Animal parade

Circus is in town so today it's animal parade! To start with, here are two oistriches. You have seen them before, but now this block is officially finished! As a fun detail I added two pieces of fabric that belonged to a friend. She and I did our Jane quilt together and now we are doing the Bride Quilt together. I think she doesn't remember I borrowed this little piece of fabric when we did our masterclass applique last winter. For her it might be just a piece of fabric, but for me it is more than that, it's a memory of our friendship and I hope to do more projects together!

And then there are four black horses. They belong to the Apple Orchard Farm, block ten of the Village of Hawk Run Hollow.

Colours, colours

Most of my regular readers will know I love colours, bright colours, I mean. And it shows in my knitting, quilting and stitching. As for my cloths, I am less colourful than I wish for, but for some reason that seems to change lately. Last week I found my knitted wingspan very wearable and guess what?  Friends and colleagues complimented me about this lovely scarf.
This week I mainly stitched on VHRH. The center part of block nine is done now, so I can stitch the words in it. I really love stitching words. It's like stitching small items in a sampler. Each item is a little finish and when you stitch large designs you are happy with every finish ;)

There's also some progresss on my Bride Quilt. Okay, not even one block done, but I'm only a beginner on doing this way of applique and doing it by hand takes lots of time!
Anyway, there are two birds now. And flowers and leaves added, although not all of them are sewn to the background.

My Expectation scarf is doing well too. I'm knitting the last row of squares now. 

Three techniques

As many of you probably know I love different crafts. I like to do cross stitch, I like to quilt and to knit. I also do some crochet sometimes. 

This week I had a finish, as predicted last time. My Wingspan shawl is finished, and, even more, I really think I could wear this one. Some of my other shawls are nice to see, but at work not quite wearable.

 

This afternoon I enjoyed sewing on the first block of the Civil War Bride quilt. I posted about it before, now I have all the tiny part that you see sewn to the background. That takes time! But I enjoyed it, sitting in the sun at my balcony :)

 Most of my spare time this week I have been stitching on Call of the Raven. I'm in a Dutch group and we committed to do a thousand stitches each month. Last month I didn't make it, so I have to do two thousand cross stitches this month...

 

A Blog Award and new starts

Oh wow, where to start? I did tell you I do not work anymore on Friday? Well, it seems I'm losing my head. Because of all the extra time I'll have to stitch and sew, I start one new project after another. Only to ask myself after starting them: when will I ever do that??
Oh well, one step ahead, there is no need for a finish, it's the process that counts LOL.

But before showing what my latest projects will be, I'll want to show an update on VHRH. There's almost a home, only a hole in the wall behind the wheel, but it has a roof and that's the most important, don't you think?

Together with some friends I am going to knit a Wingspan shawl, to be started at April 1st. So, obedient as I am, I started today.

And then there is the Civil War Bride. I didn't achieve much, waiting for some fabrics that arrived last Friday. But there are some flowers added to the block. All is prepared, not appliqued to the background yet.

Another project is waiting for me. Yesterday fabrics were washed and ironed for the new mystery of Esther Aliu, Forget me Not. The flower is chosen, pattern is printed, now get me some time to start!!

To end with this blogtitle, Cindy awarded me with the Liebster Blog Award. It comes with some conditions, so I will post about this sometime next week.