Happy Halloween!

 

My daughter in law dress Simon, he lasted about 15 seconds.

The last Slow Sunday Stitching for October

 Wow we are nearly at the end of October, time flies doesn't it.  The older I get the faster the days seem to pass.

The A-Fib is kicking my butt all over the place so I am trying to pay close attention to what I am doing that makes me extra tired but so far it varies too much.  Like yesterday I did some shopping and browsing around Walmart, I needed a few things tape and new tape dispenser copy paper and a few items in the grocery section.  I looked at the books for a short time but for the most part just did what I needed to do. I checked out and planned to drop off the things I bought at home and then go for a walk.  

Well that didn't happen because an hour browsing around the store very early on a Saturday morning was all this body could stand. I was done with any physical activity for the rest of the day.  I need to find a specialist that deals with Atrial Fibrillation because this is not living, its barely existing.  

On the up side of things I can stitch without too much trouble and have completed the stitching on the Kathy Schmitz Fright Night piece.

Here are the individual motifs

One of the motifs is the same pumpkin in the Woven Wreaths for October

I love the little oak leaves and rose hips in the pumpkin it just says autumn to me. 

I have stitched some of the leaves for the 1st autumn prompt for the Roxy's Journal of Stitchery Vol. 6 slow stitch piece and have laid out some leaves to add. The other bits are for the 2nd prompt Mossy Forest which I am working on at the moment which will be moved onto a separate cloth I was just selecting some bits when I snapped the photo.

I am also working on another Goddess slow stitch piece, this one for autumn, so far I have the fabric scraps sewn down.

I have begun slowly stitching vertical and horizontally to be sure everything stays in place before I cut her out and put her onto the main background fabric.

Once I cut out the goddess she will be similar to the summer goddess I made.

Speaking of Summer, the Roxys Journal of Stitchery Spring the last spring prompt was Blooms or Blossom for The blossoms I used a block from a Darlene Zimmerman panel which I will add to the slow stitched background.

The Summer prompts was Wildflowers and the 2nd was insect which I added to the wildflowers piece. 

The 3rd prompt for Summer was lazy summer days which is still in progress.  I won't be putting all my pages together until they are all complete.  I still have bits I want to add to the wildflowers

Today in my Facebook feed this photo showed up of my pin cushion with thread loaded needles on my stitching table. That photo was taken life before Simon my cat came to live with me.

Now, I keep Simon in mind whenever I am stitching, I still have the thread loaded needles at the ready, only now they are inside a box so Simon doesn't get a hold of them.

The 3 pincushions are loaded with different threads for different projects though currently only 2 are in use. I am linking my post at Kathy's Quilts https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2024/10/slow-sunday-stitching_0739717889.html

Take a look and see what other talented bloggers are slow stitching today.

I am currently reading The Gathering by Katherine Genet a friend sent me. From the first lines of the 1st chapter: 'This is where we all begin. Right where we are.' To the last line of the 1st chapter: 'And thus, I reach out across time to you.' I was pulled into this book.

I am also reading Restart Your Heart, it reads like a text book but I am learning about this condition and optimistic about finding a way to help myself thrive going forward.

Waiting on Hurricane Milton

 Well it looks like this next hurricane is going right across Florida and there is no way we aren't going to get more than just a little rain.  I have a feeling more trees will fall.  My neighbors tree fell over my fence into my yard during Hurricane Helene.

It was no surprise since it was half dead which I noticed when we had one of our trees cut down that was hanging over another of my neighbors yard, the tree was half dead so it made sense to cut it down.

I am well stocked with water, batteries and cat food and litter, a full tank of gas and some cash on hand just in case.  I'm not surprised by this storm, it's been a few years since we had a large hurricane blow directly over us. Tomorrow I will take down the bird feeders and wind chimes, and have my son move the few planters to a more secure place.  

With the A-Fib (atrial fibrillation) I am so tired most of the time that small tasks exhaust me. The other day I had to stop in the middle of grocery shopping, check out so I could get home to lie down.  Walking down to the corner and back, some days twice is about all I can handle right now.  I miss my daily 2 mile walks so much.

On a more positive note yesterday I stitched 4 of the 12 hexagon blocks on the Kathy Schmitz Fright Night table mat.

I have to gather some autumn fabrics for a few slow stitching projects I want to get started on.  Despite the rain we had all day yesterday and today stitching keeps me calm and creative. With out a needle and thread I think I would lose my mind.

If you are in Florida, Stay Safe.

Slow Stitching Sundays October Woven Wreaths And Fight Night

 I finished the stitching on the Kathy Schmitz Woven Wreath October block and began the stitching on the Fright Night mat.

Last night I stitched one pumpkin and this morning I began stitching the cat which I will continue to stitch later today.

 

There was a hiccup with the Harvest Hues SAL with a slight delay in getting the stitching started as Mary Corbet is dealing with some eye issues. She may be able to get a midweek start this week, I may go ahead and stitch a set of leaves on my own and once Mary is back to stitching I will stitch along with her.  I love the leaf patterns so having an extra set will help me use up some of my stash of floss and fabrics.

The newest prompt for the Roxy's Journal of Stitchery Vol. 6 is autumnal colors which I have a few leaf motifs to stitch as well as some leafy fabric to fussy cut and slow stitch for my page.

I will add my post to Kathy's Quilts for slow stitching Sunday here is the link drop on over and take a look at what other bloggers are slow stitching today. 

https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2024/10/slow-sunday-stitching.html

It looks like we are facing another hurricane this week with lots of rain wind and power outages.  This one looks like its going to cross the entire state of Florida. For anyone in it's path Stay Safe.