Sewcialites 2 – Finished

Hello and Happy Monday, Friends.

Sewcialites 2 is bound and labeled. This is quilt #5 of 9 that needed binding.

I had it quilted with leaves, which is perfect for this time of year.

The fabric in the quilt top is Cinnamon & Cream by Fig Tree & Co. The backing fabric is from Fig Tree’s All Hallow’s Eve line.

The binding fabric is a brown grunge from my stash.

Cheryll at GoneStitching hosted FNwF and I was happy to join. It was a little chilly so I crawled under the quilt to start the binding while watching Flosstube.

We are two days away from leaving for the cruise so I won’t have time to start another one.

I’m hoping to join these linky parties when they post on Wednesday and Friday this week.

Jennifer at The Inquiring Quilter for Wait Loss Wednesday

Alycia Quilts for her Finished (or Not!) Friday.

Have a great week and I’ll see you soon.

 

 

 

Floss Friday – September Stats and Cross Stitch Progress

Happy Friday, Friends!

September was another light month for cross-stitch. I completed 3,122 stitches on four projects.

Finished Patriotic Heart

Started Wilding Hill Manor

Made some progress on American Sampler

I haven’t completed September’s assignment for this project, but I’m close. I should be able to put a lot of stitches in while we are on our next trip.

Also made progress on Memorial Day

I was going to skip the grass and flowers at the bottom, but it looks too plain without them. I’m also taking this one on our next trip.

Speaking of our next adventure, we are taking a 10-day cruise to New England and Canada. This was supposed to happen last year but then Hurricane Helene hit, and I didn’t want to leave my mom alone. So, we rescheduled it to this year.

In addition to American Sampler and Memorial Day, I’m thinking of taking some small Christmas projects to stitch. We will have three cruising days so I think I can get in some good stitching.

My weekend plans are to start binding the Sewcialites 2 quilt. I also need to start packing for the trip since we are leaving next Wednesday.

I'll be joining Cheryll at Gone Stitchin' for her Friday Night with Friends event. Hopefully, I'll have good quilty progress to share afterwards.

I hope your weekend is fabulous and filled with activities you enjoy.

Linking up with Alycia Quilts for Finished (or Not!) Friday!

See you soon,

 

 

Flea Market Quilt -- Finished

Flea Market Quilt designed by Lori Holt and published by Its Sew Emma is finally finished.

Regular followers may remember that I had attached the trim and binding to the front of the quilt, then realized I hadn’t enclosed the entire edge of the quilt inside the binding. If you missed it, and are interested, you can read about it in this post.

I took it all apart and it went into timeout because I was getting ready for travel. My goal for this past weekend was to trim the quilt and reattach the ric-rac and binding to the front. Once I got started, I couldn’t stop.

The trim was well worth the extra effort.

This completes quilt #4 of 9 that needs binding. Remember this post?

I’m thrilled with the way it turned out, and having this one finished, I’m motivated to bind the next one. That will be this weekend’s plan…after I start packing for another trip.

I want to tell you about a new YouTuber I found. Her name is Tracy Mooney and she posted her first video a few days ago. Her YT handle is Sew Supportive. She introduces herself, a bit of her background and her goals for her new channel. I'm looking forward to seeing her quilting and machine embroidery content. If you are interested, here is a link.

Hope to see you Friday for a cross-stitch update.

Joining Jennifer, The Inquiring Quilter, for her Wednesday Wait Loss

Enjoy your day!

Italy – Part 4 (Finale)

The main purpose of our Italy trip was to attend a friend’s wedding in Orvieto. We decided if we were going to travel that far then we may as well spend time in Rome. Which we did and I highlighted on the links below:

Italy Part 1

Italy Part 2

Italy Part 3

We took a train from Rome to Orvieto on September 4^th, arriving just in time to attend the Welcome Pizza Party. It was the beginning of a beautiful weekend.

The wedding events were held at two venues, Torre Collevento and Pietra Campana. Both are located outside of town, in wine country.

Our hotel in Orvieto was the stunning Palazzo Piccolomini. Our room was huge! It actually took 4 keys to get into the room. One each for the building, the foyer, the main living area and then the bedroom.

One half of the living room

The other half of the living room

The living room ceiling

The bedroom ceiling

A bathtub tucked away in a little nook, not in the bathroom.

I am not sharing the bathroom pictures..seems a bit weird LOL.

But, trust me, it was impressive.

Friday, September 5^th was the rehearsal dinner held at Pietra Campana. The views of Orvieto from there are magnificent. You can see the Duomo of Orvieto, which makes a great backdrop for photos. Click the bolded link to read about this magnificent cathedral.

                                          

We took a tour of the Duomo on Saturday, September 6^th before getting ready for the wedding. It was gorgeous on the inside. As usual, I took way too many photos to share, but here are a few.

My 6'2" tall husband about to enter the big doors!

The organ pipes.

Statues of the twelve apostles. Six on each side.

The streets of Orvieto come alive on Saturdays. There are street performers and vendors around every corner.

The wedding was held at Pietra Campana. Since the couple had a wedding photographer, guests were asked not to take pictures of the ceremony. We will receive photos later. I can share the few I took of the grounds.

We were shuttled to Torre Collevento for the reception.

The weather could not have been nicer. We had excellent food, wine and desserts the entire weekend.

After enjoying a farewell breakfast on Sunday morning, we took the train back to Rome.

We had an early Monday morning flight, so we stayed at a hotel near the airport Sunday night. Surprisingly, hotel food is even delicious in Rome.

We enjoyed one last cappuccino in the airport’s Prima Vista Lounge before boarding our flight home.

Looking tired but it was a great time!

Thank you for following our little adventure. Tomorrow’s post will be a quilty one.

See you soon!