Livin' La Needle Loca

 ...getting more momentum on my projects. I finished the stitching of More Beach: Specs: Started 1/5/2023 Finished 1/29/20232 Design by Hands On Design This project will probably become a pillow. This piece is too big the hang in my studio beam display and I simply don't have enough wall space to hang my completed projects. :( Pillows, on the other hand, I can pile into baskets, that I can move from place to place. I'm going to review my current WIPs and decide whether I have any potential IDJs (It's Dead, Jim) and if there are any that can be completed quickly. I have that Sun quilt to start and I;m feeling a little guilty starting something new for me when I have some long-standing WIPs in the queue.

 ...things are still sparse in the garden. This barrel cactus is the happiest plant in the backyard right now. It handled the remodel better than we did. There are a few remaining chile peppers on one of the plants. The Husband is busy reorganizing the containers in the backyard and culling out the ones we no longer need. The backyard needs some serious work, but it's been too cold to stay outside for long periods of time. We're looking forward to next week. The wall repair begins on Monday!

 ...it was an eventful week. On Tuesday, we flew to Los Angeles to attend the funeral of my mother's oldest sister. It was the first time that I was on an airplane since before the pandemic. (The Husband has flown a couple of times since then, so it wasn't new to him.) It was an overnight trip as we still haven't found a cat-sitter for our kitties. It was a nice service and we spent time afterwards catching up with relatives we haven't seen in a while. I queued up last week's Wednesday post so I wouldn't miss it. I'm trying hard to post at least a couple of times a week,  so this was one way of accomplishing that. On Monday, the window company replaced our last window for the remodel. We still have to get the wall repaired under the window, and we have people scoping out that work today. I've been working primarily on the More Beach cross stitch piece: It's going a little slow because I'm not always working on ...

 ...blog and run. When I was reorganizing the upstairs storage cabinets, I found a box that contained some of my childhood things. I used this pink jewelry box to store my treasures. I think it may have belonged to my mother at some point. It's missing a few rhinestones, but it's in pretty good shape otherwise. This aeonium is thriving in our courtyard:

 ...gradually getting back to it. My main project this last week has been More Beach, a cross stitch project: I've started planning a new quilt using fabrics from two lines. I love them both, but I'm partial to the Sun & Sea line. Right: Sun & Sea fabric line, designed by David Galchutt for QT Fabrics Left: Season of the Sun fabric line, designed by David Galchutt for Benartex WIPs Roll Call Worked On: More Beach (cross stitch) Finished the quote and working on the upper portion of the design Effortless Cardigan (knitting) [ Ravelry ] Still working on the sleeves. No Work This Week: Illusion hexagons (knitting) [ Ravelry ] Look Through My Window quilt for me (quilting) Ocean Ripples Wrap (knitting) [ Ravelry ] Singularity Shawl (knitting) [ Ravelry ] Waiting for Finishing: Bee Hive Violets (cross stitch) Big Bee, Little Bee mini (cross stitch) Finishing wor...

 ...and the last catch-up post for 2022. Finished: 12/18 Sun, Sun, Sun, Here We Come! Quilt Books Glimmer of Deception, Heather G Harris This Place of Wonder, Barbara O’Neal Five Winters, Kitty Johnson Before She Dies, Rita Herron Dying to Tell, Rita Herron Her Dying Breath, Rita Herron Worth Dying For, Rita Herron Well of Souls, Linsey Hall Legacy, Nora Roberts The Widow, Kaira Rouda The Last Dragon King, Leia Stone The Broken Elf King, Leia Stone Started: Nothing Works In Progress: Beach Please (cross stitch) Effortless Cardigan (knitting) [ Ravelry ]  Illusion hexagons (knitting) [ Ravelry ]  Lemongrass weaving [ Ravelry ] Look Through My Window quilt for me (quilting) Ocean Ripples Wrap (knitting) [ Ravelry ]  Pacific Waters tapestry (weaving) [ Ravelry ]    Sun, Sun, Sun, Here We Come! Quilt (quilting) ...

 ...catching up. Finished: No crafts completed Books Girl, Forgotten, Karin Slaughter Gray Tidings, Hailey Edwards Saviour of the Pack, Heather G Harris City of the Night, Linsey Hall Spells and Slip-ups, Annie Anderson Magic and Mayhem, Annie Anderson All the Beautiful Brides, Rita Herron All the Pretty Faces, Rita Herron All the Dead Girls, Rita Herron Glimmer of the Other, Heather G Harris Glimmer of Hope, Heather G Harris Glimmer of Death, Heather G Harris Started: Nothing Works In Progress: Beach Please (cross stitch) Effortless Cardigan (knitting) [ Ravelry ]  Illusion hexagons (knitting) [ Ravelry ]  Lemongrass weaving [ Ravelry ] Look Through My Window quilt for me (quilting) Ocean Ripples Wrap (knitting) [ Ravelry ]  Pacific Waters tapestry (weaving) [ Ravelry ]    Sun, Sun, Sun, Here We Come! Quilt (quilting) Singularity Shawl (knitting) [ Ravelry ]  It's Dead, Jim (IDJ): Phat Fiber Weaving (Weav...