Charlie’s Needle – Quilts & Adventures

Floss Friday #88

Happy Friday! After a blazing hot weekend, starting Tuesday we went from 80F to 65F. They are saying it should be a dry weekend though. I had heard on the news that we have not had back to back dry weekends since October. That seems so crazy when just a couple of years ago we were in a severe drought. I am thankful that this winter was wet but we were not drowned. Love living in Northern California.

Now to jump into sharing this last week’s stitchy projects I worked on.

Starts & Finishes

I didn’t have any new starts this week but I did have two new finishes.

Floss Friday #82

Hello from Irvine in Southern California. We are here this weekend for States Hockey Tournament. Sadly we lost our first game. We have another tonight. 🤞

Yesterday was spent driving from Nor Cal to So Cal. I also stopped and visited one of my study group member’s from my Immersion group. Had a blast visiting her store – Phoebe Peacock. It is a combination of vintage, scent bar, tea, and spa. Loved it!

Starts & Finishes

I had one start & one finish for the week although the finish isn’t a real finish, it’s this month’s stitches.

Floss Friday #80

Welcome to this week’s edition of Floss Friday where I share my projects I worked on this week. We will also be recapping February and planning out March. Once again… Welcome!

Starts & Finishes

Amazingly I had two starts & finishes this week. Didn’t realize that my two year long small projects were both this week. Let’s take a look.

Floss Friday #74

Happy Friday everyone! Hope your week has been great. Just checking in to share this weeks stitchy projects. Let’s get started.

Floss Friday #72

Ringing in 2024! Woohoo! We made it through another year. Earlier this week I shared my quilty goals. Today I will be sharing my stitchy goals. I am still in planning mode (and loving it).

Starts & Finishes

To ring out 2023, I had a finish and to ring in 2024, I had two starts. Let’s take a look.

Floss Friday #67

I had myself a mini marathon this past holiday weekend to work on all the projects I had not worked on. I only meant to work on those for the whole weekend, but couldn’t resist working on my fall projects. I had already put away Fall Harvest (see last week’s blog here to look at) and Autumn Beauties which somehow I haven’t worked on since October.

The good news is that they are the only two WIPs for fall being put on hold and next year I get to start new ones!

Floss Friday #63

Happy Friday! Hope you had a great week. Mine has been pretty productive overall. My 24 Hours of Cross Stitch was great. I ended up stitching more than 24 hours. Friday was my new start day. Saturday was a Fall/Halloween stitch day which left Sunday as my everything else day. Let’s take a look.

Floss Friday #59

Happy Friday! It’s been two weeks since I last shared my cross stitch. I have continued working on my Final Finish for the Summer Baskets. If you want to see where I am at in the process, check it out in To Do Tuesday #62.

Floss Friday #57

Happy Friday everyone! Hope you have a fun long weekend. It is Labor Day here in the States. It is the last long weekend of the summer. My grandson is off to Las Vegas for a hockey tournament with his Mom and family. I am actually spending the weekend with my daughter in Monterey this weekend. She gets here tomorrow. Meantime, I have to do a final finish on one of her cross stitch projects that I will share her work with you next week.

Floss Friday #56

Welcome to another edition of Floss Friday. Hard to believe it is already the last Friday of August and summer is coming to a close. Crazy to say the least. This is the first summer since 2020 that I didn’t travel. With all the travel with hockey, it was kind of nice to be home for an extended period with some day trips here and there.

2015 Dorothy’s Double Slice Quilt - Center Assembled
2017 Rainbow Log Cabin - Need Top & Bottom borders
2021 Sunshine Quilt - Working on pieced outer border
2022 Tula Pink Tiny Beast quilt - needs borders
2022 Bring Home the Christmas Tree - Tree Only blocks done
2018 100 Days 100 blocks - blocks done
2019 100 Days 100 Blocks (FEB) - center assembled /pattern has no border for kitchen sink assembly which is mine / looking for backing
2024 SJ Temperature Cottage Quilt (JAN) - Roofs & tree trunks made, temperature blocks made / Finished January thru March cottage blocks
2020 Meadowland Quilt - blocks done
2023 100 Days 100 Blocks - 75 out 0f 100 blocks completed
2017 Halifax Temperature Quilt (APR) - on September 21, 2018
2019 Tula Pink Zuma Charm Quilt (MAR)- blocks made /center assembled/working on pieced border

Table Runner - Teacup ready to quilt; Teal Batik runner done
2023 Gnome is Where The Heart Is - New Series starting with December: Dec ready for binding
Blooming Series - Dec, Jan, Apr left: December is fused/yellow, green & white machine applique done
A Year in Words Series - Feb, Mar, Jun, & Dec left; Dec is fused/yellow, green & white machine applique done
Backdoor Banners - found kits for Feb, Sep, & Oct; Finished August Jan 2024
Ruby’s Garden (EPP) - on Block 23
1920’s Farmers Wife (EPP)(FEB) - on block 45
2023 Queen of Diamonds (EPP)(JAN) - Block 2-1 done, Working on Blk 2-2
Lost & Found Quilt (EPP) - Blocks done, Time to add sashing
2023 On Wander Lane Series - Started with March finished in 2023 / April blocks sewn, need to fuse house block
Placemats (APR) - new start /Spring placemats top assembled
Potholders (MAR) - new start - Shamrock potholders /Shamrock block assembled/top assembled: %FINISHED 4/13/2024

Finish Apr Monthly Color Challenge Block %done
Complete Queen of Diamonds blk 2-2 /worked on
Ruby's Garden EPP blk 23
Farmers Wife 1920 EPP block 45 finish - out
365 Block Challenge (on August 30th) - Finish Aug 30th & 31st
Scrappiness is Happiness - Finish Patchwork Tulip & Quick Broken Dishes block
Tula Pink Butterfly Quilt (Weeks 7-9) / Week 9 is 134 HST. Decided to work Section by Section now. Will obviously start with Section 1. Finished Section/Row 1
2023 100 Days 100 blocks finished through Block 80 /cut 77 - 80
Assemble On Wander Lane - Bunny Knoll top / all blocks sewn /ready to fuse house block
Sweet Childhood Memories - Pat Sloan Block Wednesday -make pieced border
Patriotic table runner - add borders
Finish Shamrock potholders % done
Finish Spring Placemats /top assembled
Finish Spring Coasters %done
Make 4 Spring napkins /3 of 12 squares cut
Gnome Is Where The Heart Is - Finish top / ready to bind
Blooming Pointsettas - Finish top / ready to applique; yellow & white done
A Year in Words: Christmas - Finish top / ready to applique; yellow, green & white done
Make a Block a Day with Pat Sloan's March BOM Daydreamer as a leaders and enders project / in process
#100days100blocks2019 Alison Glass Christmas quilt - Find Backing
2024 SJ Temperature Cottage quilt - Assemble March %done
Assemble Tula Pink Zuma Charm quilt center %done
Prepare HST for Zuma bonus quilt
Quilt one quilt this month

2020 Snow Village - Called Mar %On part 8 Snowball Stand & Part 9 Ice Creamery %5x done
2022 Snowballs For Sale - working on snowman
2020 Shabby Winter Calendar - Called Feb %done 5 out of 5 done/ Day 8 & 9 finished
2022 Let’s Talk Winter Pillow - halfway done
2023 Let’s Talk Summer - Called May - Framed chart half done
2023 Let’s Talk Spring - Started Framed chart 75%done
2022 Autumn Beauties - almost done with page 3 of 4
2022 Sail Away - Working on lighthouse
2022 Christmas Calendar - Called Jan %done / Day 1, 6, 11 & 16 completed 5x
2023 Fall Harvest -Call Mar / just started %5 out 5x done
2021 Fruit of Plenty - page 4 done/working on page 5
2023 Snowman Collector - Currently working on The Clown
2022 Calendar Crates - called May - June completed/starting August next
2021 Calendar Gnomes - Mr August 60%done
2023 Stackables - May started
2022 Triple Play Pillows - Autumn charts 1 & 2 done; 3rd chart started
2021 Snapshot Series - December /wreath done
2024 SJ Temperature Stitch (called April) / outline of bookcase started/ January - March shelf done/working on bookshelf
2020 Winter Camper -Called May - sky almost complete
2024 Monthly Markings - new start / Jan - Mar done
2024 Season 2 Year of Celebrations - new start (Called April) /Jan- Apr done %5x out of 5 done
2024 Month 2 Month - Called Jan / button done / barn started %done completed 5x
Pop of Season - new start
Stitch Quarterly - new start Wintertime - Called Feb / started project %done completed 5x 50%finished
2024 Fabulous House Series - new start / Started Green House

Start Autumn Baskets #3 %done
Work on MFE Fruit of Plenty 1x in April %done
Finish March Celebration (WIPGO Project) %done
Finish April Celebration (WIPGO project) %done
Finished June Calendar Crates %done
Mr. August - finish flower cart / worked on flower cart roof
July Truckin Along - finish truck /truck 50% done
Work on Snowman Collector - The Clown - 1x in Apr %done
Finish March Monthly Markings %done
Finish May Stackables /Finished 2 flowers
December Snapshot - work on 1x in April %done
Finish Let’s Talk Spring /working on Spring Has Sprung
January Month 2 Month barn - work on 1x in April /finished barn %done 1x
2024 SJ Temperature Library (WIPGO Project) - Finish March & April shelves / March done
Fabulous House - Green House - work on 1x in April %done
Blooming Tiny Town - work on 2x in April /1 out of 2 done /blue house & pink tree done
Sail Away - Work on 1x in April %done