Weekly update July 11th, 2021

Hi everyone, 

I keep planning on posting on Sunday - but somehow the day gets away from me & I wind up getting it done on Monday. LOL!

Stitching:

Just one project this week... I've been trying to plan out some future projects & get the needed supplies but I keep hitting roadblocks.. So it might just be stash diving for awhile longer. I did uncover some treasures that I had forgotten about.

Here's my progress on

 

Puffin Bookmark © Artecy Cross Stitch Design by Tereena Clarke.
Fabric: 16ct Charles Craft White Aida
Threads: DMC (36 Colors)
Stitch Count: 34 x 80, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch

I left off here last Sunday (7/04)

 

 

and as of last night (7/11)...just about the halfway mark.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stash:

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macey laying in front of the fan...blocking it so she is the only one to get the cooler air.

Sunrise...

 7/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

November Update

Hello everyone,
Sorry this post is a little late. I had planned on posting earlier this week but got busy with some things including holiday prep and an unexpected trip to the vet for Bucky and Samantha. Thank you so much for all your wonderful comments.

We were lucky to see the vet last Saturday afternoon as both of our dogs have an ear infection. Bucky and Samantha are doing better now that they have had almost one week of medicine.

Here they are enjoying the sunrise a few days ago.





We had some really nice sunrises lately.

We've also had a few evenings of black ice. Today temps are near freezing and we are getting some snow flurries.

By now you already know that dear sweet Mel has closed down the stitch from stash group. That didn't stop me from continuing to make some progress on my current project. 

Last month at 4640 stitches finished -

Now at 6040 stitches completed! Just a little more to go to have a full page finished.

2013BB SAL QS Mystic Garden (It is a cropped version of Peacock Garden.)
Design by Michele Sayetta Artwork by Ciro Marchetti
28ct Picture this Plus Valor
Stitch Count: 139 x 138, 1 over 1 full cross
DMC & Kreinik#4



No purchases of stash this month... but next month should be fun as it will be my birthday month as well as Christmas - and Heaven and Earth Designs is having a sale.....I wonder what will fall into my shopping cart this time.....

Thanksgiving was a nice day spent with family. I am so grateful to have this time with them as last year DH was in the hospital with an infection in his replacement hip and my Dad was recovering from heart surgery.

Until next time,
Wishing you many wonderful days!
Lisa M.

Exchange Update

Hello everyone,

I woke up to a beautiful sunrise this morning.
















I recently joined the Stitch Create Exchange- Anything Goes exchange.  This exchange you could make whatever you wanted for your partner, there was no theme - so I dug through my patterns and chose to stitch Full Moon © C.A. Zittel of The Drawn Thread for my partner, Lisa V of Lisa's Stitching Lounge.

First I stitched up the scissor fob....
Front:
36ct Dirty Edinburgh (DMC 612)
Dinky Dyes Silk, NPI Silk, (Substituted Topaz for the Autumn Gold)
Embellished with 6mm black buttons
Stitch Count: Fob: 34 x 34 (Front & Back),1 over 2













and Back:

Then I stitched up the pincushion chart (same pattern)
Stitch Count: 47 x 48 , 1 over 2
Cross Stitch, Leviathan Stitch, Backstitch

I decided to finish as a pinkeep, but couldn't find any pins I liked... so I headed to my dollar store and bought a box of corsage pins and some black and orange nail polish. I thought the orange was too bright (not at all like a pumpkin) so I used the black nail polish for the pins.

Since I still had some fabric left over and some time left before the mailing deadline, I picked up another Drawn Thread Pattern and stitched this mini-months pocket calendar cover - October with plans to finish as a drum pincushion. I left off the border and changed some colors to make it match the other two pieces.




The green house reminded me of visiting my uncle when I was younger - as he lived in a green house. Most of the houses in that neighborhood were white or yellow.

36ct Dirty Edinburgh  (DMC 612)
Dinky Dyes Silk, NPI Silk, SNC Silk (Substituted DD Black Coral for NPI, NPI 915 for NPI brown, DD Sea grass for NPI, and SNC Autumn Twilight for SNC Plum Honey)
Embellished with 6mm black buttons
Stitch Count: 93 x 43, 1 over 2, and 2 over 2
Cross Stitch, Satin Stitch, and Backstitch

I dug through my stash and found some cute leaf charms so I added them to the wool felted top.

 

 

I gathered up some other goodies and sent it off to my partner. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A short time later the most delightful package arrived from Silvia in Austria.

 

She truly spoiled me. Matching fabric & buttons, some beautiful gold metallic threads, a notepad, and look at these lovely fall napkins... My favorite time of year (You can see a small portion of my fall tablecloth in this picture).

 

She also included some delicious Austrian chocolate - but it was gone before I took the picture. LOL!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And....

 

 

I saved the best for last - she stitched me this lovely elephant. Look at the floss tail - isn't this so cute? So perfectly stitched - I'll treasure it and her friendship always. Thank you my dear friend.

 



One more picture of today's sunrise.

I hope to be back in a few days with my monthly stitch from stash update.

Until then - Have a wonderful day!
Lisa M.