My Sunday Stitchy Update 06/21/20

First of all I would like to say Happy Father's Day to all the Dads, Mom, Grandparents, Uncles, Brothers and anyone else who has stepped up and helped raise the children out there.

In our home my grandson Jacob's 'dad' didn't want to be involved so rather than no dad Matt (my son) stepped up and did stuff with Jacob. He can't do a lot because of his disability but likes to take him places like the movies and other fun spots. He has also shown him how to be a respectful young man. So in the place of Father's Day our family's tradition is to celebrate Uncle's Day to honor him for his role in Jacob's life. We have passed our holiday idea on to other families who now also celebrate Uncle's Day!

Now for the stitching...

As I mentioned in my last post my floss order came in! Yay I couldn't wait to finish up that moon.

Horrific Halloween

Moon and Stars

Section Six of Six

Designer - Stoney Creek

Mini Finish 06/15/20

and then what do you know... 

I FINISHED all the stitching on the Halloween Banner!! It felt so satisfying putting in the last stitch.

Here it is with all the stitching finished. It still needs to meet an iron, have the buttons attached and to be FFO'd but for now I am HAPPY.

Horrific Halloween

Designer - Stoney Creek

First Stitch 01/07/19

Finished  06/15/20

As you can see it took a bit of time because the frog seemed to visit this piece a lot but I love it.

After that I picked up another piece to stitch for the rest of the week; Dog Lessons for People. I worked on it and worked on it trying to finish it up this week but it didn't happen. I do think it will be finished in the next day or two though.

Dog Lessons for People

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

here is where I started

and here is where I am now! 

Progress 06/21/20

Hope to show it to you again next week!

Oh and here is a freebie I saw on Facebook for those of you who like Samplers...
it is appropriately named Pandemic and it is from Long Dog Samplers. It is only available for free until 08.59am BST (which I think will be 3:59am EST) June 26th 2020; so don't wait!!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 12/31/17

I hope everyone had a beautiful Christmas and that Santa brought you all you wanted, provided you were on the "good" list!

Our Christmas was wonderful. Jacob was a very happy and surprised little boy and he must have been really good because he received tons of good stuff.

These are of Jacob and I even managed to sneak in one of Matt and Tia

Seems I was pretty good too!

I received new Eeyores, stitchy stuff,

puzzle stuff and new bedding!

 This is Jacob making us an

apple pie on Christmas Eve

Jacob took some of his Christmas money and bought

himself a ukulele and is teaching himself to play.

In other news... there has not been much stitching going on here. I was busy going through my fabric stash and made sure I had some pieces in the sizes I need to get a "few" more starts into the WIP pile.  I joined Stitch from Stash 2018 (Jan-June) on Facebook and wanted to see what pieces I could plan without buying any new fabric! I will have a budget of $20 per month which shouldn't be hard for me to accomplish since I have LOTS of stash! Hopefully I won't buy to many minders! LOL

I did manage to get the Xs all stitched on Day 12 except for the number 12. So tomorrow will be spent doing the stitching on the number and the back stitch on this piece and I guess it will be my first finish for 2018!

12 Days of Christmas

Day 12

Twelve Drummers Drumming

Designer - Margaret Sherry

First Stitch 11/27/17

Progress as of 12/31/17

I made my 2017 ORTament!

If you would like to see all my finishes

for the year you can do that here, 

2017 finishes. 

In closing I would like to wish you all a very

HAPPY AND BLESSED NEW YEAR!

May 2018 see all your dreams come true.

I would also like to thank you all for taking the time to read about my adventures and family and I hope to see you all again next year!

Thanks for stopping by,

see ya next time!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 10/29/17

First things first, I had some happy mail this week!

First off I would like to say Thank You to Tiffany over at TiffStitches a blog for the wonderful leaflet she sent to me.  She was clearing out a few things from her stash and she asked if I would like something and I picked...

Santa's 12 Days of Christmas

Days 5 - 8

Designer - The Prairie Schooler

Now I will be hunting for

the other days in the series!

Then I received my order from DMC! I ordered the new colors. Yes, I promised myself I wouldn't but something just came over me and well here they are in my stash!

Here they are in their tin case

which was much larger

than I thought it would be! 

and here they are in all their

beautiful colorful glory!

 Such a wonderful sight!

Now to bobbinate them and put them in my floss cabinet. 

Then I went to pick up the ceramics we painted last weekend.

The pictures show how they looked

before and after they were fired.

Coffin

Painter - Matt

Pineapple Mug

Painter - Jacob

 

Halloween Pumpkin

Painter - Me

Now for the stitching...

Well I let my fingers go walking through my box of  thru my WIP / UFO box and they stopped on a piece that was almost finished, Shades of Blue!

This is where I was on Monday when I finally picked this piece back up

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 10/23/17

and here it is now...

Progress as of 10/29/17

I hope to finish it by the end of the month or soon thereafter

so I can begin my November things!

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

And remember these words:

Kindness is the greatest

 beauty that you can have,

so take some time to be kind!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 09/03/17

Well lookie there...

It seems that I had another birthday and my family has once again spoiled me - a lot!

I got a ton of stuff! I asked for and received some shelves for my bedroom so I can display all my pretty things! They are not up yet, so no picture of them. I also asked for some more puzzles and they did not disappoint in that department.

I think that 3,000 piece one may keep me busy for a LONG while.

An old friend of mine sent me some beautiful flowers to celebrate the day too.

The family also took me out to dinner. Birthday person picks and I chose a place called Serial Grillers. We are still trying out new (to us) restaurants here in Tucson and this one has been on my list and with IT coming out next weekend (I can't wait) I thought meals named after serial killers seemed appropriate. These were some of our dinner companions.

The food was good and I ordered the Red Dragon

calzone and it was bigger than humongous! 

It was very good and now I have leftovers to enjoy too!

Then over to the best ice cream place ever, Cold Stone Creamery to pick up ice cream for (much) later!! Sometimes I believe that Jacob (my grandson) enjoys the birthdays more than the person of honor! He loves the whole wrapping of the presents, then the unwrapping, dinner, dessert and everything else in between - he even likes doing the shopping for presents.

Then I thought, what the heck...no cross stitch stuff?  So I bought some as a gift for myself!  I always, well almost always get the current Free Pattern of the Month series over at Stoney Creek. There were a few (very few) that didn't "speak" to me so I skipped them. I usually just file them away with the million other things to stitch...someday in the future but the current one keeps saying "STITCH ME" so who am I not to listen? So I went ahead and purchased the fabric, fabric holder, and a couple of the button packs needed.

I still need a few more button packs and I need to look thru my Kreinik to see what colors I need and I will be all set. Oh yeah, I need to start it and then finish it too! ha ha I am SURE it won't be ready this Halloween but there is always another!

It was a great birthday weekend all-in-all!

But I guess you guys came here to see stitching and not my birthday!

I started another for the Christmas Ornament SAL. Haven't gotten very far yet but here it it...

12 Days of Christmas

Day 9

Nine Ladies Dancing

Designer - Margaret Sherry

Progress as of  09/03/17

But now that I am looking at it
I think there is a mistake in there,
oh well...that is what is tomorrow is for!

Thanks for bearing with me through this

long post and for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 08/06/17

Hello Everyone!

Nothing much new here except that my grandson has started back to school this week. That puts us back in our regular routine, which can be a very good thing. 

Now...ta da...

I am so very happy to say that this week I have a FINISH!!  I have FINALLY put in the last blue X on the Michigan piece for my brother. 

Michigan Logo

Designer - Stitcher Universe

First Stitch 03/10/17

Last Stitch  8/04/17

Now I just need to wash it, iron it, make it into a banner and mail it off!

So that means we have a new start!

Well Hello There!

August

Hands On Design

Progress as of 08/06/17

Also Abby received her Princess Dress blanket!

Here she is trying it on

 I think she LOVES it!

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

Our New Home

A couple of people have asked to see our new home so I will show you some outdoor photos!

This is the front of our home

we have solar here!  YAY

Hope it helps reduce the bills.

and here is the yard.

There are lemon and orange trees in the backyard.

My daughter painted all the rooms before we moved in

and mine is a light...PURPLE! My favorite color!  

I am still "organizing" my space and

next I need to sew some curtains. 

I think we are in for many years of enjoyment here!

Thanks for stopping by,

see ya next time!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Evening Everyone!

Well today we come to the end of July and the conclusion of the Just One July SAL hosted by Justine.

I worked on Dinosaurs all month and accomplished quite a bit for me especially with all I had going on in July. Helping my daughter find and purchase a home for us, moving little things over to the new place, shopping for appliances, breaking my last "good" pair of glasses, the loss of Pest our beloved dog and everyday life...

This is how it looked on July 1st

and here it is now

Dinosaurs!

Artist - Stephen Michael Gardner 

Designer - Flumpkins X Stitchers

Progress as of 07/31/16

I plan on keeping it out to finish that section before I move on to something else.

Then I need to get back to Dreamcatchers so I can get that sent off to my brother.

I would like to take a minute to say THANKS to Justine for hosting this SAL and

I do hope that she will do it again because Dinosaurs! needs a lot more stitches!

One more thing!!

This weekend was Empty The Shelter at our local Animal Control so we went to browse and see what they had available! Well...we found one we LOVED and in the same cage was another who was also calling our names and wanting to go home with us so instead of taking home a new member of the family we took home two!

Introducing

Damian

Appa

Damian and Appa

on the ride home

They fit right in with Scruffy and Bowser

even though they weren't sure they wanted to welcome them in!

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching and stuff

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Hello Friends!

This week I managed to get in some stitching on my Dinosaurs! piece.  It is nice to see some progress on this piece and I am glad I picked it as my piece for Justine's Just One July SAL.

Dinosaurs!

Artist - Stephen Michael Gardner

Designer - Flumpkins X Stitchers

Progress as of 07/24/16

I was reading Evalina's blog, THIS AND THAT... the other day and she mentioned that she was going to participate in the "1 hour a day project" that she read about over on Meredithe's blog, pomegranate and chintz. So I went over to check it out and I thought surely I can devote an hour to my crafts a day for 2 weeks, right?  Well some days it is not that easy but I did manage to squeeze in some time here and there and made some progress daily! I have completed 5 days so far and here is my daily progress.

Do you think you could do it?

I don't know if I can do it every single day

but I am so very willing to try!

Now for some wonderful news! My daughter has purchased a home here in Arizona! We will need to start packing soon and moving things to the new place. I am so excited I can't wait to get all settled in our new home! Then I hope we don't ever have to move again!

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Evening Friends!

I hope that everyone has had a wonderful week!

We had a bit of bad news in our home this week, our faithful dog had to be put down on Saturday. His name was Pest and he was our great friend, protector, comforter and companion for twelve wonderful years and he will be truly missed. The Vet did all she could for him but in the end after talking with the Vet, Matt (my son, Pest was really his dog) decided it would be best if they let him go rather than let him live a painful miserable life.

Pest

04-12-04 to 07-09-16

Now on to my stitching for the week!

As you know this month I am participating in Justine's Just One July. I noticed I was having a bit of trouble seeing the fabric. I broke my LAST pair of "good" glasses and had to pull out an old pair and I just can't see as well when I am stitching and reading. I guess I will have to get some new glasses but when you need bi-focals they are costly! So...in the meantime I bought this magnifier from Amazon and I started using it today. It is really helping me with seeing the fabric so I think I may really start moving along on Dinosaurs this week!

Ivation LED Lighted 2x Magnifier

It can either attach to your desk/table or sit on top of it and I love it! It is an great addition to my stitching stash!! 

Here is my stitching progress...

Dinosaurs!

Artist - Stephen Michael Gardner

Designer - Flumpkins X Stitchers

Progress as of 07/10/16

Well I think I am talked out for the week so...

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Good Evening Friends!

Yesterday was my oldest baby's birthday. I simply can not believe that he is 34 years old already! I can remember the day he was born just like it was yesterday.

I managed to get in some stitching time this week. I finished the stitching on the first Dreamcatcher and did the back stitching on it. I decided that I will add the feather's at the end since they are stitched with "long stitches" I thought they might get messed up when I tighten and loosen my Q-Snap around my fabric.

Dreamcatchers

Designer - Joan Elliott

Progress as of 05/22/16

Tomorrow I plan on stitching the next part of the Words SAL and then moving on to the second Dreamcatcher because I would like to get this finished and sent off to my brother.

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Well...it is snowing here in the Chicago area!  It started yesterday in the early evening hours and it has been snowing ever since, that's over 24 hours so far!   This afternoon we were at 8 inches but it is still coming down and they predict it to go on until sometime Monday morning - yuck! Many schools and businesses in the area have already announced that they will be closed tomorrow. So it sounds like a pj day for this family!

Jacob and his mom went out to play in the snow and they built a snowman; and named him Sterling.

On the stitching front this week I worked on The Wizard of Oz and I think I did as much ripping out and as I did stitching! I just couldn't get the Tin Man to cooperate for some reason! Hopefully next time this comes up in rotation hopefully I will finish the second page! 

Wizard of Oz

Cross Stitch Gold Mag / July 2012

Designer - Lesley Teare

Progress as of 02/01/15

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!