It's been a minute since I last posted, so today is a bit of a catch up.

This was one of those times when what was in my head didn't turn out quite as I envisioned it.  It's one of Prairie Schooler's Bunnies.  It's stitched on either 16 or 18 count aida using light DMC pastel colors.  It's not quite as light as in the pic, but still not the best.   I like the colors.  They just need to be a bit darker.  

A*B*C*D by La-D-Da is being stitched on 14 count aida which I dyed just before dropping off the blogosphere.  It's a darkish yellow ochre...the colors are not showing the best...again.  But you get the idea!  There's been some progress since this pic was taken a  couple of weeks ago.  The third flower is nearly finished and the last letter I stitched was V.  The floss is DMC 820.  I'm really enjoying it, so stitching on it sparingly to stretch it out! lol

Night Flight by Prairie Schooler is finished.  The pumpkin was stitched in french knots, to tie in with Double, Double.  

My favorite sock yarn is Regia 4 ply.  This is the colorway Artist.  I prefer plain socks with busy yarn and have knit so many pairs of The Yarn Harlot's vanilla sock recipe that I could probably knit them in my sleep!  

This is the latest pair in the colorway Wasserpark.  The pattern uses a heel flap and gusset, which, while not the prettiest to look at, is definitely the most comfortable for me.

Here's another two that are started.  These are also Regia 4 ply in Variageta (left) and Restful (right).

All the variegated sock yarns (plus started socks) are kept together in a basket with needles for the ribbing.  They're all discontinued colors from Webs, which means they're heavily discounted.  Who doesn't like a good bargain?

Some of the two inch squares from Barbara Brackman's Metropolitan Fair have been sewn into nine patches.  There was a lot of swapping colors around at first.  It got to the point where I just started sewing them together.  

The nine patches are going into Pint Size from the book Simple Whatnots 3 by Kim Diehl.  There's enough leftovers to make a quilted pouch.  

This French General Panier De Fleurs taupe background will be alternated with the same fabric in a creamish beige for the sashings.

The hand quilting has been started on Cutting by Sarah Fielke and Amy Lobsinger.  The background is being stitched using perle cotton in different shades of blue.    

I need to get a wriggle on with it, as I only like having one hand quilting project at a time going and I'd like to hand quilt Half Pint.

I was stumped by how to  quilt the center of the flower.  Perle cotton French knots were chosen after a lot of pondering about different embroidery stitches. with perle cotton;  On the third knot, i snapped a needle.  Fortunately, the tip fell out of the back and I only needed to have a short wrestle with the rest of the needle using a pair of plyers to remove it.  I'll give it another go with a larger needle.

This is the ring Grey made for me recently.  I love it.

A similar one he made for himself.  He used the same materials, but the rings are two different widths, as I prefer one that's not as wide.

That's about it for now.  Have a lovely week!