Slow Sunday Stitching

Yay! I finished cutting out all of the green pieces for my daughter and son-in-law's quilt. Here is the final array of fabrics that I am using.

A few of them may be too light, but I have plenty of extra dark fabrics to substitute. It is supposed to be scrappy. As long as the "dark" fabric is darker than the beige light fabric that it is next to, it should be fine. 

I purchased the thread I need via curbside pickup at Joann's. So I just needed to organize my sewing space. That meant getting one repair and another WIP completed. 

You my remember "Jingle as ye enter, Jingle as ye go" from last summer. 

I finally braved Michaels to buy the dowel I needed, so I decided to complete the machine sewing. It now has its backing and a sleeve in which to place the dowel.

I still have to sew on the jingle bells and the ribbon that needs to go on the dowel for hanging. I think that will be part of my slow stitching today.

I have added a few stitches of a different red to Santa's bow near the bottom.

Speaking of bows, I have also started the yellow bow that is part of the secret stitching.

I am starting to feel the time crunch on this, because although I don't need it finished until next year, there is still a good deal to stitch and it will need to be framed. 

If you recall, I recently cleaned out my freezer and made some homemade croutons with some leftover Italian bread. This week I used some of that bread for bruschetta.

A nice little appetizer before dinner.

I still haven't chosen a dishwasher or an appliance store to buy it at, but we did treat ourselves to a new TV for our living room. Our old TV had some wavy lines coming on it. Hubby moved it to our bedroom and got rid of the really old analog TV there that definitely no longer worked correctly. It was always skipping. We rarely watch TV in our bedroom, so the one that we replaced in our living room will do just fun. 

I am joining Kathy for some Slow Sunday Stitching. Pop on over to her site to see what other bloggers are stitching. I should get a bunch of stitching done on this rainy day.

Thanks for stopping by!