My Sunday Stitchy Update 08/24/25

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a great week! I had a pretty good week myself.  

I want to say thanks for telling me about your favorite genre of books. It was interesting to see how similar many of our likes are! Some of the more popular ones are Stephen King, mysteries, cozy mysteries along with biographies and the list goes on and on.

Now for the important stuff!

This week I stitched on three different projects. I don't remember if I mentioned that I needed to finish the penguin for J's birthday in September or not but I did get all the stitching on that done! To be honest, it was almost finished already but until you put in that last X, it is not ready to go! Now I need to FFO it so it will be ready for gift giving time. First though I need to decide how I should finish it.

Penguin Ice Slide

Daily Cross Stitch
 
Added the final 224 stitches!

Then I decided I wanted to add some color to Stephen King's House. Unfortunately, the next color was brown! But I think as long as I am nor using more black, it should be just what I needed! I think that it will help me keep track of where I am a little easier. 

Stephen King House

The Witchy Stitcher

I added 172 stitches this week.

And last but not least for the week I worked on the Snowman 3D Ornament. Today I finished what I will call the bottom snowball, tomorrow I think I will start on the pretty blue scarf.

Snowman 3D Ornament

The World of Cross Stitching

Put in an additional 362 icy stitches this week.

So what is everyone else working on? If you stitch Christmas gifts, what do you stitch? Larger  Christmas scenes, cards, something personal, stockings, ornaments or something else? Have you started yet?? As of today; Sunday, August 24th you have 123 days until Christmas! I think that means you should get started! For some reason, I always seem to pick ones that need lots of stitches so I need plenty of time.  

This week I plan to catch up with some blog reading but before that happens, I just wanted to say

THANKS

for stopping by! So until I see you again, stay safe and out of trouble!

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 09/10/23

Happy Sunday Everyone! I hope that you are having a relaxing weekend! Our temperatures here in Arizona have spiked into the low 100s again. It feels like they will never end this year!

I finished stitching some ornaments this week.

Mini Christmas Ornaments

Shope By Maria

Bird                                                              Santa

   


Polar Bear

All the backstitch has been completed on these last three!
09/08/23

Then Tia put french knots in all their eyes for me (thanks)

and here is the whole bunch all together!

FINISHED 09/08/23

I still have to find some fabric/felt to back them with and finish them off completely so they will be ready for the Holiday. I have picked up another WIP to work on but I will post about that piece next week.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

see you next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 07/30/23

Welcome Friends! I hope that you are having a wonderful week! 

First up, a reminder of what today is! 

Make sure you get in a few stitches for the celebration.

Now on to my stitching. This week I have been stitching away on the following Christmas Ornaments. 

Mini Christmas Ornaments
Shope By Maria

Reindeer

Finished 07/27/23

Penguin

Finished 07/28/23

Santa

Progress 07/29/23

I hope I can get another one finished and a good start on another next week. 

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 07/23/23

Afternoon All, I think this will be a quick post because I have only been stitching on one project for a change! It has been slow stitching but I am getting there. I always forget how much stitching goes into full coverage pieces even when they are small ones! 

Anyways; here they are.

Mini Christmas Ornaments

Shope By Maria

First up is the

Penguin

Progress 07/19/23

This guy still needs his backstitch.

Then I started the

Reindeer

Progress 07/23/23
So far he only has a big old nose!

Well that is it for this week's stitching!

Next week I have to finish this guy and start on another.

So that's all I have for now!

Hope to see you again next week.

Have a great week everyone!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 08/29/21

Wow, here it is the end of  August and the unofficial end of summer already. 2021 is really moving fast especially when you compare it to 2020. That year seemed to just drag on forever...

This past week I did have a finish with the Penguin. I am not exactly sure what this gold is suppose to be but it was charted so I stitched it. Someone said it is tinsel, someone else said streamers and someone else suggested a scarf made with that fuzzy yarn so I guess it can be most anything.

Christmas Characters

Penguin

Designer - Durene Jones

Finished 08/23/21

Well then I decided to take the plunge and and start not one but two new ornaments. They are the last two in this chart. I really liked the Elf but figured why not add the Polar Bear too instead of leaving one empty spot on the fabric. I decided to tackle them both at the same time. I thought it may be confusing but it is working out pretty good.

Christmas Characters
Polar Bear (top) & Elf (bottom)
Designer - Durene Jones

Progress 08/29/21

Well short and sweet
about wraps up this week.

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 08/22/21

Hi there friends! I hope that you are having a great day and taking a little time for yourself. That should be a very important part of your routine but so often we are so busy we overlook ourselves! 

This week I have been working on the Penguin and he is just about finished; he only needs a little more back stitch. Lately one of my eyes  has been bothering me when I stitch so I am not getting in as much time as I would like. Guess it is time for my self care and get in and get my prescription for my glasses updated. 

Anyways; here is the progress on the Penguin.

Christmas Characters

Penguin

Designer - Durene Jones

Progress 08/22/21

#2021ChristmasInJulySAL

He should be finished by tomorrow and then yes - I have decided to stitch at least one more ornament. Even though the background takes forever and ever... I think I will do the Elf though I am pretty sure it won't be finished by the end of the month!

I would like to start some Halloween stitches in September so I need to dig thru my stuff and see what I have. This year I did NOT buy the Just Cross Stitch Halloween magazine because let's face it, I buy it every year and barely ever stitch anything out of it. So I will search thru the old editions and my pile of charts to see what strikes my fancy.  Do you stitch Halloween designs? 

Well, thanks so much for stopping by,

see you next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 08/15/21

Hi Friends!! I hope you are all doing well and had a great week.

For a lot of us here in the States school is back in session! Jacob was excited (even though he denied it) to go back and be around people his own age. Not sure if schools will stay in person or not but so far they seem to be doing well since they are wearing masks and they are going to start taking their temp and the plus side is Jacob is fully vaccinated. 

So this week I started the Penguin. I think I forgot how to count while I was stitching it because I had to frog quite a few times!  But then that is how I often stitch! LOL  

So here he is:

Christmas Characters

Penguin

Designer - Durene Jones

For me it is still the...
#2021ChristmasInJulySAL

Progress 08/15/21

Now back to the Penguin's other side! I still have some room on this piece of fabric so do I dare start another one? There are two more left on this leaflet. What do you think? I don't have anything pressing to stitch except maybe something for Halloween. Guess I will have to see if they fit!!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

see you next week with another faithful update!