My Sunday Stitchy Update

Evening Folks,,,

It has been a long week but thankfully I did manage to get in a bit of stitching.

As you know I participated in Justine's Just One July and worked on Dinosaur! I did not quite finish two columns so I kept it out a couple of extra days to finish that section and here is the update.

Dinosaurs!

Artist - Stephen Michael Gardner

Designer - Flumpkins X Stitchers

Progress as of 08/02/16

Now it will be going away until Justine holds

Solo September and I work on this again!

Also with all the puppy excitement last week I forgot to show the update of the Words SAL! It was just a small update as is this weeks but EVERY STITCH COUNTS! I have been stitching this while at the new house waiting for deliveries.  First up is last week's update

Words SAL

Designer - Palkó

Progress as of 07/23/16

And this week's update

Progress as of 08/04/16

Sorry, but I have one more update for you...

Some of you might remember that I joined the "1 Hour A Day Challenge" over at pomegranate and chintz. I started a few days late so naturally I ended a few days late too...but I DID IT! Here are my daily progress pictures.

Days 1 thru 5

Days 6 - 14

This week will probably consist of little to no stitching as we prepare for the big move on Saturday! Wish us luck. I am praying all goes smoothly just like when we moved here from Illinois.

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week (maybe) with another faithful update!

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

Evening Everyone!

I hope you all have had an amazing week. We had a pretty good week and now we are on a long holiday weekend due to Independence Day here in America. Hopefully we will be able to see some fireworks from our home as the Air Force base is close to us and I heard they have a great display. We can't really leave the dogs home alone because one of them doesn't do well with the loud noise and has to be medicated.

I got in some stitching this week. It didn't seem like much but looking at the progress I am pleased!

First up is...

Dreamcatchers

Designer - Joan Elliott

Progress as of 06/30/16

I finished the words and started the feathers. I just love how the feathers look stitched up! I have a few more feathers to do before the piece is finished and I will try to squeeze them in this month when I am suffering from blue burnout because of...

Dinosaurs!

Design by Stephen Michael Gardner

Flumpkins X Stitchers

Progress as of 07/03/16

This is the piece that I am stitching for Justine's Just One July. It has TONS of blues in it but it is a fabulous piece! I only got in about 200 (just a guess) stitches so far but on the first day I was "reorganizing" my stash for this one; refilling and bobbinating the floss I need. I am all set up now so it should be smooth sailing for the rest of the month. 

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Hello Friends!

Hope you have all had a great week filled with stitching and other fun filled things :)

These past few weeks I have been stitching on the piece for my brother and I REALLY want to get it finished SOON.  I am just about finished with the stitching on the last Dreamcatcher and then I will need to do the back stitch and then...I can add the feathers!

Dreamcatchers

Designer - Joan Elliott

 Progress as of 06/12/16

Progress as of 06/19/16

I want to have it finished by the end of the month so hopefully I will find some daily motivation to work on it!

Which brings me to July 1st!  I am joining Justine with her Just One July SAL!  Last time she had a monthly SAL like this everyone made so much progress and I was mad at myself for not joining in since I NEED lots of motivation to work on Dinosaurs and make some serious progress on it!

This is my latest progress picture

Dinosaurs!

Design by Stephen Michael Gardner

Flumpkins X Stitchers

Progress as of  03/03/16

6 pages completed and 14 to go!

I know I won't finish all 14 (that would be a miracle!) but I would like to finish at least one and if it is at all possible; maybe two!

If you have a piece that you would like to work on exclusively (or mainly) in July then head on over to Justine's and leave her a reply on her blog! I am sure that she would love it if lots of people signed up because you know what they say, the more the merrier!

Almost forgot to mention the weather!  Today Tucson reached 115°!! They were predicting 120° so they weren't to far off.  The humidity is only 4% so when they say it is a "dry heat" they really mean it.

I believe they said it was the hottest day in 22 years!

My daughter said that we got to to AZ just in time!  LOL

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!