stitching

I always take three projects with me on a trip. If I don't work on them, it is no problem, but if I have the time to stitch, I want to have choices.   Here are the three small projects I have with me on this trip.

Work In Progress Wednesday - Two Butterflies and a Bit More Kogin

This week I stitched two handkerchief butterflies and picked out the lining fabric to make two more bags. 

I also work on the kogin pouch after unstitching some rows of mistakes.

6 & 6 in 2018 - February Report and WIPW

This month for 6 & 6, I didn't do much!  I worked on my Kogin bag a little, after I had to unstitch a little when I miscounted.  You can check out who is joining in on Meredith's blog here.

As far as Work In Progress Wednesday, not a lot to show there either.  I started a new cross stitch project and put in a few more stitches on the redwork.  

Maybe I'll have more to show next time.

Work in Progress Wednesday

I started working on the ornament for this month's Smalls SAL.  I plan to have it finished to show on Friday. Stay tuned.

I also started another bit of redwork (in red this time).  This is for a wall quilt I started a long time ago.  There are four blocks with a hexagon flower on each and five blocks that have redwork pictures.  This is the first of the redwork blocks, but the hexagons have been finished for a long time.  Maybe I will continue working on these.