My May 2026 Stitchy Update

Good Morning Stitchy Friends, I hope everyone is well! 

During the month of May I was pretty busy with my stitching amongst other things. 

Gnome Place Like Home
Rhona Norrie Designs

I worked a little more on my Gnome Place Like Home piece. I have made a little progress and there is still a long way to go! I think that they are cuties though! 

Added 402 stitches
05/09/26
 

2025 Blackwork SAL

Peppermint Purple

Designer - Clare

Then I put the gnomes down and when I spun the wheel it had me pick up the 2025 Blackwork SAL.  I worked on it for a week and I really need to get back to it soon! 

 

I added 418 stitches
05/16/26

Christmas Tree
CrossStitchWorldUA

Then I decided that there would be no wheel this week and I should get started with this year's Christmas Ornaments. This year I am going to do it differently and stitch everyone the same ornament in different colors. I browsed Etsy and found a Quaker Christmas Tree that I liked and asked the family to pick the color they wanted their ornament stitched with. 

The first on I stitched was for my grandson! He picked DMC827 and we selected a piece of fabric that everyone's will be stitched on. I thought the floss would be to light but I think they look good together. 

 
Finished on 06/01/26

And that is all I did on the stitchy front for the past month.

I did get in a couple of books though.  I listened to the 3rd book in the Housemaid series, The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden. Right now it is the last book in the series but I think it is supposed to be turned in to either a movie or a TV series. 

The other book I listened to was Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson. It was a short book and it might have been a YA book. It was an ok book and I will continue on with the rest of the series. 

And that my friends, is that!

I hope to see you at the end of June with another update.

In the meantime, stay safe and keep on stitching.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 05/03/26

Hi Everyone! I hope you have been doing well. I have been enjoying the weather and doing lots of stitching! I have a lot of old projects and that is exactly what the wheel has been landing on lately. The benefit is that I can get some work in on my old pieces and maybe even get some of those WIPs finished off eventually!

We have been having a lot of crazy weather; hot days followed by chilly days and then more warm days. I figure as long as there are NO freezing days I am coming out ahead!

So here are the pieces I have been working on. 

04/19

Long May You Stitch

Lucy Beam

Love In Stitches

This chart originally said "Long May You Stitch" but I changed Stitch to Wave. I liked that saying better and I think it has more meaning for everyone involved. 

 
Finished this piece with 384 stitches!

04/25

Flowers of the Month

January, Carnation

Ellen Maurer-Stroh

After that I spun the wheel again and it landed on one VERY old WIP! I said to the wheel 'What is wrong with you! Can't you see I have been avoiding this one for YEARS!' LOL But I pulled it out of  the WIP Box anyway because that was the deal I made with myself. Whatever it lands on, that is what I stitch! Once I started it I decided that I will work on it until I finish the January flower, Carnation. 

The Carnations needed 1,186 stitches to finish them!

So that is five flowers down and seven to go.

05/02

Gnome Place Like Home

Rhona Norrie Designs

So I still had some time to spin the wheel again, so I spun it and I landed on Gnome Place Like Home. I was surprised to see that I had only completed half of a hat. Then I started stitching the rest of the hat and I remember that there are a lot of half stitches that I am not crazy about! Anyways, I finished the other half of the hat and plan on continuing on this chart later today. 
 

I put in 94 stitches today.

And that is all of the stitching I did this week!

I also listened to some books! 

Well like I predicted, Run on Red by Noelle Ihli was NOT very suspenseful to me but I finished it anyways. It was just ok on my scale, but I am sure others loved it. When I finished that, the next book was The Housemaid's Wedding by Freida McFadden. This is the third book in a series of four about the housemaid and how she protects abused women. I would probably rate this series a six out of ten. I then listened to a Stephen King book called The Body. If you have ever seen the movie The Stand that movie came from that book. The next one which I am listening to now is called The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave. The jury is still out since I just started it. Goodreads says I read the first book in the series but I don't remember it and I am hoping this book will jog my memory but I guess that is to be expected when there are five years between books. 

Well that is all my adventures since my last post! I hope you also had a great adventure or two.

Have a wonderful week

and

Please Stay Safe and Take Care.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 02/08/26

Hello Stitchers, glad you could stop by. This week I have a finish to show you! So I am going to hop right in and get started. I think it will be a quick one today. 

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie Designs

Rhona Norrie

First up this week was the I Stitch Sampler. I managed to finished all the stitching on it, finally! I did not add the beads, mainly because I didn't buy any since I am NOT a big bead person and I think that makes me like it like it is, beadless! 

Finished with 264 stitches this week. 

Love is Patient

Dirty Annie's

Just Cross Stitch Magazine

So after I finished that I continued to work on the Love is Patient piece. All those stitches I need to put in the cat are taking quite a while, but I think I am almost halfway finished with the cat. 

Finished with 592 stitches this week. 
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And that is all the stitching for the week!

As far as books, this week I re-read Carrie by Stephen King. This was actually my introduction to Stephen King and his books. I read this when it first came out in 1974! It has a new introduction read by another great author, Margret Atwood for the 50th anniversary of Carrie. Also the great Sissy Spacek narrated the book which was a bonus surprise for me.

Thank you once again for stopping by! 

Have an awesome week.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 02/01/26

Hey Everyone! How is it going today? I am still hoping that you have not gotten any big snow falls and that your weather has warmed up some! When I watch the news I see so many places that are snowed in and then I start remembering those days and then I get cold immediately! I guess memories are hard to forget sometimes. 

So now it is time for the stitching! 

Nintendo

Contra

Armada Designs

First up I have the Nintendo game Contra for you. I am so happy to announce that this block is FINISHED! I was so tired of stitching those trees and the grass and am MORE than happy to have finished it. 

Last week I added 213 stitches to finish this block.

Nintendo will get put away until it comes up on the wheel again.

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie Designs

Rhona Norrie

Now I have the I Stitch Sampler to show you! It is thisclose to being finished. I think that all it needs is the backstitching on the flowers and I will probably stitch those today. 

I put in 376 stitches this week and not many more to go!

Love is Patient

Dirty Annie's

Just Cross Stitch Magazine

When this came up on the wheel I was happy! I think it is a cute one. So I got out the chart and stitching and I couldn't find the stinkin' floss. So I searched and searched for it and finally found it. Evidentially I moved it to another box and forgot to move the label! But by the time I found it I wasn't able to get much stitching (better than no stitching) done but there is always this week! yay 

Put in 45 stitches.

I also read Stephen King's book, Salem's Lot and it was a long one. I "plan" to read (or re-read) some of his books this year. I usually read books via audiobook now while I do other things, like stitching and stuff around the house and yes, they count the same as reading a book! 😊 There are just not enough hours per day. 

So, that is it for me this week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stay safe and keep on stitching.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 01/24/26

Good Morning Stitchers, I hope that if you are in the path of snowstorm that is hitting the States this weekend that you are keeping safe and warm inside your home. 

In the meantime while I am waiting for my family and friends to check in from the East Coast, I have been stitching! I have been working hard on these two projects, trying to finally finish them, but no luck this week.

Nintendo
Contra

Armada Designs

First off, I have continued my stitching on Contra. Boy, the designer really packed in the stitches on these trees! I felt like I was never going to get finished, but I think this week will be it for Contra! 

 I put in 434 stitches on Contra

I only have the area towards the bottom where the dark green stitches are to finish up by going all the way across. THANK GOODNESS! LOL 

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie Designs

Rhona Norrie

Then I worked on the I Stitch Sampler at our cross stitch get together again this week.  I was putting in the decorative stems from the flowers when I noticed I did not finish the border. I was suppose to connect each set of stitches to one another, so I am trying to do that as I work on the flowers. 

I put 171 back stitches in this one this week.  

On this one I need to add the stems, finish the border and do the backstitching. Sounds simple right? Unfortunately, the ones that sound simple never seem to be.

Thanks for stopping by everyone! Hope you enjoyed my update.

And remember, where ever you are
stay inside, stay safe and warm!

See ya next time!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 01/18/26

Good Morning Stitchy Friends!

I hope that the new year is going in the right direction for you so far! In my experience, January always seems to go according to plan and the other months are a bit iffy! This year I hope that January and all of the months are going to follow suit for a wonderful year.

At home, this past week I have been working on the game Contra for my Nintendo piece. I have not worked on it since May of last year! I hope to have Contra finished by tomorrow (Monday) at the latest so I can move on to another block. Now for the progress on Contra. 

Nintendo

Contra

Armada Designs

  

I added 603 stitches to the trees!

and there are soooo many trees... 👀

At the cross stitch get together this week I decided to work on the I Stitch Sampler. This is better for our get togethers because it doesn't require a lot of light like Contra does!

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie Designs

Rhona Norrie

 

I added 206 stitches this week.

I don't think I will add the beads to this, only the decorative stems from the flowers. Once I finish I Stitch, I think I will switch these two projects to something else in the box.

Thanks a bunch for stopping by!

Please be safe and careful out there in that crazy place we call the world

and I will see you again right here next week.

Did anyone watch the Batman cartoon in the 60s? When I write the above I always think of that show because they said something like "See you tomorrow, same Bat time, same Bat channel" after each episode.  I know, I know - I am strange! LOL  but some times things just stick in my head but it must have made a big impression on me because I think I was only seven or eight when that show was on. Oh well, that is enough silliness from me! 

Have an awesome stitchy week!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 02/02/25

Welcome Back Everyone! I hope you had a great week and you were able to get in some stitching time. I had a pretty good week. One of the best parts of the week is being able to go to the Mall and stitch with my friends. I think I actually get less stitches in my piece because we are so busy talking and looking at everyone's work and wishes! But that is ok, I enjoy spending time with the other ladies.

So this week I worked on a couple of big projects that you can actually see the progress on. That encourages me to keep going! Sometimes you can't really see where you stitched but you know you did! So let me show you what I did! 

First up I stitched a little on The Enchanted Christmas Snowman. I can't believe I am still on page one of this chart though it does look like I am a little more than half way. If you look you can actually see the stitches I put in. Everything is so blue that it was nice to finally use a different color!

The Enchanted Christmas Snowman

Artist - Dona Gelsinger

Heaven and Earth Designs

On 01/26 I added 115 stitches

After that I worked on these teeny tiny squares. It is kind of hard to put the fill in these tiny boxes and I often have to take out what I stitched and do it again and again! 

One Hundred Days of Tiny

The Steady Thread

I added 252 stitches on 01/27.

Then it was Tuesday... that is the evening we stitch at the Mall. I gathered up my stuff, grabbed a Diet Pepsi and off I went. When I got to the mall I took my stuff out and I noticed I grabbed the wrong box of floss; darn it! Luckily the box I did have had black and white in it so I was still able to stitch the border! 

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie Designs

On 1/28 I added 107 black or white stitches.

Then on Wednesday I looked through the WIP Box and saw this one so I took it out and looked it over and thought that I could at least finish this one block! It took me four evenings to do it, but it is finished!! Now I am down to one more block. 

Quilt Block Sampler

Artist - Loretta Oliver

Designer - Stitching the Night Away

Yesterday, 02/01 I finished adding in 489 Xs.

Now I will have to look and see what I will do this week. I am still doing the stitching acrostics so I will look over the list I wrote down and see what I feel like stitching. And luckily I can use the same piece on more than one acrostic if it fits! YaY 

Also, Tuesday is World Cancer Day. I would like to send prayers and good wishes to everyone who has or had cancer or been touched by cancer in one way or another. Cancer is not only tough on the person that has cancer but the people surrounding and supporting them. I am proud to say that this week I will celebrate being a ten year survivor of ovarian cancer.

Be kind to one another. 

Well thanks again for stopping by!

I appreciate your time and interest.

Have a great week.

Stay Safe and Healthy

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