My Sunday Stitchy Update 11/17/24

Afternoon Fellow Stitchers!  I hope everyone had a great week full of many stitches.

This week I had some stitches and while I kept up my stitching each day I didn't have a lot of stitches. SO anyways... let's jump right in and see what I did do. 

First up this week was my ornaments! I finished the Elf last time and now I started the Bird which is the last one! I hope to get it finished soon so I can FFO them and get them in the mail. 

Small Christmas Ornaments

Durene Jones

Only 91 stitched on 11/10/24.

Now for the first prompt of the week, Stitch on something with gems or gold. Well with this one has Gold in the title so it was a given. 

Shades of Gold

Designer - Nicole Dostal

Northern Expressions Needlework

I added 109 stitches on 11/12.
It is hard to see where but they are in the border on the right.

The next prompt was Stitch on something that needs to be fixed up. Well the bookshelf is still missing a few shelves on the bottom so it definitely needs to be fixed up. Then I kept it put for the next prompt as well since it was to Stitch on something with a skull. On the October shelf there is a skull to be added so I outlined it so it could be seen. 

Temperature Library

Kristi’s Corner Needlework (Etsy)

Kristi DiClemente

I stitched 211 stitches during the two day period.

After that I just felt like stitching on this one so I pulled it out of it's hiding place and added to it. 

Winter 2024 SAL

Stitchonomy

Designer - Alyssa

I added 118 stitches to this one on the 14th.

The next prompt asked me to Stitch on something you’d find at a school. This was a tough one because I don't ever remember stitching anything to do with a school, so then I came up with this idea! There are often flowers at school. Every school dance has flowers given as gift for your date, or people give them just because and students also give them to their teachers.  

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie

Rhona Norrie Designs

On the 15th I added 228 stitches.

Then an easy one finally! They wanted me to Stitch on my most wanted project! Well right now my Son is looking for this piece but it is gonna take forever and a day! 

Nintendo

Contra

Armada Designs

On the square I am stitching, Contra, I added 125 stitches on 11/16.
Actually when you look at this part it looks like a bunch of scrabbling.

Well thanks for making it to the end! 

Keep in mind that Christmas is only about six weeks away so you should be getting those pieces finished unless you are one of those people who are finished already!  Every year I say I am going to be one of those who finishes everything early but I just never manage to get it accomplished! But I do manage to get them done in the nick of time. 

I hope you have a wonderful week, take care 
and I look forward to seeing what you are doing. 

My Sunday Stitchy Update 11/10/24

Happy Sunday Everyone! I hope you had a great week. The Summer weather lasted forever and now the Fall weather has come in strong to announce it's arrival. I wish it would have crept in slowly so I could get used to the chilly air gradually! But you guys know Mother Nature, she does things her way and we just have to adjust. 

Oh yeah, when I was answering posts this week I noticed that EVERYONE was set to No Reply. They must have had some kind of update or something that changed everyone's post settings. The sad part is I can't see how to change mine back. I looked through the settings but couldn't find the one needed to change it. If you know how to do it, can you please please please let me know too. Thanks.  

Well I have stitched the week away to the prompts and while I missed one (laziness) I still got stuff accomplished. So here are this weeks prompts and the pieces I thought fit in with them. 

The first prompt I worked on was to "Stitch away on my oldest WIP it to grant it some new life." I started this piece in 2011. I do have one older than this but it must be packed somewhere secret because I can't find it! This is the fourth flower of the twelve for this piece.

Flowers of the Month

January, Carnation

Ellen Maurer-Stroh

Worked on on 11/04/24 and added 102 stitches.

The next prompt was to "Stitch on an item with a dog" which I was more than happy to do because I would like to move this one to the completed pile! 

Home is Where the Dog Is

Daily Cross Stitch
 

I added 139 stitches on 11/05/24.

Another prompt they listed was "Stitch in one of these colours; Orange, Teal, Pink or Indigo." Well I just so happened to have something in Orange to stitch so here it goes; a pumpkin used by the trick or treaters to collect their candy stash!

Spooky & Sweet
Fat Quarter Shop

That was 241 pumpkin stitches on 11/06/24.

Just an FYI in case you don't already know; the Fat Quarter Shop often offers

FREE cross stitch charts. They also have some FREE quilting charts for you.
 

Now they would like it if I stitched in another color. "Let’s bring a little more Joy to our lives by stitching in yellow!" At first I couldn't find anything after but looking through all the WIPs I lucked out! I found something with some yellow. 

Santa Fe Christmas

Jeanette Crews Designs, Inc.

I put 246 stitches into the moon on 11/08/24 and it's not finished!

The last prompt I worked on this week was "Stitch on a project with a book." I am nor sure this will qualify or not since you can't see the actual books yet! If it doesn't count I have asked for it to be a penalty stitch instead. I was going to stitch a couple of books on to it but I can't make up my mind as to which color pallet I want to follow. More on that at a later date. 😉

Temperature Library

Kristi’s Corner Needlework (Etsy)

Kristi DiClemente

I also put in 323 stitches to add on the bottom shelf of this piece between
11/07/24 & 11/09/24. I am getting closer and closer to adding the books!

So that was 1,051 for the week which is not to bad for me.

So that about wraps up my week of stitching.

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great week and stay safe no matter what you are doing.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 11/03/24

Well Hello Everyone!  Another Sunday, Another Update. I hope that everyone is doing fine. I am doing pretty good. Nothing much happening here. The weather is still bouncing all around but hopefully it will decide that we are in Autumn and adjust accordingly! The good news is that we have R A I N today! 

How was your Halloween night? Lots of Trick or Treaters?  This year  had quite a few Witches, Marios, Spidermen, Ninja Turtles and other characters including one Michael Jackson! It was nice to see so many kiddos out and about but we did have warmer weather (low 80s) so it is easier for them to come out and walk around. Oh yeah, sorry to all of you that lost an hour sleep because of DST. I thought they were going to pick one time zone and stick to it!

This week I have been doing some stitching using the prompts in the "Fandom Stitching Central" group on Facebook while working on the acrostics, from Facebook groups "Magazine Monthly Cross Stitch Challenge!" and the "Fun with Cross Stitch" groups. I mainly follow the Fandom prompts and I fill in the acrostics from the pieces I use for Fandom. 

So now let's see what the Fandom prompts were for this past week! 


Last Sunday was just a day with no prompts but I needed this for an acrostic so I stitched a little on it.

Lucky Shamrocks

Daily Cross Stitch

On 10/27 I added 100 stitches.

On Monday they wanted me to "Stitch on a project that I absolutely love and explain why." So that would be this one with a million flowers. I just love flowers and this one has MANY to look at in all kinds of shapes, sizes and colors. It is going to take forever but I have patience; most of the time.

The Flower A Day

Designer - Carolyn Manning

CM Designs

Put in 117 stitches on 10/28/24

Tuesday was a fun prompt! "Stitch with blue thread or on blue fabric." Well lucky for me; I have one piece that fits both prompts! So I pulled it out and did a few stitches on it! 

Quilt Block Sampler

Artist - Loretta Oliver

Stitching the Night Away

Stitched 169 Xs on 10/29/24

Tuesday night I had a super bad sleeping night so I pulled out this piece since there are no color changes and I stitched in bed while watching some home flipping show. I finally got tired and ready to sleep at around 3:30am so I put it away. I really don't like insomnia but it seems to go with being older. 

Home is Where the Dog Is

Daily Cross Stitch
 

On 10/30 there was 117 stitches were added.

Then on  Wednesday and Thursday both prompts seemed Halloweenie to me so I worked on one piece for both evenings. Wednesday they thought I should "Stitch on a project with a ghost." You can't see the ghost right now but it is there in spirit! LOL Then on  Monday I needed to "Stitch on a project that means Halloween to you." So this one reminds me of Halloween since it has ghosts, goblins, pumpkins and candy on it. Who wouldn't want to stitch it? LOL

Sweet and Spooky

Fat Quarter Shop
  
Added 113 on 10/30 and another 206 on 10/31/24.

Friday was "Stitch on a project with water, if it is not visible in your stitching." Well I can't find my Vase of Flowers! I have searched and searched to no avail. I decide to work on my Christmas ornaments instead because I REALLY need to get them done!!

Small Christmas Ornaments

Durene Jones

 

On 11/01/24 I added 246 stitches.

And then on to this one... "Stitch on a project you wish would just disappear". When I say I wish it would disappear I really do! So many color changes in one section  that it seems to take forever and ever. One day I hope to finally get thru this piece and my grandson really hopes so too. That is one good thing about these prompts, they give me a chance to get through a lot of different pieces for at least a few stitches. 

Dinosaurs

Flumpkins X Stitchers

Artist - Stephen Michael Gardner

On 11/02/24 I only added 44 Stitches but I will continue it today!

So that is just over 1,100 stitches for a successful week.

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Thanks a bunch for stopping by.

I hope you enjoyed reading about my stitching at
least half as much as I enjoyed blogging about it!

Now to go work a little on those stinking dinosaurs again.
😇

My Sunday Stitchy Update 10/27/24

Hi Friends! How are you doing this week? I'm doing great! This past week we actually had two days in the 70s! It was kind of nice not running the AC and having the door open for a while; ah... fresh air! I have really missed that! LOL Unfortunately we jumped right back into the 90s. Mother Nature can be such a tease! I see we are supposed to cool off this week but I hope not to cool for the trick or treaters! 

I hope you were able to get in some time for stitching. Any new starts or finishes? Last week I managed to get in some stitching, not much but all the Xs count! No finishes for me but I hope to get my ornaments finished soon so they will be ready for Christmas mailing. So lets see how I did at finding a piece to stitch for each prompt. Deciding what to stitch is the most challenging part and it is also the part I enjoy. Ready to see what the prompts were and you can decide if I was successful or not?

First prompt I stitched was "Stitch on something that reminds you of your mother, grandmother, or female that helped to raise you." This was an easy one! My Mom had a green thumb and we always had plants growing around the house both inside and out. I miss the plants and TRY to grow some but I even killed the cactus! Anyways I stitched this piece in Honor of my Mom whom I miss everyday.

Flowers of the Month

January, Carnation

Designer - Ellen Maurer-Stroh

 
Progress on 10/21/24 was 205 Stitches

The next prompt I had was not a good one for me! It was "Stitch on a piece that has rain, thunder, or lightning." I looked thru all my stitching and I got nothing! So I took the penalty and decided on the One Hundred Days of Tiny. The problem was that this was the evening I meet some other stitchers at the mall to stitch. There is some bad lighting there and I left my light at home! So I just made the squares without the fills to be on the safe side. 

One Hundred Days of Tiny 

The Steady Thread

Progress on 10/22/24 was adding 216 stitches.

The third prompt was to "Stitch on red fabric or with red thread."  Lucky me, I just happened to have something with red stitching on it. So I stitched the scarf which was red with a little yellow. What perfect timing I had on this one.

Winter 2024 SAL

Stitchonomy

Designer - Alyssa

I added 216 stitches on 10/23/24.

I decided that the next two prompts I was using could be stitched on the same piece; Nintendo. The first prompt was to "Stitch on something that is considered hostile." I never played Contra before but just by the look of it, I think it is pretty hostile game.

The second prompt I used for Nintendo "Stitch on something that is new to you, a new designer, a new kind of thread, a different color fabric, a different count of fabric etc." This is the FIRST time I decided to stitch something this big! I wondered what in the world I was thinking when I cut the fabric and each time I get it out to stitch on it.

Nintendo

Contra

Armada Designs

I added 100 and 138 on 10/24 and 10/25/24 respectfully.

And the last prompt for the week was "Stitch on something that pictures what you would think of as silence and explain your answer."  Honestly, after I stitched this piece I thought about the temperature library but didn't feel like doing another piece so I used the Shades of Gold that I had stitched already. I said that since there is not a lot happening in the design it is what I would consider silent. It is just a bunch of simple lines that create a stunning picture free of confusion. 

I don't know if they will accept that explanation or not but I thought it was a good try!

Shades of Gold

Designer - Nicole Dostal

Northern Expressions Needlework

So I added 209 stitches to the piece on 10/26/24.

So I guess this is where my stitching prompts ended for the week. It was another fun week of stitching

I hope you enjoyed seeing what I stitched and why and now I need to go and find out what the prompts are for the upcoming week. But first, I need to stitch!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I appreciate you checking on my blog.
Have an awesome and safe week.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 10/20/24

Hello and Happy Sunday. We made it through another week and that is a blessing. Our temperatures are FINALLY going down and we had a few days under 90° and even had a day in the 70s! What a difference the temperatures make. 

I haven't really been doing anything else except trying to slowly clean out and straighten my stitching cabinets. It can be pretty tiring and time consuming but I haven't done this in quite a while so it is long overdue. I will take some of the stuff to my stitching group to see if anyone wants it. If not I will call around for a donation place that might be interested. Last resort will be the Goodwill or some place like that because I would rather give it to someone that needs and will use it.

But anyways, I would like to show you this week's stitching! 

Last Sunday I worked on the Vase of Flowers. I was caught up in a movie and didn't get very many stitches put in but some are better than none. I did not have a prompt so I was just stitching.

Vase of Flowers

Durene Jones

Progress 10/13/24

I only managed to get in 71 stitches!

Then on Monday the prompt I had was "Stitch on a project that reminds you or makes you think of someone who has been a father figure in your life." That piece would have had to have been something with American Indians or Indigenous Americans on it but I have nothing like that in my stash. Once my Dad passed I stopped buying those types of charts since he was the only one who appreciated those types of scenes. So I stitched this piece instead and took the penalty.

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie

Rhona Norrie Designs 

 

Progress 10/14/24
I put in 214 stitches on this.

The prompt on Tuesday was to "Stitch on a project that contains a gem or a Phoenix." I consider the Stars are gems that light up the sky so I stitched on the piece with the American Flag. 

 Long May You Stitch

Lucy Beam from

Love In Stitches

Added 104 stitches on 10/15/24

Nintendo

Contra

Armada Designs
I stitched on Nintendo for three days so I am posting them all together for you.

Wednesday's prompt was "Stitch on a project you have adapted to make it your own."

The layout is the change I made to the design. The one on the left is the designer's layout and the other one is mine. You would have to look at the names to see how I am arranging them. They will be in order of their original release date. 

 

On Thursday I needed to Stitch on something that includes an item you would find at a carnival and Friday I needed to Stitch on something that contains a tree.

  

On the entire chart I saw some cartoon characters the kids used to play with like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Disney characters to name a couple and said you would find them at the carnival as stuffies. On Friday I had to stitch some trees which this block is full of!

Progress on 10/18/24

I added 102 stitches on Wednesday and 100 on each of the other days.

Then over the weekend I needed to "Stitch on something that you’re so excited to work on that's distracting you from other projects or tasks you need to do." Well the Christmas ornaments definitely fit that prompt because I just keep thinking that Christmas is creeping up pretty fast! So I started the Elf ornament which is the fifth one out of the six.

Small Christmas Ornaments

Durene Jones

Progress 10/19 & 10/20
Put in a total of 256 stitches.

And there you have it,
a wide variety of projects!

Thanks for stopping by to see what keeps me busy in the evenings.

When do you stitch? In the mornings? Evenings? All Day? I mainly stitch in the evening after dinner. Sometimes I get in more time on the weekends because I don't usually have to cook dinner.

Well thanks again and I hope you will come back soon.
😊
Enjoy your week.