Sunday, April 20, 2025

My Sunday Stitchy Update 04/20/25

Good Grief; I almost forgot it was my day to blog! But that is just par for the week! I have been very unorganized and forgetful lately; I guess it just wasn't my week and the next one will be better!  So let me get through this post quickly so I can post it! 
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First up is the Quilt Sampler. I think I made some decent progress on it this week. I love how the floss is coming it on it also.

Loretta Oliver
Added 322 stitches this week


After that I worked one evening on the I Stitch Sampler. It seems like the smaller the area is the more stitches there are that go into it! 


Rhona Norrie
 
Put in an additional 168 stitches


Then I took out the Shades of Gold which is one of my very favorites. 

An additional 203 stitches


The Penguin is up next! He quit looking like a chicken now! And he is close to the being finished.

Put in an additional 100 stitches


I stitched this one this week but I am not happy with it. I am not sure if don't like it because of the fabric or the fractional stitches or a combination of both but I am going to have to think about for a bit. 

Jeanette Crews Designs, Inc.
 
Added 90 stitches


Now instead of a quilt, this one looks like a checkerboard but I do guess that is what quilts look like, different patterns of squares! 

Added 100 stitches


And now I started a new one. It was in my to do pile and I needed something with a mythical creature in it. I don't stitch fantasy designs like dragons and that kind of stuff so I dug this one out. 

Gnome Place Like Home

I put in 156 stitches on this hat.


Well that is it for me this week.

Thank you so much for stopping by
and I hope you will return next week!

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Friday, April 18, 2025

Is it really spam?

I have been getting tons of spam messages and these last two weeks there was a lot of them! 


I went to the page where you add a new post and clicked on the COMMENT selection to see if I could delete them all at once. I was amazed when I got there and started looking at the sender's names and email addresses and many looked familiar! There were well over a hundred!!

I had legit comments there going WAY back in time that I never knew existed.  I don't know what they do with the comments marked "SPAM" and I didn't want any real bloggers to be caught up in what ever it is they do; if they do anything at all so I marked all of those approved and the rest I deleted with the SPAM option. 

I wish they had a way to block certain users but I don't see anything on that at all. 

Anyways... the point of this post is to say I am sorry for missing everyone's comments. I really wasn't ignoring you guys. I guess I will have to start checking that section to see what is there from now on. 

Oh and you spammers, get a life so I can quit hitting the spam button! 


  

Sunday, April 13, 2025

My Sunday Stitchy Update 04/13/25

Welcome Everyone!  I hope your week has been awesome! We are having a great week here in Tucson, especially if you like warm weather. We had a temperature of 100𝇇 F on Friday and broke two records that day. The first record was because we had a record high temperature (the previous was 99𝇇 F) and the other was that it was the earliest date in the year for triple digit temperatures. Though it was 100 it really didn't feel very hot so the weather was nice. 

I am still playing SPRINGO this week and the following is what I stitched for it. 

First up with the number 18 was the penguin piece, I had also worked on it the day before (first picture here). He seems to be going pretty slow for such a small piece.


I put in 107 stitches


Next was number 21 which was for the letter R! That means I was able to pull out the Twisted Rainbow Sampler to work on for a bit. It looks like next time it is out I may be moving to the next page! 

Twisted Rainbow Sampler
103 stitches went in this time.


After that the caller announced the number 12 which for me is the letter P for the designer Peppermint Purple and the the Annual Blackwork SAL. I am currently on the April 2024 installment of the fills. I would like to be able to do a couple of months at a time so I can finish it before the end of this year and get a start on the 2025 version because you know, there is always room for one more piece! 


2024 Blackwork SAL
This time I was able to add 109 (218) stitches.


Then the number called was 26 which is in column G. This means the Shade of Gold piece is up! After I stitched it the first time the next number was also in the same column which is super convenient for me. This piece has some interesting designs in it. At one time I wanted to do all twelve of these charts but I don't think I would ever make it. This is the second one and I'm sure you guys see how long that is taking me! LOL

Designer - Nicole Dostal
  
210 stitched were added to this one.


Then I have this one next which is sooo close to being done! The number was 11 and the letter was O for Oliver. 

Loretta Oliver
 
Added 102 stitches this time.


And last but not least for the week I worked on the Nintendo piece Contra. There are so many trees and leaves in this square that it is driving me a little crazy! 

Added 100 stitches for the dark green leaves.


Well that is it for this week.

I hope you have a wonderful week coming up.

Take care and stay safe and I
will see you again next week!

Sunday, April 06, 2025

My Sunday Stitchy Update 04/06/25

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are having a great day. Our weather is a beautiful 72° (22° C) so. I guess Spring is truly on it's way!  Hopefully it won't change it's mind! 

This month in a group I am in we are playing S P R I N G O which of course, is a variation of BINGO. The board is interesting; here is my starting board:


The seven columns were assigned the letter is in SPRINGO and we had to fill in the numbers below the letter and pick a project that relates to that letter (project name, designer's name, item in the picture). When a number is called you see what column it is in and stitch 100 stitches to the project for that column and post the days progress in our album in the group. So far it is fun! Katie over at Jeremiah's Mom is also playing the game. She stitches tons in a day so I have lots of confidence in her finishing her board. Our goal is to get vertical bingos with 5 squares or horizontal bingo with 7 squares. 

So let's see what numbers were called this week.

Up first was 30 which for me was under the letter O, which is for the designer Loretta Oliver. So I had to put in some stitches on my Quilt Block Sampler. I have not stitched on this one since February. I am on the last block so hopefully it will be finished SOON! Though I did see a section where I forgot to stitch around the blocks so I will have remember to go back and finish that too. 

Stitched 100 stitches on April 1st!


The next two numbers that were called was 31 and 08 which both fell under the letter R which I used for the Rainbow in the Twisted Rainbow Sampler. I put this one on my board because I have a long way to go on it and I want to get moving on it!

Added 100 and 102 stitches respectfully on 04/02 and 04/03.


Then on the 4th they called the number 27! So now I get to move on to the Seasonal Quilt, Autumn with the letter S. I thought this piece would go faster but all the colors in one quilt square certainly does take its sweet old time! 
Susan Powell of Laurel Susan Studio
Just Cross Stitch Autumn 2024
Added in 128 stitches


And to wrap up the week the number it was time for the number 28. That is under the letter I which is for Ice for the Penguin Ice Slide. As my followers probably already know any and all penguins are for Jacob since that is his very favorite animal. 

Added in 100 stitches.


And that is it for the week! I normally only stitch for an hour or so after dinner but I think I am going to try to squeeze in some stitches during the days after I do what ever I need to do around the house or else I will only be working on seven pieces for the entire month! 

This week we lost a fellow stitcher and my friend Deb Reik. She was not a blogger but she was on Facebook. We have been friends since way back in the Yahoo Groups Days. She lived in the next state over but her daughter lived here so I would see her and her family quite often. 
This is a picture of my long time friends.
Mary, Deb and Me.

Deb will be truly missed!


I am so thankful you were able to stop by for a quick minute or two to see what I have been doing. I hope you have a wonderful week coming up and you are able to get in lots of stitching. And remember to tell your friends and family that you love them. 

Stay safe and keep stitching.
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