Since I am having difficulty signing up for the Linky Party, I am going to dry another way to post.  This is a screen shot of my PhD form.

And this link will take you to pictures of  these quilts.

Gail's PhD 2023

 For the past few years I have planned to participate in Gail's PhD quilting challenge.  I start off with great intentions but then forget to link up.  I love the motivation generated by participating and this year I hope/plan to be a very active member. These are the PhD's I will be concentrating on this year:  I have two others that I need to photograph:  Dressed for Dinner and Joy of Life.

30's Euro Swap

Aby's sister Quilt

Applique Petal Party

Baskets and Blooms

Camp Oda May

Dressed for Dinner

Dressed for Dinner

Honoring Emma

Jardin de Roses

St. John's Ohio Stars

Stars Over Baltimore

Vintage Rouge

Schoolhouse Sampler

End of Year Summary

 I completely missed my December blogging challenges but I did manage a few finishes.  I finished my Magda Pullover.  This is a link to the project page.  And I finished a pair of Thrummed Mittens.  I am trying to master stranded knitting.  I still need lots of practice.

Baa-ble Hat

Getting Ready for 2023

Has anyone else started thinking about crafty plans for 2023?  I saw this post on Judy L's blog and knew I wanted to participate.  While I have more quilting WIP's than anything else, I have a number of knitting kits to work on.  My plan this weekend to do an inventory of all my quilting WIPs, cross stitch projects, knitting kits and WIPs, machine embroidery projects and other sewing projects.  Like Judy I will add a WIP ALONG 2023 to the bar at the top.  

I think I want to include a Yarn De-stashing category.  I am not sure how I will organize that yet. 

November One Monthly Goal (OMG)

 This month I am going off the rails.  Instead of a quilting goal, I want to complete a sweater that I started last year--October 2021. The back is completed and I have started the front.  Wish me luck.  I am going to link up with Elm Street Quilts.

Magda Sweater

October OMG Finish

 Is anyone as surprised as me at how quickly this month has gone!  But I know I say that with every month!

My Jardin de Roses quilt top is finished.  I just need to find a backing and then take it to Long-armer.  

I am going to link up with Elm Street Quilts.  Participating each month has really helped me stay on track.  I really hope we do it again next year.  (Yes I am already looking forward to next year's challenges.)

One Monthly Goal October

Since I have spent the past 9 months finishing the blocks for Jardin de Roses, I want to finish putting the quilt top together.

These are the first 6 blocks.  Everything is ready to be stitched together.

I am going to link up with Elm Street Quilts.

Quilting Finish

 My 30's Strippy quilt is bound and the label attached.  I love the feeling of accomplishment when I have finished something. 

30's Strippy Quilt

I am going to link up with Elm Street Quilts for OMG.

September One Monthly Goal

 Where did the summer go???????????????  My OMG for September is to bind my 30's Strippy Quilt.  I picked it up from the Longarm Quilter last month.  Elm Street Quilts is helping me stay on track.

August OMG Finish

 I completed the ninth an final block for Jardin de Roses.  Hopefully I will be able to assemble the top this week or next.  I love participating in Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal.

Jardin de Roses Block 9

August OMG

 This month I hope to complete the ninth and final block for my Jardin de Roses.  I am going to link up with Elm Street Quilts to see what others are working on.

Block 9 Jardin de Roses

OMG Finish

 Block 7 of Jardin de Roses is finished.  I am going to link up with Elm Street Quilts for this month's finish.

Jardin de Roses Block 8

Jumping into Card Making

I am becoming consumed with making cards.  I have a cricut maker but haven't done much with it.  But the card making bug has bitten me.  I haven't made any yet but I have diving deep into the paper crafting abyss on the internet.

There is a Card Making Success Summit that will go live this Thursday.  After signing up for a free ticket, I treated myself to the upgrade. And I have been watching several of the videos and I am hooked.  

Do any of you have favorite supplies, designers and resources?  What are your favorite techniques?  

What's Going On

 I have recently taken up Cross Stitch again after a 10 year + hiatus.  This is a kit that I purchased several years ago when on vacation.  There is a lovely yarn and needlecraft shop in Cape May NJ, Stitch by Stitch.  The kit is Keeper of the Pins by Little House Needleworks.  Working on the piece reminds me how much I like cross stitch but the best memory is that I visited this shop several times when I was in Avalon NJ with my sister.  I have few if any regrets in life.  I truly believe that everything happens for a reason.  But my one regret is that my sister and I don't live in the same state.  

July OMG

 I am going to continue on with Jardin de Roses and this month I will work on Block 8.  I am going to link up with Elm Street Quilts and see what others are working on this month.

Jardin de Roses Block 8

Finished June OMG

 Block 7 of Jardin de Roses is finished.  

Off My Needles This Week

 I have been so lazy  keeping up with my blog.  But I have been working on several projects.  This week I finished two knitting projects that will go to Q2 Yarnathon at Eat Sleep Knit.  I have written about my participation on ESK's Ravelry group.  This year I am on the Merino Mice team.  This is my ninth year participating.  It is a great way to try new things.  This link will take you to my ravelry profile and you can see some of the things I have made for this year as well as in the past.

Musselburg Hat

Taylor's Scarf

OMG for June

 Since I am on a roll with this quilt, Jardin de Roses,  I will keep going and work on Block 7.

Block 7

OMG Finish for May

 Block 6 of Jardin de Roses is finished.  Three more to go.  I am going to link up with Elm Street Quilts and see what others have finished.

Knitting and other Yarny Goodness

Off my needles is a mosaic hat, Riles.  I am really enjoying mosaic knitting.

Riles Too

Off  my hooks a few dishcloths.  I needed to make 4 dishcloths for an Eat Sleep Knit yarnathon badge and I wanted to practice my crochet skills.  This is the first time I have made and used these and LOVE them.  The one that is a granny square is to "holey".  I will with denser stitch work for any others I will make.  I can't find the picture that has all four together.  

OMG May

 I made very little progress on last month's goal.  This month I hope to finish Block 6 of Jardin Roses.  All of the pieces are prepped and ready to be stitched down.

Jardin de Roses Block 6

Finishing Up April

 I finished a few knitting projects this month--one afghan and 2 hats.  I hope to get a little more sewing done next month.

Sweet Blossom Blanket
 from Sirdar

Electric Creel Beanie Reversed

Nesting Hat

Quilt Finish

 I have not been doing well with keeping up with my blog.  But I am happy to post a quilting finish.  This is a table runner kit that I purchased more than 10 years ago.

This is my first attempt with machine invisible applique.  I need lots more practice but I would definitely try is again.

April OMG

 When I posted March's finish yesterday, I didn't realize that it has been a month since I posted on my blog.  I have been off to a slow start this year.  But I have been able to keep up and make progress with OMG.  My plan for April is to make Block 6 of Jardin de Roses.

March OMG Finish

 I am happy to report that I finished block 5 of Jardin de Roses.  I wasn't sure I was going to make the deadline but I did!  I am off to Elm Street Quilts to see how everyone else did this month.

Block 5

March One Monthly Goal

 This month I plan to complete Block 5 of Jardin de Roses.  Everything is prepped and ready to go.  

February OMG

 I am making slow and steady progress on Jardin de Roses.  I completed Block 4 this month.

Block 4

I am going to link up with Elm Street Quilts and look at what everyone finished this month.

Table Scraps February Challenge

 February's Table Scraps Challenge was Improv/Teal.  I love this little project bag.  The machine embroidery design is from Anita Goodesign. I can't wait to use the other designs on different project bags.

Goals for Week 8 of 2022

 As I mentioned previously, I am off to a slow start for 2022.  Remember the Electric Creel Beanie in last week's post.  Well I finally started the decreases for the crown.  But there was something just not right about the hat.  I needed to double check the needle size since I was ready to go to two circular needles for the rest of the crown shaping.  It turns out I didn't change over to the larger needle size.  So here I am once again...  Maybe the 4th time will be the charm.  

What is going on this Week

 Yesterday I started a post about my plans for the week, but got off track talking about knitting Bootcamp and my first finish for 2022.

But there is a new project on my needles, Electric Creel Beanie, with another new technique.  It is a color work project where you carry the yarns and catch the floats in front.  It is important to watch the position of the two yarns otherwise the floats can look a little wonky.

My Plan for the Week

 I usually start off the New Year with lots of plans and projects ready to go.  

One of the reasons, which is absolutely the best reason, I participated and graduated from Suzanne Bryan's Bootcamp Series.  It was intense but so worth it.  I have been knitting since I was about 10 when my mother showed me how to cast on and knit and purl.  I didn't produce anything but definitely caught the bug and began teaching myself to knit.  There was no You Tube back in the 70's just those little pamphlets you could purchase at Woolworth's or Penny's.  I had lots of trials and errors but never stopped loving yarn.  My knitting has improved a lot since that first Bootcamp Lesson.  She has some of the best YouTube tutorials and I highly recommend them.

I wanted to learn Brioche knitting this year and it took me longer than I expected.  This brain isn't as young as it used to be but I like the fabric of Brioche and will keep working at it.  I did mange to knit a hat and it took me 5 weeks.  It didn't help working with navy blue yarn at night.  That was definitely part of the problem.

February One Monthly Goal

 

Hello February!!!  This month I want to complete Block 4 of Jardin de Roses.  

Block 4

This is picture of what the finished quilt will look like.  I love the simplicity of the designs.

I am going to link up with Elm Street Quilts to see what others want to do this month.