Most evenings, my husband and I get home from work and end up watching a little TV to unwind from the day. I'm rarely able to just sit there and watch TV. If I don't do
something, I usually fall asleep!
When I don't have binding to sew onto a quilt, I do needlepoint. I started in high school and have gradually increased the complexity of the pictures that I sew. Last year I completed a rendition of Starry Night. Now I'm working on Water Lilies by Monet. Here's how far I've gotten:
And a close-up. I've finally gotten a start of a bridge. ;-)
This past weekend I also made some progress on the Bento Box quilt. Here's the blocks up on my design wall:
The batiks are all from a 2.5" strip pack that I picked up from my LQS last year.
I'm really liking the purples and greens together.
Sunday, I was able to spend some time cutting the rest of the strips to get them ready for piecing. I love the looks of the stacks all neatly arranged and ready to sew. I'm a bit OCD sometimes. :-)
I've already sewn the two stacks on the right together and they are ready for pressing. Maybe I'll make some additional progress on it this week.
Happy Crafting!
~Sarah at upstateNYCreations
I never have patience for counted cross stitch -one of the ladies in one of the groups I am in does this sometimes instead of quilting and she recently finished a picture of iris's - it turned out so well she had it framed and it looks really good!
ReplyDeleteLove the bento box