At Her Leisure

I finished off the June bookmark that I had nearly finished at Easter.



That makes the project half-finished.

I got back to my "Charming Waterway" cross-stitch last night now that I've finished the stockings and bathing suit and gotten the shawl pattern established.

I just got back from a week-long business trip. I took plenty of projects to work on in the evenings and over the weekend.

I finished the 1896 bag for bathing dress etc.


I finished the March bookmark I started when we were visiting my in-laws at the holidays. I started the April one but only made it as far as the border.


I made a lot of progress on my 1880's cotton stocking. I gave myself a 10-row per day quota to meet and did so nearly every day. Some days I did more than 10 rows. I now only have 25 rows until I get to start the decreases.

I made good progress on the cross-stitch that's for a gift. The top half is finished, but there are a lot more stitches in the bottom half than the top half so I'm really only about a third of the way finished.

I started another knit 1930's bathing suit. I am working on the first part of the shorts for the front.

Here's where I left off last week:


And here's where I left off this week:


The unfinished area on this part of the chart is less than 50x30 stitches. I'm hoping to finish this quadrant this week. It's not infeasible.

Snow and sleet and sub-freezing temperatures may be bad for wanting to sew but are good for wanting to read and cross-stitch.

Here's where I left off last week:


And here's where I left off this week:


Between the 23rd and yesterday, I also finished seven books. They were all mysteries and therefore not terribly long, but that was a lot of reading!

I spent some of my free time on my cross-stitching this week.

Here's where I left off last week:


And here's where I left off this week:

I finally finished the “Street Scene” cross-stitch in May. Other than that I mostly made little stuff this year. The biggest project was the 1897 evening dress, which I really like. I finished the rest of the cross-stitched Christmas stockings so now we have a full set for the family.



( This year’s projects behind the cut )

I finished the "Italian Renaissance Embroiderer" yesterday afternoon.



I'm not sure what I'm going to do with her, but she's pretty.

There wasn't tons of cross-stitching this week because I spent most of my free time sewing instead.

Here's where I left off last week:


And here's where I left off this week:


With the holiday this week, I'll probably spend a lot of time cross-stitching.

The last of the Christmas stockings is finished.



Now all I've got in progress is a pair of 1880's cotton stockings, which are not particularly enjoyable but are a good completely mindless project, and a 1930's sweater.

For my next project, I'm thinking I might make up a 1940's dress out of a cotton print I got this summer. Or maybe I'll make that 1810's bonnet that I've had the kit for for a few years. It would be a reasonably quick project and get something out of one closet and into another. Then maybe I'd actually make an 1810's dress too.