Squirrel Update

Apologies for the lack of updates! I got hit with the flu this week and it made everything slow down for  a few days. I'm still in recovery, but doing much better. I missed another week of stitch school while sick, but I will get it back going again this week. I have been working away on the squirrel project in the meantime. I meant to do a better series of progress updates for this project, but the sickness just made it hard to do.  Anyways, here is at least one update: I stitched the squirrel!

It's about 2 inches big. Everything else on the project is ready, so I will cut this little guy out and sew him on tomorrow. Then stitch a nice fluffy tail. I have made acorns, leaves, berries, and a beetle these past days while I've been ill. Pictures of the parts will be coming soon!

I have spent some time pondering what to do with my blog, (I haven't been a very engaged blogger for quite awhile now - always thinking to write more, but never quite making it much of a priority to sit down). So it seemed timely to run across a little reader survey on Sew in Love about what readers want in a good needlework blog. (It's definitely worth a read if you have been wondering this too.) I read the responses and Elizabeth's summary. It's very informative and gave me a lot to consider. I'm going to try to do a better job documenting my projects and posting good photos, not just of the final result but of the steps and how I work when I am doing a project. The stitch schools and that sort of thing will continue as time allows, even if I do get a bit discouraged by the lack of feedback on them. In the end, I just have to accept that I do them for myself (they've already helped me in many ways) and that most of the readers who pass by here just aren't interested enough to take the time to let me know they are appreciated.