From A - Ready for Takeoff

I spent the weekend visiting my husband in the U.S. where he has been working since January. A long flight plus a few hours in airports makes for meaningful progress as far as the crafting goes.

Every time I get on a plane, I try to pick that perfect project that will be easy to work on, fairly compact but that will last me for the whole trip. What won out this time? My Woodland Sampler cross stitch.

I registered for this monthly sign-up back in December but didn't actually do anything except print the charts, round out my floss collection and pick up some evenweave in an appropriate colour.

Before leaving it was just a pile of supplies but Saturday morning at about 4:00 a.m. I dug out the sewing machine, finished the edges of my fabric, gathered all of my floss, found a project bag and stuffed the whole thing in my suitcase.

I started stitching when I got on the plane and by the time I got back to the airport for the return flight home I had finished about 1/3 of the frames (largely due to the two hours of extra stitching time courtesy of a flight delay).

Five hours later, when my plane hit touched down in Toronto, I was more than halfway through all of my frames. I'm hoping that once I get these finished that it will be easy to keep up with each monthly instalment (let's ignore the whole missing January thing).

I haven't had much crafting time at home lately and am definitely looking forward seeing what I can get done on my next trip. Anyone else have a travel project on the go?

From K: Final Stitches

Over the weekend I put the final stitches in my Moving Walkways quilt and I'm so pleased with the final product. Here's a sneak peek at an upcoming reveal post.

There's few things better than that moment when you realize that the days are getting longer. I'm loving the extra daylight hours, and my quilting is too!

From K: 2013 Hit List

I recently mentioned in a post that I set myself a new years resolution to finish up my current WiPs. In an attempt to keep things fresh, and to keep me motivated, while simultaneously crossing projects off my 'to sew' list, I thought I could really use an updated hit list. So without further ado, here are my 2013 hit lists:

2013 Sewing/Knitting Hit List:

1. Sew at least three garments (I'm thinking that a Washi dress, a Wiksten Tova and a Shearwater Kaftan are all spring must haves);
2. Add a new homemade bag to my collection (possibly a Runaround Bag or some form of duffle bag);
3. Whip up at least 6 baby/toddler gifts asap;
4. Make more Travel Handmade items (this year I think that I would like to make baggage tags, a camera strap, an eyeglass case, a cosmetics bag, and a make-up brush roll);
5. Make some beach essentials (a beach bag and bikini bag are in the works); and
6. Knit a pair of socks (definitely out of my comfort zone with this one!).

2013 Quilting Hit List:

1. Magic Wax Print Quilt (quilt top blogged here)

2. Moving Walkways Quilt (quilt top blogged here)

3. Black and White Kites Quilt (quilt top blogged here)

4. Camping Quilt (blocks blogged here)

5. AMH Fieldstudy Sundial Inspired Quilt (fabric blogged here)

6. Complete at least 3 quilts using my current stash - which includes various lines by Anna Maria Horner, Tula Pink, Amy Butler, Joel Dewberry, Lucy Summers, Lizzie House, Laurie Wisbrun, Dena Fishbein etc.