Death by Cross Stitch update and others.

I have been working one DBCS in the evening and playing in the quilt room in the mornings. 
I have been working on a quilt called Long Time Gone by Jen Kingwell and I ordered a few books of her books. I had to try one or two of the blocks before putting them all away didn't I. 
I have a few other things I need to work on over the next few weeks. But DBCS will still be my evening stitching. Page 3 my 10th session of stitching on this page. 

So here are the last blocks for LTG, I only have the 13 pineapple blocks and the checkerboard squares used to put it all together left to do. 

Here is my test Steam Punk block only need 40 more.

 This is my first Glitter block it is way off so if I do a quilt with them this one will not be in the quilt.



I worked on putting a binding on a small quilt yesterday and I am working on a few patriotic

table runners for my family.


Sorry this has so many picture I will try to post more often. I am having sew much fun in my retirement. :-)

I'm blogging again.

I am working on a Jewel Block quilt top. I learned this block from a Craftsy Class called  Quick Techniques for Classic Blocks: Wrenches, Stars & Twists

with Anita Grossman Solomon. 

It's made with a paper template that you sew then cut apart. I like how this one is turning out. In fact I like were short cut methods for doing a few different blocks and will we doing other things with them later in the year. 

I am using many different greens and neutral from my stash and scrap boxes for this quilt. Some of the neutrals are a little dark but I like how they are are coming together. I will decide on the borders once I have all the blocks sewn together this weekend. 

I am working on Death By Cross Stitch in the evenings and it is moving right along. Here it is after I worked on it tonight, my 8th day of stitching on it.

  

Happy Stitching everyone. 

New Long Dog Sampler

 

The new Long Dog Sample, Death By Cross Stitch came out today and I am ordering the .pdf file right now. Hope this one doesn't take as long as my Pot 4 Dickie did.  This one is 363 x 447 so almost 19 by 22.5 on 40 count over 20. May do it on 25 count but I haven't decided yet, have to check my stash to see if I have a piece big enough or I have to order fabric. Have to decide if I am doing it in black or maybe navy blue or very dark green, humm more to decide. 

My latest throw is finished and ready to be gifted as so as I finish the market bag to be used as the gift bag.