Monday Update

Lots to talk about so grab a cup of your favorite drink and let's do this...

Wednesday I got busy on my April Fairy stitching. I was able to finish her up on Friday...

Of course she is splashing in a rain puddle because it's April right? Friday here in Northern Indiana we had a very interesting weather day...

3 inches of wet heavy snow. It was gone by Saturday but sure amazing to have such a heavy snow in April.

Lately one of Indiana's stitching stores has been showing a lot of photos selling things online. Which is just mean haha. This store is in Bloomington called Fancy Works and was the one who was going to host the March retreat I was going to attend. She posted these two photos one day and I really wanted them...

They are both Hinzeit charts and came with all the charms. They were $10 each. I got to looking and these are both really hard to find. I didn't buy them right away because we all know I don't need more projects! After waiting several days I went back to just see if they had sold and they hadn't. So I took it as a sign that they were meant to come to me. My reasoning Jeremiah LOVES patriotic things and I also have the perfect fabric to finish these two pieces into pillows and display proudly. So I did my part to support the economy and one of the great Indiana stitching stores.

Friday I got started on the Colorful Critters SAL the next SAL from Stitchonomy. I love animals and bright colors so this one will be fun. On Saturday I had finished up Part 1 and 2...

Pattern # 1 - Arctia Caja

The garden tiger moth (Arctia caja) is named after its tiger-like pattern on its wings. They are a warning to predators that though it may not have fangs, it is very poisonous! The tiger moth also has the cutest caterpillar which are often referred to as “Woolly Bears” due to their fuzzy appearance! (From Stitchonomy Just Found it Interesting and Thought you Might)

Pattern 2 - Campsosternus Auratus

The Jewel Click Beetle (Campsosternus Auratus) is an agile little beetle that can jump back up after it’s been toppled. To do this they literally ‘snap’ their spine producing a violent ‘click’ – hence the name! It also uses this noisy trick to scare of predators. (Again from Stitchonomy) 

So far these are fun and so bright and lovely to stitch. Part 3 was just released. It's a beautiful dragonfly.  So hopefully I will get it stitched later. I'm going to try to stitch on this one every other day or something so I don't just skip all my other WIPs to work on it like I did with the plants. We'll see.

Sunday I was open to stitch on whatever I wanted and that's when I made the changes I posted in my last post. So Beer Dragon demanded to be worked on. I added 254 more stitches and it's just so hard to put this one down that's okay though I love feeling in love with a piece...

Remember this is what this cutie will look like...

It was a lot of confetti so slower but still a blast to work on.

We were supposed to be leaving Thursday for our vacation to Vegas for Jeremiah's birthday. Unfortunately with everything going on we moved our trip. Hopefully we will be going in September. So instead we are going to our happy place our cabin. We are going down Thursday. At least he gets to be at one of his favorite places for his birthday. We have a lot of movies to watch and yes I'm packing some stitching too.

I hope everyone has a great week. Hope we all find a lot of stitching time. Be safe and stay healthy.