End of Rotation - Let's Learn from Our Cat

This is Let's Learn From Our Cat from Ursula Michael after 30 hours.  It's stitched on light blue 14-count Aida, but I've changed all the colors.  The color is truer in the first picture which was scanned.  The second picture was taken with my phone since it no longer fits in my scanner.  I don't have too much left so I will probably finish it during the next rotation, even if it takes more than 10 hours.

As of 1/21/2020

As of 2/5/2020

Next Up: Furry Tales - Valentine Mouse (finish)

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)

Special Friends Day

Every year on the last Friday in January as part of  Lutheran Schools Week, Kyleigh's school puts on an event called Special Friends Day where each student can bring an adult to school.  It can be a parent, grandparent, other relative or even just a good friend.  I went for her first one, back when she was in preschool (I think she was three.) and this year it was my turn to go again. 

In her classroom. she interviewed me about when I was in 6th grade and we did some review quizzes on her iPad.  We also attended chapel which was about the love of animals and how it was unconditional like God's love for us and saw a really cute video of animals demonstrating their love. 

They used the sets and leftover crafts from last year's VBS for taking pictures and some of the crafts.  We had our picture taken and then Kyleigh made a frame for it.  

 

 Kyleigh's friend and classmate, Grace didn't have a Special Friend with her so she joined Kyleigh and I for the morning.

There were several crafts available outside that involved beads, tiny rubber bands, etc.  Kyleigh and Grace chose to make bracelets out of the tiny rubber bands.

We used markers to color key chains in the Art Classroom. 

The one on the left is Kyleigh's.  She said it's the devil snake from Genesis.  Mine is on the right.  I was at a different table so it was just coincidence that we both chose the same animal.  They also had tigers, monkeys, etc.

Kyleigh and Grace are both wearing their POM uniforms because POM performed in the Quad at the end of the morning.

We both had a fun time and I saw a lot of people I knew. The mother of Kyleigh's "off and on" friend that is a boy also introduced herself to me.  (They're currently "on".)

Next year will be the last year Kyleigh can participate, because the 8th graders help with the games, crafts, etc.  and she's hoping to bring her grandpa who hasn't been yet.

January Recap

This post is more for my record than anything else, because I know you've seen all the pictures in other posts.

In January, I stitched on seven projects and finished five of them.

Happy New Year - Finished 1/3/2020

St. Nicholas - Finished 1/11/2020

Moose Joy - Finished 1/16/2020

August Owl - Finished 1/30/2020

Ladybird K - Finished 1/31/2020

I worked on Let's Learn from Our Cat for 10 hours and it's now over 1/2 done.

I also worked on the Peppermint Purple 52-Week SAL and have completed the first row.

Statistics:
Days Stitched (at least 1/2 hour) = 31
Total Hours Stitched = 55 hours and 16 minutes
Number of Projects Worked on = 7
Number of Projects Started = 6
Number of Projects Finished = 5

January Happenings

Every month I find pictures that pretty much stand-a-lone and don't warrant a blog post of their own, so I'll try to combine them into one post at the end of each month.

This is what I look at every evening while watching TV.  He loves his "daddy".

I've never had a caricature done of me, but last night at the Fellowship Club Potluck, I had a chance to get one done for free.   The "real" me is in my profile picture.

Kyleigh is now a Cadette Girl Scout and if you're a Girl Scout, this time of year is Girl Scout Cookie time.  Kyleigh has been selling since the 26th. She has sold over 100 boxes so far and booth sales haven't even started yet.  I took her to the Ronald McDonald House on Monday and David and I took her to one of our favorite restaurants today. Over the weekend, she sold seven boxes to her aunt, Amber.

BTW, she no longer has to wear her glasses except for reading or when she needs to focus and I just realized that she's as tall as her aunt.

Smalls SAL - January

It's the last Friday in January so it's time for participating in the Smalls SAL which is hosted by Mary at Mary's Thread.  If you'd like to know more about the SAL and see what other stitchers are posting, click on the above link.

I have four projects that qualify this month.

Happy New Year! (Lucie Heaton) - World of Cross Stitching Magazine #276

Moose Joy (Angel Stitchin) - 2019 JCS Ornament Issue

St. Nicholas (Mill Hill)

August Owl (Leslie Teare)

Happy Dance - August Owl

Started: 1/22/2020

Finished: 1/30/2020

Stitching Time: 13 hours 6 minutes

This is the 8th owl in the series from Leslie Teare's 2019 Facebook SAL.  It's stitched on 14-count Fiddlers Lite Aida as charted with the called for threads except I used 321 and 666 instead of the 350 and 352 called for (except for the marks on the owl's chest).

As with the other owls, it will be sent to World of Charity Stitching (WOCS) to be made into a quilt.

Next Up: Ladybug Alphabet - K (finish)