May is winding down and with it, life is starting to get back to the normal flow. Anyone else feel that May is just as busy as December? With school celebrations and graduations, recitals and sport functions, we have been swamped! So this post is going to be two-fold… I’m posting updates as well as my Summer Crafting Goals.

Remember the 6 O’Clock Stitch Swap I participated in? I posted what I sent to Maranda here. Well she was a little late due to some confusion with the dates and a hurricane that hit her part of the world… lo and behold – a package arrived for me on Friday. I was surprised and ever so happy with the contents! Not only did she send an 8×10 fabric art, but also a WHOLE yard of this fabulous fabric! I’m hanging the 8×10 in my craft room (yes pictures will come soon) and the fabric is destined to become a summer bag for me.  If you love the fabric as much as I do, head over to Maranda’s shop on Etsy!

I also participated in a pillowcase embroidery swap on craftster. Here’s some pics of the bird and flowers I stitched for my partner.

The whole pillowcase (I made two so they wouldn’t be lonely birds )

Upclose Bottom Right

Upclose Upper Left

It was hard to part with them, I think they came out really great! The ones she sent me – I didn’t get pictures taken and gave to my mom. My partner did a great job on them – great stitching – but much more my mom’s style than mine. Mom was happy to get them – I added them on to her birthday present.

I’m currently in a traveling tea towel swap on craftster and just finished the first of ten that will be sent my way today. The owner of the tea towel mentioned she liked Wallace and Grommit… well I had to stitch them for her! It let me practice my satin stitch. They were fun to stitch – I’ll have to do them again!

We haven’t quite finished the craft room yet – though its VERY close. I’ll post before/after pics as soon as I can – I promise. Well, that’s all for updates, moving on to my Summer Crafting Goals.

I think I’ve admitted to saving a ton of embroidery patterns to my favorites… well I’m also accustomed to saving tons of projects I want to do. I can’t stop – its an addiction I feed almost everyday! I’ve started making a list of things I’d like to create this summer – my Summer Crafting Goals list… (I make lists – lots of lists.. in case you didn’t know). I’m not about to say I’ll complete all of these, but I will at least attempt as many as time permits.  Of course these are in no particular order and I’m sure that tomorrow I’ll find something I’ll want to add – its an ever feeding cycle…

Kandra’s Summer Crafting Goals

• Design a Beach Theme Embroidery Set
• Design a Farmer’s Market Themed Embroidery Set
• Design an Ocean Friends Themed Embroidery Set
• Make Rock Tshirt Newborn Nightgowns
• Make a Rug and Curtains for the new craft room (like this one or this one)
• Learn to appliqué(here or here)
• Hand Quilt a table runner(one, two, or three)
• Make a fabric doll house
• Make fabric people for the doll house
• Make a full set of DOW towels using my ninja designs(Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri, and Sat)
• Traveling Tea – Towel swap (already participating!)
• Totebag Swap (got partners today!)
• Star Wars Swap
• Begin making stuff for Renee’s Shower
• Make a couple of quilts (this one and this one)
• Relief Watercolor
• Create a credit card mosaic
• Beaded painted canvas
• Scrabble Pendant
• Dominoes Pendant