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.