New Daily stitching

2020 Weekly Leaf, week 23, Burr Oak Leaf Series
Eco/botanical print on vintage silk

Daily Collage days 25-29
I've switched it up and am using 5 inch square pieces of recycled cardboard for the base and gel medium to apply papers.

I've gone 21 days without doing a daily stitching project and I missed having it to start my studio time. The daily collages are enjoyable but I missed the stitching. Doing the collages has made me very aware of how much stuff I have tucked away to use someday, so much that it gets overwhelming. While putting away the fabrics I'd been using for the collages I came across a pile of silk noil scraps that I've had for a very long time. They were very odd shaped but out of six of these scraps I was able to get 30 squares in three different sized, 6", 4" and 2". Another box had scraps of pole wrapped shibori fabric with fusible web on the back,  in odd shapes and sizes. The six and four inch squares each got a scrap fused to them and they will get added stitching, the 2 inch ones will just get stitching. Here is the basket ready to go.

Here are the first four days of the month.

At the end of the month all thirty pieces will be stitched together.

I'll be linking up with "Off the Wall Friday" and "Slow Sunday Stitching"

Daily Stitching #4 is done!

2019 Daily Stitching #4 , 85 Days

#5 is ready to stitch, I've narrowed my ideas down and have the felt fused to the back of the napkin and I'm ready to start!

2019 Weekly Leaf wk #47
Eco/botanical print on silk

25 Million Stitches

There is now a website that gives all the information on this project, click the link above.

I've finished my hands and have moved on to the background.

I've also been following them on Instagram and Facebook and it is so inspiring to see what people around the world are doing.

I'll be linking up with "Off the Wall Friday" and "Slow Sunday Stitching".

Lots of Stitching

I've started my panel that I'm stitching for the "25 Million Stitches"project.

This is one of three oversized hands that I'll be stitching, each will be a different shade of tan or brown. I also plan on stitching the entire background, that's a lot of stitches but no where near 25 million.

2019 Weekly Leaf, week 42
An eco/botanical print on silk

2019 Daily Stitching #4, days 50-56

This past week I've gotten to spend some much needed time with friends. On Saturday my friend Barbara and I went to Boise to an annual artist open studio event. I bought two of the daily explorations that  Lisa Flowers Ross had done earlier this year.

Each one is a collage of various items she had in her studio, mounted on a 5" square board panel.

Then yesterday a group of us made blocks for a quilt for an older friend that has moved to be with family. We used fabrics that were given to us from her stash. It was good to keep our hands and minds busy and just talk, next week we should be able to get it all assembled.

I'll be linking up with "Off the Wall Friday" and "Slow Sunday Stitching"

New Quilt

I've been trying to use fabrics that have been in my stash for way to long and just finished a quilt for hubby that used quite a few of those fabrics. My black and white stash is now only small pieces, and I used most of the last bundle of rainbow colored fabrics that I dyed probably nine years ago just before I retired from vending. I told him it was his chemo quilt and it was to keep him warm if he got chilly during his infusions, he did take it with today to show the entire medical staff but didn't fell the need to use it.

2019 Weekly Leaf #37
an eco/botanical print on silk

2019 Daily stitching #4, days 15-21

SAQA 100 days of creativity days 68-74

I'll be linking up with "Off the Wall Friday" and "Slow Sunday Stitching"

More Donation Quilts

I finished up another donation quilt and went into Boise with friends on Monday to take them to Craft Warehouse. Craft Warehouse collects quilts every August to donate to St Lukes Children's Cancer Center. These are the two that I took in.

We found out this morning that my hubby will start his Chemo treatments next Thursday. It's not something that he is looking forward to, but is happy that something is finally happening.

2019 Weekly Leaf, week 33
Eco/botanical print on silk

2019 Daily Stitching #3, days 43-49

The circle is still a bit wonky, but I'm not going to let that concern me.

SAQA 100 Days of Creativity, days 40-46

I'll be linking up with "Off the Wall Friday" and "Slow Sunday Stitching"