My Sunday Stitchy Update 04/19/26

Hello Everyone!

I hope that you are/were safe from the storms and tornados that have been going on. I know that they can be very unpredictable and scary! Here, our weather still consist of a lot of hot days! Makes me worry about what the summer will bring! 

I didn't post last week because I thought that maybe I would have more to talk about every two weeks. I don't know if that worked or not but I think I may do it like this for a while. After all, if you want to see some progress pictures in between blog posts, I am on Instagram too.

Nintendo

Mickey Mousecapade

Armada Designs

Over the two weeks I put in 1,719 stitches and this square is finished!
Also there are eight squares out of the 24 complete.

So I just spun the wheel to see what I should stitch next and the lucky piece is..

If I remember correctly, this one is just about finished.
I will pull it out this morning and see how much I have left.

I finished the book Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre. It was a very sad book to think of all the people who failed her through out her life, starting with her own father. When I finished that book I read the book Elevation by Stephen King. After that was finished I found that there was a bonus book on the same audiobook called Laurie. It was a super short story and I started and finished it while I cooked dinner! Now I am reading Run on Red by Noelle Ihli. It is supposed to be suspenseful but so far, it doesn't seem very suspenseful to me! Maybe the other half of the book will do it for me?

And that is it for me,

Thanks a bunch for stopping by!

Stay Safe and Take Care.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 04/05/26

Morning Stitchers,

I hope everyone has had a wonderful week full of Xs. Nothing much is going on here; just enjoying the warm weather, stitching and waiting for the Easter Bunny. 

This week I continued to stitch on the 2025 Blackwork SAL and made some pretty good progress. 

2025 Blackwork SAL

Peppermint Purple

Designer - Clare

This week I put in 980 stitches!

As for reading I am still slowly reading Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre. It is pretty slow going but I think I will get through it. 

And that is about it for the week. Pretty boring, I know; but boring is ok for me.

I hope you have a wonderful week and a Happy Easter!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 03/29/26

Hello, I hope you are doing well. I see a lot of places still have cold and snowy weather, I hope that you are not one of them. There is not a lot going on here, just stitching and that is ok with me. I have an extra short post for you today!

2025 Blackwork SAL

Peppermint Purple

Designer - Clare

This week I went back to my 2025 Blackwork SAL. On Friday, I kept stitching a little section over and over again and it kept coming out to short for the border I was putting it in, so I gave up frustrated. When I woke up Saturday morning it dawned on me that I should check the length of the rectangle and voilà, that was the problem, I stitched the border to long. So all those times I ripped it out, I am sure it was correct! So needless to say, I didn't make much progress on it but some in better than none. 

Stitched 624 stitches this week

I started a new book today, Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre. I know it is going to be a sad book but I also think it will be an important and powerful book to read. 

And that is it for the week!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you will join me again next week.

Take care and stay safe!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 03/22/26

Good Morning Stitchers! I hope you had a great week and that your weather has warmed up. Our weather has warmed up so much that we broke some records this week. Starting on the 18th thru today we have had record highs. I really don't mind but I do wonder what summer will have in store for us. 

Seasonal Quilts - Autumn

Susan Powell of Laurel Susan Studio

Just Cross Stitch Magazine, Autumn 2024

This week I continued stitching on the seasonal quilt and I finally finished the quilt!! I was so happy that the quilt was finished, at least until I looked at the next section! LOL  It is full of leaves that have fallen to the ground so that means a bunch of confetti. Luckily for me, it was not as bad as I thought it would be. 

I put in 819 stitches this week. 

Now this piece will be going away for a bit since it is time for me to work on a Peppermint Purple SAL. I swear I need more hours in a day along with more days in a week so I can get in more stitching!

I am STILL listening to The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King and now that it is almost finished, I am starting to get in to it! Story of my life, I guess. 

It was a pretty nice relaxing week and that is it for me!


I hope you have a beautiful week full of stitching.


Please Stay Safe

My Sunday Stitchy Update 03/15/26

Morning Everyone! I hope you are having a great weekend. We are having terrific weather here. When I was young I thought this was normal for Arizona since they said it is "always hot in Arizona" and when you are young you take everything as literal. We have been between the 70s and 90s all March! It is even  supposed to be over 100 later this week! I must admit, it is even to hot for me this early in the year. Sorry if you were some of the people who had one summer day and then snow the next day. That was pretty crazy!

This week when I spun the wheel, I landed on The Autumn Seasonal Quilt and all week I have been trying to finish this darn quilt! I think that tomorrow it will finally be done and I can move on to other parts of this project; and to think that I have three more seasons to get through! 

So let's see what kind of progress I made...

Seasonal Quilts - Autumn

Susan Powell of Laurel Susan Studio

Just Cross Stitch Magazine, Autumn 2024

Added 874 stitches this week.

So that is it for the stitching this week!

As for the books I didn't do that good this week. I couldn't concentrate on listening or reading so I did neither. I did start the second book in the Dark Tower series; The Drawing of the Three. In my opinion. for what that's worth - it is just a little better than the first in terms of the back and forth, past, present and future. People keep telling me to hang in there, they get better... oh goodness; I certainly hope so!

Moving on to my head injury, it is still looking pretty ugly. I think I will call and see if I can get some antibiotics for the big bump on my forehead because it is looking pretty bad and I can't really tell if the swelling is going down or not. It is funny how people will avoid looking at or talking to you when you look like this!

Anyways. I think that is it from me for now. 

Have a wonderful stitch filled week!

Stay safe.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 03/08/26

Morning! I hope that everyone got enough sleep last night since the clocks had to move ahead!! I am glad that I don't have to deal with that anymore; all that moving the clock forward and backward can be annoying! 

This week I had a bit of an accident! We only have ONE step in front of our home and I managed to fall right off it and spend hours in the emergency room! I was holding on to my walker and somehow the walker took off before I was ready to go. I was holding on to my walker pretty tightly and so I managed to fall on top of it while hitting the driveway. 

This is how I looked! 

It is still pretty painful and I hope it is finished looking worse before it gets better! My daughter showed the Doctors the Ring video and they said I was lucky there was no concussion or breaks because I hit the ground so hard. I can finally hold my eye open most of the way now so I hope I can drive. 

Shades of Gold

Northern Expressions Needlework

Designer - Nicole Dostal

I still managed to stitch though! I would stitch a little, rest my eyes with the compress on them and then stitch again. I was even able to get in a page finish! 

  

I put in 735 stitches this week.

That is five finished pages and seven to go!

As for books, I didn't get much reading or listening in this week. I am only half way finished with Kamala Harris' book 107 Days. I plan (I hope) on finishing it this week. 

Thanks a bunch for stopping by!

Stay safe out there in the world.

Love to you all!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 03/01/26

Well, what a temperature change we had here; we were in the high 80s and low 90s this week! I think Tucson even set some records for high temperatures this past week. I enjoyed the heat very much!! I hope it wasn't just a sneak peek but I think it was. 

Shades of Gold

Northern Expressions Needlework

Designer - Nicole Dostal

Last Sunday I spun the wheel and it landed on a piece I haven't stitched on for a long time, Shades of Gold. The last time I stitched on the piece was in April 2025! 

I was very happy to pick it up again and once I figured out where I was I got right to stitching! 

 

I put in 874 stitches this week.

And that is it for the stitchy part of my week.

I finally finished The Gunslinger by Stephen King. It took me a bit but I did it, I am going to try the second book in series soon. Right now I am listening to 107 Days by Kamala Harris. I haven't listened to much yet but I will get back to it this week. Then a stitcher in our group brought me a Mary Higgins Clark book (I forgot the title) that I will probably read next. 

Thank you so much for being here. I caught up on a bunch of emails last week and am hoping to do the same again this week. One problem is I feel I get so much junk mail and I am trying to unsubscribe from a lot of it.  I guess it may be due to being election year here and all of a sudden I have lots of politicians who care about me or rather my vote! LOL 

Well, I think I am going to skip spinning the wheel this week and stitch some more of The Shades of Gold.  See you around the web somewhere or back here next week. 

Take care and stay safe!

Look at there... another quick and short post! I kind of like that. 

My Sunday Stitchy Update 02/22/26

Hello everyone, 

Nothing to exciting except it was very chilly and rainy here this week but it is suppose to warm up again next week, thankfully. I only had stitched on one project this week so today will be a shorter post. 

2025 Blackwork SAL

Peppermint Purple

Designer - Clare

I always knew I would eventually stitch the Peppermint Purple SALs that I missed along the way, so I have saved them until I had time and energy. I have decided that it is now time to start work on the 2025 version this year and maybe, just maybe the 2026 version also. I will have to see how it is going before I commit to two of them, because believe me; I have a stack of projects I want to work on or start new! The good thing is that the 2025 version is completely released already and so I don't have to wait for a new file each week. 

So I started the 2025 version this week. It is supposed to look like a doily and when I think of a doily, I think of it being all in one color. So I will be stitching it all in white floss on this reddish fabric. 

Started off with 1,024 stitches this week.

I will have to spin the wheel to see what is next on the q-snaps.

As for the the audiobook I did start "The Gunslinger" and I will admit that to me it was a little confusing at first. Then I finally figured out that they are going back and forth in time! I do have a hard time with those kind of books and movies but once I figured out that was how the book was going I listened to it over and I understand it now! 

So that was my week in a nutshell.

Thank you for stopping by!

Have a great week.

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 02/15/26

Welcome to my place! This week it was cold and rainy here in Tucson but it is supposed to warm up for a couple of days next week, thank goodness.

Love is Patient

Dirty Annie's

Just CrossStitch Magazine

I only have one piece to show you this week because I spent all my stitching time this week working on it only! And guess what, I finished it!  

Added 865 stitches for the week

This week I listened to another Stephen King book called "The Life of Chuck." It is a pretty short story, so it didn't take any time at all. After that I debated with myself on starting an SK series called "The Dark Tower" because taking a look at the first book title and picture, I convinced myself it would be a western. So I talked to a couple of friends who are also fans of his and they convinced me to try it out and so I did! The first book is called "The Gunslinger" and I am enjoying it so far! I guess it may technically be a western but King describes it as a post-apocalyptic end of the world type book. 

So that was my week.
Now I need to go spin the wheel to see what is next to be stitched.

Thanks for stopping by.

I hope you have a wonderful week!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 02/08/26

Hello Stitchers, glad you could stop by. This week I have a finish to show you! So I am going to hop right in and get started. I think it will be a quick one today. 

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie Designs

Rhona Norrie

First up this week was the I Stitch Sampler. I managed to finished all the stitching on it, finally! I did not add the beads, mainly because I didn't buy any since I am NOT a big bead person and I think that makes me like it like it is, beadless! 

Finished with 264 stitches this week. 

Love is Patient

Dirty Annie's

Just Cross Stitch Magazine

So after I finished that I continued to work on the Love is Patient piece. All those stitches I need to put in the cat are taking quite a while, but I think I am almost halfway finished with the cat. 

Finished with 592 stitches this week. 
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And that is all the stitching for the week!

As far as books, this week I re-read Carrie by Stephen King. This was actually my introduction to Stephen King and his books. I read this when it first came out in 1974! It has a new introduction read by another great author, Margret Atwood for the 50th anniversary of Carrie. Also the great Sissy Spacek narrated the book which was a bonus surprise for me.

Thank you once again for stopping by! 

Have an awesome week.