My Sunday Stitchy Update 05/04/25

Well it looks like I forgot to hit POST again! So sorry
I'll post this one from last week and then I will start on this weeks.


Here it is; May already! I can't believe it arrived all ready.

There is a lot happening at our home in May so hopefully we get through all of it without any serious issues. Unfortunately, April was that great either so I am hoping that May will end out run of bad luck because we just need a break. 

But enough of the doom and gloom, I did get in some great stitching time! 

This first one is the cutest snowman I have in my pile. I will be extremely happy to finish it but I have a lot more to go to even be close to a finish. I am anxious to get to the red scarf though! 

The Enchanted Christmas Snowman

Artist - Dona Gelsinger

Heaven and Earth Designs

I worked on this one for a couple of days and added 204 stitches.

After that I thought I should stitch on my fun witch for at least one floss length but I ended up doing two lengths instead. I just love her because she is so colorful and looks like she is full of fun!

Stitchie Witchie

Brooke's Books

 

Worked on her on the 30th and added 59 Xs.

After that one I had decided to add a few more books to the bookshelf! This is one I am very excited to work on because I want to see how the colors work themselves out! 

Temperature Library

Kristi’s Corner Needlework

Added 204 stitches in two days.

Then I finally finished the stitching on this bookmark! I bought my daughter two books for Mother's Day and I will stick the bookmark in one of them. Since I stitched this on plastic it was very hard if not impossible to get the letters like they were on the chart but I figured as long as they were close it was good enough! Now I will add a sticky board and maybe punch a hole in the top and it will be a finish!

Vase of Flowers

Durene Jones

Added 254 stitches.

And last but not least for the week, I worked on this Flower Sampler. I swear I didn't know there were so many pink shades until I was working on these flowers!

Flowers of the Month

January, Carnation

Ellen Maurer-Stroh

  
Added 221 in two days.

All in all I happy with this week's stiches!

Have a wonderful week!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 01/26/25

Happy Sunday Everyone! 

I hope that you had a wonderful week and it was full of stitches!  We are still having some cold days here and I don't like it very much! By the end of the week we were back to the 70s but I think next week will be bringing some more chilly days. Everyone in my area has been getting sick since the temps have been fluctuating so much but hopefully winter will be over soon with any luck.

If you are in the area of the California wildfires I am still praying they will be over soon. I think that they have some of the smaller fires under control but there is always a chance that they will spark into another large one again. They need lots of rain and water to fight those fires so please, if you pray ask for those fires to finally be put to rest. 

Well I had another pretty busy week full of stitches, so let me show you what I did!

The first prompt called was #5 "Stitch something from a magazine." This piece came out of the Winter 2024 edition of the Just Cross Stitch magazine so it definitely qualified!

Love is Patient

Dirty Annie's

Just Cross Stitch Magazine

I added 214 stitches this time.

The next number called was 20! It said to "Stitch something inspired by your pet or someone else’s pet". Well we have five dogs so this was the ONLY logical piece! 

Home is Where the Dog Is

Daily Cross Stitch

 

91 stitches were added this time.

11 Stitch something you would take on vacation

Dinosaurs

Flumpkins X Stitchers

Artist - Stephen Michael Gardner

 

Put in 47 stitches

After that the caller called number 21. That prompt said to "Stitch something that is part of a series." I have a few pieces that can be considered a series but I think this may be my oldest one. I would REALLY like to finish it someday.

Nintendo

Contra

Armada Designs

Started adding the greenery on the trees which was 110 stitches!

Well here we are, coming up to the end of Brringo! Only TWO prompts left. The first one called was 24. Again I need to "Stitch something inspired by your zodiac sign!"  I'm not really into the zodiac or horoscopes but here is my sign, Virgo.  This piece was pretty easy but I would like to stitch the Virgo symbol on it because it looks so bare. I'll have to go over to Etsy and see if I can find one.

Virgo Constellation

DailyCrossStitch.com

115 stitches finished this piece!!

And last but not list the very last number called was 1! It stated "Stitch something that is a fantasy theme (ex: fancy ladies, mermaids, etc)." I think that Stitchie Witchie is pretty fancy looking, just look at that hat for starters! Her outfit will look great too once you get to see all of her. 

Stitchie Witchie

Brooke's Books

 

I added 150 stitches.

This was my Brringo card.

And that is it for now. We play another version in September and I am already looking forward to it. But for now, I can stitch whatever I feel like doing so I planned out the last week of January to do one project a day. 

Well I hope you all have a great week coming up.

So until I "see" you again

stay positive, happy, safe

and keep stitching!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 01/19/25

Well we have FINALLY had some chilly days here in Arizona! Overnight freeze conditions to and what the news always tells us is "Don't forget the three Ps; wrap your Pipes, cover your Plants and bring in your Pets!"  I, for one am not that happy for the colder weather and I am already looking forward to summer! I hope you are not having to cold of a week though January is pretty frosty.

For me this was another week for Brringo and then the upcoming week will be the last until the next game which I think is in September.

So let's get busy with this week's prompts! 

The number called was 19 "Stitch something with words." That lead me back to the Winter SAL I have been working on.

Winter SAL

Stitchonomy

Designer - Alyssa

  

I added 338 stitches to this one.

The next number I had to work on was 3 which was "Stitch something from a non-U.S. designer".  I picked my 2024 PP Blackwork SAL from Peppermint Purple but I will show that one a little further down on the page. 

After that it was number 17! "The Stitch something that relates to your first, middle, or last name." It was an unusual prompt but I have seen my name has in a million places over my lifetime. When I was a young child I thought God had named every church after me!

Faith Over Fear

DailyCrossStitch.com

 

It wasn't much of a start but I did get in 81 stitches.

The next prompt was a super easy one! Number 8's prompt was "Choose your favorite movie – stitch on a project of your choice for the length of the movie." Well my favorite movie is Pretty Woman with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere and I love these two actors as well. While I watched it I stitched something from Brooke's Books. When I found out Brooke passed away from cancer I felt the need to browse the charts I had from her and found this cutie in my stash. Unfortunately I could not find a finished photo of it so you will have to wait! 

Stitchie Witchie
Brooke's Books

I put in 141 stitches on her fancy hat!

For the number 4 I had to "Roll the dice!" I don't remember what that means, what I had to do or why I picked the chart I did but I worked on the constellation for Virgo. 

Virgo Constellation
DailyCrossStitch.com

This chart was a LOT of counting over and over again
because of all the blank space but I got it and 85 stitches!

The next number was 12 and I needed to "Stitch something that is monochromatic!" Well I just happen to have one or two of those so I picked the Peppermint Purple Blackwork SAL because I wanted to try to finish the borders on it! 

2024 PP Blackwork SAL

 Peppermint Purple

 

Combined with the prompt above I had 331 stitches

and the borders are finished!

The number and prompt for Saturday was 13; "Stitch something that was gifted to you or that will be gifted to someone else."  Sooner or later this is going to be a gift for my daughter.

Temperature Library
Kristi’s Corner Needlework

  
I only managed 67 stitches last night because I was exhausted!

Which finally brings us to today, Sunday! The lucky number was 7 with the prompt "Stitch something that someone else chooses for you." Though when I am stitching this piece I don't feel so lucky! Though every time Jacob picks something for me; this is it! 

Dinosaurs
Flumpkin X Stitchers

  

Only managed 30 stitches in over an hour!
It seems like 30 stitches is 30 colors though I know that's not right but it is close. 


So that is all the stitches for the week. Thanks for coming to look at them!

I hope you had a successful crafty week as well.

Stay Safe and Stay Happy

and I will meet you here again next week!

ps... I am almost caught up on the emails, sorry it is taking me so long