Happy Wednesday!

Hope all is well with you and yours.

I have temporarily abandoned my Story Cloth.  Like too many of these projects, I get off to a great start and find myself wandering off to another one or two or three.  Almost like a horse that takes off at the beginning of the race full gallop, only to find itself slowing down and veering off the track to eat an apple, carrot, or in my case, cheese and crackers.  

Neigh, neigh and whinny

Good Wednesday Morning.

As always, hope all is well with you.

Here is the updated version of the Kathy Tracy Mystery Quilt Block https://sentimentalquilter.blogspot.com/.  

The block comes together quickly - 

My story cloth is still in a state of flux.  I decided to perform a redoux for February.  I love hearts and how appropriate for this month.  So, here is a snippet:

Since I hand cut the hearts, they wind up in various sizes and shapes.  That's ok - as long as they are filled with love and compassion, that is what matters most.

  Sending you and yours blessings.  💓

Good Morning (almost afternoon here).  Hope you are all having a good week.  Have been a bit slow on blogging.  Slug.

In reading comments on Hunter's blog hunteronmaui.blogspot.com, I decided to join forces with Liz A imgoingtotexas.blogspot.com and Liz D gone2thebeach.blogspot.com and show my version of organized (ahem) thread:

Occasionally, I do entertain the thought of winding the threads on appropriate devices.  Then, I tell myself that I could be sewing instead of organizing.  Ha!

My story cloth is behind.  The picture below is of the first 10 days of January.  Lots to catch up on for end of November thru end of December.  It will get done, eventually.

The pic below is a small quilt I am working on from Kathy Tracy's latest book "Small and Scrappy."  A lovely book by a lovely lady.  sentimentalquilter.blogspot.com

I am also behind on the 1 year of stitches project.  Ho hum.  I might just post about it here rather than follow the rest of the group.  So me, not following all the rules.  The older I get, the more flexible (in some ways!) I become.  Often, I like to dip my toe in the pool, but, find myself admiring the others from a distance.  Its suppose to be fun, enjoyable and fulfilling, right?

Anyway, you all inspire me more than I can say.  My Kindred Spirits.  Weaving the paths with all of you.  I count myself blessed.

Sending you all a great big hug filled with gratitude, admiration, kinship, love and peace.

Good Morning!

Yesterday, DH and I visited one of our favorite spots in the area.  Kline Creek is a living history farm dating back to the 1800's.  The wind was blowing, but, we ambled along the site saying hello to the chickens, horses and sheep.  Lets hope 2017 comes in as a lamb (picture of sheep as the lambs have not been born yet).

The battery in my iphone drained, hence, lack of more pics.  

Although I have more projects in mind than I can realistically handle, I think this daily stitching project is fairly realistic and should be a nice companion to my story cloth.  Here is the link: 

http://www.brwnpaperbag.com/1-year-of-stitche

So many wonderful stitches out there to learn.  Anybody game?  

Blessings for your day!   

Sharing a few items

This is the start of my story cloth which runs from November 28, 2016, my 60th birthday and going forward to November 28, 2017.  Using Liz Ackerts's Patchplay method http://imgoingtotexas.blogspot.com/search/label/Patchplay and Jude Hill's invisible/gluebastingtechnique http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.services/blog/6a00d8341c8bd453ef00d8341c8bd853ef/search?filter.q=invisible+baste.  Also, the three white patches with birthday cake, balloon and streamers are designs from my Etsy friend, Mollie Johanson.  Mollie has a delightful blog http://wildolive.blogspot.com/ and a terrific Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/wildolive.

I will be featuring more of Mollie's designs throughout the year. 

The hexagon mat and little red reindeer ornament were made last Christmas using patterns from Mollie.  

These wee wool mittens are from my Etsy friend, Tammy Volk.  I have been purchasing a mitten from her each year for awhile now as she attaches a "year disc" to the backside.  They are so sweet. Tammy's Etsy shop is https://www.etsy.com/shop/BananaBugAndZod?ref=search_shop_redirect.

Here is a pic of some of the strawberry pinkeeps which I collect.  Most of them are handmade by my Etsy friend, Liz D., - her shop is filled with treasures.https://www.etsy.com/shop/GoneToTheBeach.

Have a blessed day!