My Sunday Stitchy Update 08/18/24

Well Hello There! I hope you are doing great. I think I am doing good, well I can't complain anyways.

We have been having lots of rain which we always need but I am happy that it is considerate to wait until for the evenings to rain. Now if I could just get some sleep everything would be perfect! Oh well I guess you can't have everything! 

It looks like I had lots of stitching time this week but it didn't seem that way on a few of the days, so let me catch you up with what I have been doing. 

First up is The Flower A Day. I always love looking at this piece. It looks like a cascading flower bouquet with so many different flower designs and colors. I just wish I could stitch it FASTER! 

The Flower A Day

CM Designs

Progress 08/11/24
Added 140 stitches

Next is a piece that I have kept in the WIP Box for a long while! It hasn't come out since MARCH! I couldn't believe it and had to double check and yeah, haven't stitched on it since March! 

Shades of Gold

Designer - Nicole Dostal

Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress 08/12/24

Added 212 stitches

The next one is a another piece that hasn't received any love in quite a while, the last time I stitched on it was April! I couldn't believe it but it's true. So I pulled out my favorite colors and did a couple of hours of Xs on them. 

Rabbit Silhouettes

Daily Cross Stitch

    
Progress 08/13/24
110 Stitches hopped in

After that I pulled out the I Stitch Sampler for a little stitching. They asked for something that is a guide in your life and I certainly think this is a guide for all stitchers!

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie

Rhona Norrie Designs

Stitches Stitched 140

Progress 08/14/24

Then it was stitching at the Mall day! That is a day when you can't stitch anything to complicated because there are so many things going on when we are together. Everybody has something to say or show and sometimes it is a bit of a distraction with lots of laughs and stories!  I figured how can hard can it be to make lines?? Turns out, not that hard!!

Long May You Stitch

Lucy Beam from

Love In Stitches

Progress 08/15/24

Put in 224 stitches

And now we finally made it to Saturday! I really need to get some more on these ornaments stitched or they will never be ready for Christmas. I started the Penguin also while I was still working on the Snowperson. I didn't get a lot done on either one of them but every little bit helps. 

Small Christmas Ornaments

Durene Jones

Progress 08/17/24
Squeezed in 126 stitches to end the week
which makes 952 total stitches for the week.

So that brings us to the end of the week!

I hope that you have enjoyed seeing my stitching for the week.
So I would like to say thanks so much for stopping by,

and I hope I see you next week with another faithful update!

Now I have to go so I can start working on some stitching for the next post!

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 05/05/24

Hi everyone! 

Happy Cinco de Mayo Day! That is Spanish meaning "Fifth of May" and it is a yearly celebration held on, yes you guessed it; May 5 to celebrate Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

The strange thing about the day is that the United States "celebrates" the day but Mexico does not. I am not sure but I think it is our way of honoring them and the fact that they won the war. Or maybe it is just our way to have an excuse to eat lots of Mexican food! 

Now on to the stitching...somehow last week I forgot to add this first one!

I just barely started on this one but it seems to be a very easy stitch. I am doing it on plastic canvas and it will eventually look like the one on the right and serve as a bookmark. 

Vase of Flowers
Durene Jones

Progress 04/25/24
202 stitches added

After that I started another new one! It is a blackwork piece (which I love) and Tia had bought me some pretty red pearl floss for it called Caliente. I tried to use it but to me it is just to thick and looked horrible with the few stitches I did. I took it out and switched to a variegated DMC. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas about what I can do with, it please let me know! I have 4 skeins of it sitting here trying to figure out what to do with it. Thanks!

One Hundred Days of Tiny

The Steady Thread

New Start
Progress 04/29/24

356 stitches added

I have been taking the next piece to our stitching group. Sometimes you get lots of stitches in and sometimes you don't! I take this one to our group because I don't have to concentrate on it, I just fill in the outline which I can do while talking! So now I have two bunnies filled in and one to go.

Rabbit Silhouettes

Daily Cross Stitch

Progress 04/30/24

437 stitches added

After that I drug out the Quilt Block Sampler for a couple of days. I had to move the Q-snap so I took a very wrinkly picture of the entire piece. As you see there are ten out of the twelve blocks stitched up and I hope to finish this one up this year! 

Quilt Block Sampler

Stitching the Night Away

Designer - Loretta Oliver

 

Progress 05/02/24

214 stitches added

This is another one I take to our stitching group because it is an easy stitch. Though I will be very glad when it is FINISHED! I am getting kind of tired of stitching with this black floss!

Home is Where the Dog Is

Daily Cross Stitch

Progress 05/03/24

126 stitches added

That is 1,335 stitches for the week! It seems as though I worked on a lot of pieces this week but some are way quicker than others. 

So that is it for me for the week. We are having beautiful weather; it is supposed to be in the 80s for the entire week without a raindrop in sight. Now is the time for me to get off the internet and work on something productive like my next ornament; SANTA!

I hope you have a wonderful week! 

Stay safe and be happy and I'll see
you again...right here, next Sunday!

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 04/28/24

Hello Stitchers and Friends! Hope you are having a fabulous day. 

This week has been a pretty good one. I got in a bunch of stitching and even a small finish of an ornament. So without further ado; here are this weeks pieces. 

Small Christmas Ornaments
Reindeer

Durene Jones

Progress 04/21/24

300 Stitches added
for a mini finish!

I think he is so cute!
One finished and three to go!!

Rabbit Silhouettes

Daily Cross Stitch

Progress 04/23/24

67 stitches added

I am going to try to finish the bunny on the right this week; we will see what happens. 
Everything has an original goal of 200 and I passed that a while ago on this one.

The Enchanted Christmas Snowman

Artist - Dona Gelsinger

Heaven and Earth Designs

Progress 04/26/24
203 stitches added

This one is going to take a good long while.
This is still the first page. It shows that there are

nine pages but some have very little on them. 

Today I finished planning out the May Acrostic Challenges. I am trying to finish some of the pieces from the previous months before I add any more new pieces. I have at least 30 pieces already started which filled up my two totes! I know that is not a lot for some but for me it is to many "loose ends" so I need to get some FINISHED! 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by
and for taking a peek at my stitching

see you next week with another faithful update!

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 04/21/24

Well... here it is Sunday again! That means it is time for my weekly update. 

We are really warming up here where I am.  Last week it was in the 80s with a couple of 90s thrown in for fun! And we are expecting more of the same this week.  Hope you guys are having some great weather too. 

So let's see what I put some Xs in last week:

First I worked on the Peppermint Purple 2024 SAL. It is very relaxing to stitch, just making straight lines but I really can't wait until I get to the fills! 

2024 Blackwork SAL

Peppermint Purple

 

Progress 04/15/24

278 stitches

Then I worked on an oldie but definitely a goodie. I have been working on this one for a very very long time. There are only TWO more blocks left and hopefully I will get to them soon. I like how I did this block with the variegated floss; round and round instead of row by row. I think the effect turned out interesting and I love it. 

Quilt Block Sampler

Stitching the Night Away

Designer - Loretta Oliver

Progress 04/19/24

396 stitches

Then of course I pulled out the bunnies AKA Rabbit Silhouettes. It certainly doesn't look like it will be finished by the end of the month but I will try my best! I have three more stitching group meetings which is where I stitch on this piece but I will have to stitch A LOT OF Xs to finish it off so I will have to see how it goes. 

Rabbit Silhouettes

Daily Cross Stitch

Progress 04/16/24

181 stitches

That is 855 stitches for the week.

Sorry, I know I am behind on some blogs but I have been trying to catch up with them. I think I am almost there!! YaY! 

Well thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update
in the meantime take care of yourself.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 04/13/24

Another week, done and gone! 

Nothing exciting happening around here. Our weather is going up and down but looks like it will be moving steadily on it's way up soon! Other than that all I have been doing is reading and stitching and since you are here about the stitching let me show it to you. 

I have never stitched a card before so I decided to try and figure one out on my own, The problem with trying to figure out the stitch area is every time I measured the area on the card I was getting different measurements; of course! So I finally figured it out and got a card started. 

Happy Birthday Card

Astor Place

'Greeting Cards for All Seasons'

  

Progress 04/10/24

Stitched 299 stitches
Luckily I don't need it to soon!

The Flower a Day

CM Designs

Progress 04/13/24

Stitched 236 stitches
I just love these flowers!

Rabbit Silhouettes

Daily Cross Stitch

Progress 04/12/24

Stitched 369

This is being stitched during the stitching group each

week because I need it finished by the end of the month.

Well that is it for the week! I don't know what I'll be bringing out next week because I still have a few more acrostics to stitch. 

I hope you have a great week and thanks so much for stopping by and for the comments you left.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 04/07/24

Welcome All! I am glad you could drop by today. 

We are having some great weather here and even had a couple of days of rain. I love when they rain comes down slow and steady. We even had a day that was in the 80s so that means summer is coming! 

It is April so I have two brand new Acrostic Puzzles to get me through the month!

I have selected a dozen different projects to work on throughout the month. I started the month by working on three different projects. 

I got in two more days on Winter SAL.

Winter SAL

Stitchonomy

Designer - Alyssa

Progress 04/03/24

Added 256 more stitches

Next I continued to work on the bookshelf for the Temperature Library.

Temperature Library

Kristi’s Corner Needlework (Etsy)

Designer - Kristi DiClemente

Progress 04/06/24
Added 395 stitches

And then I worked on my bunnies.  I think I am going to make this one my Group Stitch at the mall this month. Since I have them outlined it is easy to just fill them in while our group of stitchers chit chat the time away with each other. 

Rabbit Silhouettes

Daily Cross Stitch

Progress 04/05/24
251 stitches were added!

Technically I am finished with the the Winter SAL and the Temperature Library for my April acrostic but I am hoping to ger back to them before the end of the month. 

I hope that you had a great and productive week yourself
and that this new week brings lots of Xs to your needle!

Well thanks a bunch for stopping by to check out my stitching!
Enjoy your week.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 03/24/24

Happy Sunday Everybody!  I hope it has been a great week for you. It has been pretty good for me. Our weather is warming up which I love and I also managed to get in lots of stitches on five different pieces.

The Flower A Day

Designer - Carolyn Manning

CM Designs

Progress 03/18/24
170 Stitches

Quilt Block Sampler

Artist - Loretta Oliver

Designer - Stitching the Night Away

Progress 03/19/24

171.5 Stitches

Flowers of the Month

June, Wild Rose

Designer - Ellen Maurer-Stroh

Progress 03/21/24
165 Stitches

Rabbit Silhouettes

Daily Cross Stitch

   
Progress 03/22/24
273 Stitches

Shades of Gold

Designer - Nicole Dostal

Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress 03/23/23
318 Stitches

So all these projects are on my acrostic list and I am almost finished with all my goals for March. Now it's just about time to make the April lists but only one of the phrases are ready so far. 

Can you believe it, next Sunday is Easter already! If I don't talk to you before then I would like to wish each of you a very Happy and Blessed Easter. 

Thanks for stopping by to see my progress; I appreciate it.

So until the next time happy stitching!