Wednesday, January 19, 2022

It was an intense two-day session with Stacia and Deloise and I was so tired last night I went to bed shortly after eight. I managed to stay awake and read until almost ten and then slept right through to this morning.

The first day of sewing was a group project. Stacia gave each of us a pattern for Christmas last year and we had decided to work on that together. I worked a bit ahead but was quite happy to know that this was a project we’d be continuing together in the next few months. We already have a three-day session planned for February. I accomplished more than the one basket but the rest are in bits and pieces; I put this one together mainly to see how it would look.

My second-day project was also courtesy of Stacia. The last time we stitched together I was looking through some of her magazines and found a pattern I really liked. Stacia said I was welcome to take the magazine home with me. When I was going through magazines in my decluttering mode I found the magazine and still very much wanted to make it. Although I have started checking my pots for signs of my crocuses I know it is too early. Hopefully it will still be crocus season when I finish this one.

Today was a cross stitch day and I feel like it has been a good break. I didn’t get as much finished as I would have liked because I kept winning lives on Candy Crush and it is so hard to turn it off when you are on an eight-game winning streak. I’m enjoying this new Peppermint Purple stitch-along and the cross stitches in the pattern make it a bit different from last year’s. I thought I’d have enough of the border done on last year’s model to move my hoop and take a photo but I didn’t get there today.