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 December 26th, 2021

Hi Everyone, 

Time for my weekly update.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a quiet icy Christmas. Since we knew it was coming, we cooked Christmas dinner a day early and had Mom over to enjoy some shows and meal. We brought her home with a few more meals for the weekend.

Stitching:

Bookmark from etsy store Stitchesloversshop

 ** Middle Bookmark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Progress through 12/26/21

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stitching Plans for next year:

I have thinking about my stitching for next year -  but haven't finalized any plans. I think that it's because I am still waiting for some hand dyed fabric to arrive. Some from March and another order from Labor Day. 

I did sign up for the Crazy Annie's Exclusive club - 12 days of Christmas Stocking by Annie Beez. The teaser looked cute and I went with the 14 ct black aida so my tired eyes won't have to work as hard. 

I saw that Jeannette Douglas Designs is going to offer her Mini bouquets monthly - I hope to be able to keep up. Still deciding if I want to do them separately or together. Thinking I might want to do them separately.

I have a monthly pen pal exchange set up. Small stitches and a note each month. Will share after she receives her package. We have the entire month to mail.. so It might be a month later before I post.

I signed up with the birthday DMC Floss group again this year. Still deciding on what goodies I want to send with a card and skein of floss. 

Ornaments for my brother the traveling nurse - Have a few states to catch up on.

Three bigger full coverage projects that I want to start this year. Artecy: Battle on the High Seas, ThreadGeeks:The Alchemist , and HAED: QS Fierce

Erica Michaels  Berries for the seasons At least one berry for each season.

Mani di Donna Seasons

I would like to do a 3D finish...maybe a cube finish...thinking about Blue ribbon designs patriotic wishes - or perhaps that little greenhouse in the Cross Stitcher (UK) magazine..or maybe the JDD series HOME?

Some of the baseball charts in my stash as well as some dog ones....I saw a cut fabric flair fabric that I love..need to find the right chart for it. (Poppies)

So much to stitch..so little time... I'll wing it but it will be interesting at year end 2022 to see if I accomplished anything on the list above.

Stash:

JCS February (arrived 12/20/2021)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colour and Cotton December Threads and fabric Tuscan

Threads: Sweet Potato
Kalamata

Winter Prairie

French Grey

Oregano

 

 

 

 

ETSY Rovaris felt & fabric kit will arrived early.. (forgot to take a pic.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Weekly update December 19th, 2021

Hi Everyone,
It's been quite the two weeks... I haven't been stitching much - probably just overtired. 

We have strong wind gusts the past two weekends that caused trees to come down and power outages. Fist one was 16 hours. House drooped down to 59 degrees F. The next weekend brought more gusty winds and another power outage. This time for only a few hours. Wind and warmer temperatures meant that by mid week we had very little snow left. But a lot of cleanup to do. Lots of branches down all over the yard...so they had to come up before they became a tripping hazard when walking Macey. Another birch by the pond came down. Sadly yesterday's weather brought us some snow with a bit of mix so it will probably be there until the spring. 

Power otages messed with out tv - wasn't working so we tried several fixed.. Called for service- they're short staffed due to COVID. But when the over the phone fix didn't work, they sent someone out to repair it.

Finally received my car registration renewal (from early October) in the mail this week 

Had suspected fraud on one of my credit cards.. so a day was wasted on that and I'm anxiously waiting for a replacement to come.  There is a new exclusive kit at Acorns & Threads by Heartstring Samplery called Winter Comes.

Had a dental appointment to replace a filling mid week (the day before my birthday). Yes,  I'm another year older and yes..I saw snow flurries on my birthday. 

Took Mom grocery shopping on Friday before the bad weather. I was glad to get her out if only for a day.

Today was spent shoveling here and at Mom's then coming home and falling asleep. Still have a few things to get out in the mail. They will be late this year. 

 

Stitching:

Finished!

 

 

Turkey Time by Erica Michaels
Fabric: 24ct scalloped band
Threads: GAST, Rainbow Gallery Nordic Gold and DMC
Also 2 small JABCO Buttons (that I still need to locate)
Stitch Count: 114 x 22, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 different background paper

the colors stand out better.

Next...

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Stash:

 

 

 

The last one for this year...

Crazy Annie's Monthly - Annie Beez December sleds Let's Go Sledding

 

From Ebay: Sekas & Co. Stained Glass Ornaments 1 & 2

 

 

 

 

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

Weekly update December 5th, 2021

Hi Everyone,

More mail than stitching this week. 

I'm still arranging my stitching area - putting things away. Moving things around ...etc. The new loveseat is a little wider and longer than the older one.

Stitching:

Finished the front that I started last week and finished the back. Just need to assemble. 

 

 

 

 

Stained glass ornaments V © 2008 Sekas & Co.
Metallic silver perforated paper
Caron Watercolours: Stained glass
Stich Count: 45 x 45, 1 over varies

 

 Front & Back

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I also worked on  a 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

 

Before

 

 

 

 

 

Progress as of 12 - 05 - 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Today (Sunday) I finally found the rainbow gallery nordic gold thread that I needed for a freebie from Erica Michaels - can't find a year on the chart that I received with an order. So I started it right away before I misplaced the thread again. The bronze metallic thread is next.

Turkey Time by Erica Michaels
Fabric: 24ct scalloped band
Threads: GAST, Rainbow Gallery Nordic Gold and DMC
Also 2 small JABCO Buttons (that I still need to locate)
Stitch Count: 114 x 22, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch

Stash:

Artecy charts were on sale through the end of November.

 

 

Battle on the High Seas

 

 

From the Ashes

 

 

 

Exclusive Jeannette Douglas Designs chart available from Evertote with Leo Roxy threads

 

Exclusive from Acorn & Threads  

Summer House Stitche Workes:  Emily's Bliss Kit

40ct linen and silk threads

 

 

ETSY Rovaris chart (Pdf)...( felt & fabric kit will arrive in January)

 

Etsy charts:

 

 

 

Mani di Donna: Seasonal pincushions

 

 

Lila's Studio - Harvest Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stitches through time: Sailing 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and my Colour & Cotton November Monthly arrived

Fabric is eggnog.

 

threads: Chocolate Cherry, Cinders, Sampler Peach, Winter Eve, and Honey Amber
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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