Another month moving at a rapid speed, it seems like only yesterday I was light a candle for Imbolc and here we are half way through another.
The days are growing noticeably longer which is a sure sign Spring is on her way which I am looking forward to.
I finally had the time and energy to begin the Slow Stitch Winter goddess piece after gathering fabric scraps nearly a week ago. I laid out the arrangement and pin each piece down on the backing fabric where I had traced the goddess template. This is the easy part of creating one of these goddess pieces.
For the winter goddess I am using fabric in the colors of the winter skies I see throughout the winter months here in Florida. Here is the fabrics pinned down.
This time the fabric scraps were not placed randomly, I selected each piece changing the layout and the colors until I liked what I saw. I pinned every piece down before I began to stitch.
I would first stitch each piece down across the center to be sure each piece was attached to the backing fabric, then I stitched around the traced line of the template from the back of the fabric so I know where my cut line will be once all the the stitching is complete. I usually stitch horizontal and vertical lines of running stitch through the entire piece.
I'm just glad I have all the pieces in place once all the stitching is done I will cut her off the backing fabric and attached her to the background fabric and the embellishments can begin. It's a slow process.
I will be linking my post today at Kathy's Quilts for the Slow Sunday Stitching where you can see what Kathy and other bloggers are slow stitch this week:
https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2025/02/slow-sunday-stitching.html
I have another wonderful embroidery kit from Missouri Star Quilts Company, as soon as I laid eyes on the Garden Friends kit I knew I had to have it. It includes everything you need except the fabric. At first I thought I would just use the stick and stitch pieces on different embroideries but the more I looked at the pattern booklet and saw the set in my newsletters I bought the fabric kit as well.
The embroidery kit includes: 10 Missouri Star Perle Cotton 10-oz floss colors and 140 pre-printed Missouri Star Peel & Stitch designs, 7” birch wood hoop, embroidery scissors, two needles (#3 and #6), a needle threader, and a magnetic needle minder (1”).
The Fabric kit includes: Includes the quilt pattern, a large hexagon acrylic template, 99 precut 10” squares— Essex Yarn Dye Curry. Essex Ivory, Robert Kaufman Essex Natural and 5/8 yard of Essex Natural by Robert Kaufman for binding.
I planned to make this Radiating Golden layout when I first saw the kit, now as I look at the other layout I may wind up making it.
There is also video tutorials for the kits, and if you purchase the kit through the website you can get the designs in a PDF. Photos of the kits and quilts from the Shops website. I am not affiliated with the company I'm just a very satisfied customer.
Here is a link the the kits page: https://www.missouriquiltco.com/pages/garden-friends-embroidery-kit
This week I am reading the newest book in the China Bayle mystery series, this is book 29 in the series by Susan Wittig Albert
I had my consultation in Gainesville on Thursday after waiting 5 months for the appointment to set up a D&C so they can do the biopsy the other office couldn't do because of a miscommunication of a pill I was supposed to take before the procedure that could have been done in the office. I was told to take it before the ultra sound which was wrong. Anyway, this doctor is going to do the biopsy in his office, has given me proper instructions of when to take the medications so that I can hopefully avoid a hospital out patient surgery. This is all fine and dandy but I am a bit miffed at why my doctor could just reschedule the biopsy for another time, on the record it just states it couldn't be done, so the doctor never inquired what happened with the Physician Assistant.
I initially had to have the consult because I am high risk due to the blood thinners and my Gyn didn't want me to have the D&C at out local hospital. Makes one wonder doesn't it?
