My Sunday Stitchy Update 12/01/19

Hip hip hooray! I have a finish!

I put in the last stitch on Jingles this afternoon!!

Jingles

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

First Stitch 01/21/19

Finished 12/01/19

It took me all year to do it but I am happy with it. I still have to attach the buttons but I want to iron it first.  Also I know I bought a hanger for it but I will be darned if I know where I put it off hand. I will have to look for it tomorrow (hopefully) so that I can get proper measurements for this.

I am so excited to have this stitched up!!

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 11/24/19

Well first I would like to thank all those who encouraged me to keep stitching Full Bloom (though it didn't take much to put me on that path) because it is now a FINISH!

I started this piece just short of 8 years ago for the Cross Stitch Crazy 2012 Challenge. It had sat in the UFO pile for a very long time and like many of us stitchers we have times when we can barely get motivated to put the floss into the eye of the needle but I am so happy now that I finally finished the stitching!

Full Bloom

Designer - Cross-Stitch-Art

First Stitch 01/03/12

Finished 11/19/19

I have finished all but three of the pieces started for that challenge. The first one is Rose of Sharon which is close to a finish, the second is Flowers of the Month which I am not sure if I want to finish it or not and the last has been discarded for change or lack of interest.

So now I picked up Jingles and did not quite finish it up.

Jingles

Let It Snow

Chart Twelve of Twelve

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

Progress as of 11/24/19

So now I need to finish up this section and add the bottom border and I will be finished with the stitching! 

I saw a new freebie post on Facebook from Jardin Prive if you are interested.

*photo taken from Jardin Prive page.

It is the redwork in this picture.

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 10/20/19

Hello Friends! I hope you are all having a wonderful week. I know many of you were tired of the heat (I am NOT among that group!) so I hope that autumn has arrived in your neighborhood. Some places in the USA have skipped autumn and seem to have gone straight into winter! I feel bad for them!!

This week because I still had out Jingles from last week (due to laziness?) I worked on the next section and part of the border design on it.

Jingles

Joy

Chart Eleven of Twelve
Designer - Lizzie*Kate

Mini Finish 10/14/19

When that was finished I went to "The Box" and picked out the first piece I came to that I haven't seen for a while and it was...

Rose of Sharon

Design Connection

First Stitch 01/10/12

Progress as of 10/20/19

As I was putting it on the q-snap I noticed a bunch of stitches I missed on the first page. WHAT!!  How did that happen???  So I went back and started working on that page filling in the missing stitches.

I will be keeping this piece out for the next week because I am enjoying it and I want to see if I missed anything else. I am afraid that if I put it away I may forget to look for those mistakes next time.

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Happy Stitching Everyone

My Sunday Stitchy Update 10/13/19

Hello Friends!

This week I managed to squeeze in two stitchy finishes! They are small but they still count ;)

They are my monthly stitches and first up is

Mini Bunnies

Monthly Series, October

Handblessings

Designer - Eileen Gurak

Mini Finish 10/10/19

I added in the two of the hanging spiders on the outsides because the space looked to empty without anything there.

After I stitched that one I had time to stitch up

Jingles

Love

Chart Ten of Twelve

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

Mini Finish 10/12/19

This was a quick one! Two more sections and this piece will be finished.

Now to figure out what I should stitch next.  I have a few pieces that are close to being finished with the stitching so I need to look at them all and see which one speaks to me first or  maybe the loudest? Next year I think I am going to have to get back on my rotation instead of just picking out whatever. I feel much more organized when I knew what was coming up.

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 09/22/19

Evening Friends! I hope everyone is doing great.

Not to much to say this week. My son finally got the information off that crazy computer and we decided to trash it. We removed the hard drive and destroyed it and will donate the hardware to one of the organizations in our area that recycles them.

This week I worked on the next section of the Christmas banner.

Jingles

Silent Night

Chart Nine of Twelve

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

Mini Finish 09/22/19

 Only three more sections to do and it will be finished and I can't wait! 

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 08/25/19

This week I have been busy stitching on my monthly pieces.

First up we have

Mini Bunnies

Monthly Series, August

Handblessings

Designer - Eileen Gurak

Mini Finish 08/20/19

then I worked on my Christmas banner

Jingles

Joy to the World

Chart Eight of Twelve

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

Mini Finish 08/25/19

and here it is

in its entirety!

Now to see what I should work on next!

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 07/14/19

Welcome Friends! 

This week has been a good stitchy week for me! I guess it really does help when you stay off the internet. I'll have to keep that in mind... LOL (note to self).

First up this week is the Christmas banner.

Jingles

Fa La La La La

Chart Seven of Twelve

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

and how it looks now 

 First Stitch 01/21/19

Progress as of 07/11/19

I love how it is turning out and that I took the chance with dying the fabric.

And since I finished that piece up and still had some week leftover I decided to start my July Mini Bunny! I started it Saturday after grocery shopping and here it is now hot off the q-snap!

Mini Bunnies

Monthly Series, July

Handblessings

Designer - Eileen Gurak

Mini Finish 07/14/19

It is the first bunny that has two colors in it, and I love how it looks. Though I did have to do a reverse image on the bunny walking with the flag because the blue field of stars is always supposed to be on the left of the flag and knowing me, it would have bugged me every time I looked at it. I know, I know...I am strange; but I think it is a good strange! 

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 06/16/19

Hi there everyone!

This week I got in another section of the Christmas banner called Merry.  I am now halfway finished with the stitching part.

Jingles

Merry

Chart Six of Twelve

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

and here it the whole thing.

First Stitch 01/21/19

Progress as of 06/16/19

Now hopping off to stitch the bunny!

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 05/19/19

Well Hello Everyone!

I do hope everyone is doing great today! I think that I am starting to feel better. So I wanted to say thank you to everyone who sent me emails hoping I would feel better soon. I went and had something like a nerve block this week and I think that may have really done the trick! I even stayed awake long enough to get some stitching in and finish the next section on my Christmas banner.

Jingles

Wait 'til Dec 25th

Chart Five of Twelve

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

and here is how the banner looks so far 

Progress as of 05/18/19

Now I need to try to get caught up with my projects to where I had planned to be by now but first I have a special request from my daughter. She wants me to chart and stitch a small saying for her. I already charted it a couple of days ago so now it is off to the q-snaps! 

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching.

I hope you all have a great week and I will

see ya next week with another faithful update!

ps - Sorry, I am still catching up with some blog posts!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 05/12/19

Hello Everyone!

Happy Mother's Day to all who are celebrating it here in the States.

Last week I was working on my May monthly bunny and here it is all finished!

Mini Bunnies

Monthly Series, May

Handblessings
Designer - Eileen Gurak

Mini Finish 05/09/19

Then I started on the next section of the Jingles banner.

Jingles

Wait 'til Dec 25th

Chart Five of Twelve

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

Progress as of 05/12/19

Well as you can see I didn't finish it! I need to finish it up and then move on to the next thing! Seems like I have been going slow with the stitching right now so I really need to step it up because I have a long list of things to complete. So I am off to thread my needle...

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 04/28/19

Hi Everyone!

I hope you have been stitching away and that you don't live in the part of the US that got slammed with snow the last couple of days. I can't believe that is it snowing this late in April but I am sure it is not the first time that it is has happened but I am pretty sure it won't be the last.

Here in my area we already reached 100𐩑 this year! YIKES... but then I am one of the weird ones who enjoys the hotter weather.

Anyways the frog has finally left my house and I finished stitching this section of my Halloween banner.

Horrific Halloween

Designer - Stoney Creek

Progress as of 04/24/19

Then I moved on to my Christmas banner and stitched up that section with no problems!

Jingles

Cheer

Chart Four of Twelve

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

and here is how the piece looks now.

Progress as of 04/28/19

I know I am behind in blog reading but I plan on trying to get caught up this week.

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 03/10/19

Evening Friends...

Last week I told you I had started the March Mini Bunny and here it is!

Mini Bunnies

Monthly Series, March

Handblessings

Designer - Eileen Gurak

Progress as of 03/03/19

So to finish out the week I started working on my Christmas piece.

Jingles

Noel

Chart Three of Twelve

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

and here is the entire piece as it looks now. 

First Stitch 01/21/19

Progress as of 03/10/19

Now to decide on what's next for this week.

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 02/03/19

Evening friends!

I hope if you live where the polar vortex hit that your temperatures are starting to warm up again! Where I used to live in Chicago the highs for a few days were below zero! It closed down the city along with most of the midwest; no school, no mail, no flights in or out and all the while the snow kept coming. I must say I have not seen snow in five years and looking at it on TV doesn't make me miss it one bit! So thankful to live where we have warm weather all year round!

Last week I finished stitching the first chart for Jingles and since I had it out I decided to do February's Christmas Ornie SAL section. So far it is stitching up quickly and I love how it looks on this fabric.

Jingles

Ho Ho Ho Holiday

Chart Two of Twelve

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

and here is how the piece looks so far

First Stitch 01/21/19

Progress as of 02/01/19

I am stitching this series as part of

Kaye's Christmas Ornie SAL

There is lots of great Christmas stitching there 

so please click the badge to go over and take a peek!

So since I finished on Friday and usually switch projects on Monday I remembered that a friend loaned me a LK chart that I should probably try to get back to her! So I decided to try to stitch it up over the weekend. As you can see, I didn't make it but hopefully I can get it finished by tomorrow? 

Good Things

Designer - Lizzie*Kate

 First Stitch 02/02/19

Progress as of 02/03/19

Hope I can do it but you know how plans go. I do need to get out the next project on the list though so I need to make some quick Xs (and stay off the internet)!

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 01/27/19

This week I added another one of my new pieces into the rotation. 

I wanted to stitch this on a sandy brownish color fabric and of course I have none in my stash. However I do have TONS of white aida! All different counts and sizes and I really want to clear out some, at least the 14 count! 

So... I googled (I love googling) how to dye fabric and I came across tea and/or coffee dying. Woohoo sounds like I could be on to something to get that brownish color. So with the help of Tia (my daughter) we got to work and tea dyed some fabric!

This is the finished project.

I love how it turned out!

So I got my needle threaded and got to stitching!

Jingles

Deck the Halls

Chart One of Twelve

Designer - Lizzie*Kate, Inc. 

First Stitch 01/21/19

Progress as of 01/27/19

I will be trying to stitch up one section a month and

they will be part of the Christmas Ornie SAL

If you would like to see more Christmas

stitching click on the blog button above!

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