And sew on, and sew forth...

 It's been another incredibly productive week here at craftopia!

Stitches of the Sea now has eight blocks, with the addition of "Back to School"!

When I started this, I thought the circles would be a fun shape to work in-- also, they reminded me of "portholes" on a ship. The intention was to make some sort of sashing to connect them all.

I soon realized that the connecting shape was impossible...

Can you imagine trying to stabilize the points on that red shape!

Of course, by this point, we were well into into it-- after this discovery I just had a SICK feeling inside! What to do, what to do....

Thank goodness I helped with my sister's move, unpacking this fabulous rug...

Apparently, my sister has had this Walmart rug for years and I must have stepped on it a thousand times before having this epiphany...

if the circles are spaced out a bit, you have a fabulous cross piece.

I am envisioning pretty seaweeds and shells in a border around the circles, and then some accents in the middle of these shapes like a larger shell or a mariner's compass. I'm excited about it... it is really such a pretty shape with tons of possibilities. Something we've never done before.

 So excited that I...

STOLE THE RUG... heehee.

In other craft news, I finished the second Mill Hill Halloween magnet.

Such an enjoyable and quick stitch! There is enough floss and beads to just about make another one... I had a giveaway of the leftover kit a couple of blog posts ago, and the person that won never checked back and got in touch with me. So now there are TWO kits of leftovers-- if you would like to get a little something in the mail, just email me this time at admin@sanfranciscostitchco.com and I will have a drawing for the remainders of the two kits-- just put "Mill Hill Giveaway" in the subject line. Then I can get in touch with you next week if you win. It would be such a shame to just throw them out.

Here is my next UFO-- this dates from 23 years ago and is about 1/4 finished. I checked and the black tray it was designed to sit in is still for sale! So I may buy it if it looks like it could get finished--it's a bit pricey-- why did I not have the foresight to buy it before!! LOL I can't tell you the enjoyment I have gotten out of working on these dear old things that have been with me for so long-- you should do the same. xox

One thing I noticed, that even with sitting on a commuter train while doing this, my stitching is impeccable! I'm not sure I still have that in me, but I'm determined to soldier on. It breaks my heart to think of all my unfinished work ending up in a dumpster years from now.

This is a newer thing-- my Frivols kits. This is #5 of 12 I am finishing. I may gift this one-- they are great gift sized projects.

I had a bad case of deja vu when I pulled this out--
turns out I had bought the fat quarter set of this fabric!

It is Little Miss Sunshine from Lella Boutique, and it took every fiber of my being to not turn the Frivol kit into a king sized project-- I succeeded.

I do love this fabric though, so I may pick another pattern-- maybe a cake mix, to use it up. There's a lot of it on the back of various embroidered mug rugs already!!

And I'll leave you with the "comical stalk."

It has now sprouted a comical stalk of it's own.

I'm sure there's a metaphor growing in my front yard...

and whatever it is, it is beautiful.

Have a lovely day.

xoxo

Carol