Spring and sunshine!

At the beginning of the year a friend sent me a link, to a very useful project sheet.  Not only did I print a number of copies, they got filled in.  With no order of priority. When I came across any projects in my sewing room, they got added to the list.

This is the honest list, by placing them on the list, they are real and will get to be done along the way.  Some projects are intense, some are small, some easy and others may just need a few bits to finish them.  They may have been on the to do list for a while, which could be holding us back.  So without further putting it off, just jump in and start doing.  In the last three and a half months I have finished many projects, including the surprise one's which ended up in my lap.

These have all been finished.  Just doing at least twenty minutes a day, made this happen.  It is amazing when we jump in and just start to do, how much can be achieved.

This is the work in progress which has been discovered, it is now a continuous project for this year.  The reason, the paper pattern where the folds are, have decided they are not meant to last forever.  It was started twenty years ago.  About time it either got finished or passed on to someone else.  It is one of those projects, which is still a wow to this day.  So it is a keeper, it will be finished.

 Knitting has become part of my routine,  it became important, because of stiffness in the hands.  It has helped a lot.  Applique is something which we love, in order to be able to continue to do it by hand, the hands need some tender loving care.

 Knitting for beginners has also challenged parts of my patience, which thanks to Kate has been improved quite a bit.

 Assume that beginners know very little about what pattern designers think they do, patterns for beginners need to be more precise.  It will help a lot.

 The nemesis.  This is the quilt, which have been unpicked more than seven times.  If someone could make this quilt more than a century ago and get it to lie flat, without bubbles.  Then we should be able to do the same today, with all the tools at our disposal?

Diane's 2017 Stitch-a-long.

This one has a band with squirrels and acorns, with bees above it.

I would like give credit to Sandra for the project sheet and the 2019 Finish-a-long for 2019, for getting me inspired to get going on my UFO's. Thank you!  Read all about it here.


(As for my list, it has many projects on it, too long to list here.)