February plans.

The first day of February and I'm wondering what the weather will be like. I've had enough rain during January and would greatly appreciate a little more sun. I'm enjoying the fact that daylight hours are slowly increasing even though I'm still driving to and from work in the dark but by the end of this month that will have changed

The Chookshed challenge for February has been announced. This month is number 8. My number 8 is to make up the quilted jacket that I've planned to sew for a while. I used black and white fabric squares to create the fronts and the sleeves. The main pattern pieces are already cut out. Below are the two fronts and the back fabric.

Here are the sleeves and the fabric lining. The sleeve will have cuffs added.

I have the wadding I need for this project so I just need to get started.

February is National Embroidery month in the UK. That feeds in nicely to the various stitching projects I have on the go. I will use the month to complete the frog stitcheries so I can start on the quilt blocks. Finishing the frog stitcheries will be my one monthly goal for February.

I should finish the frogs at the latest by mid February and then I will work on the embroidered table cloth. I have other embroidery to work on as well including the star trek cross stitch and the sashiko on the Japanese style quilt. For now the frogs are my priority. I've started on this first one but keep forgetting to take a photo. I'll do that later.

This second one will be started as soon as the first one is finished. My goal is to finish both this month.

Next Saturday we have a bird watching trip. Since it has been raining for what feels like months I'm feeling a little ambivalent about the trip. At least the nature reserve we are visiting has a large and comfortable cafe. The end of the month is our planned trip to the Marie Antoinette exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The exhibition is all about her fashion style. There are other things that happen this month but I'll tell you about them nearer the time.

Take care

Lyndsey