Looking ahead on a Slow Sunday Stitching...

 Hello!  Well Christmas is past and the New Year is here.... and I'm happy for that... as we are all inclined to do, I've been rewinding in my head different events of 2022 and I'm glad a lot of them are over...specifically pesky "getting older" health issues.  I'm still dealing with a couple that are going to come with me in the New Year, but I'm shifting my focus to things I want to do in 2023... Got lots of crafty projects I want to get to and have some vacation plans in the works..  that makes me happy!

A quick aside here that I'm very happy that "bomb cyclone" event of last week is past for my little spot of the US.  Those below zero temps and even lower wind chills  did not makes my vintage little house happy... I'm glad I got a new furnace in 2022 ... it got a workout. And now Mother Nature seems to have gotten that little tantrum out of her system...going to be upper 50's today... and long range forecast seems good too.  I'll table my weather whining for a bit... LOL

I've been keeping track of my quilt and cross stitch  finishes... I've completed 10 quilt projects... and one was a table runner and two were baby quilts... so not much productivity there. My latest completions are this quilt...

the pattern is French Vanilla from the Sew Emma book Perfect Ten Quilts . The fabric is the Cheer and Merriment collection from Fancy That Designs.  I bought a fat quarter pack of this line and purchased yardage of a couple of prints for background for the bed size quilt and this throw...

the pattern here is Dorothy Quilt...and from that fat quarter pack I have just bits and pieces left. An efficient use of fabric!! I really like this pattern and will be doing this again... maybe with a scrappy low volume background. 

And here's a pic of the panto I used on both quilt... it is called Poinsettia and Delinda from The T Shirt Quilt Company did the quilting... the back of the quilt looks like a whole cloth quilt ... so pretty!!

My plans for 2023 include the Bright Ornaments pattern for the living room wall. I've gotten some blocks completed...

The fabric is Peppermint Bark by Basic Grey and a Grunge background... the think the color is Ale. 

I have the kit for the Tilda Embroidery Flower quilt and I want that for the living room wall too. 

Now I'm not normally a "solids" gal... in fact there are no solids in my stash... just tone on tones. I love the needlepoint/crossstitch look of this quilt.  I bought this as a kit as there are 45 different fabrics. I'm scaling down the size of the squares from 2" cut to 1 3/4" inches so it fits the space. 

I promised Nick a new quilt for his bed. He's picked out the fabrics and  I think we've decided on a pattern. And I have another throw sized Christmas quilt pattern and fabric  I want to do. 

There's a bed size Halloween quilt cut and ready to go waiting downstairs and a Momo quilt left over from last January... that's going to be my core list. I'm sure some squirrels will come along but those are going to be my focus.  I'm going to write these projects down and pin the list to my design wall to try and keep me on track... we'll see if that works or not since I'm more inclined to bounce around like a BB in a box car ( my sainted Father's description of me... and he was right...LOL). 

As for crossstitching... I finished 47 projects. Now  99%  were smalls that are seasonal decor and I intend to continue that trend.   As for large finishes I had,  Feliz Navidad by Blackbird Designs....

and Christmas Joy by BarbaraAna Designs... 

I'd like to do several large sampler projects in 2023 to hang on my walls... and to kick that off I'm starting The Twelve Days of Christmas from Prairie Schooler..

I found this linen already dyed in my stash... and I can just squeeze this design on it... I changed out the called for white... too stark... went with 3730.. more muted. Can't wait to get some stitches in this today!

I also want to do the Noel Sampler from With Thy Needle & Thread...

My goal is to have a couple of Christmas samplers to display next to the living room wall quilt, for the season in 2023.

I'd also like to have some traditional samplers... I have 2 sitting here by my chair that are started and I'm going to work on them... excuse the wrinkles... 

Red Bird Sampler from With Thy Needle & Thread....hmmm... I thought I had more done on this one...

And Fragments of Time 2022 by Summer House Stitch Workes...

Oh I forgot how much I've completed on this one.... Oh Joyous Day! from Blackbird... maybe it should move to the front of the line...

And I've gotten the all the  flosses together for  Sunnyside  by The Drawn Thread....

And this one is talking to me too... Dutch Alphabet by Sheepish Design... I'd like to stitch it with one of those variegated DMCs... green?  blue?  ohhh... maybe shades of gold....still need to think about this ... was thinking I could challenge myself to stitch one letter and crown a day... 

As for seasonal smalls, I'd like to have a dough bowl full of Christmas pieces... lots of Santas for sure... I just stumbled upon this pattern last week...

I'm going to do the Santas individually and  mix in some small Prairie Schooler Santas too... and some of those pieces that just say things like Merry or Bright or Noel ... 

So I'm never going to run out of things I want to do!!  And I'm so happy about that!!

I want to take a minute and thank all of you lovely people who read these ramblings ... as the years have rolled on this spot is more and more my personal craft diary... I post a lot more over on Instagram  (carolfun53) because it is quicker for me ... but when I'm trying to recall what some pattern was called or how I arranged a display I come back here to find it.. so each platform has its pros and cons... like everything in life...

Hope you are spending this New Year's Day doing the things you want to do all year long... I'm going to stitch a little, sew a quilt block or two together and knit a bit... and we're going out to get a bite to eat because cooking is NOT something I want to do all year...LOL

Notice I have not made any New Year's resolutions... of course I want to eat healthier and get more exercise and lose weight.. and I will TRY to TRY and do those things... no promises... as I get older and really know how short life is, it is very hard to pass up a crusty piece of bread or a plate of pasta or a nice dessert... those are things that make life lovely! And no good story every started with... "we had a nice green salad"...

I'm also making no promises about my craft spending... I truly do NOT need anything. I have oodles of fabric, charts, flosses, linen, yarn and doodads... I will  TRY to TRY to watch what I purchase...  

I'll link up with Kathy's Quilts... I really  appreciate her hosting a linkup every Sunday... it provides me with motivation to get things done and recorded. 

Happy New Year and Happy Stitching!

carol fun