June 30th Monday Update

 Another wonderful week of stitching all the things. 2 new starts. Let's go over it.

 Monday and Tuesday I worked on a new Christmas themed piece. A Type of Christmas by Erin Elizabeth. Using 32ct Vintage Country Mocha for this one. Suggested DMC threads. 2 over 2.

Total of 600 stitches on it.

Wednesday I worked on Mermaid from Lina Ova. Day 2 on it. 32ct Tantalizing Tulips Opalescent Lugana. Using DMC 3812...

Just love the way it's turning out.

Thursday was time for a 2 week installment on Peppermint Purple 2025 SAL...

 16 Days on that one now. Love the way it's coming together. After that I started When I think of Summer by Puntini Puntini...

 

Friday was time for the Extraordinary Birds SAL from Lola Crow. Finished Feat 2 and Started Feat 3...

 

Saturday I worked on Honey Bee MH Kit...

 

Then I worked on Beer Dragon from Paine Free Crafts. Added 400 for Day 122...

 Yesterday I worked on Yggdrasil but only 115 so hoping to work on it today again. I'll update it next week.

I am still going crazy because everything is screaming for attention.....old WIPs, New Start, New Purchases, Everything wants ME, ME, Me. I am trying hard to settle them down but how do I stitch on everything at the same time haha. Have a great week. Love yourself. Good luck stitching all the things! 

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. 

Mar 17th Monday Update

 

Happy St Patrick's Day. My little red head is happy to be Irish today. Let's see what I worked on last week.

Monday was a no stitching kind of day.

Tuesday and Wednesday it was time for my monthly 500 on Beer Dragon by Paine Free Crafts. I'm up to Day 119 on this beauty now...

Confetti so slower this time but 513 added for the month.

After that I picked up Embers by Fire Wing Designs. Added 250. Finally did some research on this one. I'm on Day 8 more...

 

 

The rest of the week a WIP demanded attention. Noel Gnomes or Noel Chez Les Gnome by Jardin Prive. English Translation Christmas Among the Gnomes. Nicknamed Noel Gnomes haha. Anyway I ended up adding 1,104 total!! Wohoo...

 Flosstube 8 is officially live. We have 426 subscribers now! Wow!!

 

I leave Thursday for my Indiana Retreat in Southern Indiana. I get to meet several new people so that is exciting. Hopefully I'll have lots of stitching to share.....just need to remember to not talk too much haha.

Mar 10th Monday Update

 Hello blogworld. How are you all doing here? Flosstube is just crazy. I have 399 followers now which is just crazy. I love the comments and honestly that's what I missed about here. I was glad to see some of you watching me. But I don't want to stop being here as well. #7 is loading now so I can post here while I wait.

Monday and Tuesday I worked on Along the Nesting Boxes by Jardin Prive. Remember I'm doing this one two fence posts a month all year this year. I finished the March section Tuesday. Total time was 4 days and 1,217 total stitches. Here is a zoomed in for just March and the whole piece now...

Tuesday when I finished that one I pulled out Mother Nature: Winter from Just Cross Stitch Feb 2023 issue. I will be doing the 6 piece series sometime in my life hopefully haha. Not promising this month but sometime....hopefully haha. Anyway Tuesday and Wednesday was Day 6 and 7. Here she is now...

I just had to backstitch the antlers to admire the beauty. I'm working on the top half and then I'll switch to the bottom page.

Thursday I added two weeks to the Peppermint Purple 2025 SAL. Weeks 9 and 10. Here is a closeup and the whole piece. Still in the DMC 155 section...

After that was done I pulled out Mason Jar Lineup by Dimensions. Still on jar 3 of the 10. I'm Day 10 on this one...

Friday was time for Heart & Compass by Erica Michaels. I added 23 more rows to the background on Friday. Saturday after some running around I got started and stayed up till 3:30am to finish it haha...

LOVE IT!!! Took 7 Days. 3,187 stitches on the 40ct silk gauze. This is my 7th silk gauze finish. Many more to come. Thank you to mom for purchasing all these beauties when she did. The background thread is dark but it shows up so much better in person. I do enjoy the overall design. Next up to replace this one is another patriotic. I did have to laugh at the 4 Seasons Winter one I have in my WIP tote that is Erica Michaels...

 See that small section of background left?? That's all!! Why did I leave this so long!! I also went down the rabbit hole of looking through my blog for info on these. I planned in 2019 to finish all 4 seasons. Didn't work did it? Haha. Love blog grand plans when you look back. Failed Katie haha. 

Anyway I'm hoping to get this out soon and actually *cough cough* finish it. Duh and then start another season already. Not saying I will finish them all this year....I learned that lesson haha. Hi Future Katie haha.

Sunday was Beer Dragon and I got a sad 100 added...

Campground was invaded by visitors and I spent time doing everything but stitching. Oh well that's okay. They are excited for the temps to start warming up. This week we might hit 70 degrees. 

Anyway I will keep it out to hit the 500 required monthly amount before moving on.

Saturday we went up to Fort Wayne. It was the 2nd Saturday of the month so time for a stitching get together at the store there...

8 of us. Thanks Fred for grabbing the picture for us. After that we went out to eat at a restaurant we used to LOVE and it was delicious. Fred stopped at a new cigar place. It was high class he said so expensive but he was glad he checked it out anyway. Then we drove by the old house. What a mix of emotions. It does look like a family moved in and they have made some changes. It was sad and yet nice to know a family is enjoying our old home. We happily made our way back to our country happiness though after. I honestly much prefer country life instead of those big fancy houses.

Okay finally caught up. Love yourself. Find all the excuses to smile. See ya next week.

Feb 24th Monday Update

Let's see what I worked on last week. I was working on finishing up my February Plans...

Monday - Beer Dragon by Paine Free Crafts. Monday is always my busy catch up computer work day and now with Flosstube filming and editing. So 63 added to Beer Dragon was good enough...

Tuesday - The Pirate by Cottage Garden. Added 500 to this fun piece...

Wednesday - Mason Jar Lineup a Dimensions Kit. Working on the 3rd jar now. Added 400 to finish off a monthly goal...

Thursday worked on two pieces. Peppermint Purple SAL for 2025 I added week 7 and 8...

Then Enchanted Pumpkin a Mill Hill kit. 200 added...

 Friday - Heart & Compass by Erica Michaels. 650 added. Finished the motifs and started the filling in the background...

Saturday was time for a new start. I finally found the fabric at Always in Stitches in Noblesville Indiana. We ran down Saturday. Fred helped me pick out the fabric which was a gorgeous 40ct Prairie Land from Atomic Ranch it's a linen. I think the goose will really pop. So when I got home I got started on this beauty. 300 added Saturday and then Sunday was lovely and lazy so 700 added. So here is my first 1k in Trust the Universe by The Sunflower Diairies...

This beautiful Mill Hill kit followed me out of the store as well...

 It's called Honey Bee. So cute. 

Flosstube #5 is being loaded now, if you subscribe to the channel you will know when it loads. 

Have a wonderful new week. I'm trying to finish those last few February goals and finish making March plans.

Jan 20th Monday Update

 Brr from cold cold Indiana. Right now actual temp is 0 feels like -9 with the wind chill. We are under a Cold Weather Advisory till Wednesday when we might make it to 20s. So a lot of stitching going on. Even Spike would rather be inside under a blanket. So let's see what stitching I got done last week with my warm needles haha.

Still doing Brringo in Monthly Magazine Challenge group. So a prompt each day to work around.

Monday -- Prompt Non US Designer. I looked it up and Mother Nature: Winter was designed by Stitchora which is from Abu Dhabi interestingly enough so I added 200 to her. I fall more and more in love with her every stitch...

Tuesday -- Prompt Relates to your name. So I celebrated my Irish heritage and pulled out Luck of the Irish by Primrose which I was close to a finish on. Added 454 and was able to finish it...

My first 2025 finish. Wohoo! Will be adding information to my 2025 Finishes Page. In honor of my first finish I decided to start a new Mill Hill kit...

Christmas Lantern. Added 302 to it...

Wednesday - Prompt Length of your Favorite Movie. That answer changes every other few minutes haha. I picked Moulin Rouge because it stays my favorite a lot of times. I love a great musical and ohhh the music in that one. The length was 2 hours 7 minutes. I overachieved and hit 571 which also met my monthly goal...

Thursday - Prompt was a fun one. Roll a dice and stitch that many motifs or elements on the design of your choice. Jeremiah rolled a 3 which was a nice middle number thanks bub haha. I pulled out Noel Gnomes by Jardin Prive because it was easy to see the motifs added. I finished the little mushroom house. Added the Christmas Tree, two snowflakes, and a start on the next little motif with the presents before bedtime. 760 total added...

Friday - Prompt Monochromatic. That's perfect for Primrose Cottage Quaker's and I have 4 on my goal list for the year so started Winter Quaker...

I'm using a DMC variegated 93. I got the 100 needed for the Brringo challenge and then put it away for now. I really wanted to see if I could complete a goal for another challenge. I needed 500 added to my Oldest WIP which is Grow Together HAED. Sometimes the confetti makes it go really slow so I didn't know if it would work or not. Luckily it was International Hermit Stitch Weekend. We did run out Saturday to grab groceries but I hurried haha. 

So 63 Friday. 137 Saturday. 330 Sunday hit 530 total. Wohoo!

Saturday prompt worked because it was Will Be Gifted and Grow Together will go to my son when it's finished. Sunday prompt was Someone Chooses for you and Jeremiah said You're close to the goal mom Go Go. 

A lot of confetti haha. Here is my Brringo board now...

This has definitely been a fun challenge. I didn't join in last year since I had just joined the group and I've sure enjoyed playing along. They do another one in September with letters so it's ABCingo. Instead of prompts you put letters and pick a project to match the letter. It's fun as well. I do seem to enjoy a prompt challenge though most the time. 

Poor Jeremiah still has the ick it just won't leave him alone. He is a lot lot better though. So hopefully soon. Fred and me are fine now. Luckily Fred only had a little version of this whatever it was. 

Okay I'm off to stitch and stay warm haha. Only planned thing is to run quickly and do laundry tonight. Brr but it won't wait for warmer weather so we must do it.