May 1st
Where has the time gone?? I had a seemingly busy month, with little
free time to sit back and reflect on the week on the weekends. Looking back on
my calendar – what have been the major things keeping me away from my
needlework and my blog?
You may be aware that I’m involved
in Scouts – I am a District Leader and I support Allan and his family –
particularly his son Chris, by helping out at Bailey Reserve Scouts as
assistant Cub Leader. It has been 15+
years as a Cub Leader and I’m enjoying myself immensely.
Cuboree is a week long adventure
camp for Cub Scouts, and although not immediately involved, I supported Allan
who is now one of 6 leaders who have attended all 10 Cuborees.
I spent the week of 12-16 April at work then
coming home and falling asleep with very little stitching to show for my
efforts. I was working on my Meteo de
Moutons 2021 for this week and have completed March.
I am enjoying how much variety of colour I am
achieving this year, merely by allocating one colour per degree and where 2020
blended from blue to green, putting a range of pinks to represent the teen degrees
has made for a colourful March
April 11 was also the annual event
to support Road Crew – the guys who provide the infrastructure of Concerts and
Events – the ones who are doing it particularly tough during Covid – Support Act
is the organisation behind Roady for Roadies.
The weather was a bit horizontal for me to participate in the walk, but
I attended with Allan and he got to catch up with some friends from his
past. I just hope for better weather
next year!
It was one very cold snap that
weekend, and that of course is when we found our heater had given up the ghost
and blown a valve – one call to the estate agent and a visit from a plumber
meant no heat for 3 weeks. It wasn’t too
bad, the weather has been mostly temperate, with the exception of that one
weekend.
My hair is blue again – I’m
enjoying this colour. I don’t mind the
regular maintenance (top-up) to keep it fresh.
So for the foreseeable future, I will remain blue. Acting as taxi service for Allan’s mum last
week, my darling HoneyB got an owie! I
am fortunate that the driver who misjudged their parking effort stayed around
to swap details – so now HoneyB is waiting for a new door. I didn’t realise how emotionally attached I
have become to this car until I had to leave her at the repair assessors.
This past 10 days has been full on
Scouting. I had a full day of Leader
training, followed by ANZAC day, then after work all this week has been : Grey Wolf badge Presentation/Wood Bead
Presentation/District Leader Meeting/Bailey Reserve Cub night and Scarf Presentation.
I do have a wee bit of stitchy
stash – I ordered from Etsy and received these 3 Murano 32count fabrics. All have a marbled appearance and I have
plans to stitch Historie de Moutons on the tan, possibly Dreaming Girl SAL on
the burgundy and the light blue will stay in reserve for the time being.
With such a full on month, it is
not surprising that WIPGO March fell in a heap,
I did manage to stitch only the borders on the 12 days of Christmas –
all that metallic gold thread. Last
night, I noticed a 10 stitch counting error. It is the top row on this pic - it wasn't immediately noticeable. This meant stitching one outer border again. I did not pick up SOHRH at all, so did not
complete that one challenge.
By putting emphasis on my list of
WIP and setting the list in January meant that I was putting more emphasis on
those projects before putting emphasis on stitching that has a determined
timeline – such as Meteo de Moutons – and starting new projects such as Dreaming
Girl SAL, let alone finding a week or more that you cannot stitch at all. So here I was last night, getting flustered
because I had not picked up a project (SOHRH) in the month it was called. I now have a deadline for my Halloween stitch
and also Delft House Row and these will have to take priority over the May
WIPGO panels called. 22 Christmas
ornaments & 19 – Let’s Sew – Ursula Andrews
So I set out a table to look at
where I am with my current WIPS and WishLists
Started
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Not Started
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Finished
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2021 Meteo de Moutons
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Dreaming Girl SAL
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Queen Bee
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Shores of Hawk Run Hollow
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Historie de Moutons
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You are my Everything
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English Floral Sampler
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Delft House Row
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Love Ewe
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12 Days of Christmas
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Raise a Glass
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Hocus Pocus
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Robert Burns Halloween
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Christmas Heirloom tablecloth for 2020
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How doth the busy bee
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Jeremiah Junction Stitchers Panel
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Let's Sew
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Mermaids of the Deep Blue
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Kingfisher
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And this is not even all that is in my basket. If I take a wander into the box of charts,
that centre column will grow.. I’d like
to see the 3rd column grow this year.
I’m not even looking at my
wishlist pile of patchwork and quilting…. That is also sitting over in the
corner feeling neglected. I’m craving
the instantness (is that even a word?) of starting and finishing a small
project in a weekend. For me, patchwork
is an instant fix.
So
here are my goals for May:
Meteo de Moutons – Stitch April
temperatures and finish the temperature index
WIPGO 22 – Finish Let’s Sew –
attempt a finish and reduce my WIP pile
FFO – the banner for Allan
FFO – the stitching bee
Bonus stitching :
Start Dreaming Girl SAL
Get some colour into the 12 days
of Christmas
WIPGO 19 – Christmas Ornaments. This could potentially be changed to my Heirloom
Tablecloth
I will have to clear up my sewing
area as over the past month it has become a bit of a storage area for scouting
files. I’m sure once that is clear, I
will find more items to add to my pile.
I’ll also do my best to keep you
up-to-date and leave less of a gap between blog posts. Life changes in a heart beat.
SMILE & POINT YOUR TOES
