My Sunday Stitchy Update 10/05/25

Well Hello All! Hope you are doing well. I am doing pretty good.

Last week I fully finished Penguin Ice Slide (the penguin is a bit crooked!) in a simple hoop finish. He promptly hung it up on his bedroom door with all his other penguins. That makes me feel good because I know he appreciates them. Here is how it looks now:

Penguin Ice Slide

Daily Cross Stitch

FFO 09/25/25

Then today I finished all the stitching on the Blackhawks logo for my grandson. I don't think I mentioned it before, but if you are not a sports person, this logo is for Chicago's hockey team. I had plans to mount it on a stretch canvas frame today. So I went to the dollar store this week and bought a bottle of Mod Podge so I can mount the stitching. Well, I have looked all over and can't find where I put it so I may have to stop at the store again when I'm out to pick up another bottle. Then I am sure, I will find the missing bottle! LOL  So maybe next week I can show you the fully finished piece, but in the mean time here is the logo now. It is not really crooked, that is my wonderful photography skills! 

Chicago Blackhawks Logo

Stitching is Finished!

10/04/25

Now I believe I will return to my Christmas ornaments and alternate with a Halloween piece that I am going to SAL with a friend of mine. Guess I should get out some fabric for it. 

Thanks for stopping by! I am thankful for you guys. 

Stay safe and I will see you next week.

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 06/01/25

Welcome! It looks as though today is going to be a quick post. 

We have been having temperatures in the high 90s and are in serious need of RAIN! They keep saying it is coming but I don't see any. 😕 Nothing worth talking about has really been going on here, except some stitching! 

We played a game during one of our stitching get-togethers and it was fun! Even more fun because I won! LOL We played the game called Stitch-opoly. It is a game based on Embroidery and Cross Stitching based on the ever-popular game of Monopoly. I don't think they make this game anymore based on the eBay prices but one of the ladies in our group got it locally for pretty cheap. Plus, since it was local there were no postage prices tacked on. So anyways, we had a fun time playing and I am sure we will play again and I am looking forward to it.

This week I stitched on the Mason Jar Lineup from Dimensions. I have not taken this out of the WIP Box since 2024 and before that it was 2022. So, I think it was time! LOL

Mason Jar Lineup

Dimensions

Designer - Barb Tourtillotte

Added 240 stitches to the mason jars

 

After I finished working on the jars, I pulled out the Penguin Ice Slide. I think that once I finish this, I will make it into a birthday card for Jacob and he can add the penguin to his collection.

Penguin Ice Slide

Daily Cross Stitch

I added 297 stitches to the ice.


And that is that on the stitching front! 

I enjoyed only stitching on a few pieces. I felt that I was able to really get in some stitches for a change. So, I can feel another change coming on as to what to stitch. No more acrostics or lists; just

ENJOYMENT!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a wonderful week and 

please stay well and safe and don't

forget to take some time for yourself!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 04/27/25

Good Afternoon Stitchers and Friends!

Welcome and I am glad you were able to stop by to see what I have been up to. 

This was the last week of SPRINGO so this is what I needed to stitch for my board. First up was the letter I which was for the Penguin Ice Slide! The Penguin is all stitched up and now I need to add ice and he will be finished! 

Penguin Ice Slide

Daily Cross Stitch

slid in 111 stitches on 04/20

The next day the letter N was picked and so Nintendo was up. The guy's pants and shoes changed from white to blue this time. 

Nintendo

Contra

Armada Designs

It only took 100 stitches to change his outfit.

Then I had some free time (that rarely ever happens) so I pulled out Stephen King House and added a few stitches! I think this is taking al long as construction takes! 

Stephen King House

The Witchy Stitcher

So on 04/21 I constructed 144 more stitches on this house!

 

So now we are back to SPRINGO where on 04/22 the letter G was called and of course, G is for Gold and Gold is for Shades of Gold. This allowed me to achieve my second vertical SLINGO! 

Shades of Gold

Northern Expressions Needlework

Designer - Nicole Dostal

I managed to get in 104 stitches.

 

Letter P was called on both 04/23 and 04/24 which allowed gave me some time to work on the Annual Blackwork SAL (2024). I ended up with my one and only horizontal SLINGO. 

Annual Blackwork SAL
Peppermint Purple

Added 273 stitches over two days.

And now it is last call for SLINGO! The letter R was called and that is for the Twisted Rainbow Sampler. I did manage to move down to the row across. YAY

Twisted Rainbow Sampler

Northern Expressions Needlework

     

I added 128 to the rainbow. 

Well that brings us to Saturday and I felt like working on this cute. I added a bunch of hearts to him and I think he is very cute! 

Love is Patient

Dirty Annie's

Just Cross Stitch Magazine

Added 110 stitches in hearts.

So here is what my SLINGO board looked liked when I was finished.

Well, thanks for hanging in there until the end of the long post.

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I appreciate you stopping by

and I hope you will return next week!

Enjoy your week!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 04/20/25

Good Grief; I almost forgot it was my day to blog! But that is just par for the week! I have been very unorganized and forgetful lately; I guess it just wasn't my week and the next one will be better!  So let me get through this post quickly so I can post it! 
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First up is the Quilt Sampler. I think I made some decent progress on it this week. I love how the floss is coming it on it also.

Quilt Block Sampler

Stitching the Night Away

Loretta Oliver

Added 322 stitches this week

After that I worked one evening on the I Stitch Sampler. It seems like the smaller the area is the more stitches there are that go into it! 

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie Designs

Rhona Norrie

 

Put in an additional 168 stitches

Then I took out the Shades of Gold which is one of my very favorites. 

Shades of Gold

Northern Expressions Needlework

Designer - Nicole Dostal

An additional 203 stitches

The Penguin is up next! He quit looking like a chicken now! And he is close to the being finished.

Penguin Ice Slide

Daily Cross Stitch

Put in an additional 100 stitches

I stitched this one this week but I am not happy with it. I am not sure if don't like it because of the fabric or the fractional stitches or a combination of both but I am going to have to think about for a bit. 

Santa Fe Christmas

Jeanette Crews Designs, Inc.

 

Added 90 stitches

Now instead of a quilt, this one looks like a checkerboard but I do guess that is what quilts look like, different patterns of squares! 

Seasonal Quilts - Autumn

Susan Powell of Laurel Susan Studio

Just Cross Stitch Autumn 2024

Added 100 stitches

And now I started a new one. It was in my to do pile and I needed something with a mythical creature in it. I don't stitch fantasy designs like dragons and that kind of stuff so I dug this one out. 

Gnome Place Like Home

Rhona Norrie Designs

Rhona Norrie

I put in 156 stitches on this hat.


Well that is it for me this week.

Thank you so much for stopping by
and I hope you will return next week!

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