My Sunday Stitchy Update 06/09/24

 Here we are... at Sunday once again! That also means it is time for my weekly update! 

This last week we have been in the hundreds every day.  Lots of stay in the house, drink water, wear light clothes and don't walk your dogs without their shoes warnings happening here; all of which are good advice! It is going to be the same this week which just means we will have to only go out when necessary but poor Jacob has to be outside when he is working at his piano moving job. They try to do everything early in the mornings but you know how that goes; some customers aren't available early so the hot parts of the day it is. 

Now on to this week's stitching!  I stitched on three different projects and one of them hasn't been out of the WIP Box in a very long time.

One day a couple of weeks ago, Jacob asked if I was ever going to finish Dinosaurs. As always when he asks this I felt bad about it still being in the dreaded WIP box and told him of course I will. So, I explained to him about the monthly acrostics that I am doing and that I haven't been able to work in the Dinos (even though it is not like I really tried). He said he didn't believe that I couldn't fit it in even ONE time so I knew I HAD to start including it and I will be darn if it didn't fit in on the first line of the acrostic I had for June! It was a sign I tell you! ha ha ha

So this month the first piece up is DINOSAURS!

Dinosaurs

Artist - Stephen Michael Gardner

Flumpkins X Stitchers

The awesome part is I can actually see the progress here!

Progress 06/02/24

240 stitches added

Next I worked on the Peppermint Purple 2024 Annual SAL

2024 Blackwork SAL

Peppermint Purple

  
Yes...I am STILL working on the borders, though hopefully not for much longer! When I
work on it I seem to get in lots of stitches but blackwork seemingly requires lots of stitches!

Progress 06/07/24

253 stitches added

And the last one for the week I decided that Metroid needed some Xs! 

Nintendo

Metroid

Armada Designs

 

I wish the stitches went in as fast on this piece! This one seems to take forever.

Progress 06/05/24
I put in 313 stitches on this one for the week

So that is a total 806 stitches for the week!

So that wraps it up for the week. Next week I will have some flowers to show and then I think that the Dinosaurs is coming back out at the end of the week. I have to check the dates for a challenge I will be in. 

If you are being exposed to extreme temperatures or weather of any kind,
please take precautions!

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 05/28/23

Hello Everyone! This week I returned Nintendo to the WIP box and then I spun the wheel so I could pull a new WIP out of the box. The wheel landed on Marmalade! It is a design by Carolyn Manning of CM Designs and I love her designs but quite honestly a lot of them are all starting to look alike with the only difference being the colors. Not that that will stop me from stitching them!! So here it is...

Marmalade

Designer - Carolyn Manning

CM Designs

This is how it looked when I pulled it out of the WIP Box
Progress 06/23/22

And here it is now

Progress 05/27/23

I will keep it out again this week since this square is not quite finished yet.

The Blackwork Stitch Along
Designers - Rhona and Eirinn Norrie
Tangled Threads and Things

Progress 05/28/23
@Tangled.Threads.And.Things

And that is it for the week except for a couple of celebrations we had recently!

First up; Jacob (my Grandson) received his second Culinary Certificate!

He thought he might want to be a Chef but has since changed his mind and only wants to do home cooking which is fine with us! He hasn't mapped out his future yet but when you are 17 it is generally hard to decide on the rest of your life and he has plenty of time to decide. For now all he wants to do is work and have a good time.

Next up, we had an awesome celebration!
Jacob's High School Graduation!!

Here he is in the processional.
There were approximately 750 students graduating with him.

And here he is with his diploma!

He was extremely happy to have received it.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out what I have been up to.

Have a great week and I will see you next Sunday!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 11/04/18

Evening Friends!

I hope that you all had a great Halloween, filled with ghosts, goblins and witches at your door for candy! We had quite a few trick or treaters this year and my only complaint was they came one or two at a time! LOL I would sit down and there would be another knock on the door. I am happy to report that I only ate one mini candy bar!

Jacob was Spider Man again. That is his favorite character of all times and I think in his 12 years of dressing up he has been Spider Man at least four times!

Here are a few pictures I found
.

I know there are more years he dressed up as Spidey, I just don't see the pictures off hand!

Anyways...on to the stitching! 

In the last post I told you that I heard Christmas calling and it was! So Christmas Rules jumped out of the WIP Box. 

Christmas Rules

Give More

Rule Eleven

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

Progress as of 11/04/18

I finished Rule Eleven and then started with the beginning of the END, Rule Twelve!!

This piece will be hanging out with me or another week so that I can try to finish it up. Then the finishing (which I am sure will be another banner) will begin.

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 09/30/18

Hi Everyone!


Today was Jacob's birthday and he is officially a teenager!

It is hard to believe he is 13 already. I remember when he was born and he was just a little bit of a thing and weighed only 4 lbs and 15 oz! Now he is about 5 ft 6 which is a whole foot taller than his favorite Gramm, me! I am super proud of this young man and can't wait to see what the future holds for him. 

This week I worked on a secret project that I can not share because the recipient would see it and it is a Christmas present.

Secret Project

Designer  - Faithfully Stitching Designs

First Stitch 09/25/18

Finished 09/28/18

It was a real quick one to stitch up and hopefully I will remember to show it after Christmas!

Then I moved on to another simple design that I also designed. I plan on this being one side of a biscornu once I finish it up. I keep changing the pattern around and I think I finally have it just how I want it! 

Hearts All Around

Biscornu

Designer - Faithfully Stitching Designs

Progress as of 09/30/18

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

and I hope to see ya tomorrow with my

WIPocalypse post!

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!

Craft Day

Don't know how I forgot to mention that Jacob and I had craft time together on Saturday!

Tia (his mom) makes him an Advent calendar every year with different Christmas activities for each day. Saturday was make Christmas decorations!  Tia had to work so I got to share the fun time with him.

I was inspired by Justine's post last week of her two son's popsicle stick ornaments and went looking on Pinterest for ideas.  I showed Jacob the pictures and let him get busy.

and this is the end result!

He made a snowman, a Santa hat and a reindeer (which he combined) and a Nativity scene.

I think he did a great job and they will be great keepsakes for when he grows up.

Thanks for stopping by,

see ya next time!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Evening friends...I do hope you had a great week!  We saw a couple of warm days here FINALLY and now we are getting saturated with rain. Hopefully our summer weather will follow the rainy days and trust me I am more than ready for them to be here!

School finished this week for the year and Jacob has made this another year of being on the "A" Honor Roll for all four quarters. I am very proud of him; he has been on the A Honor Roll every quarter since he has been in school!

Now on to the stuff you came here for...

This week after I "organized" my stash once again

I stitched my Months SAL - June

Designer - Palko

Finished 06/04/15

and started Fractal Bookmark 405

Cross Stitch Collectibles

Progress as of 06/07/15

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!

Sundays Stitchy Update...

Hello everyone!

Hope you are having a great week - despite the crazy weather.  If anyone has tooo much hot weather I would be MORE than happy to take it off your hands.  I think that we are now in 3rd place for snowiest "winter" on record in the Chicago area - we are closing in at 60 inches (with more expected later this week) and that is more snow than I EVER wanted to see so BRING ON SPRING!

Here is a picture of my grandson standing next

to the snow pile that we used to call our front yard!

Anyways...I managed to get in lots of stitching while staying in the nice warm house and I have 2 finishes for the week!

First up - I finished this piece 

Music XS

StitchX Cross Stitch Designs

Finished 02/03/14

Then I finished all the stitching on

Charmed Teacher
Hinzeit Designs

 Finished 02/06/14
I will add the charms when I am
getting ready to frame the piece.

And then I got started on

Charmed Teacher Sampler

DebBee's Designs

Progress 02/09/14

This is the last of the four end-of-the-year

teacher gifts and I am hoping to

get lots finished again this week!

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching
see ya next week with another faithful update!

Thready Thursday…

Well seems I have not sat at the sewing machine for a long time, so I dusted it off and turned it on!

Jacob always has his hands full when he is doing his chores with his iPod because he wants to listen to his music "while working" so I decided to make him an iPod case for Christmas - searched the web but couldn't find the "exact" one  I wanted (most had zippers or are girlie) so I kind of winged it :)

First I gathered these things together which I already

had in the house; a pair of old jeans, a key chain clip

and some fold over elastic (love this stuff).

Then I made a lanyard following the

instructions I found at SewCanShe

 

Then I cut of the bottom of the

pants leg from an old pair of jeans

 

Sewed up the two sides that I cut 

If you want to add velcro or some kind of snap

closure to the top I would suggest doing it BEFORE

you sew the cut sides together.  Unfortunately I DIDN'T

think about it until AFTER I was completely finished 

and had to sew the velcro in last - not so much fun!

Attached the lanyard to the side I sewed up.

 

I am sure it didn't need to go all the way
down the side but I made the lanyard
so long that I just did it that way.

Turn it out to the right side

 iPod fits in...  YAY!!

and it is ready to hang on a loop of his

jeans so he can listen to it while walking

around doing his chores or whatever!

 

I will probably let him "decorate"
it with some fabric markers.

Thanks for taking a peek,

See ya next time!

Sunday's Stitchy Update...

Hi everyone!

This has been a LONG week...I thought it was never going to get over! 

My daughter and I did go to a stitch in one evening at my local LNS Maddie Maks and we meet up with my friend Mary.  We stitch and chatted and even shopped a bit; I picked up the final Jingle Flip-It's from Lizzie*Kate and a couple of other things.

Then we had a Family Day - the last one before school starts...to The Field Museum and Jacob got to have his picture taken with "Sue" while he was there. 

The Field Museum is home to Sue the T Rex which is the largest, best-preserved, and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex ever found. This is one of Jacob's favorite exhibits and one of the things that made him want to be a paleontologist when he grows up.  He is the reason I am stitching Dinosaurs and whenever it is finished it will hang in his room.

Now on the stitching front... I know it was IHSW this weekend but I just didn't have any time or energy for stitching. The only stitching I did this week was at the Stitch In; but at least it was something! :)  

Lizzie*Kate

ABC's of Aging Artfully

Progress 08/18/13

Next week it is back to

DINOSAURS!

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

Sunday's Stitchy Update...

Hi everyone and welcome to my new followers!!

Hope you had a wonderful week ;)

This week I had a small finish and I worked a bit on Dinosaurs.

I finished stitching the Black Kitty
for Gracie's quilt and here it is

 It's a freebie from the website

Passion Brode 77

Can't wait to see the finished quilt! I am sure

it will be amazing and a great comfort to Gracie!

Then I worked  a little bit on Dinosaurs.

I am STILL on page 3 but 

I will this finished ONE DAY

We also had a small crisis at our house this week...

Waddles was MISSING!

These posters were put up all over the house.
Thankfully someone spotted Waddles and
reported his whereabouts to Jacob.

All is now right with our home!

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!