Weekly update January 30th, 2022

Hi Everyone, 

Just a quick update...

Still Cold... One night was -13 ° F when I walked Macey.  

DH had his eye exam on Friday & it was snowing (roads covered on the ride home). Thankfully we decided not to shop after the appointment. 

Stitching:

Time to share my exchange for January....

Finish # 3A & 3B for  2022

January Exchange from the Facebook Group: International Cross Stitch Pen Pals

Theme: Sledding
Challenge: The color orange

Winter Wind ©2006 The Prairie Schooler, Inc.
Sledding Individual Ornament
32ct Belfast Linen - Lambswool
DMC Threads
Stitch Count: 30 x 34 , 2 over 2
Cross Stitch
 

 I ran out of DMC3777. So I frogged a bit...made the bird DMC321 and changed the mittens and scarf to orange (920,  I think).

 

 

 

 

 

Back

 

 

 

 

 

Exchange package

Some warm cider and hot chocolate, maple candies, snowflake ribbon, charm and stickers, and of course a pair of scissors..

 

 

 

 My partner sent me this cute little stitch - from ETSY shop FoxStitchStore.

 

 

Christmas Mouse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finish #4 for 2022

Bookmark from etsy store Stitchesloversshop
** Middle BookmarkFabric: 14ct white Aida
Threads: DMC, DMC Diamant (for the white)
Stitch Count: 36 x 99, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little progress on...

Love © 2019 The Scarlett House
Fabric: 40ct Barnwood PTP
Threads: CC, Weeks, and DMC (I didn't have the black licorice)
Stitch Count: 69 x 53, 1 over 2
Cross Stitch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ... and I started my February Exchange from the Facebook Group: International Cross Stitch Pen Pals

Theme: Hearts or Gnomes
Challenge: Add your signature

Cute Gnome Bookmark **Middle motif © NotiCrossStitch (ETSY SHOP)

Fabric: 14ct Light Blue Aida
Threads: DMC  & Wisper
Stitch Count (40x40 (approx), 2 over 1
Cross Stitch, Backstitch


* I plan to use Wisper for the pompoms on the hats.  

 

 

Stash:

Annie Beez Folk Art 12 Day of Christmas Stockings #1 exclusive from Crazy Annies.

Until my next update,
Have a wonderful week!
Lisa M.

Weekly update January 23rd, 2022

Hi Everyone, 

It'd been a busy and cold week. Lots of errands.. and such. 

Still getting Christmas cards in the mail this week. I still have 2 birthday cards that haven't arrived yet. Postal issues with my car payment. Mailed on 12/16...still hasn't arrived. Hence the lots of errands.

Cold temperatures... This is Saturday... see the low of -18 ° F?  Macey decided that she had to go ...so out we went at 2:30 am. Yes it was -18! Without the wind chill .  It was a quick walk... Then Saturday I fell in the fresh snow (my foot slipped while stepping over a snowbank). ugh...Feeling it today.

Yes, the indoor temp is 80 because I took the picture when the oven was on.. making some banana bread and the house warmed up.

 

I signed up for the  Love2Stitch2022 challenge at Embroidery.com 

Not sure If I will work on the same piece each day/week  or just put in a half hour for the challenge and stitch other things later. It depends on what comes in this week. (I have a few things on order...some from March of last year.) 

Stitching: 

I still don't know how I should count my two sided finishes .. so I'm going with A&B... instead of numbering each one separately.

** It's Monday01/17 and my thread orders ( yep...from more than one online shop) still hadn't shipped... and I wanted my partner to receive her exchange..so I got a little creative - I ran out of 3777 so I stitched the bird in DMC 321. I also didn't have enough 3777 for the scarf - So I made the scarf orange which ties in with the monthly (optional) challenge. 

***Both orders shipped on Tuesday. 

I mailed out my exchange package this week... so I hope my partner receives it so I can share next week.

I wanted the card to match the theme.. but all I had with snow (sledding) was a Christmas card.. so I cut off the back and added a new blank backing. but I forgot to take a pic of the card.

Finish # 3A & 3B for  2022

January Exchange from the Facebook Group: International Cross Stitch Pen Pals

Theme: Sledding
Challenge: The color orange

Winter Wind ©2006 The Prairie Schooler, Inc.
Sledding Individual Ornament
32ct Belfast Linen - Lambswool
DMC Threads
Stitch Count: 30 x 34 , 2 over 2
Cross Stitch

A little progress on

Love © 2019 The Scarlett House
Fabric: 40ct Barnwood PTP
Threads: CC, Weeks, and DMC (I didn't have the black licorice)
Stitch Count: 69 x 53, 1 over 2
Cross Stitch


 

 

 

 

 

Progress 

 

 

 

 

 

Added some stitches in ...

Bookmark from etsy store Stitchesloversshop

 ** Middle Bookmark

Fabric: 14ct white Aida
Threads: DMC, DMC Diamant
Stitch Count: 36 x 99, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch


 

 

 

 

Progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

Started something new...but changing out the pattern as I have an idea for another project. This is a trial piece.
 

DMC Hardanger Stitchery Kit "Lovebirds" Card © 1998 The Dollfus-Mieg Co., Inc.
Fabric: 28ct Ecru Linen
Threads: DMC 8
Stitch Count: 44 x 68

 

I want to try to satin stitch heart shape border on my February exchange piece. It is on opal 14ct aida. Not sure if I can cut it out...Still thinking about this.

Stash: Heavy mail this week....

Colour & Cotton January Fabric & Threads of the Month

Fabric: Chamomile

Threads:  Almond Latte, Loden, Brass, Whiskey, and Dark Indigo

 

 

 

 

Friday I received:

Hobby House Needlework orders:some pretty fabrics, DMC 3777 and a skein of DMC 347  from a previous order.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fabrics:  36ct Magnificent by Fortnight Fabrics (trying this one for the first time), 32ct raw, and 18ct mystic gray,

and some  40ct R&R winter brew ..lastly another one to try: Mystic fabrics 32ct Olympia

 

 

 

 

Then on Saturday my December 28th order from 123 Stitch arrived

 

 

 

Fabrics  (Small cuts)

and threads

 

 

 

 

 

 

A PDF chart from etsy shop (NotiCrossStitch)

 

Our Ruffed Grouse has been spending time in our mock orange

Until my next update,
Have a wonderful week!
Lisa M.

Weekly update January 16th, 2022

Hi Everyone,
Not a lot to share this week - 

Stitching:

Finish #2A & 2B of 2022 (since it's 2 sided)
Stained Glass Hearts ©1997 Seka's & Co.
Fabric:14ct Metallic Silver Perforated Paper
Threads: Caron Watercolors - Cherry Cordial
Stitch Count: 45 x 41, 1 over 1
Long & Short Stitches

Love the maze - even though you can't get thru it.

 

 

Started this freebie:

Love © 2019 The Scarlett House
Fabric: 40ct Barnwood PTP
Threads: CC, Weeks, and DMC (I didn't have the black licorice)
Stitch Count: 69 x 53, 1 over 2
Cross Stitch

 

 

 

Progress through today

 

 

 

 

Just a few stitches on...

Bookmark from etsy store Stitchesloversshop

 ** Middle Bookmark

Fabric: 14ct white Aida
Threads: DMC, DMC Diamant
Stitch Count: 36 x 99, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Progress through today

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still waiting for my thread to finish up my exchange piece for January Exchange from the Facebook Group: International Cross Stitch Pen Pals
Theme: Sledding
Challenge: The color orange

Winter Wind ©2006 The Prairie Schooler, Inc.
Sledding Individual Ornament
32ct Belfast Linen - Lambswool
DMC Threads
Stitch Count: 30 x 34 , 2 over 2
Cross Stitch

February Exchange from the Facebook Group: International Cross Stitch Pen Pals
Theme: Hearts or Gnomes
Challenge: Add your signature

Have a few different ideas for this exchange -  (Two of them shown above - but I have another couple waiting in the wings to see if I'd rather do them.)
 

Stash: Just a few mico/mini buttons from an etsy shop.

Until my next update,
Have a wonderful week!
Lisa M.

Weekly Update January 9th, 2022

 Hi Everyone, 

This is a little late because I've had trouble with Blogger. My text keeps changing colors and my photos don't keep the position that I set. So I finally scrapped my older post and started from scratch.

It's been a quiet week. DH was ill since last Sunday evening. Fever, chills...and a few other symptoms ...etc.  We're pretty sure it was a UTI. He has a few kidney stone shards that are being monitored so it might have been that. Lots of fluids and he is better now. 

Sunday was another storm. Predicted  a mix / snow so I was up at 4am with Macey to avoid slipping. Macey decided to get us up at 2am as she was thirsty and wanted her walk and breakfast then. ( I don't think so!) LOL!

Spent some time cutting fabric to make some vinyl project bags and thread catcher mats for my birthday floss girls.. and a few for my exchange partner. Sewing will have to wait until I get a little more sleep. 

Stitching:

Finish#1 of 2022

Mini Bouquet#1 Pineapple Welcome © 2021-2022 Jeannette Douglas Designs
Fabric: 40ct Colour & Cotton Eggnog
Threads: CC, GAST, and WDW
Stitch Count: 43 x 51, 1 over 2
Cross Stitch

**I left off the border (grits) Too close to the fabric color. Then I decided that I would finish using a wooden pillar candle holder 

I worked on my January Exchange from the facebook group International cross stitch penpals.

Theme Sledding
Challenge: The color Orange

I decided to stitch:
Winter Wind © 2006The Prairie Schooler Inc.
Sledding ornament on the back
Fabric: 32ct Lambswool Belfast
Threads: DMC ** I ran out of 3777 - placed an order 12/28. Hope it ships soon. Every time I check it's shipping later that the previous update.
Stitch Count: 30 x 34, 2 over 2
Cross Stitch

I also put a few more stitches in my landscape bookmark from Etsy shop Stitchesloversshop

**Middle Bookmark
Fabric: 14ct White Aida
Threads: DMC
Stitch Count: 36 x 99, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch

 

 

 

 

Progress as of Sunday 1/09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spent some time looking through my patterns to decide on my penpal chart for February
Theme: Hearts or Gnomes
Challenge: Add your signature

I saw a sneak peak of the all about berries club at dying to stitch (Erica Michaels is the designer) - Signed up. Now all I need is more time to stitch. LOL!

Stash:

Found an older Seka's & Co. chart at Amazon - stained glass Hearts. 

 

 

 

Until my next update,
Have a wonderful week!
Lisa M.

Weekly update January 2nd, 2022

Hi Everyone,

It's a new year of stitching.

Stitching:

Saturday evening I started the first mini bouquet (freebie found here). I decided that I want to stitch them individually.

Mini Bouquet #1 Pineapple Welcome © 2021-2022 Jeannette Douglas Designs.
Fabric: 40ct Colour & Cotton Eggnog
Threads: CC, GAST and WDW
Stitch Count: 43 x 51, 1 over 2
Cross Stitch

 

 

 

 

 

 

Progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

January Exchange from the Facebook Group: International Cross Stitch Pen Pals
Theme: Sledding
Challenge: The color orange

Will reveal when my partner receives it.

I picked out my exchange project. Got my fabric and threads together only to find that I don't have enough DMC 3777 to complete it. So I'm waiting on an order (threads and some other stuff to make it worthwhile) from 123 Stitch. Originally it was to ship 12/31. Today when I checked it's now 1/5. The last time I ordered it was about 2 weeks beyond the estimated date before it shipped. (and just like this time everything showed up as in stock). 

 

Spent yesterday looking up possible choices for my February exchange.

February Exchange from the Facebook Group: International Cross Stitch Pen Pals
Theme: Hearts or Gnomes
Challenge: Add your signature

Stash:
Nothing this week.

Until my next update, 

Today's weather. So happy it isn't ice.

Have a wonderful week!
Lisa M.