Kyleigh's Quilt

For her birthday last month, I gave Kyleigh all of the squares I'd stitched for her quilt and asked her to arrange them.   There were 38 squares altogether and 35 of them made it onto the quilt.  The ones that didn't were stitched at the beginning of the process and I'll find other uses for them.

This was a major process.  First, she arranged them according to how long ago the memory was, then decided she wanted Follow Your Heart to be the middle square and her two favorites--the violin and the cheerleader, also her most recent memories--to be in the middle row, too.  

Where should I put this one?

Is this the right shape?

I understand there was also a point where she lay down on the squares to make sure it was the right size, but Janice didn't get a picture of that.

The next step will be to trim the squares and pick out the fabric for the sashing and borders when I'm done self isolating so there's still a way to go, but at least there's a light at the end of the tunnel now.  I've been told we'll be using silver, teal and blue.

Happy Dance - Cheerleader

 

Started: 3/29/2020

Finished: 4/3/2020

Stitching Time: 5 hours 46 minutes

This piece came from Cross Stitch Crazy #256 and was designed by Lucie Heaton per a request for a cheerleader wearing red and black.  It's stitched on 14-count white Aida, but I changed the colors and modified the charting to match Kyleigh's POM uniform.  It's not perfect, but it'll have to do.

This is the reason I chose this design for Kyleigh's quilt.  Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of her without the sleeves, but they are separate. 

Finally, this is the last square needed for her quilt.  I gave her all of the squares except this one for her birthday so she can start thinking about the layout.  I did show her this one and she was very excited to see how I changed it.  

Next Up: Easter Lizzie

Happy Dance - Violin

Started: 3/26/2020

Finished: 3/29/2020

Stitching Time: 2 hours 58 minutes

This violin came from Cross Stitch Crazy #256 and was designed by Fiona Baker.  

It's stitched on white 14-count Aida.  I wanted to change it to normal violin colors, but my attempt failed so I started over with the called for colors.  It's stitched as charted, but I left off the border since none of Kyleigh's other squares have a border.

This square will be going on Kyleigh's quilt and I chose it because her grandfather took her to a garage sale and let her play with a violin.  She immediately signed up for Beginning Strings at school and has taken the class twice.

Next Up: Cheerleader

Happy Dance and Peppermint Purple Update

Started: 3/24/2020

Finished: 3/26/2020

Stitching Time: 2 1/2 hours

This Irish Fairy is from an old issue of Cross Stitch Crazy and was designed by Lucie Heaton for her Challenge Lucie column.  

It's stitched on white 14-count Aida as charted with the called for floss except that I substituted 744 for the 726 called for again, because I still can't find my 726.  (My daughter brought me a skein along with our groceries last night.)

This is another square for Kyleigh's quilt.  I chose this one because she's part Irish on her father's side and her name is spelled the Gaelic way.

Next Up: Violin

I also finished this week's block for the Peppermint Purple SAL.  Believe it or not, this is the 13th week of 2020 so this is the 13th block.  This time I used DMC Variations #4245 and it only took 40 minutes to stitch.

I also want to thank Jo (Serendipitous Stitching) who pointed out that I'd missed several stitches in block 12 and then sent me a picture with the errors circled so that they were easy to find and fix.  Here's the corrected block:

And here's the whole SAL so far:

Happy Dance - Musical Carrot

Started: 3/23/2020

Finished: 3/24/2020

Stitching Time: 2 hours 58 minutes

This happy little guy was designed by Lucie Heaton in the Challenge Lucie section of Cross Stitch Crazy #261.

It's stitched as charted with the called for DMC floss on 14-count white Aida.

I chose this design for Kyleigh's quilt, partly because he looks so cute and when I first tried to teach Kyleigh to cross stitch, she wanted to stitch a carrot, why, I don't know.

Next Up: Irish Fairy 

Happy Dance - Fireworks

Started: 3/19/2020

Finished: 3/22/2020

Stitching Time: 4 hours 30 minutes

Fireworks is from an older issue of Cross Stitch Crazy.  I also don't know the designer, because I had torn out the chart, but didn't note any of the pertinent information on the chart.

It's stitched white 14-count Aida.  It was supposed to be stitched on black, but Kyleigh's quilt squares are all white. It's stitched mostly as charted with the called for DMC except that I had to substitute 744 for the called for 726, because I couldn't find my 726.  I said it was stitched mostly as charted, because there's at least one unintentional customization.

This is another square for Kyleigh's quilt, chosen because she likes watching fireworks.

Next Up: Musical Carrot (also for Kyleigh's Quilt)

Happy Dance - Follow Your Heart

Started: 3/11/2020

Finished: 3/18/2020

Stitching Time: 6 hours 47 minutes

Follow Your Heart is the free cover kit that came with Cross Stitch Crazy #266 and was designed by Emma Congdon.  It's stitched as charted with the materials in the kit except that I replaced the fabric with a larger piece so that I could use a hoop.  It took so long because there were several sections that had to be stitched twice.

I was planning to make up as the magazine did, but Kyleigh saw me stitching on it and said "I wonder whose quilt that's going on."  Fortunately, because I replaced the fabric, it will work for her quilt.  She also stated that she was getting tired of waiting for it, so I'm going to spend the rest of March working on squares for it.  

Next Up: Fireworks

Happy Dance - Ladybug Alphabet - K

Started: 1/31/2020

Finished: 1/31/2020

Stitching Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

The Ladybug Alphabet was designed by Lucy Heaton and is in issue #265 of Cross Stitch Crazy.  As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to stitch it for Kyleigh's quilt since she's always been fascinated with ladybugs.

It's stitched on 14-count white Aida as charted with the called for colors and was a fairly easy stitch.

Next Up: Let's Learn from Our Cat (10 hours)

Happy Dance - Flip Flops

Started: 7/15/2019

Finished: 7/17/2019

This is is free chart from Lucie Heaton; I received it in her newsletter sent last Friday.  

It's stitched on white 14-count Aida.  I made one intentional change in that I removed two columns from between the two flip flops because they looked to be too far apart to me.

I also made an unintentional change in the floss used.  I read the color chart wrong and used 444 for the background, but it was supposed to be used for the shading.  I chose to use 725 for the shading instead of the 727 called for, because 727 was a lighter shade.

This project is for Kyleigh's quilt.  I chose this because she wears flip flops a lot.  She saw the chart and said she used to have a pair just like this.

Next Up:  Tree Shopping (Mill Hill)

Goal: Finish

Wednesday Update - 5/8/2019

This has been a good stitchy week for a change.  I worked on four projects, three of them WIPs and had one finish, again stitching every day.

My finish is another square for Kyleigh's quilt.  This time I stitched a Unicorn from Cross Stitch Crazy #251.  It's the monthly Quickie and I think it's designed by Lucie Heaton, but I'm not sure about that.  It's stitched on 14-count white Aida as charted with the called for DMC.

My Monogamous Monthly Stitch for May is Tinkerbell Spring Blossoms from the Art of Disney.  he colors are more accurate in the first picture.

As of 6/21/2018

As of 5/8/2019

I also continued stitching on my April Owl, the free Facebook SAL by Leslie Teare.

As of 4/30/2019

As of 5/8/2019

Last night I started my April ornament for the JCS Ornament SAL.  I'm doing a wildcard again; this time it's Dashing through the Snow by Lucie Heaton.  I didn't get much done last night because I discovered that I have two different die lots of DMC816.  I'll have to do some frogging before I start working on it tonight.