I know that I am a week behind in posting my updates.  I had remembered to take the photo a week before it was due just in case.  The news was then that my MIL was getting worse.  She was on hospice.   Then later that week we got the news she was gone and we headed off to the east Coast - a 12 hour trip for us.   Meanwhile things got busy with preparations, etc. even though my BIL had taken care of a lot of it and the funeral was pre-planned.  There are still a lot of little items to do.  My husband had already written the obit and started an eulogy.  He kept re-writing it up to the viewing.  As custom with the church where she was buried from, the eulogy is given before the funeral mass.  She lived a long life - she was 98.

Anyhow the viewing was the day that updates are normally posted and the funeral the day after, etc.  We stayed on to visit with family and we are back now and trying to resume a more normal schedule again.  So this Sunday you get the updates on stitching.

overall

close up 

this area looks like a sleeve but is the dress

 draped over her bended knee

I did a fait amount of confetti stitching

plus some small blocky areas.

She did not make the trip to the east coast

she needs more attention than what I knew I could give.

This went with me

progress made in the car

This also went

stitching done in car and while gone

beading this week

You can tell I did not center it very well

but it will still work - lots of beads still to go.

I also took knitting for the car portion but no photos of it

I think I showed the start of this at the last update

this is the most current progress shot

As we most of us, I overpacked the stitching

Did not touch most of it.

This little lovely mitten had been missing for the week before.

I opened my bag and pulled out a larger Santa

and there was the mitten.

Who knows why I stashed it there vs it's own baggie

but it is found again.

(and it still needs work)

In two weeks is the SAL update again

and I will be in sync then.

Meanwhile who knows what I will post.

I hope you went to check out the other members of the SAL.

Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, LucyAnn, Kate, Jess, Sue, Constanze, Debbierose, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Helen, Steph, Linda, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Tony, Megan, Catherine, Deborah, Connie