Just one of March's many weathers... March brings sugaring weather to our corner of Ontario as well though we won't be spying daffodils any time soon. Here is a Tasha Tudor sweet image featuring the dogs she adored-corgis. Can I cram it all into one post, was my thought this morning. I have so much to say. First off I'm busy hand stitching Block 1, Evelyn, in the Book Club Hand Pieced QAL. I love hand stitching but I didn't realize I would like and be pleased with the results of hand stitching pieced blocks. I learned that last year when I was doing the same with the Sarah Fielke Grasshopper project; I liked the process and also was surprised with how strong hand stitches can be especially remembering to take a back tack stitch every so often. As well it does not cause eye strain which my cross stitching seems to do. My quilt as you go Dresdens panels are sewn together which went surprisingly smoothly. I had two tucks that had to be released and resewn which was okay especially considering there are about a million seams in this. I still like the look of the piece as a whole. It is so cheery! It is a good twin bed size at this stage. Contemplating borders. I finished my Swirling Flowers as mentioned in a past post. This was stitched on 32ct linen, And chose this one, A Year at Hawk Run Hollow, to keep my cross stitching mojo going. I got the threads all ready. Started stitching the outline on a fabric I had on hand and realized this far into it that, even though a large piece of linen, it was not near large enough for this design. Halted that and have ordered a fat quarter piece of 28 ct Wichelt Jobelan so no moving forward on this one till that arrives. Eeek...did not realize just how expensive the larger pieces of linen are! But I'm anxious to get it and get a real start made, hopefully this week. A bit of bother. Then Pat at Life in the Scrap Patch mentioned to me what about joining this SAL hosted by Lori Holt called Prim Village. Lovely shades so I'm very tempted. Thinking hard about getting the pattern for later on. Also very tempted by the Prim Village quilt version which is available as a kit. I always wanted to make a house quilt. I began stitching together my baskets blocks! I made about 65 of them and this week I hope to stitch them into three panels much like I did with the Dresdens. This will help me manage the eventual quilting. This is our monthly linkup for our international SAL hosted by Avis at Sewing Beside the Sea. Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Deborah, MaryMargaret, Renee, Carmela, Jocelyn, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ, Jenny, Laura, Cathie, Linda An interesting array of hand stitched projects to see when you visit, being stitched by the kindest, most encouraging group of stitchers to be found. I guess we'll do a Costco run tomorrow morning. Seems like a lot of people are preparing for this virus to cause problems here too. Our Public Health have told us to have medicines and essentials on hand. I guess it can't hurt. What are you thinking about all this? Has it reached your neck of the woods? So happy meanwhile to join Kathy's Quilts and Slow Stitching Sunday. Also linking with Kate at Life in Pieces, Sarah Goer Quilts, Home Sewn By Us and Quilting is More Fun Than Housework.