It always amazes me that I enjoy working on the WIPs that have been languishing in my stash. Is it the fun in the number drawing or is it that I only have to work on it for an hours to put an X on my square? I think it's the fun in the randomness of never knowing what will be the next project called. I don't know, but I do like seeing a little progress on things that I have pretty much forgotten about in my pile.
Yesterday's call was #24 and that was something for the kitchen. I didn't have anything that would fit this category, so I pulled out a new start. This one is Mill Hill's Cappuccino and will be one of 2 starts for this month. I want to keep my starts at a minimum and concentrate on my WIPs. I want to see more of them go into the FO pile.
Here's my 2 hour start, but I warn you, it's not much to look at:
Today's call was #13 - Something dealing with your birth month. This is Paula Vaughan's "May" Golden Needle Quilt kit. I barely started it in 2004 and picked it back up for the first time last year. I put it away and haven't touched it since. I don't know why, as I enjoyed working on it this time. I need to start working on it more. It will be gorgeous when finished!
And here it is now after 2 hours of stitching and then some ripping. The one thing I don't like about the pattern is that I really need to depend on the colors. I had 2 of the same number and didn't realize it - one a purple and one a tannish. I had to rip all the tannish ones out. I went down through the pattern and saw a lot of double numbers/symbols. Not so thrilled with that.
These patterns are nicely detailed. There are lots of color changes, but they look so nice when done. The part I did had 4 color purples. Why do I take so long to touch these lovely pieces?
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