Nov 4th Monday Update - Recap and Plans

 Here we are in November. Seriously time needs to take a chill pill and SLOW down please. Lots to talk about. First let's see what I worked on last week...

Monday and Tuesday I worked on finishing up the Halloween Sampler. After 300 Monday and 540 Tuesday it was finished...

(Finish #28) October 29th

Halloween Sampler

by Les Petites Croix De Lucie

Fabric 40ct White Evenweave

Threads Suggested DMC

Started Oct 1, 2024. Took 27 Days.

Total 3,641 Stitches

 

Wednesday I went back to Halloween Quaker by Primrose Cottage to try to finish it up. 463 Wednesday 360 Thursday. 390 Friday. Didn't finish it yet but soooo close...

Saturday and Sunday I worked on Autumn Line Up by The Trilogy. Added 254 Saturday and 567 Sunday and I'm close to finished with this one too...

So hopefully 2 finishes coming soon.

Saturday I went to a friend's stitching day event. She hosted from 10 - 5 at a gathering rental building only like 45 mins away. It was nice. 20 people showed up. We had a little bagged lunch catered. It was a lovely day. Too short of course but that's okay. Fred got a ton of stuff done here at home and it was nice to come home to lots of things marked off the to do list.

While at the gathering a friend gifted me a HUGE amount of GORGEOUS 40ct evenweave she isn't going to use...

I can't wait to find the perfect patterns to use these beautiful fabrics with. 

I also forgot to share a haul I received in the mail. I bought from Tiny Hummingbird Stitchery (on Facebook)...

Yep two more gorgeous pieces of fabrics and more charts haha. Love them all. Planning for next year coming soon. Can't wait!!

Okay see I said Lots of talk about. October Recap...

I stitched 11,032 stitches. Worked on 9 Projects. Started 1. Finished 2. I missed two acrostics but that's okay I was working on some pieces that became focus stitches instead. 

Here are my plans for November...

Semi Sane FB group has this fun challenge this month...

I was stole from one time and I stole one every day so far. So I have 12 bags right now. I was forced (peer pressure is strong with stitchers!) to join a new FB group game that is based on Roller Coaster Tycoon. Oh my it's fun so far. Basically you build your own theme park with stitches. So fun so far and seriously so motivating. So I must stitch as much as possible to keep my park growing haha. 

We have some fun plans in November. Starting our Christmas family shopping together. Fred has a weekend he in in Fort Wayne which is strategically IHSW so hopefully I'll get a wonderful stitching weekend that weekend. Anyway I have to get stuff done and go stitch. 

Love yourself. Find endless reasons to smile. Stitch all the things!

October WIPocalypse / Monday Update

I'm going to combine my October WIPocalypse and my Monday update because I had a busy weekend and was really happy to just stitch yesterday after everyone left. WIPocalypse is a fun excuse to stitch all our WIPs before the end of the world. I like to use it as an excuse to look back on what I've worked on since the last update. How many day and how much progress on each project I've worked on. So let's see what I've been working on since Sept 29th.

Mini Block Freedom -- 1 Day. I finished this one up with just one more day which was Sept 29th after my last WIPocalypse update...

Halloween Sampler by Les Petites Croix De Lucie -- 25 Days. I used this one for a challenge this month. Trying for 100 stitches a day. I could have 5 missed days. Only 2 used now. I've really enjoyed working on this one. Yesterday I decided to focus on it and try to finish it for Halloween this year. So yesterday I got 400 added...

Owe Them All by Erica Michaels -- 8 Days. I decided to finish this one at the beginning of the month. Here it was at the beginning of the month and now finished...

Irish Blessing a Herrschners Freebie -- 1 Day. Added another day to this beautiful WIP...

Autumn Line Up by The Trilogy -- 2 Days. 676 more added to this one which will be a focus for a finish in November...

Halloween Quaker by Primrose Cottage -- 2 Days. 544 added to this one. I will work on it if I finish Halloween Sampler before Halloween...

 

Yggdrasil by Paine Free Crafts -- 1 Day.

Enchanted Pumpkin a Mill Hill Kit -- 2 Days. Added 545 for a pop up challenge Oh My Gourd where we needed 500 on a design with some kind of gourd...

This last week other than the Halloween Sampler here is what I worked on...

Beer Dragon by Paine Free Crafts -- 1 Day (Monday) Added 503...

Mason Jar Lineup a Dimensions Kit -- 2 Days. Tuesday and Wednesday Added a wonderful 800 to this fun piece that I just love working on...

Thursday my BFF showed up to camp so I just got my stitches on Halloween Sampler Thursday and Friday. Saturday I took the day off because several more friends and family showed up. We had a lovely Halloween Party and then Sunday everyone headed home. It was the last official camping weekend here. We might have stragglers stop by but not regularly like normal season. Overall it was a weird year but we had a great time. Now to get busy to Christmas season haha. Planned out our weekends till Christmas to make sure we get all our fun done in time.

Measi also gives us fun questions to answer... October 27 – How do you organize your WIPs and stash? I have a tote with all my WIPs that I'm currently working on. I have my floss boxes in a tub under Jeremiah's bed. I keep track of them on my blog in the WIP list at the top and also I use Google Keep Notes and I really like it a lot. Very easy to figure out in my opinion and makes updating info on Instagram easier and covers what I would forget otherwise. 

Have a wonderful week. Love yourself. Find reasons to smile as often as possible.

Oct 21st Monday Update

 Hello Readers time for a Monday update. Let's see what I've worked on this last week.

I added 100 every day except Saturday to Halloween Sampler by Les Petites Croix De Lucie. So +600 stitches...

19 Days on it now. Using 40ct White Evenweave and Suggested DMC for this one. 2 threads over 2. 

Monday was computer day other than the Halloween Sampler.

Tuesday I spun my acrostic wheel and got Y from the word Hayride so worked on Yggdrasil from Paine Free Crafts. Added 382...

Finally see more than just the beautifully detailed corner block. 

Wednesday and Thursday I worked on a design for Monthly Magazine FB group challenge. Oh My Gourd. Needed 500 stitches on anything with a gourd and Enchanted Pumpkin Mill Hill Kit definitely fits that category. Added 545 in the two days...

Friday we left early in the morning for the 3 and half hour drive up to Detroit, Michigan area. We needed to be there at noon for the rehearsal. Luckily we were able to get our hotel room and get there in perfect time. Everything I was needed for was over early enough we went up to a fun brewery to eat. We stopped at Walmart and got some things we needed and headed to our room. I was able to get 100 added to the Halloween Sampler and we watched a movie together. 

Saturday we didn't need to be there till 4pm. We had a relaxing day and got Door Dash for lunch. Then we headed to the wedding. It was gorgeous. Planterra Conservatory  It's funny because both guys are named Brandon. Yes it was a gay wedding please skip if that offends anyone. Our Brandon is tall and his now husband is short so most refer to them as Big and Little haha. Anyway Little Brandon LOVES flowers. He even interned at Disney World in Florida in their flower department. The setting was just perfect. I was so nervous. This was my first and only hopefully time asked to officiate a wedding. Wow what an experience. Both the boys love Disney they actually got engaged there in a beautiful treasure hunt type of way organized by our Brandon. So I worked several Disney lines into the wedding. After the ceremony was over I was greeted with so many compliments I guess I did good job. So that made me feel very happy and relieved. I did hear a lot of laughs and I guess I made some shed tears so I was happy with that response. Before I knew it that part was over. We had a nice time and stuck around a little bit for a delicious meal and to watch the Croatian dancing (little Brandon's heritage). Back at the hotel I was so exhausted no stitching was able to be done.

 

Sunday we had a lovely time heading home and stopped at a HUGE farmer's market building we've enjoyed in Lansing area. It was a great excuse for a fun family weekend. It was an honor to be asked to officiate. It was nerve wracking but it was fun and now it's over *huge sigh of relief* haha. 

I do have some haul to share. My Jardin Prive purchases arrived from 123stitch...

I got Au Pays des Gnomes (In the Land of the Gnomes), Paques chez les Gnomes (Easter Among the Gnomes), Noel chez les Gnomes (Christmas Among the Gnomes), and Au Fil des Nichoirs (Along the Nesting Boxes). Plus a piece of 32ct Platinum Lugana which is for the Nesting Boxes one. I can't wait to start them all. I might do the Noel one in November. I think the Nesting Boxes will be a project for next year. The fence posts have monthly decorations for the year so might make it a year long project. 

I have another order in the mail that I'm excited about but you'll have to wait and see what that is. I don't know why I just keep getting new patterns haha. I need to stop for a while and STITCH what I have haha.

Well a new week. We have fun weekend plans. Halloween Party here Saturday. So who knows what trouble we will get into haha. Have a great week. Love yourself. Find reasons to smile!

Oct 14th Monday Update - Finish to Report

 Hello readers from a finally cold Indiana. We might get our first freeze this week. Cold and wonderful outside. Still need lots and lots of rain though. So let's see what I stitched last week and as the title says What I finished?!

Every day this week I got my 100 a day on Halloween Sampler by Les Petites Croix De Lucie (I have to cut and paste that every single time haha). Wednesday I snuck in 1 extra stitch but that's okay still my 100  a day. So 701 added haha.

Monday and Tuesday I worked on Owe Them All by Erica Michaels. Monday I added 313 tent stitches. Tuesday I added 305 tent stitches. That was the final stitches!!!

Finish #27 October 8th

Owe Them All

by Erica Michaels

Fabric 40ct Silk Gauze

Threads Suggested Weeks Dye Works

Started Aug 5th. Took 10 Days.

Total 3,387 Stitches.

I actually took this one to be framed at my LNS in Fort Wayne because it deserves to be displayed with the justice it deserves. The gentleman was so happy to frame it. He's never saw a silk gauze piece in person. We picked a dark blue mat and a beautiful dark red frame. Can't wait to have it back.

Wednesday I spun my Tiny Decisions app for my next acrostic letter for the month and got I from Hayride which was Irish Blessing from Herrschners I added 301 and finished the words...

Thursday's spin next up was A from Hayride and that is Autumn Line Up by The Trilogy...

Thursday I added 208 and Friday I kept it out and added 468 so 676 total...

Saturday I spun Letter H for Halloween Quaker by Primrose Cottage. I added 344 Saturday and 200 Sunday for 544 total...

So October so far I've stitched 5,639 stitches. Having a blast on my lovely projects.

Saturday I went up to my local LNS. Took Owe Them All and the Seasonal Gnomes from Soda Stitch that I finished last year to get framed. I will get the gnomes on a frame that I can just switch out the seasons into one frame. I haven't took any projects to get framed in years so it was nice to treat some special again. I also found a pattern I couldn't live without...

Halloween Chez Les Gnomes by Jardin Prive. It started with me saying to my "friends" tell me I don't need that project over there. Then my one "friend" showed me the fabric to stitch it on was in stock so I of course needed it. Then she so nicely pointed out another one on the back...

OMG too cute. When I went online to see it I noticed a few others. What a jerk my friends are haha. Just such cute patterns though!!! I've never stitched a Jardin Prive so great another rabbit hole to go down.

After the stitching time we started working on all the getting ready for winter projects. The shower house is finally done just in time for the first freeze. Sunday we got our deck all closed in for winter. I will get some pictures soon to share. We finished at dark last night and didn't get to clean up properly.

Jeremiah is off on an adventure tonight. Dad and Bev want to take him gambling again tomorrow haha. So he is going over to their house to spend the night so he be ready to leave in the morning. He is looking forward to it. I am worried about Bev. She was slurring her words a lot Saturday and very sleepy Sunday but they want to do some stuff and boy I don't blame them at all. Just definitely worried about her.

Plans. Stitch haha. Friday we leave to go up to Detroit Michigan area for my friend's wedding. I have my script wrote up and we have our outfits. I'm nervous and yet honored and honestly just want it over with haha. But at least we get a nice road trip and hotel stay for the weekend. I am going to take my daily piece and I should be able to work it in between times I need to be on hand for the event.

Have a wonderful week. Find what makes you smile. Love yourself.