My Sunday Stitchy Update 01/11/26

This is going to be a quick post. I took some more cold meds and they make me sleepy. But I just had to come and share my excitement with you guys because, the

2024 Peppermint Purple SAL is FINISHED!!

Of course it is not ironed yet but here it is:

2024 Annual Blackwork SAL

Peppermint Purple

Designer - Clare

Finished it off with 298 stitches.

I think it is time for a celebration!
Thanks for stopping by to see my finish.

Well, thanks for stopping by.

Stay  safe, happy and keep on stitching.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 01/04/26

HAPPY NEW YEAR

EVERYONE!

Welcome to 2026 and what is going to be a great year for all of us.

So here is my first post of the year and I am excited to show you the Christmas gifts I made for the others in our stitching group. I made each person (with some assistance from my daughter) resin coasters. It was my first time using the resin and let me tell you; it can be addictive! We mainly have cross stitchers in our group but we also have other people; some crafty and others just to talk, who have joined our weekly get togethers so I will show you the crafty coasters as well.

First up we have an artist in our midst. She like to color and draw, especially Halloween designs! I put her coaster together with some colored pencils, art journals and Halloween coloring book

We also have an avid crocheter who does beautiful work crocheting all kinds of things. In her coaster I added a crochet hook, balls of yarn, a tape measure and some scissors. 

It is laying up against a lamp so it is a little hard to see.

And last but not least we have many cross stitchers! In these coasters I added an embroidery hoop, a piece of fabric, a tape measure, scissors, a threaded needle and some skeins of floss I made of the stitcher's fabric color.

The items in the coasters came from Etsy, mainly in the miniatures or doll house sections. Everyone seemed to like them and now I have to start thinking about what I will do for next Christmas! LOL 

Now on to the STITCHING!

I FINALLY finished my Grandson's Christmas ornament for 2025! I know, I know, it is late. luckily it is for family and they understand my issues and problems! 😊 Here it is...

Santa's Apron

Always Time To Stitch

 

Finished it off with 186 stitches and two pieces of ribbon.

I was not such a great photographer on the finished one in the middle here, sorry. I was just happy to be done!


After that I actually was able to look through my WIP box to pick out something. It has been a long time since I did that since I was doing the ornaments.  I couldn't make a decision on what to stitch so I just picked up the first project in the box and since I keep them alphabetically, it was the 2024 Blackwork SAL. 

2024 Annual Blackwork SAL

Peppermint Purple

Designer - Clare

Added 303 stitches

It is encouraging to look at this one because it is almost finished! I remember I had to rip out so much of this after I first started it because I had really messed it up. I hope to finish this before I move on to something else. 

So that was my week!

Thanks for stopping by. 

Stay safe, healthy (the flu is going around)
and I hope to see you soon.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 12/28/25

Good Morning Everyone!  Welcome to the last Sunday of 2025. I hope you had a beautiful Christmas and that Santa brought you just what you hoped for! 

Last week I told you that I would be working on Santa's Apron for my grandson's 2025 ornament. I managed to get all the stitching in except a few backstitches and then do the finishing. Hopefully it will be completed by tomorrow. 

Santa's Apron

Always Time To Stitch
 
This week I worked on this whenever I could and added in 1,420 stitches.

I will show you the finish next week and I will also show you what I made the other stitchers in our group for Christmas. There is still one that has not been delivered and I want it to be a surprise. 

So as I mentioned already, today is the last Sunday of 2025 and to tell the truth, I am more than happy to leave it behind. It was a long year of sadness and tears for many different reasons. I pray that 2026 will be off to a great start and continue that way. I hope it is a year of happiness for all of us.

I would like to say THANK YOU for all of you for hanging in there with me through it all.

HAPPY NEW YEAR
to all of you.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 12/21/25

Evening Everyone

Uh oh, Christmas is really sneaking up all of a sudden! I have to hurry up and get finished. The ornaments always seem to take me so long or maybe it is because it doesn't get cold where I live and so I don't realize that Christmas is here!  Trust me, I don't miss the cold but it does help move you along once you realize it is winter. 


So this week I FINISHED stitching the Santa chart, thank goodness. 

Santa 3D Ornament

The World of Cross Stitching

Personally, I think he turned out pretty cute! 

This week I put in the last 239 stitches.

So I still need one more ornament for my grandson. So I was flipping through some old Just Cross Stitch magazines and found Santa's Apron. I showed my daughter and we decided would be perfect for him since he is always cooking and baking.

 Santa's Apron
(picture from Just CrossStitch)

Always Time To Stitch
 

Only got in one day on this new start but added 145 stitches.

Then on Saturday I assembled the 3D ornaments! They were pretty easy to do and I LOVE them! I like them so much, I may look for more to do! LOL

And that is that for the week.

This week I need to get Santa's Apron finished and I will be ready for Christmas. Are you all ready? 

I hope you enjoyed seeing my work for the week. 

Have a safe and wonderful week and I hope to see you next Sunday!

Merry Christmas Everyone!
I hope you are on Santa's good list.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 12/14/25

 Good Morning Everyone, 

Well nothing really happening here; sorry. Just Christmas ornaments again and again every week! I know that I am pretty bored with them and I figure that you must be too! LOL  Soon Christmas will be here and I won't have to talk about them each week! 

I finally finished the stitching on the Santa and now I have started the backstitch, Still no 3D penguin for the the grandson but I did find a cute penguin I think I will do for him and an apron that my daughter liked since he is quite the baker. He bakes more than we can eat!

Here is Santa...

Santa 3D Ornament

The World of Cross Stitching

During the past two weeks I put in a little more than a 1,000 stitches.
I think he looks like a cutie and he was worth all the time I put in on him.

Are you finished with your Christmas shopping? This year has been a strange on when it came to me doing my shopping. I just couldn't seem to get into it. I bought stuff for my daughter because she is easy, she just wants clothes for work. The boys are a bit harder so I guess I will buy each of them something or another this next week. Life was much easier when they were smaller. 

 
Well, thanks for stopping by.
Stay  safe, happy and stitching next week.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 11/30/25

Morning Everyone, 

I hope today find you well! There is nothing exciting happening around here, just a whole lot of stitching going on! 

I have been busy working on Santa. I am almost finished with his face and all the little details around him and then I will just have the red from his jacket left to stitch. I am "hoping" to finish it this week.

Here is his progress. 

Santa 3D Ornament

The World of Cross Stitching

Put in 617 stitches this week but as you can see all that unstitched space needs to be stitched red. 

Once I finish him I am going to TRY to draw the penguin. I have asked a few people that I know but, nobody has gotten back to me.  I think I my have to end up doing a different style ornament for him. This will be the first year that their ornaments don't match each other. I feel sad but I am sure he won't mind. 

Thanks for stopping by!

I appreciate it, especially since I have been lax on blog visits. 

My Sunday Stitchy Update 11/22/25

Hello Everyone! Hope you are having amazing day!

Well I missed posting last week but I didn't miss stitching! I have been working on the Santa ornament everyday even when it was only a few little stitches. So much going on around here and then my daughter, grandson and I all ended up getting some kind of virus that must be going around. Congestion headaches, sneezing and coughing with an achy body. I guess my son was luckier than us and knew how to dodge this virus! 

As I mentioned above Santa had been my focus piece during this time and let me tell you, Santa is a big guy! His red coat and hat seems like it will take forever. 

Santa 3D Ornament

The World of Cross Stitching

  

I added 894 stitches during this stitching session.
You have to look really hard at the second picture
to see the white stitches around his face area.

But if you notice, Santa is NOT looking like the picture that they posted with the chart. It was puzzling me when I was stitching it but I guess they changed something somewhere but forgot to update. The present (blue and white) belongs there, but there are a bunch of changes. I really liked his beard in the picture but I guess I'm destined to take the one on the chart. Hopefully, he will look more put together next time you see him and either way he gets stitched, we will all recognize Santa!!

So that's all I have for today so I am going to let you guys go back to your projects! Is anyone else doing any Christmas stitching? As of today (Sunday 11/22) we only have 31 days until Christmas Eve!! So fire up those needles and get them moving!! 😊

Have a great week everyone.

Please stay safe and away from that virus if it comes your way! 

Hugs to all!!

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 11/09/25

Hello!!  This has been a pretty busy week around our house. It seems like the cleaning and cooking never ends; no matter how wish it away!  

Also, it has not been to busy in the stitching department! However, I am pretty satisfied with what I did get done. Of course, I continued to work on my family's yearly ornaments. I am happy to announce that the Snowman's stitching is finished! 

Snowman 3D Ornament

The World of Cross Stitching

 

I added 193 stitches to him to finish him off.

Of course, he still has to be assembled and as I stated before, assembly will happen once all the ornaments are finished. 


So now that the Snowman is finished, I will dedicate my time to Mr. Claus. He is bigger than the other ornaments (must be the milk and cookies) so I think he will take longer. I may need to take some breaks with him! 
  

Santa 3D Ornament

The World of Cross Stitching

Added 139 stitches in Santa's coat and it looks like there are only a million more to go.

And that is that for me and the stitching this week!

I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe week and I will see you next Sunday.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 11/02/25

Well, the Trick or Treaters have come and gone and here we are in November! We had the usual assortment of witches, ghosts and monsters along with a few superheroes, a cowboy and even Cinderella! We had quite a few kids but still less than last year. I think they were having fun though, running up and down the street yelling "trick or treat" and getting all kinds of candy.

After Halloween, the year here in the states goes pretty fast (and expensive!) starting with Thanksgiving, then Christmas and New Years all right behind each other. 

So speaking of Christmas, I continued to work on my ornaments this week. After all, Christmas is only 53 days away from today (Sunday) you know! So, first up is the Snowman. 

Snowman 3D Ornament

The World of Cross Stitching

I added 273 stitches to this guy which finished all the stitches.

Now it is time for the back stitch and then I will put it up until I am ready to cut and assemble it. I also worked on Santa, so now he has half of a belt to go with his shoes! So I guess I will fill in the rest of his belt and see what else I can do for him. 

Santa 3D Ornament

The World of Cross Stitching

This week I added 358 stitches to Santa.

Well that is it for the week, short and sweet!

Hopefully I will have some good progress on Santa to show you next Sunday.

Until then, please stay safe, happy and stitching next week.

Love ya!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 10/26/25

Well Hello Friends! Nothing new and exciting here except the heat came back and we are in the 80s again! Doesn't bother me since I love the heat which is why we moved to the desert. LOL This week though I especially welcome the heat with NO RAIN so the kiddos can Trick or Treat.  I love seeing the little ones all dressed up as their favorite Disney Princess, Super Hero or whatever they are. 

So let's move on to the stitching! Last week I forgot to show you my grandson's Chicago Blackhawk logo that I FFO'd. He loves it and it is hanging on his wall all ready. 😊

Chicago Blackhawk's Logo

This week I also worked a little more on the snowman. Then since I had used all of the white floss they sent with the kit I picked up a skein of it out of my stash and continued stitching away. Then I looked at it in the light and I saw that the snowman had stripes (circled in the middle picture)! I ended up frogging it a bit and picked out another white which matched better. Who knew the whites would vary so much!

Snowman 3D Ornament

The World of Cross Stitching

Added 198 chilly stitches this week.

So the plastic aida vinyl arrived late last week and I got to start on the Santa ornament. So far he only has shoes and the fur around the bottom of his coat but he has to start somewhere! 

Santa 3D Ornament

The World of Cross Stitching

His start consists of 481 stitches.

Sometimes I look at a piece like this and wonder how in the world is that 500 stitches since it looks so small. LOL

Well friends, at 2:00 am I think I am finally sleepy. I have had a weird sleep schedule for as long as I remember. I can be so tired but as soon as I lay down I am wide awake. It is not ideal but I am used to it and when everyone is asleep the house is very quiet because even the dogs and the cockatiel are quiet and I enjoy the quietness. 

I will continue on the ornaments next week, since I still have two, well one for certain and the second if I can squeeze it in, that I would like to finish before the holiday.

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my stitching for the week.

Stay safe out there in the world and I hope you will stop by again next Sunday.