Running Late

 Another new month and a promise of Spring but before I step into March I need to tie up my February loose ends, I always seem to need an extra few days to do that but to be fair February was a short month.

The Monthly Birth Flower

Violet

I have to be honest I just finished this yesterday, I did enjoy sewing it but the leaves are sewn in chain stitch which is a first for me I have never embroidered leaves in chain stitch before and honestly I don't think I will again I'm not sure I like the finish, I found it quite hard to get the stitches even and neat, it will have to do, I won't be redoing it that's for sure.

You can find the free templates for the Birth Month Flowers here

Another thing I did manage to do thank goodness was to give my embroidery threads a bit of a tidy.  I couldn't for the life of me decide on a proper system of how to store them, there are just too many, this was them before stuffed into a bag and thoroughly tangled.

Yes I was ashamed and I don't know how I dare show you that photo! 

In the end I sorted them into piles of each colour 

and then just put each colour into a plastic bag and those were were then placed into a drawer.

not perfect but better than the way they were before and, they can all be found in one place.

Learning Italian seems to be taking up an awful lot of my time without me seeming to get anywhere. It is obvious that my ability to  retain knowledge has gone right out of the window. We were given a list of about 20 words to learn, I applied all the methods I used to use when studying in my younger days even going so far as as writing each one down several times, by the end of the week I had managed to remember just one! I kid you not, it's like banging ones head off a brick wall.  I have decided not to try so hard and who knows one day l may wake up fluent in Italian haha, perhaps I should just give it up as a bad job.

My February

   

1. A Little herd of miscarriage elephants.
2. Another Pentagon bowl, that's two and I may make one more.
3. My valentines day treat, it's cherry flavour but I wasn't impressed, it will be the original Turkish Delight from now on.
4. Violet February birth flower.
5. Tidy embroidery threads at last!
6. New fridge freezer. 
7. Memory box for my DIL
8. Fridge magnets waiting to be placed onto new fridge freezer.
9. The attempt at learning Italian continues.
10. End of life blanket square.
11. My attempt at needle felting below.

 Thoughts for March

• Sew the March birth flower (daffodil)
• Try and finish an embroidery work in progress.(yes it's still not finished)
• Make at least two end of life blanket squares.
• There has been a call out for knitted and crochet Teds (I'm thinking about it)
• Prayer squares.

There are several other things buzzing around in my head, this is the problem too many ideas and not enough time, added to which I'm hoping that the weather improves and if it does there may be a bit of gardening going on which means there may be very limited time left for crafting and for Italian come to think. 

What are your March thoughts, have you made any plans?

Take care until next time. 😘😘

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