June 23rd Monday Update

 Hello everyone who is still here reading. Last week was a crazy busy week. I only worked on 2 WIPs. But I got a PILE of haul. Please pop over to my flosstube to see everything I was lucky enough to grab.

My two WIPs...

First up Monday I worked on Fred's spin from last week's video. Unicorn Biscornu from Tiny Modernist. I was sad to see it get spun but guess what I actually enjoyed the 240 stitches. So evidently putting a piece away for awhile really helps. It's still slow but I got progress...

I added the top part to the side border. This is the bottom panel for this biscornu.

Tuesday and Wednesday I worked on Jeremiah's spin The Pirate by Cottage Garden Samplings. I love this one. Added 425 total over the two days...

Thursday we took the day to run some fun errands including a great stop at Always in Stitches in Noblesville, Indiana...

We also found a fantastic brewery/restaurant that was dog friendly and it was delicious. We will definitely be going back.

Saturday 35 Trax a family cover band performed again here at our campground. We love them. It was crazy hot. We had an excessive heat warning but staying in the shade helped a lot. We had a lot of people show up and it ended up being a great time. Now I'm in stitching withdrawal haha. So trying to finish here and go stitch.

Thanks for reading. Love yourself. Go stitch all the things!
 

June 16th Monday Update

 Hello everyone here still. It was a nice week with 5 WIPs. No starts. No finishes. My hubby made an appearance on our Flosstube today. It was a lot of fun. We had a lot to do this week but I'm going to squeeze in stitching when I can of course. So first let's see what I did last week.

I added the June section to the Along the Nesting Boxes by Jardin Prive. My last monthly requirement haha. 

I've really enjoyed this one this year and I look forward to each new section on it. I have 24 days in and 8,052 stitches now. 32ct Platinum Lugana for this one.

Another 32ct Platinum Lugana piece came out after that one was done...

Added Weeks 23 and 24 to the Peppermint Purple 2025 SAL. Love it!! Except boy it shows how fast the year is flying by. This part was 333. Love the purples.

Next up was a spin from Jeremiah. Colorful Eagle by Kitty & Me. Another one I just love...

I focused on getting his other eye done so now he's staring at me begging to be finished. Soooo close. I think he might just have to come back out soon. 32ct Silver Moon Lugana for this one. 

Next was the Lola Crow Extraordinary Birds SAL. I am close to finishing Feat 2... 

Still behind and I'm okay with that. It is what it is. At least I really enjoy working on it. So that's what matters. 36ct Sandbar from BeStitchMe. 

Last for the week was Yggdrasil (Woooo) by Paine Free Crafts. I added 400 more over the weekend...

 Confetti but soooo beautiful.

Okay I'm off to stitch the evening away. Tomorrow we have several appointments and things to do. Have a wonderful week ahead. Love yourself. Good luck stitching all the things. 

June 9th Monday Update

 I missed a few weeks. I was going crazy to stitch and just didn't take any computer time. I'm back. Let's see what I worked on during my time away (I did post my Flosstubes if you have watched but if not I want to post here too.)

Yggdrasil *Wooo* haha. Has been getting a lot of progress lately. This is my piece for #wipintoshape challenge. Here it was at the beginning for the May 5th start...

Here it is now... 

Very happy with my progress and will keep going for the challenge. I work on this a minimum of 1 Day a week on Sundays for the challenge. Enjoying every stitch.

I had a few new starts...

Far Better Things from Sweet Wing Studio. Using this as one of the Mental Health Care SAL pieces for May. Love the message. 

Honey Bee Mill Hill Kit. 

Black Pearl finally came back out. 

The Extraordinary Birds SAL from Lola Crow. I've been stitching like crazy still way behind haha... 

That's okay what a beautiful piece and fun to work on.

Started Liberty Squared another 40ct silk gauze Erica Michaels piece. 

The Peppermint Purple SAL I'm adding every 2 weeks...

Spring Quaker from Primrose Cottage was finished off finally this last week... 

When I Think of Spring from Puntini Puntini was also finished...

I was making myself crazy again with the pressure of my stitching. I admitted it outloud and immediately felt relieved. So I have been just enjoying my stitching again. What a relief. I love the challenges but I jump in way way over my head every time haha. So I weeded out a group I didn't really enjoy. Opened up my choices to cover all my WIPs instead of just a small amount. It's helped me so much!!! So I'm back and loving it. Okay you are finally caught up. I think haha. 

May 19th Monday Update

 So last week I did a Flosstube every day. Wow what a ton of work haha. It was a daily WIP parade though after my normal Monday post and it was a lot of fun. Just soooo much work. It's done now. I just feel so far behind on everything. Like email but I finally caught up. Next up to catch up is blog reading....Oh I wish I was caught up. I miss your lovely stitching. LOL After last week I miss my own stitching. I did stitch some just not near as much as normal. So let's see what progress I made...

 Monday was a no stitch day.

 Tuesday was my birthday and I had a lovely nice lazy stitching day. 2 zoom group meetings. 1 I had attended before and I really enjoy. 1 was new and I very much enjoyed getting to know some new people. I worked on Noel Gnomes by Jardin Prive. I added 571...

 Love working on these adorable gnomes! I'm also doing a #gnomealong with a few ladies on Flosstube.

Wednesday was an adulting day and no stitching was done again.

Thursday I added two weeks to Peppermint Purple SAL...

 So up to date with weeks 1 through 20.

Friday I had a new start for #mentalhealthcaresal for May. This one is To Feel Rich and I love the message behind it...

The fabric is 32ct Spellbound Linen from Needle Bling Designs and the thread is GAST Dragon Fruit. I love the combination. I got the pattern from my stitching store on the clearance table. Got the fabric for a great price at a retreat. When I think of the message it's definitely good for mental health to leave the items behind and cherish the memories. Money doesn't buy happiness I've learned that for sure. Of course you need it for everything haha.

Saturday I worked on the Extraordinary Birds SAL by Lola Crow. I'm not caught up but added 730 more at least...

We got a Spoonbill and a Bird of Paradise plant to stitch this time. Plus the puddle fill in for the bottom. Slowly but surely I hope to catch up.

Sunday I pulled out Yggdrasil for #wipintoshape which is a fun challenge where we stitch 10 stitches for every mile Andrew trains for his race coming up. I only got 97 added because we had several people stop by and we got some projects done here at the campground.

Also I was forced *cough cough* well I was lucky enough to be told about a Long Dog pattern that I didn't know I needed...

This one is Ragnarok and contains so much from the history / stories that Jeremiah loves. So I finally have my first Long Dog and I can't wait to get started on it. I need to find the fabric and thread for it. So stay tuned. Okay I have to go. Hugs. Love yourself. Smile as often as possible. Good luck stitching all the things.

May 12th Monday Update

 So busy stitching like a crazy woman haha. I am so far behind reading blogs. Every time I think I'll take time to catch up time flies by like today. How is it already almost 4pm? Then I want to go stitch....BAD haha. So oh well. Another day goes by. I miss seeing what you all are stitching though really I do.

 Flosstube 16 is loading now. What a journey this has been. I really enjoy it a lot actually.

Anyway I want to post here too. For myself and the few readers I still have...

Monday through Thursday I worked on the May section for Along the Nesting Boxes by Jardin Prive....

 1,242 in the May section. Total now 6,752. Love this one! Breaking it down into monthly parts definitely makes this one fun. 32ct Platinum Lugana and 21 days into this one now.

Thursday and Friday did 916 more on Lola Crow Extraordinary Birds SAL. I wanted to finish that frame so bad that I burnt myself out. So it will stay hidden till the new part is released Friday...

5,082 stitching in now! So weird to leave the big opening when stitching haha. 13 Days now. 36ct Sandbar from BeStitchMe is the fabric.

Saturday I worked on When I think of Spring by Puntini Puntini. 4 Days. 32ct Lt Taupe Lugana. 

Love working on this one. 

Sunday was Yggdrasil by Paine Free Crafts. I am doing this one for a fun challenge on Flosstube. A gentleman is training and for every mile we stitch 10 stitches. So week 1 he did 27 miles and I needed to stitch 270 stitches. I got 280 in...

32ct Lambswool 1 over 1 complete X for this one. I have 28 days in. Finished the 2nd page. Now 2.8% finished haha. Oh well....sometime.....maybe.

I also worked on Grow Together by HAED on Sunday. Just 30 added but hoping to get it back out today...

Day 30 on this fun piece. 1 over 1 on 28ct Lt Blue Evenweave complete X.

Over the weekend we got our garden planted...

Yummy tomatoes coming soon.....hopefully. Plus 2 zucchini plants. I keep checking and haven't found any yet wonder why haha.
 

May 5th Monday Update

 Another week went flying by. Let's see what I've been working on.

Tuesday Patriotic Gnome Littles by Waxing Moon was my last Springo call that I needed to do 100 on. So I added those stitches...

Then I worked on Birds SAL but I'll discuss it in a little bit...

Wednesday was time for two more weeks on Peppermint Purple SAL. Weeks 17 and 18 now...

Thursday was May 1st. My mom's birthday. So perfect time for a new start in her honor....

Spirits of the Watchtower by Glendon Place. I saw this one on a Stoney Creek Friday Flash email and just had to have it. Lighthouse for mom and Spooky for me. Perfect. I also ordered the Sullivan thread set and specialty pack. Love it so much. The fabric is 28ct Raven Linen from Cross Winged Collection. Here is the 348 I added for day 1. Started at the bottom left for this one...

So the Birds SAL from Lola Crow has definitely been my focus piece. Trying to finish that frame before the new release May 16th. Here I am now...

 I added 1,447 into it this week! Finally see the bottom. I have a total of 4,166 now. Slowly but surely. 

I attended a new retreat this weekend. It was hosted by Always in Stitches in Noblesville but they had it in Shipshewana and we love that area so I was glad to hear a friend's sister wasn't attended and had an extra ticket to sell. Fred took Friday off and we headed up.

It was a wonderful time. I ended up getting 939 stitches added at retreat. I got to know 4 ladies a lot more which was fantastic. Plus see some ladies I hadn't seen in way too long. So it was a wonderful weekend overall. I will definitely attend more if it works out. Okay well I'm off to stitch. So many fun My Way May plans. Love yourself. Smile as often as possible. See ya next week.

Apr 28th Monday Update

 How did April go so fast? Wow. I blinked evidently. Let's see what I worked on last week...

Final week of Springo in Monthly Magazine Challenge. 

Monday pulled out Rainbow Dragon for 100. Then Noel Gnomes by Jardin Prive to mark off the P in the acrostic for Monthly Magazine in Apricot.

Added 221...

 Tuesday Rainbow Dragon was picked again. Another 100 added...

I joined a fun video chat with some flosstubers. The theme was Earth Day so I worked on Mother Nature from Just Cross Stitch magazine. Added 204...

Wednesday Canine Quotes was picked for Springo...

 Then I pulled out Beer Dragon for his monthly 500 and boy he just wasn't having it this month. 158 added Wednesday. 107 added Thursday for a little 265....oh well can't do more than what he will allow. Frustratingly slow this month...

Thursday was also time for another 100 on Lady Liberty for Springo...

I have one square left to get my last Springo call done. But I was able to report 3 bingos....

 Such a fun game to add to the year. Loved playing along. Now for May a lot are talking about Maynia....I plan My Way May. I want to stitch all the things....my way. I know I have 4 maybe 5 starts planned haha. I was asked today about doing a gnome SAL and how could I say no to that?! So I just might need a new fun gnome pattern I fell in love with. I know I know I don't need another project but come on....a gnome SAL! 

Over the weekend we went to the Squared Circle Expo for meeting wrestlers in Indianapolis for our 3rd year. This one happened to fall on Jeremiah's 27th birthday so how fantastic of way to spend Jeremiah's bday. We ended up meeting 18 wrestlers and just had an amazing time. Trying to rest up now though haha. This coming weekend I have a stitching retreat to attend and I'm really looking forward to that. 

Anyway love yourself. I'm still so far behind. No matter how hard I try haha. But I'm busy stitching ALL THE THINGS. haha.