The quilt continues

This is block  15 out of 25 in my BB Designs quilt. I seem to work on it in spurts then set it aside for long periods of time...don't know why because I enjoy it when I have it out.

Dear Jane

After a long absence, I got Dear Jane out of my stitching bag and finished my 2nd page and have begun the 3rd. I really should not let such a lovely night time go by before I work on it again.

Nashville. Saturday

Aury TM Designs

Jeannette Douglas

Amy Breucken has colouring books 

And some new charts

Lizzie-Kate

JBW

Sue Hillis

Rosewood Manor

Glendon Place

Patterns at Dinky Dyes

And cute scissors too!

Nashville Friday evening

After an eventful flight that almost did not get off the ground in Tampa, I arrived in Nashville, got my rental car and checked into a Embassy Suites. The plane had an electrical issue which held us up for. 40 minutes but once in the air we made up some time.

I just spent 2 hours hob nobbing and shopping and here are some of the treasures I purchased...

The second from the left is 56 count! The rest are reasonable.

Tracy had some great new charts! Kathy, Bonnie, Teresa....

Pretty cute

Sorry these baby charts are sideways

Also the wedding ones!

More great fabric

The little bundles are the 4 new colours from PTP

Hands on Designs. Plus some of the others you requested Julie

Bonnie and Lyne...nobody asked for the third one there but I thought it was cute.

More tomorrow!

Rotations work

These are the three major pieces I finished in 2015 using a 4 day rotation.

This one is called Magpie by Mystic Stitch took more the a year but it is one I did enjoy  especially once I was finished with the sky.

Ella's stocking was begun in January 2015 and presented to the little Miss for her birthday in November, just in time for Christmas.

And last but not least, my TW called Father Winter finished just last week. I was thinking to myself  as I beaded last week ...how did I ever get through this piece without getting discouraged? I decided that I likely managed because I did it 4 days at a time. At no time did I expect to get very far in 4 days so I guess I did not expect too much each time but...look it all added up. 

I also made some ornaments and worked on my Dear Jane  piece. This has inspired me to keep up with the rotation plan for 2016. My stitching for 2016 will include Dear Jane, a new Mystic Stitch, ornaments and...I am planning to get back at my BB designed appliquéd quilt. More on the quilt next time.

RCMP memorial quilts

Here are the pictures of the quilts that were made up of the blocks we cross stitched. A big thank you to all the generous stitchers who took time to create a block or two or three for these quilts. They have been delivered to Moncton, to the detachment and the families.

Finally...a blog entry

I have no good reasons for not having blogged in such a long time but at least I have been stitching.

Here is my progress on Father Winter. It is slow going but totally worth the time and effort.

And here is my Dear Jane progress. I now have 1.5 pages complete (of 20). So you can see the things aren't moving very fast on this project either. I am enjoying it. Working with one colour and no fractional  stitches and no back stitching is a pleasant change from the TW. The size of the fabric is a bit unwieldy  though.