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 02/01/26

Hey Everyone! How is it going today? I am still hoping that you have not gotten any big snow falls and that your weather has warmed up some! When I watch the news I see so many places that are snowed in and then I start remembering those days and then I get cold immediately! I guess memories are hard to forget sometimes. 

So now it is time for the stitching! 

Nintendo

Contra

Armada Designs

First up I have the Nintendo game Contra for you. I am so happy to announce that this block is FINISHED! I was so tired of stitching those trees and the grass and am MORE than happy to have finished it. 

Last week I added 213 stitches to finish this block.

Nintendo will get put away until it comes up on the wheel again.

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie Designs

Rhona Norrie

Now I have the I Stitch Sampler to show you! It is thisclose to being finished. I think that all it needs is the backstitching on the flowers and I will probably stitch those today. 

I put in 376 stitches this week and not many more to go!

Love is Patient

Dirty Annie's

Just Cross Stitch Magazine

When this came up on the wheel I was happy! I think it is a cute one. So I got out the chart and stitching and I couldn't find the stinkin' floss. So I searched and searched for it and finally found it. Evidentially I moved it to another box and forgot to move the label! But by the time I found it I wasn't able to get much stitching (better than no stitching) done but there is always this week! yay 

Put in 45 stitches.

I also read Stephen King's book, Salem's Lot and it was a long one. I "plan" to read (or re-read) some of his books this year. I usually read books via audiobook now while I do other things, like stitching and stuff around the house and yes, they count the same as reading a book! 😊 There are just not enough hours per day. 

So, that is it for me this week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stay safe and keep on stitching.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 01/24/26

Good Morning Stitchers, I hope that if you are in the path of snowstorm that is hitting the States this weekend that you are keeping safe and warm inside your home. 

In the meantime while I am waiting for my family and friends to check in from the East Coast, I have been stitching! I have been working hard on these two projects, trying to finally finish them, but no luck this week.

Nintendo
Contra

Armada Designs

First off, I have continued my stitching on Contra. Boy, the designer really packed in the stitches on these trees! I felt like I was never going to get finished, but I think this week will be it for Contra! 

 I put in 434 stitches on Contra

I only have the area towards the bottom where the dark green stitches are to finish up by going all the way across. THANK GOODNESS! LOL 

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie Designs

Rhona Norrie

Then I worked on the I Stitch Sampler at our cross stitch get together again this week.  I was putting in the decorative stems from the flowers when I noticed I did not finish the border. I was suppose to connect each set of stitches to one another, so I am trying to do that as I work on the flowers. 

I put 171 back stitches in this one this week.  

On this one I need to add the stems, finish the border and do the backstitching. Sounds simple right? Unfortunately, the ones that sound simple never seem to be.

Thanks for stopping by everyone! Hope you enjoyed my update.

And remember, where ever you are
stay inside, stay safe and warm!

See ya next time!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 01/18/26

Good Morning Stitchy Friends!

I hope that the new year is going in the right direction for you so far! In my experience, January always seems to go according to plan and the other months are a bit iffy! This year I hope that January and all of the months are going to follow suit for a wonderful year.

At home, this past week I have been working on the game Contra for my Nintendo piece. I have not worked on it since May of last year! I hope to have Contra finished by tomorrow (Monday) at the latest so I can move on to another block. Now for the progress on Contra. 

Nintendo

Contra

Armada Designs

  

I added 603 stitches to the trees!

and there are soooo many trees... 👀

At the cross stitch get together this week I decided to work on the I Stitch Sampler. This is better for our get togethers because it doesn't require a lot of light like Contra does!

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie Designs

Rhona Norrie

 

I added 206 stitches this week.

I don't think I will add the beads to this, only the decorative stems from the flowers. Once I finish I Stitch, I think I will switch these two projects to something else in the box.

Thanks a bunch for stopping by!

Please be safe and careful out there in that crazy place we call the world

and I will see you again right here next week.

Did anyone watch the Batman cartoon in the 60s? When I write the above I always think of that show because they said something like "See you tomorrow, same Bat time, same Bat channel" after each episode.  I know, I know - I am strange! LOL  but some times things just stick in my head but it must have made a big impression on me because I think I was only seven or eight when that show was on. Oh well, that is enough silliness from me! 

Have an awesome stitchy week!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 12/22/24

Hello Everyone! I hope you are all ready for the holidays. If not, you don't have very much time to get ready! I was finishing my ornaments this week but ran into a few problems so I can't show them yet. I will explain the problems next week when I have them ready; I just don't know what I was thinking. 

I have decided to drop two of the groups I am in, the one with the prompts in and another similar group for 2025. I will finish out the year then that is it. I think I will only do the two groups with the acrostics instead. The groups I am leaving seem to be taking up a lot of my time because I feel I have to get all the prompts or other activities complete and lately it is making me not want to stitch or do anything else. There are more things than just that swaying my decision but they are not that important to anyone but me. So anyways ~ let's get down to the important business!

I did get in some stitching this week so let me show you what I managed to accomplish!

Nintendo

Contra

Armada Designs

   

I added 103 stitches

The Flower A Day

CM Designs

 

100 stitches added to this one

Temperature Library

Kristi’s Corner Needlework (Etsy)

 

Stitched an additional 103 stitches

Stephen King House

The Witchy Stitcher
  

Put in an additional 201 stitches

And that was it for the week!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope that everyone
has a blessed Christmas and that Santa brings you the gift of your dreams.

Love to all

My Sunday Stitchy Update 08/11/24

Hi Stitchers! Glad to see you made your way over to my place.  We have been having lots of monsoon showers here which help cool off our area.

Once again I did stitching on a lot of different pieces this week! I never dreamed I would start stitching something different each day. But... my friend Katie introduced me to a group where you stitch different pieces throughout the week. It is sort of like an acrostic but they give you six different themes or suggestions and you pick out charts that can fit into those ideas. I find it interesting.

Anyways that means lots weekly of updating! I hope you don't mind! 😎 So here we go!! 

The week we started off with the Stephen King House. As you can see I am still "building" the structure and I think I may have to go out and buy lots more black floss!!  I will be happy to get this floor finished so I can move on. 

This piece was easy for Olympic day 10! We had to stitch something with a house or building so what better than Stephen King's House. 

Stephen King House

The Witchy Stitcher

Progress 08/04/24

88 stitches

 

The next thing I stitched was The Flower A Day but only managed 65 stitches! I guess some days you just don't have the Xs in you!

For this piece we had to stitch something choreographed by our favorite designer. This one is probably a stretch but I thought that the flowers are beautifully arranged together which I counted that as choreography. 

The Flower a Day

CM Designs
 

Progress 08/05/24

65 stitches

After that I moved to a piece that doesn't really require a lot of concentration! YAY but I would love it finished. 

On the twelfth day of the Olympics we had to stitch something with an animal, Hopefully I will get to stitch the dog one day soon!

Home is Where the Dog Is

Daily Cross Stitch

 

Progress 08/06/24

211 stitches added this week

Then I worked on the Winter SAL piece, It is kind of a fun piece maybe it is because of the color of the fabric. It is cheery maybe because it is a bright color! 

I worked on this piece for two days. On the first day I had to stitch something that is part of a SAL. On day two it was stitch towards your goal on any piece.  This is part of an SAL and I wanted to finish stitching the section I was working on so I continued on this piece. 

Winter 2024 SAL

Stitchonomy

Designer - Alyssa

Progress 08/09/24

366 stitches total

After that I worked on a game from my past, NINTENDO! I am currently working on Metroid. This is not my favorite game but hopefully this one will be finished next time I take it out. 

For this piece we had to stitch something you can’t “weight” you can’t  wait to work on. So basically you could just stitch on whatever piece you wanted to. 

Nintendo

Metroid

Armada Designs
 

Progress 08/08/24

222 stitches total

And that finally brings us to Spooky & Sweet. This is a cute one, if I can ever ever get it going!

On 08/11 We had to stitch something that is part of a series. This came in four separate sections.

Sweet and Spooky

Fat Quarter Shop

 

Progress 08/10/24

Added 210 stitches

Well I want to say that once again, 

Thanks so much for stopping by,

see you next week with another faithful update!