My Sunday Stitchy Update 01/12/25

Welcome Friends! I hope you are having a great week. I am good and thankful. I had a crazy week but I came out of it on a positive note. 

If you are in the LA area I do hope you are in a safe space and I am definitely praying for you. Seeing all the devastation is truly heartbreaking and unbelievable. Please stay safe! 

So now let's move on to some happy news... the stitching! 

So the first thing I stitched was a new start! Because that was just what I needed, one more thing to stitch. I actually have a couple of other new small pieces lined up for January and then I want to concentrate on the pieces I have in the pile already before anything else gets started. I hope I can stick to that promise to  myself. 

So I found this piece in the Winter 2024 edition of the Just CrossStitch magazine and thought it fit my current mood so I added it to my stitching list. It also fit into my BBRINGO prompt called for the day which was number 14 "Stitch something with a bird." I think this bird is so cute! 

Love is Patient
Dirty Annie's
Just Cross Stitch Magazine
 
So I got a start of 102 stitches.

So the next BRRINGO number called was 16 and that prompt was "Stitch something that intimidates you." So I moved over to the rainbow because sometimes doing the line on the diagonal gets me confused so I need to stitch a little slower so I can make sure I am stitching in the right place. I do love this piece though with the vibrant colors and how she switched from one color to another. 

Twisted Rainbow Sampler

Northern Expressions Needlework

Added 150 twisted stitches

So on Wednesday the BRRINGO number caller called number 18. That prompt was "Stitch something that makes you want to bundle up", which is something I never want to have to do again but stitching it is ok! So this Winter SAL was the perfect fit for this one.

Winter 2024 SAL

Stitchonomy

Designer - Alyssa

  

I drew some arrows to the area I stitched because it is hard to see.
I added 146 stitches to this one.

The next day the number 9 was called and it was an easy decision for me because I have been wanting to work on this one! The prompt was 'Stitch something that has a border' which led me to the Blackwork SAL!

2024 Blackwork SAL

Peppermint Purple

 

I did manage to get in 100 stitches.

So after working on one of my favorites, I ended up moving to the one I dreaded. The number called was number 25 which was 'Stitch something with more than ten colors.' I had assigned the Dinosaurs to that number but with all the confetti I dread doing this one. 

Dinosaurs

Flumpkins X Stitchers

Artist - Stephen Michael Gardner

 
I only managed 30 stitches in over two hours but 30 is 30 more than before.

Then for the last one of the week she called number 15. This number called for me to "Stitch something that you were inspired to start by someone else (tell us who inspired you!)" so it was another easy pick!  Tia, my daughter inspired me to do this one for her because she loves the Stephen King movies. She found it online and sent it to me asking could I do it for her and who am I to say I wouldn't stitch it for her!? 

Stephen King House

The Witchy Stitcher

It received 120 stitches.

So that is it for the week. Lots of little additions to many different pieces, but progress is progress. I hope to make some good progress next week. 

I am STILL cleaning up my stitchy stash which seems to take a long time but it took an even longer time to accumulate all this stuff. I guess trying to be realistic about what you will stitch in the future is time consuming, I hope to get through some more stuff again this week but will I ever be happy when I am finished. 

I hope you have a great week and don't forget to make some time for yourself!
Stay safe!!

See you next Sunday!