Welcome to the international weekly hand stitching party!
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| 6 year old UFO |
Lately I have been visiting some of the projects in my UFO collection. Many are unfinished because I either want to add some hand applique or I want to hand quilt them. I don't know if I will have enough years in my life to accomplish this lofty goal, but it's fine with me if they sit in the closet and wait for their turn. Or eventually get finished by someone else. I have been slowly working on my Life Is Beautiful project for 6 years. I still love it and enjoy putting stitches in it from time to time. There are 2 blocks in the quilt layout, an embroidery block and an alternate circular applique block.
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| Hand quilting an embroidery block |
This is a project that involves my favourite hand stitching activities: applique, embroidery, and quilting. I am not in a hurry to finish it. I savour each stitch, and each step of the creative process. That is what making a beautiful life is all about!
I certainly have enough quilted blocks to start the quilt-as-you-go assembly process but I haven't yet. The blocks are easier to store in a pile. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it LOL!And I'm also hand quilting my oldest UFO that I showed last week.
In spite of everything going on in the world, and needing to stay "safe at home" during our continuing covid19 lockdown, today I'm just going to focus on creating more beauty in life by putting stitches into a couple of my oldest projects. 💖
What beautiful projects are you hand stitching today? Link up your blog post below and share with us.
I thoroughly enjoyed seeing a few of those Life is Beautiful blocks again. Enjoy your UFO stitching!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blocks. Wish the pattern was still a available. ❤️
ReplyDeleteI love what you are doing what a beautiful project to keep going back too, I would love to see every one of those completed blocks, the ones I can see are so pretty. Enjoy your stitching today.
ReplyDeleteI remember your other posts about this wonderful blocks. They are a beauty! All of them have been beautifully embroidered and are now hand quilting too. Happy Slow Sunday Stitching! Stay at home & Be safe!!
ReplyDeleteI love your life is beautiful blocks and hope to see it a quilt some day sooner than later :)
ReplyDeleteKathi
This is so beautiful. Exciting with finished quilted blocks. Cute embroidery!
ReplyDeleteSo many beautiful blocks. Hope they will end up in a quilt soon.
ReplyDeleteA very nice stack of neat, tidy and pretty blocks. This is just a kindly suggestion - they would make a nice wall hanging.
ReplyDeleteThose blocks are beautiful! I can see why you don't necessarily want it to end; those must be so fun to stich.
ReplyDeleteyou have a lot of blocks finished I'm looking forward to see how they are joined together
ReplyDeleteNice to see this project out and getting some stitches. Seems we are all anxious to see this one come together! I love all of the sentiments that are embroidered on your blocks.
ReplyDeleteNow that's a lot of blocks completed!! This is such a pretty pattern. I have been stitching on lots of different things - kind of just flitting around as the mood hits.
ReplyDeleteI have missed seeing Life is Beautiful! It's lovely!
ReplyDeleteI have been looking for the "life is beautiful" pattern for a couple of years now.... If you do not have the pattern I wonder if that counts as an UFO?
ReplyDeleteThat is such a pretty and "feel good" project! I like the look of that pile of blocks, too. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteGlad you are still enjoying life is beautiful blocks. So nice to have easy to manage sizes of blocks.
ReplyDeleteI've always loved this project and especially seeing the pile of blocks!
ReplyDeleteLove your Life is Beautiful project! I love those kinds of projects too! Happy stitching!
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ReplyDeleteIt's an awesome feeling to work on an old UFO project. It's like you can see it coming to life. Your Life is Beautiful quilt will be beautiful when done. Have a great day!
I love the Life is Beautiful project. Glad to see it again!
ReplyDeleteWonderful and positive post, Karen. I agree sometimes there is no hurry to finish a project but savor each delightful step in the journey. Happy quilting.
ReplyDeleteThose blocks are just lovely and perfect for slow stitching! xx
ReplyDeleteI love seeing that pile of blocks all quilted and ready to go. That is my favorite stage of my potholder quilts - all piled up just before assembly. So much fun to look at. I love all your positive messages in your embroidery. I think we could all use a little more of that these days!
ReplyDeleteYour Life is Beautiful pile of lovely blocks are beautiful. How fabulous to visit them from time to time and think upon beautiful things; slow hand stitching, embroidery and quilting.
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