We returned from our vacation last Sunday. I was ready to start and finish some things I needed to do. I even made a list while sitting on the plane. All the things I wanted to do while I was doing vacationing things. I got home and set about doing laundry, catching up on all the mail/bills, restocking the fridge, getting back to life/reality. Then Monday night, I crashed, figured it was the nine hour time difference catching up. Next morning I was still lagging, I started thinking “what if one of the thousands of people I had been exposed to…” . Yeah, lucky me, I caught the covid virus during the last few days of vacation. I’m pretty sure it was when we were in Naples, we took a street food tour, and were walking through crowds of people. All I was hoping for was a pizza, which I didn’t get 😦

Nine days later, I’m getting started on that list again. I got two rows of quilting done on the last Nocturnal quilt. I chose the stars pattern because it stitches out fairly quickly, no back tracking.

I am working on the little winter birds cross stitch. I took this along on vacation, but didn’t get to stitch much. I worked on it more last week in between naps.

I put a few hours in at the Consider the Lillies piece. I finished the first page, and am starting the second page to the right. I really wanted to stitch the horse, but it is on the page below the first, which I don’t have printed yet.

I finished off the two floral animals quilt tops I started before I left. These are from the Mia Charro line I have a bunch of fabric from. I also started two more tops with the dog and cat versions of this line. The cats are interspaced with Kona solids, the dogs, I found this denim looking print in the stash. I have not decided if I want to use some more color or the complimentary red print.

Once I get this posted, I’ll try to get another two rows quilted and maybe square up the commission quilt I need to finish. That involves a bit of crawling around on the floor, which may or may not be to strenuous for me today. Sorry to admit that.

Be Kind.