My Sunday Stitchy Update 11/05/17

Welcome Friends!

This week I wanted to share with you a couple of needle minders I made out of things I had laying around on my dresser.

I used to have the pewter Eeyore hanging in my car for a long time and then somehow he ended up in the house. The purple bunny is a pin that my son gave me for Mother's Day.  I didn't think I would ever wear it so I thought this was the perfect use for it.

I think they turned out adorable and I am already using them!

Now for the biggest HAPPY DANCE that I have done in quite a while!

Shades of Blue
is FINISHED!!!!

Shades of Blue
Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework
 
First Stitch 09/07/14
Last Stitch 11/05/17

This finish was a long time coming and I absolutely LOVE it!

Now, I have two more in my ginormous stash Gold and Wine and I would like to start one of these soon; maybe after the holidays. There are nine more in the series so  you know I may have to invest in those "someday" after all there is a Purple one! ha ha

Now to let my fingers do the walking thru my WIP / UFO box again to see what they can find to stitch next!

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

And remember these words:

Kindness is the greatest

beauty that you can have,

so take some time to be kind!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 10/29/17

First things first, I had some happy mail this week!

First off I would like to say Thank You to Tiffany over at TiffStitches a blog for the wonderful leaflet she sent to me.  She was clearing out a few things from her stash and she asked if I would like something and I picked...

Santa's 12 Days of Christmas

Days 5 - 8

Designer - The Prairie Schooler

Now I will be hunting for

the other days in the series!

Then I received my order from DMC! I ordered the new colors. Yes, I promised myself I wouldn't but something just came over me and well here they are in my stash!

Here they are in their tin case

which was much larger

than I thought it would be! 

and here they are in all their

beautiful colorful glory!

 Such a wonderful sight!

Now to bobbinate them and put them in my floss cabinet. 

Then I went to pick up the ceramics we painted last weekend.

The pictures show how they looked

before and after they were fired.

Coffin

Painter - Matt

Pineapple Mug

Painter - Jacob

 

Halloween Pumpkin

Painter - Me

Now for the stitching...

Well I let my fingers go walking through my box of  thru my WIP / UFO box and they stopped on a piece that was almost finished, Shades of Blue!

This is where I was on Monday when I finally picked this piece back up

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 10/23/17

and here it is now...

Progress as of 10/29/17

I hope to finish it by the end of the month or soon thereafter

so I can begin my November things!

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

And remember these words:

Kindness is the greatest

 beauty that you can have,

so take some time to be kind!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 02/26/17

Evening Friends!

This week I worked on Shades of Blue. I didn't feel like I made that much progress but looking at the pictures it seems I made more than I thought!

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Where I left off on 02/05/17

 Page 10 finished and

11 started 02/24/17

Where I am today

Progress as of 02/26/17

This is the LAST section to stitch!!

I think I will start on Three French Hens for the Christmas Ornie SAL next and then I may start a Michigan Wolverines Logo for my brother in Illinois. 

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 02/05/17

Well I was so exhausted on Sunday I never made my Weekly post so here it is a day late.

I continued working on Shades of Blue last week. Still on page 10 and a little of page 11.

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 02/05/17

(please excuse the lighting)

I see that Nicole has released the twelfth and final design in this series and just my luck it is the PURPLE one. In case people didn't notice, that is my favorite color; so I may be in trouble here next time she has one of her sales! I do have two more in my stash pile to do, Shades of Gold and Shades of Wine AND I have both the Twisted Rainbow (started) and Twisted Band Samplers keeping them company, but what is ONE MORE! LOL Hopefully it will only be one but we shall see at that time :)

Well this week I will be stitching Two Turtle Doves for The Christmas Ornie SAL and then I hope to go back to Shades of Blue.

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

(even if I was a day late)

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 01/22/17

Evening Friends!

This week I received a beautiful gift in the mail from one of my stitchy friends, Karen Vaillette.  She does not have a blog but if your belong to one of Brooke's Books Yahoo or Facebook groups I think you know who she is! She made me a beautiful pinkeep in my favorite color!

I was in shock when I opened it as it was very unexpected but I truly love it and will treasure it for many years to come!  THANK YOU KAREN!

Then I decided to keep out Shades of Blue and continue to work on it.

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 01/22/17

I am working on page 10 and a little of page 11.  There are only 12 pages, so there is hope that this one will be done SOON!  

Earlier this week I was reading a newsletter from Loretta at Stitching the Night Away and she had listed 12 SALs that are happening this year.  Wouldn't you know it, one caught my eye! It is called Christmas Ornie SAL 2017. The idea is to stitch up an ornament a month and you will have 12 new ornaments for your tree!  

They have two lists for monthly themes and you can choose either. I picked the 12 Days of Christmas theme and decided to do the one by Margaret Sherry.  I have had it in my stash for quite a while and thought that this would be the perfect opportunity to stitch it up.

I started Day 1 today and here is my progress on it.

12 Days of Christmas

Day 1

Designer - Margaret Sherry

Progress as of 01/22/17

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My Sunday Stitchy Update 01/15/17

Evening friends!

Just a quick post today. I continued working on Shades of Blue this week, trying to finish page 9 of 12 but it seems to be taking FOREVER!

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 01/15/17

Hopefully I will finish this page soon so I can pull something else out of the WIP box to work on for a bit.

This weekend Tia (my daughter) and I saw the movie Hidden Figures. It was a very good movies and I thoroughly enjoyed it. If you are looking for a great movie to see I recommend it!

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 01/08/17

Hello everyone! I hope your New Years is off to a wonderful start.

This week I continued to work Shades of Blue. It wasn't much of a stitchy week but as I say every X counts!

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 01/08/17

I will continue to work on it this week and try to get a page finish!

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

Happy New Years!

Happy New Years everyone!

I hope that everyone has been having a wonderful and safe new years and that 2017 be your best year yet!

I did not make any stitchy plans, goals or lists for 2017; instead I decided that I will just stitch what I want, when I can and be satisfied with my progress.

The last of my 2016 stitching has been on Shades of Blue. I didn't squeeze in a lot of stitching but I managed a little.

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 12/31/16

So for the year I ended up with 14 finishes. Lots of them are smalls but hey, they still count!
If you would like to see them they are all here.

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

Once again, Happy New Years and I look
forward to following you into the new year.

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Hello Friends,

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving that was full of TO MUCH FOOD! I ate so much I was stuffed for the entire weekend. Makes it hard to move around so it seemed like the perfect time to just sit and stitch. Ha ha ha

Well luckily for me the frog left me alone for the majority of the week!  That helped me with getting a page finish for Shades of Blue - YAY!!!

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 11/27/16

Total progress on the piece

This piece is now two-thirds of the way complete but the other third may just have to wait until after the New Year.  I am going to look for an ornament to stitch for Jacob for Christmas. If I have time I will do one for everyone because of course I haven't thought about it and now it is the last minute! 

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Evening Friends!

This week I picked up one of my favorites from the WIP pile, Shades of Blue. I finished one color on my current page after a lot of frogging because of miscounting. I hope the next week goes a lot smoother with this piece!

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 11/20/16

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

ps...I hope all my US friends have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Well hello everyone!

Sorry I have been gone for so long...feels like forever to me!  I had to have a "simple" hernia removal surgery which they said would require a one or two night stay in the hospital. Ten days later they finally felt I was well enough to go home but then you know when you get home you (at least me) are just feeling blah and lazy and want to lay around for a few more days and do NOTHING and that is exactly what I did! So all in all I lost two weeks stitching for Justine's Solo September Challenge but I still managed to get in a page finish! yay me!!

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 10/02/16

Looks like I did not get a current picture (I see a big white spot!) so I will post that in my next update.

Now I think I am going to work on a Halloween piece from the current Just CrossStitch Magazine Halloween issue. I will be stitching the Trick or Treat Coasters designed by Angela Pullen Atherton of Pullen Designs. I am copying how my friend Kim did her piece so I can have a door banner. Now to find some fabric in that stash of mine! 

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Evening People!

Just a quick update tonight.  I have been working on Shades of Blue this month for Justine's Solo September and have made a bit of progress.

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 09/11/16

I unpacked the last box in my room and I found Dinosaurs!!

YAY, now it will be ready for the next time ;) 

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Evening Folks!

Well here it is September and time for Justine's Solo September!  I had plans of working on this piece

Dinosaurs!

Artist - Stephen Michael Gardner

Designer - Flumpkins X Stitchers

Progress as of 08/02/16

but a funny thing happened on the way to my stitching chair.  I gathered everything up and got comfy and I couldn't find my chart! I know it has to be around here somewhere. There are still two or three boxes in my room that I need to empty and organize but I have been putting it off to do other stuff around here.  Well long story short...I didn't feel like emptying the boxes so yesterday I decided to pick something else to stitch for September. 

Which brings me to this choice! 

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 05/01/16

Progress as of 09/04/16

I hope I can get lots stitched on this one during the month! I am halfway finished now so maybe I can get a couple more pages in on it this month. 

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Hi everyone...

Here I am; a day late! I have a good excuse this time though, our modem went out and I they had to come out this morning and swap it out with a new one. Hopefully this one will last more than eight months. This is what I have been working on this week...

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

page finish ;)

how it looks so far

Progress as of 05/01/16

I have received the next part of the Palkó Words SAL so that is what I will be working on today! Then I "plan" to start a new piece that was requested by my brother. 

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Evening Friends!

I hope that you all had a wonderful week. I had a week full of cross stitching. The only problem is that with every almost section I did on this piece; I had to rip-it out and re-stitch it! I don't think I have ever made so many mistakes in one month as I have this week!

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 04/10/16

Now I am putting this piece down and hoping my

luck will change with the next piece as I have

banished the dreaded frog from my space (again)!

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Well it has been two weeks since my last update and I have quite a bit to show you!

I have a page finish on this one!

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 10/13/15

That is 5 pages down and 7 to go ;)

and I completed this one

Months SAL - October

Designer - Palko

Finished 10/16/15

and this one I designed for Jacob

Stay Weird

Faithfully Stitching Designs

Finished 10/12/15

and I don't think I showed this one

SpiderMan

Designer - Stitch Bucket

Finished 09/27/15

and I have been working on Dorothy's dress

Wizard of Oz

Cross Stitch Gold Mag / July 2012 

Designer - Lesley Teare

Progress as of 10/18/15

Well that is it for now!  Hope you enjoyed looking at my latest works.

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

I have been doing a little stitching this week!  YAY I am getting back in the hang of it a little more every day!

I did a little on

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 10/02/15

Then I also stitched up

Months SAL - September

Designer - Palko

Finished 10/04/15

So happy to be stitching again and

I think I will continue on Shades of Blue. 

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Evening Folks!

I have been busy getting in quite a few stitches since my last update and here they are!

First up A PAGE FINISH...

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

 Progress as of 06/28/15

This piece is now officially a third of the way finished!

Now if the rest would just find a way into my rotation

so I can get this completed and on to another Shade of...

and now a finish...

Months SAL - July

Designer - Palko

Finished 07/05/15

Wizard of Oz

Cross Stitch Gold Mag / July 2012 

Designer - Lesley Teare

 Progress as of 07/12/15

The family also went to see The Minions,

it was good but I liked Despicable Me better :)

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Evening... It is late but I just wanted to post a quick update :)

Not much to report except that I worked on two pieces this week - a little bit on each.

Wizard of Oz

Cross Stitch Gold Mag / July 2012

Designer - Lesley Teare

 

Progress as of 06/24/15

Shades of Blue

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 06/28/15

I think SUMMER is really trying to make it's appearance and STAY! This week we are expecting some temps in the 80s - YAY for HOT WEATHER!

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!

My Sunday Stitchy Update

Evening All, I hope you all had a great week and got in some stitching!!

Just a quick update today...

This week I finished the third page on

Shades of Blue

Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress as of 01/17/15

Then today I started

Snowman Tic Tac Toe

Ursula Michael 

Progress as of 01/18/15

This is a Facebook SAL

I will continue on this one tomorrow.

Thanks for taking a peek at my stitching

see ya next week with another faithful update!