My Sunday Stitchy Update 05/03/26

Hi Everyone! I hope you have been doing well. I have been enjoying the weather and doing lots of stitching! I have a lot of old projects and that is exactly what the wheel has been landing on lately. The benefit is that I can get some work in on my old pieces and maybe even get some of those WIPs finished off eventually!

We have been having a lot of crazy weather; hot days followed by chilly days and then more warm days. I figure as long as there are NO freezing days I am coming out ahead!

So here are the pieces I have been working on. 

04/19

Long May You Stitch

Lucy Beam

Love In Stitches

This chart originally said "Long May You Stitch" but I changed Stitch to Wave. I liked that saying better and I think it has more meaning for everyone involved. 

 
Finished this piece with 384 stitches!

04/25

Flowers of the Month

January, Carnation

Ellen Maurer-Stroh

After that I spun the wheel again and it landed on one VERY old WIP! I said to the wheel 'What is wrong with you! Can't you see I have been avoiding this one for YEARS!' LOL But I pulled it out of  the WIP Box anyway because that was the deal I made with myself. Whatever it lands on, that is what I stitch! Once I started it I decided that I will work on it until I finish the January flower, Carnation. 

The Carnations needed 1,186 stitches to finish them!

So that is five flowers down and seven to go.

05/02

Gnome Place Like Home

Rhona Norrie Designs

So I still had some time to spin the wheel again, so I spun it and I landed on Gnome Place Like Home. I was surprised to see that I had only completed half of a hat. Then I started stitching the rest of the hat and I remember that there are a lot of half stitches that I am not crazy about! Anyways, I finished the other half of the hat and plan on continuing on this chart later today. 
 

I put in 94 stitches today.

And that is all of the stitching I did this week!

I also listened to some books! 

Well like I predicted, Run on Red by Noelle Ihli was NOT very suspenseful to me but I finished it anyways. It was just ok on my scale, but I am sure others loved it. When I finished that, the next book was The Housemaid's Wedding by Freida McFadden. This is the third book in a series of four about the housemaid and how she protects abused women. I would probably rate this series a six out of ten. I then listened to a Stephen King book called The Body. If you have ever seen the movie The Stand that movie came from that book. The next one which I am listening to now is called The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave. The jury is still out since I just started it. Goodreads says I read the first book in the series but I don't remember it and I am hoping this book will jog my memory but I guess that is to be expected when there are five years between books. 

Well that is all my adventures since my last post! I hope you also had a great adventure or two.

Have a wonderful week

and

Please Stay Safe and Take Care.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 12/29/24

Well hello everyone. Welcome to the last Sunday of 2024! Sometimes it seemed as though the days just went by so slowly I had to push them to get them over the hump to the next one and other times they went by so quickly I don't even remember seeing them come or go!

I hope 2025 brings a lot of laughter and happiness to everyone's lives. I am look forward to seeing what everyone is doing and creating in this upcoming year. 

So this week in stitching, I had one new start and put in lots of of stitches on my blackwork piece. 

As many of you may already know, I stitch lots of penguins for my grandson. So I made a small start on a new one for him.  It will be something I can do at stitching because it won't take a lot of concentration. 

Penguin Ice Slide

Daily Cross Stitch
 
Progress 12/23/24

put in 182 stitches

Then I decided to add some more to the 2024 PP Blackwork SAL. I am still trying to finish the border since I had so many problem with it, I am being extra careful stitching it this time. 

2024 Blackwork SAL

Peppermint Purple

 
Added 182 stitches this time

Then I didn't know what I wanted to stitch so I just reached in the box and pulled out something which ended up being a Halloween piece. I did some work on the Witch's Hat.

Spooky & Sweet

Fat Quarter Shop

I have it 129 stitches.

Then for the end of the week I thought some flowers might brighten things up. Unfortunately the only parts I got to were leaves, leaves and more leaves! It looks like I have to wait for the other carnation before I get any color here so all I need is patience! 

Flowers of the Month

January, Carnation

Ellen Maurer-Stroh

Added 103 stitches to the carnation.

So that is what I did this week. This week I did not work on any prompts and I think I feel better and more relaxed already! Now if the rest of life would just fall in line too then everything could be perfect!

So as always I would like to thank everyone who stopped by!

I love that you come by to see what I am up to. I hope to see you again next week!

Have a safe and happy new year and I will see you in 2025!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 09/22/24

Happy Fall Everyone! I hope that you have had a great week. Fall weather will be moving in soon and the hot days will be fading away until next year and I am getting sad already.

Last week there was nothing exciting going on and I think my life is FINALLY calming down and getting back to where it belongs ~ thank goodness. So, with that said...let me show you my curren stitches! 

We started the week off with these shamrocks

Lucky Shamrocks

Daily Cross Stitch

 

Progress 09/15/24

288 stitches added

Long May You Stitch

Lucy Beam from

Love In Stitches

 

Progress 09/16/24

added 210 stitches

Quilt Block Sampler

Artist - Loretta Oliver

Designer - Stitching the Night Away

 

Progress 09/17/24

added 226 stitches

Stephen King House

The Witchy Stitcher

   
Progress 09/18/24
237 stitches were added to the top floor of the house

Vase of Flowers

Durene Jones

Progress 09/19/24
Added another 204 stitches
Just the blue background has to be finished.

Sweet and Spooky

Fat Quarter Shop

Progress 09/20/24
Added some of the sun and the
beginning of a sucker with 237 stitches

Flowers of the Month

January, Carnation

Designer - Ellen Maurer-Stroh

Progress 09/21/24

205 stitched were added

Went to continue working on February but I found out it was started in the wrong place then I couldn't get the floss out so I started the January square instead. That was not a fun way to end the week! 

whew....that is it for the stitching!
Hope I didn't bore you to much!!

I hope to have a lot of these stitch packed weeks so
come back next week and see what I have accomplished!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 08/04/24

Happy Sunday Everyone!  We have been having storms and power surges on and off all week so I will try to make this a quick post even if I do have about what seems like a million photos for this post! 

I stitched a different project each day because of the Stitching Olympics over on Instagram. So here we go!

Day 3, Stitch something related to summer

So even though I LOVE summer I found myself lacking any summer charts! Since we are encouraged to get creative with our selections this was what I came up with! I will be recording the summer temperature eventually! 

Temperature Library

Kristi’s Corner Needlework (Etsy)

Designer - Kristi DiClemente

 

Progress 07/28/24

Added 204 stitches

Day 4, Stitch with a floss or on a fabric in a color from the Olympic rings; blue, yellow, black, green or red. 

My fabric is blue.

Winter 2024 SAL

Stitchonomy

Designer - Alyssa

 

Progress 07/29/24

Added 168 stitches

Day 5, Stitch something with water.

This is the only thing I had even resembling water, if you use your imagination! There is a vase with water in it for the flowers. 

Vase of Flowers

Durene Jones

  

Progress 07/30/24

Added 106 stitches

Day 6, Stitch something that contains something round.

There will be lollipops which will be round!

Sweet and Spooky

Fat Quarter Shop

Progress 07/31/24

Added 115 stitches

Day 7, Stitch on one of your oldest WIPs.

Well I  I had one in 2004 but I couldn't find it so this piece had to fill in for it because is the oldest one I could find. I started this one in 2011. I finished the June Flower last month and now moved on to the February one. 

Flowers of the Month

February, Violets

Designer - Ellen Maurer-Stroh
  

Progress 08/01/24

Added 208 stitches

Day 8, Stitch something with more than one person.

I took out the Stephen King House for this one. It will have a whole cast of characters from his movies! 

Stephen King House

The Witchy Stitcher

 

Progress 08/02/24

210 stitches

Day 9, Stitch something with a row of something or a border.

All of these little ornaments will have borders around them when they are finished. 

Small Christmas Ornaments

Durene Jones

  

Progress 08/03/24

127 stitches

And that is all the stitching! Thank goodness.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my weekly recap and thanks for hanging in there until the end.

Have a great week and I hope you get in lots of Xs.

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 06/16/24

Hello Everyone!  I want to start off by saying Happy Father's Day to all it applies to; men and women!

We are still having a crazy heatwave! We will be in the 100s and monsoon is supposed to start this week. So we will have rain with hot air! Unfortunately for us, the rain does not usually last very long. Also it is kinda spotty; it may rain at my house but not across the street so you have to be in a good place to get wet! LOL 


This week I stitched a little on a few different pieces. I started off with

The Flower a Day
CM Designs

Progress 06/09/24
249 stitches

I really love this one but it is slow going! So many pretty flowers and colors.

After that I spun the wheel and got the other flower piece!

Flowers of the Month

June, Wild Rose

Designer - Ellen Maurer-Stroh

Progress 06/12/24

280 stitches

Well I FINALLY finished the June flower! I am so happy it is done!!
Now to finish the other eight and that will take a while, I am sure!!

Next up is the temperature piece that I am sure will NOT be finished in 2024!

Temperature Library

Kristi’s Corner Needlework (Etsy)

Designer - Kristi DiClemente

Progress 06/14/24

Added 229 stitches

I thought on this one I would make the bookshelf first and then start adding the books but evidently bookshelves are harder to make than I thought they would be!! This is the outline for the top seven shelves. 

And that is the stitches for the week, 758 stitches! 

I appreciate you stopping by and taking the time to see my stitching.

Hope to see ya next week with another faithful update!

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I am off to stitch!