February IHSW Update

Here's to another successful weekend of semi-hermitting!  I debated for a while beforehand about what I was going to work on:  I've been working on Alhambra Garden since mid-December but have not made much progress since the giant basement project has sucked up so much of my time. 

The backstory - we have been finishing our basement, complete with full bathroom.  Three weeks ago we passed the final inspection and bought a bunch of furniture from IKEA.  Love it, but I'm never buying that much furniture that requires assembly at one time EVER again.  If I never see another tiny Allen wrench again, I will be fine.  Then it was putting away Alex's toys.  Then it was hauling all my craft stuff from the second floor to the basement and putting that all away.  Aside from a few small chores and a few things that need a home, we're pretty much done.  Yay.

The car all loaded up. The hubby didn't think I could fit it all in, but if nothing else, I am a master at making things fit. What you see is an Expedit entertainment center, a 4x4 cube Expedit bookcase with the desk that attaches to it, a futon, a Trofang storage tower and my new Poang stitching chair. And, there's a kid in there too. :)

So for this round of IHSW, I decided that it was all stitchee and no basement workee.  Awesome.  And I decided that while I wanted to work on something different for awhile, I didn't want another WIP.  So I decided on Twister.

Here's where I started on Friday

I changed the colorways to be more true blues and golds instead of the options that were given.  It's a lot of one color to do at one time, but the different stitches make it interesting and the compensation stitches can be a bit challenging.  I missed a bunch of stitching on Sunday to go up to Frankenmuth for my belated birthday dinner with my parents and sisters.  Pretty much took up most of the day, but the chicken was good.  :)

The progress as of Sunday night

Saturday, Alex went to a friend's birthday party at Michael's  Of course she was thrilled when she found out the party was at a craft store.  Here is her project, a little box that she painted and decorated with foam stickers.

And, of course we both came by the crafting bug naturally.  My mom prefers sewing and quilting.  She recently finished this paper doll quilt for Alex.  With a couple of exceptions, the fabric for the appliques all came from remnants of clothes that she had made for me when I was little.  The other remnants came from a dress that I made while in 4-H when I was about 10, and a remnant from the Christmas tree skirt that she made for me a few years ago.