Faith Through This Journey Called Life

This journey called life has been a trying time for me. My family's health has been a test of me faith and understanding to say the least. It isn't over with just yet. I came across this saying, I thought I would share it. Just in case someone needed a gentle reminder like I did. 

I have decided to work on 2 quilt projects that will be mostly hand stitched: 

• Jane Austin 250th Anniversary Quilt With the applique, as well as pieced blocks, borders, and hand quilting to be done the project will probably take 2+ years. The templates for the applique blocks arrive tomorrow. I still need to pick out fabric. This will be a work of love and patience.

• Quilt As You Go Rectangle using the Daisy and Grace 2.5" square and 5"x 2.5" rectangle templates. I have the inside pieces cut for this one. I still need to cut the batting and background for it. How long it will take will depend on the finished size I want it to be. Creative choices aren't they wonderful.

I will post photos once I have begun the hand stitching and applique process. Follow along to find out what I discover during this journey.

This will be how I work to find my inner peace again. While I am stitching I will be listening to soothing music, positive podcast, or audio books. If you have any suggestions, let me know. 

Thank you joining the journey.

Enjoy The Walk,

Susan

WELCOME MARCH

I did work on my "Owl You Need Is Love" wall hanging. Did I get as much done as I wanted. Nope. Reminding myself my word for 2026 is Ease so I am not stressing over it. Besides a good friend of mine tells me all the time "As long as you pick up the project and put a few stitches in it, it will eventually get done" 

I didn't start the Janlynn "The Lord's Prayer" yet I have decided to start that in April. My schedule is a little hectic right now with looking for property to move to and decluttering so the move will go smoother. 

I have ordered stickers from Live Love Posh and the Washi Tape store to work in my planner. I can't wait for them to arrive. I will share updates with my planner before the pen. 

Due to finding myself reading a lot more than I thought I would with my Kindle subscription, I have decided to step away from the June's Journey game that I have been playing forever. 

Well that is all I have for today and that is okay I am keeping up on posting monthly and am happy to share what is happening. 

Enjoy the walk,

Susan

Work In Progress or WIPS

I chose Owl You Need Is Love as my WIP for February. I was beginning to think I wouldn't be able to work on it. Fortunately for me I picked it up on Valentine's Day of all days and started stitching. 

I looked in my project book. I started this project January 24, 2021. I will keep track of when I stitch on it. I am hoping to get this done this year so it will be hanging up next year for February wall art. 

I have shared this photo before, the thread that I chose for the branches is 3773Medium Desert Sand. It blends so well that I had to look on the back of the project to see where I had left off. 

I am currently stitching on the bottom branch all that is left to stitch on the branch is between the dark burgundy left bottom left to the light marbled pink above it. Then I will start on the leaves. Once the leave are done I will work on the hearts. I will keep my progress posted. 

I thought I might start a cross stitch as well. I chose The Lord's Prayer Kit by Janlynn Needlecraft. It is on 14 count Aida fabric, design size is 5/5" x 10". This is a photo from Google that shows what it is. I will share photos once I begin stitching on it. 

 

That is all for now. I will post again in March, see you then. 

Enjoy The Walk,

Susan

 

2026 A NEW YEAR TO ENJOY

 As you can see I didn't post in 2025 there was so much going on with the family I just wasn't feeling it to be honest. I have decided that at least once a month I will post what I am working on whether it is quilting, stitching, journaling, diamond painting, or just my thoughts. 

These are some of the diamond paintings I will be working on:

Diamond painting is a new adventure that I decided to share with Nikki as she loves to work on them. I have some Christmas scenes as well but they will be for later in the year. 

I also received a wonder Christmas Cross Stitch from Bonni, once I have it framed I will share it with you. 

Enjoy The Walk,

Susan

End of June and a Birthday Celebration

How I started my birthday out. I had the day off so during the morning I put the Fusible Interfacing on the back of 4 of the Nine Patch block that will be used for my Fleur UFO. 

When I reviewed the strips to make the remaining Nine Patch blocks I discovered that I was short enough strips for 1 Nine Patch block so I cut the fabric for those, then sewed the strip sections together so when I am ready I can put the remaining Nine Patch blocks together.

While Bonni and I were on Jitsi I watched the Biggest Bumble Bees I have seen in years enjoying the Lavender as well as the Pansies and Carnations in the barrel on the back deck.  I am happy to see they are enjoying the flowers in the back yard. We only had one set of Cone Flowers come up this year to bloom. We believe the moles ate the roots of the other ones we had or the ground hog did. Either way we will need to plant more for the Bees and Butterflies. 

We celebrate birthdays no matter how old you are in our family. We have everyone create a list of items they would like to receive, then we pick from them. In the evening we celebrated my birthday with a wonderful light dinner, spice cake with vanilla ice cream and of course cards and presents. My family knows how much I love to craft so they bought somethings I had put in our Amazon account to purchase at some point. They also purchased some clothing that I had also wanted. 

Nikki embellished the heck out of my birthday card this year. She is getting so creative. My husband Rick said he didn't even do anything special to his. He didn't think he could compete with all that Nikki had done to hers. I loved them both. Bonni had sent a card with different purple flowers and a dragonfly on the front as well as the inside. 

Well that is all for today. I am on a stay-cation until July 8th so I am going to get back to working on that Fleur UFO.

Enjoy The Walk

Susan

 

Learning EQ8

 

So I have decided to get serious about EQ8 I have been watching You Tube and have found some really good tutorials. Yes I know they have them on EQ8 and I will get to them as well. I like how on You Tube I am able to save a Playlist and watch them in order or skip around.

I created a lap / throw size quilt that will be 58"x58" then I realized I didn't add the sashing between the blocks. So I am going to create a 2nd one with the sashing to see which one I like better. Wish me luck! This is a snippet of the quilt. Let me know your thoughts.

    

Something else I tackled today. I updated my blog so the print is all black. I was having a hard time with the different shades of print so I decided to make it black. I think it is easier to read.

      Well that's all for today. 

     Enjoy The Walk 

     Susan

Time Slips Away So Fast. Where Does It Go?

 I haven't looked at my blog in almost a year . So many things have happened since my last post in July of 2023. There have been many changes as well. 

I have been working on myself a lot this past year. I realized how hard I was being on myself trying to make others happy. I realized that if I am not happy it doesn't matter if everyone else is. 

My thought process has changed. I am doing what it is that I like to do. I have started stitching again thanks to a dear friend. Yes Bonni that means you. 

A sweet friend Jodi has started her own You Tube channel Quilt Squirrel. You should check it out she is an amazing quilter, so very talented. 

Another dear friend was recently married, what a lovely celebration of their lives. I can't wait to see all the photos when she returns. 

I have chosen to buckle down to learn EQ8 so I can get ready to begin Dear Jane in January 2025. I will be posting how my journey goes here. 

Enjoy The Walk

Susan