My Sunday Stitchy Update 05/16/21

Well hello everyone!!  I do hope you have had a fantastic week full of crafting and relaxing. I was able to get in lots of stitching this week and I finished up the piece I was stitching on! 

**dun da da dun**   Now presenting... 

Pretty Little Chicago

Designer - Satsuma Street

First Stitch 02/11/19

Finished 05/16/21

I am so happy to have this one finished!

This is the building key in case you want to know what the building are.

1. Willis Tower (aka The Sears Tower)
2. Crain Communications Building (Smurfit-Stone)
3. Marina Towers
4. John Hancock Center
5. The Chicago Picasso Sculpture
6. The Chicago EL Train
7. The Art Institute of Chicago
8. Navy Pier Ferris Wheel
9. Navy Pier Grand Ballroom
10. Cloud Gate Sculpture (aka The Bean)
11. The Chicago Water Tower

I hope you enjoyed your little trip around Chicago to see some of the things that I think make it a great city! 

Thanks for stopping by,

see ya next time!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 05/09/21

Welcome to another Sunday update. 

Not much going on in Arizona this week. The temps are continuing to rise and restrictions for COVID seem to be going away. I think that to be on the safe side I will continue to wear my mask when I am out and about in the world. 

This week I continued to work on Pretty Little Chicago and I think that I am finally enjoying it again and getting back into the rhythm of it! Thank goodness 😊 

Pretty Little Chicago
Designer - Satsuma Street

Progress 05/09/21

This week I started working on that orange peachy colored building on the right. That is The Chicago Water Tower and Pumping Station and it survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It is a long time myth that this was the only building that remained standing after the fire but really it was the most iconic structure left standing. Large sections of the south and west sides of the city were never touched by the Fire. The Water Tower then stood as a symbol for a city determined to rise from its own ashes. You can read the history of the building or about the Great Chicago Fire by clicking the links above if you are interested.

Now to see how much I can finish on this piece during the next week!!

Thanks so much for stopping by,
see you next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 05/02/21

This week we did it, we have had our first 90° day of the year! That means summer is coming! YAY That is the best season there is. 

This week the piece that jumped out of the WIP Box was Pretty Little Chicago. I haven't worked on it in almost a year so it is way past it's time to come out and get some stitches.

Pretty Little Chicago

Designer - Satsuma Street

Progress 05/02/21

This week I seemed to have only finished what we affectionately call the "Bean" which is that blue blobby looking thing there at the bottom. It is actually called "Cloud Gate Sculpture" and was designed by an Indian-born British artist Sir Anish Kapoor. I practically worked across the street from it and I have visited it many times. It is a huge tourist attraction for people visiting Downtown Chicago. If you are interested you can read more about it here!

Since I have quite a bit to stitch on this piece in order to finish it, I think I will keep it out again next week and see if I can make some progress. 

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 07/19/20

Good Evening Friends!

I hope that you are all well and have had a great week.

The piece that found it's way out of the WIP Box his week is Pretty Little Chicago. It has been put away since July 2019 so it is way past its time. This is how it looked then.

Everything was going great with it until today!  Unfortunately today was a froggy kinda day. Somehow I grabbed the floss number 520 when I really needed 519. The colors are not even close to each other as 520 is green and 519 is a light blue. Glad I realized it before I put it away today or it may have drove me crazy the next time I take it out. Hopefully, that will teach me to double check BEFORE I stitch!

Pretty Little Chicago
Designer - Satsuma Street

Here it is with the wrong color 😞

The green color at the bottom should be blue! 

And here it is all fixed up! 

Progress 07/19/20

I know Lake Michigan is not very clean but it
looks much better with blue water rather than green.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

stay safe, stay healthy and keep stitching and I'll

see you next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 06/02/19

Did you miss me?  LOL I didn't get much stitching in on my main piece last week so there was no post but I forgot I had the piece requested by my daughter.  It was a very simple saying to chart and stitch up and it made her very happy!

Sorry if the F* word offends you...

Dainty

Designer - Faithfully Stitching Designs

First Stitch 05/19/19

Finished 05/20/19

She has always said that she is not the girly girl type, so this piece is perfect for her!

Then I took out a piece I haven't stitched for a while.  I saw that Linda had stitched a bit on her's when I visited her blog and it has been on my mind ever since and since my stitching "schedule" is all messed up I figured, why not! LOL

Pretty Little Chicago

Designer - Satsuma Street

Progress as of 06/02/19

This time around I put the finishing touches on the Picasso but I only finished working one building. 

First up is the Picasso

Chicago's Picasso is an beautiful piece of artwork situated in downtown Chicago.  Picasso gifted this sculpture to Chicago in 1967. The sculpture has also and appeared in a few films. It made it's film debut in the 1980 iconic and hilarious film The Blues Brothers. It next co-starred with Matthew Broderick in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off and in the 1988 movie Switching Channels before appearing in The Fugitive in 1993. 

Next up we have Crain Communications Building, formally known as The Smurfit–Stone Building. I don't really know much about this building other than it has been named for whatever corporation is the "owner" of the building. Despite all the official names this building has it is fondly known as The Diamond Building because of the shape at the top. 

Useless and Totally Random Fact: I used to work in this building. I worked on the 15th floor and I used to love looking out the windows because you can see miles of Chicago. It overlooks Grant Park where there are many events and festivals throughout the summer. This was the best building to work in during the coldest days of the winter because when you get off the train coming in from the South you do not even have to go outside to get to the office; simply just walk thru the connected tunnel system they have under the streets of Chicago called The Pedway.

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 02/17/19

This week I had a new start!

Matt (my son) bought me this chart as soon as it came out. Being from Chicago he thought it would look great in our home and I finally got around to starting it!

Pretty Little Chicago

Designer - Satsuma Street

First Stitch 02/11/19

Progress as of 02/17/19

So far I have finished stitching The Sears Tower (aka The Willis Tower). I grew up calling the Sears Tower by that name and when the Willis Group bought the building and changed the name I just couldn't bring myself to start calling it by the new name. When it was built is was the tallest building in the world and held that title for 25 years! Once the World Trade Center was rebuilt that became the tallest building.

I also finished (minus the backstitching) Chicago's Picasso. Picasso gifted this sculpture to Chicago in 1967 and surprisingly only took three months to complete it. This is located outside of the Richard J. Daley Center where the Cook County Circuit Courts are located. Daley was Chicago's longest serving Mayor and held office for over 20 years.

I hope you enjoyed your little lesson about my hometown Chicago. I will have much more to add as this piece grows.

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!