Sunday, December 27, 2020

Weekly update December 27th, 2020

Hi everyone,

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas... Ours was quiet - and the rain took away almost all of our snow.. all that was left were snow piled up from plowing. We did have a dusting yesterday and today. Expecting a wintry mix for New Year's.

Time for my weekly update.. 

Stitching:
continued with ...



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 At the end of this week...

 

 

Christmas in the Adirondacks © 2003 Dimensions
Designed by Martha Edwards
Stitch Count: 90 x 122
strands vary over 1
18ct Aida
Cross Stitch, Half Cross Stitch, Backstitch, Blended
Color Chart

 

 

Stash: 

 
Colour & Cotton Fabrics of the month (November) Yes...it finally arrived and the color is lovely - Bellini

 

 

 

 

 

Some more happy mail arrived on the 23rd from Etsy shop : SweetAutumnStitch needleminder and chart place keeper

Thinking I might have to sew something to store my needleminders....hmmm...
 

 

 

 

 

Everything Cross Stitch had a 12 days of Christmas sale...so these jumped in my cart..Some perforated paper was backordered... but everything else arrived... some new scissors, a few charts... and 6 sleds...
Why the sleds? Well because I signed up for a monthly subscription at Crazy Annie's Stitchin 2021 Let's Go Sledding Ornament series designs by Annie Beez Folk Art Exclusive club


 

More on the way...but it never arrived...sigh...maybe next week.

Until next time,
Have a wonderful day!
Lisa M.

Sunday, December 20, 2020

Weekly update December 20th, 2020

Hi everyone,

Time for my weekly update.. 

I'm a year older this week.  Had a very quiet birthday.

Stitching:
continued with ...                                                            Last week...



 

 

 as of today:


Christmas in the Adirondacks © 2003 Dimensions
Designed by Martha Edwards
Stitch Count: 90 x 122
strands vary over 1
18ct Aida
Cross Stitch, Half Cross Stitch, Backstitch, Blended
Color Chart

 

 

 

FFO:

Thursday we had about 8" of snow. So I went through my projects and started to gather necessary supplies to FFO a few of them...


 

 

The stitching on this was completed in February 2020
The Floss Box Biscornu #599 © 2010 Emily Wilmarth
Fabric: 16 ct PTP Alchemy Aida
Threads: DMC
Stitch Count: 61 x 61, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch

Embellished with a few putini pins.



Stash:
Mail has been a series of packages traveling around (taking the scenic route) and never quite reaching their destination. That makes sending all of my Christmas packages late. Luckily friends and family understand and they will get to celebrate on a different day. My fabric of the month from Colour & cotton has been in transit to me since December 5th. Staying 90 miles away since the 11th....several other packages in the system - they probably won't make it here before Christmas as we had no mail delivered to town on Thursday (storm) and Saturday (who knows why - no room on the truck?). The 4 packages that were arriving tomorrow now indicate arriving late when I just checked the tracking.

Today, I had a special offer from a seller on ETSY (Stitchy Princess) for her pdf charts.

I chose: Woodland Winter Primitive Sampler and Winter Primitive Sampler

Other stash still on the way.. I'll share when it actually arrives. In the meantime, there's always pdf's from Etsy    LOL! 

We had another inch or so of snow today. Expecting it to get warm again and rain on Christmas eve.


This was taken on Friday.
 
Until next time,
Have a wonderful day!
Lisa M.

Sunday, December 13, 2020

Weekly update December 13th, 2020

Hi everyone,

Time for my weekly update. 

Stitching:
It's a finish!


All Hallow's Eve ©2020 Lila's Studio
Fabric: 40ct Woodland Halloween by Mountain Aire Fabrics
Threads: DMC, GAST and CC
Stitch Count: 99 x 125
Cross Stitch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Added a few more stitches to this one...(Last seen 04/28/2020)   Before


Now

Christmas in the Adirondacks © 2003 Dimensions
Designed by Martha Edwards
Stitch Count: 90 x 122
strands vary over 1
18ct Aida
Cross Stitch, Half Cross Stitch, Backstitch, Blended
Color Chart

 
 
 
 
 
Other:
Still going through paperwork...took more than a week to get though to one of the insurance companies that dispersed Dad's pension check. 

Had an inch or two of snow on Wednesday.
 
DH's lawn tractor finally arrived (after the snow) on Thursday.
 
Thursday Mom had Dr. visit follow up from skin cancer... noticed a few spots (pre-cancer) that needed treatment... but all is good....yea!
 
Signed up for the birthday card & floss again for next year. Now I'm brainstorming ideas of something special to include with their card & floss.
 
Until next time,
Have a wonderful day!
Lisa M.

Sunday, December 6, 2020

Weekly update December 6th, 2020

Hi everyone,

Time for my weekly update.. 

Stitching:
I have a finish!


FairIsle Friends © 2016 Tiny Modernist
Polar Bear
Fabric: 14ct White perforated paper
Threads: DMC
Stitch Count: 43 x 49, 2 over 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And a little more work on this one...


All Hallow's Eve ©2020 Lila's Studio
Fabric: 40ct Woodland Halloween by Mountain Aire Fabrics
Threads: DMC, GAST and CC
Stitch Count: 99 x 125
Cross Stitch

 

 

 

 

Stash:


Punch Needle & Primitive Stitcher Magazine Christmas 2020

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other:
Macey got into some scat Thursday night ... she was sick Friday am... called the vet...  kept a close eye on her... doing better now.
 
Until next time,
Have a wonderful day!
Lisa M.

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Weekly update November 29th, 2020

Hi everyone,

Time for my weekly update.. 

Monday is a blur.. but no stitching...

Tuesday DH had a doctor appointment.. I stayed home & wrote out Christmas cards.

Wednesday was a trip to the funeral home to pick up Dad's ashes, death certificates, and his flag. Then I had some grocery shopping....and other errands. 

Thursday was Thanksgiving... Cooked  for us and Mom. Mom's allergic to turkey so we had a nice roast for dinner. I picked up a small turkey that DH & I will have this evening.

Friday was a day of paperwork.

Finally on Saturday I picked up my needle....as this week I signed up for the 2020 Thanksgiving Stitch a Long at Embroidery.com. (Small designs such as Christmas Ornaments, scissors fobs...etc. that can be finished in 4 days.)

I knew I wouldn't have the full 4 days, but I thought I could make some progress on the weekend. 

I finally settled on this project... (I couldn't find my seka's stained glass ornaments that I planned on stitching)

New Start 


FairIsle Friends © 2016 Tiny Modernist
Polar Bear
Fabric: 14ct White perforated paper
Threads: DMC
Stitch Count: 43 x 49, 2 over 1

This was taken earlier this afternoon... Hopefully I'll have a finish later tonight.

 

 

Stash: 

I found a couple of online sales..and just couldn't resist.

Tiny Modernist.com

 FairIsle Friends

Artecy.com

Puffin Bookmark

Space for reflection adapted from artwork by Chuck Pinson


I'll leave you with a picture of Macey asleep  with her tongue sticking out...



Until next time,
Have a wonderful day!
Lisa M.

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Weekly update November 22th, 2020

Hi everyone,

Time for my weekly update.. 

Stitching:
Not much stitching time.. but I did manage to get a little more progress on: 


 

All Hallow's Eve ©2020 Lila's Studio
Fabric: 40ct Woodland Halloween by Mountain Aire Fabrics
Threads: DMC, GAST and CC
Stitch Count: 99 x 125
Cross Stitch

Here is where is I started

 

 

I finished the banner on the right outlined the pumpkin and some of the stalks on the left side


 

 

 

Stash:  
Colour & Cotton threads of the month (October)...Look at the lovely colors


Olde Santa
Pine Tree
Tarnished Metal
Chai
Quail

 

 

 

 

Until next time,
Have a wonderful day!
Lisa M.

Monday, November 16, 2020

Weekly update November 15th, 2020

Hi everyone,

Time for my weekly update.. 

Most of my days are spent taking care of paperwork since my Dad's passing, and getting a list of some things Mom needs (repairs to her home) to my brothers with photos so we can decide what needs to be done and when.

Stitching:

I started with this..


All Hallow's Eve ©2020 Lila's Studio

Fabric: 40ct Woodland Halloween by Mountain Aire Fabrics
Threads: DMC, GAST and CC
Stitch Count: 99 x 125
Cross Stitch

 

 

 


And ended here.. Not much.. but at least I had a few moments to stitch. only 4 days since my last update so I'm happy with the results.

 

 Finished the flowers...and started on the Banner.

 

 

 

 

 

Stash: 





Colour & Cotton Fabrics of the month (October) corn husk...
 

 
 
 
 
New online magazine...Some lovely designs... Down the rabbit hole

 

 
Until next time,
Have a wonderful day!
Lisa M.

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Weekly update November 8th, 2020

 Hi everyone,

Time for my weekly update.. 

Stitching:
Here's where I left off of Nov 1st.

All Hallow's Eve ©2020 Lila's Studio
Fabric: 40ct Woodland Halloween by Mountain Aire Fabrics
Threads: DMC, GAST and CC
Stitch Count: 99 x 125
Cross Stitch
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
and then on Nov 2nd


the bird














and then on Nov 3rd


the purple flowers along the right


 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
and then on Nov 4th


started on the moon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other:
Then life happened.. 
Dad had a heart attack  around 9pm Wednesday evening ...took medicine.. then next morning around 6am I got a call that he was having trouble breathing so ambulance was on the way to take him to the hospital. With the new rules (only 1 visitor and not until 4pm-7:30)...we stayed at home and waited for updates. They brought Dad to cardiac cath lab from ER & he had another attack during the procedure....they resuscitated him (He was shocked, had CPR & placed on ventilator - Apparently his DNR/DNI was missing). They were unable to finish the procedure. (This heart stoppage reduced his heart function from 40% to 30% and he had additional kidney damage from it as well). The next day he is breathing on his own but ventilator still in place. They tried to remove ventilator.. but he was in distress. Tried again on Saturday to take him off the ventilator.. no luck. Sunday they did remove the ventilator. They discovered that Dad had a lung infection and the next day Pneumonia set in. Dad passed away in the early hours on Tuesday 10th.

R.I.P. Dad      April 1940 - November 10th 2020


Until next time,
Have a wonderful day!
Lisa M.

Sunday, November 1, 2020

Weekly update November 1st, 2020

Hi everyone,

Time for my weekly update.. 

Stitching: The last week of the Witchy Stitchy challenge from Embroidery.com...Two finishes and 1 missed day.

October 25th...



All Hallow's Eve ©2020 Lila's Studio
Fabric: 40ct Woodland Halloween by Mountain Aire Fabrics
Threads: DMC, GAST and CC
Stitch Count: 99 x 125 
Cross Stitch

                                                         Before
 
After 2.0 hours
 
 
 
 October 26th...1.0 hours  spent most of the day filing a claim for my stash (below)

All Hallow's Eve ©2020 Lila's Studio
Fabric: 40ct Woodland Halloween by Mountain Aire Fabrics
Threads: DMC, GAST and CC
Stitch Count: 99 x 125
Cross Stitch

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
October 27th..today is Pass Day 1.. 
Went shopping for Mom & Dad... picked up some country ribs and a piece of corned beef. Came home & spent the rest of the day cooking... homemade barbecue sauce...bake in the oven.. meat just about falls off the bone...so tasty * tender.  Will make the corned beef tomorrow. brown sugar rub drizzled with Guinness... Spent some time today stash diving to come up with a project for my trick #4.
 
 
 
October 28th...picked up this WIP since I was in the car today for DH medical testing...



Bookmark from etsy store Stitchesloversshop
Fabric: 14ct white Aida
Threads: DMC, DMC Diamant
Stitch Count: 36 x 99, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch
 
 ** Middle Bookmark
 
 
 
Before                                                                                                                 After 0.5 hr.
First time using the DMC Diamant thread...
 
 
October 29th...2.5 hours The Frog 🐸 visited me twice today. I started stitching the vine on top & after half an hour I realized that it was off and the mistake was coming from the leafs where I ended a few days ago. So I frogged and started that over... when I got to my end of my thread, I realized that the right side of my witch hat was off by a stitch...so I frogged and re-stitched that section.

All Hallow's Eve ©2020 Lila's Studio
Fabric: 40ct Woodland Halloween by Mountain Aire Fabrics
Threads: DMC, GAST and CC
Stitch Count: 99 x 125
Cross Stitch

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
October 30th...2.0 hours

All Hallow's Eve ©2020 Lila's Studio
Fabric: 40ct Woodland Halloween by Mountain Aire Fabrics
Threads: DMC, GAST and CC
Stitch Count: 99 x 125
Cross Stitch

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
October31st...0.5 hours ** Mandatory stitch day!

All Hallow's Eve ©2020 Lila's Studio
Fabric: 40ct Woodland Halloween by Mountain Aire Fabrics
Threads: DMC, GAST and CC
Stitch Count: 99 x 125
Cross Stitch

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
November 1st..1.0 hour

All Hallow's Eve ©2020 Lila's Studio
Fabric: 40ct Woodland Halloween by Mountain Aire Fabrics
Threads: DMC, GAST and CC
Stitch Count: 99 x 125
Cross Stitch

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stash:
I thought I would have some stash to share...but my package of  GayAnn Rogers set of 4 Anthem Hearts arrived water damaged all the way though.

 
ugh...look at the damage...water stains on all the paperwork....
 

Not sure about the fabric...congress cloth was still damp when I took the photos... hope it doesn't stain or mildew while I wait for the claim to be processed.


 
 
Tuesday the mail brought another package....From a mail offer... A cross Stitch Christmas Warmest Wishes and free Sweet treats booklet.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Until next time,
Have a wonderful day!
Lisa M.