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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Slow Stitch Sunday over at Kathy's Quilts

A New Month

 Hello all you lovely people and a big thank you for all the get well wishes I do hate to go on about my health but this awful chest infection is still with me and I'm now feeling congested with a blocked nose and sinus's so I'm just really popping in to say hi to let you know I'm still around even if I am feeling decidedly yucky.  I'm thinking positive it's now been 21 days so things have got to take a turn for the better pretty soon. 

I thought that because it's the start of February I would do a quick round up of what I produced in January just to reassure myself really that even though  I was ill for half of it, it hasn't been a complete waste of time. 

Memory Blanket Squares 

I have made lots of these in the past but now we are asked to make four twelve inch squares and sew them together, then that large 24 inch square will be sewn to others to make a bigger 48 x 72 inch blanket. These will be sent to critical care units for end of life patients and then to be passed onto the patients families.

This is the first four I have made and sewn together simple c2c squares using yarn from my stash.

I have just started the next four, again c2c, it's the first time I have used a graph for c2c and it's quite fiddly with all the changing of colours but I am determined to succeed and all will be revealed later.

My January

1. Throw, completed for sitting room
2. New houseplants bought to cheer myself up.
3. New Lamp
4. January birth flower snowdrops embroidery.
5. Memory squares (see above)
6. Brothers wheelchair cushion cover yet to be fitted to cushion.
7. Hexagons (explanation to come later )
8. I'm ill please don't judge 😏

Thoughts for February

• Complete embroidery project (not yet revealed and won't ever be if it doesn't turn out right😂)
• Complete another four memory squares
• Crochet elephants (explanation later)
• Embroider February birth flower
• Patchwork baskets (explanation later)
• Needle felting. 
• Punch needle embroidery.

The last two are things I would like to try but haven't as yet, have any of you? I have to remember that February is a short month and it's already nearly one week in, so my targets are probably unrealistic but I like to have a few things to think about even if they don't go much further than thought. What are your plans for February?

Take care until next time. 😘😘