A little bit of appliqué

I came home from my mom's place last night with a strong desire to pick up my appliqué.  Earlier that day before heading out, I asked my son to bring down my rolling cart that I have all my appliqué  supplies and tools on.  I have plans of working on the berries today when the ladies come to sew.

When I got home, I took the time to straighten up a bit in the studio and pass the vacuum once more.  Then I decided that I had an hour left before heading to bed, so I sat at my table and figured, why wait until tomorrow, just do a couple and get my fix in.  Well, one lead to another and then another......  I managed to get all four berries on, plus the last small leaf.  By then an hour and a half went by!!  Lost track of time...lol. 

I did enjoy myself though.  This one is almost done!!  I only have three more leaves to do.  These ones are the larger leaves.  They are the same as the middle leaf in the picture on the bottom right hand side.  On a side note, a flash back in time.....when I wrote that last sentence....one of the skits from Sesame Street popped in my head.....one of these thing is not like the other......LOL.....I am probably dating myself....lol....but oh well.  Funny how these things pop up out of the blue.  

Back to the original conversation....I am so glad I have started back on these blocks.  I just need to try and find a bit more time to sit and relax to do some hand work.  Once you get the technique down pat, it's relaxing to sit and hand stitch.

I was reading someone's blog the other day and they spoke about "slow stitching".  There is a group that sits and stitches, and they call it Sunday Slow Stitching, or something very similar.  I thought that was a good idea.  Setting aside a designated time to do handwork.  I'll have to think about it.  Not sure I could commit to every Sunday at a particular time, but maybe I can keep it in the back of my mind to try and do some, at some point, a little more regularly.

As I mentioned above, the ladies are coming to sew today, so I have to get ready.  I'm thinking that I am going to continue this appliqué and then if it goes well, move on to the berries of the next one.  The next one is also partially completed, so I am off and running....lol.  I'll share pictures of that one tomorrow maybe.

Take care everyone.  Enjoy your weekend.