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. 

March 31st Monday Update

 Last Monday of March. Wow. Wouldn't it be nice if tomorrow 2025 says Happy April Fool's and it's really January still? That would be nice.

So let's see what I worked on last week...

Sunday Monday and Tuesday I worked on 4 Seasons: Winter by Erica Michaels. I only had a little bit of the background yet to finish for the whole piece to be done. So Tuesday it was finally completed...

 My 8th silk gauze finish and still I'm loving it so much. I kitted up Spring, Summer, and Autumn of the 4 Seasons set so I can work on them and trust me I'm itching to start Spring bad.

Tuesday I also put 208 stitches into Christmas Lantern a Mill Hill Jim Shore kit...

 Wednesday I started on the Spring Quaker by Primrose Cottage. I'm using DMC 52 for this one and I love the way it's turning out already...

Added more Thursday. 678 added over the two days. 32ct Vintage Country Mocha for this set. 

Friday I worked on When I think of Spring by Puntini Puntini...

662 added. Doing this set on 32ct Lt Taupe Lugana with the suggested DMC threads.

Saturday was a busy day but I pulled out Trust the Universe by The Sunflower Diaries. Worked on it 48 stitches Saturday and then 405 Sunday...

April plans are ready to go. I joined in the Monthly Magazine Challenge Acrostic, their Springo and the I Spy from Stitching by the Shore...

Friday the Lola Crow frame will be released so I really hope to get that done before the first part is posted in May. I'm really excited to work on it. Like everything else haha. I am still really in love with my stitching. I get so excited to make progress.

 Flosstube 10 has just been posted. Wow. 10. Crazy. Jeremiah and me feel like we've done it forever now haha. It's weird. I enjoy it even though I mess up my words a lot. Typing covers up my bad slips of the tongue haha. Love yourself. Find all the reasons you can to smile. 

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 6th Monday Update

 First Monday of 2025. Watch in a few seconds we will be talking about the whole year. I wish it wasn't true but I bet it will be. My biggest wish for 2025....for it to SLOW down! So let's see what I've been up to last week.

Monday Fred went back to work for the day. I worked on Creepy Christmas Village by Lola Crow but not very much I had a busy day catching up on computer work, recapping last year progress, and setting up 2025 challenges. Only added 71 to the Creepy Tree...

Jeremiah had a fun day. He left with my Dad and Bev to go gambling. Just a quick day trip but he sure had fun. Bev is still doing okay. They tested her bone marrow and nothing is showing up right now but she is having difficulty with her vision still and her strength is definitely not returning like we all hoped. Just hard. She is a year out since diagnosis beginning of December. 

Tuesday Fred was off again. We ran into town and got my birth control injection some groceries and hurried back home. It was a very rainy day which we still really need. I think we are 5 inches down in rainfall and labeled a severe drought in our county now. 

I decided on a New Years Eve start this year...

This is a 4 part series that was in 2023 Just Cross Stitch magazine. I was glancing through and just fell in love with them and had to hunt down the issues. The 4 part series ended up having 6 because they did Halloween and Christmas as well so we enjoy the laugh at the 6 part series of 4 charts. Jeremiah picked Winter first which I guess is appropriate for when I started it. I'm using a fabric from my friend the gorgeous 40ct Mystic Fabric - Illusion Verdal for this one. I added 400 for the first day on it while relaxing and watching Netflix for our countdown to 2025...

Wednesday it was cold. So another day watching Netflix and stitching all day. Perfect if you ask me. Another planned new start. New Year New Start. I grabbed everything to get ready and went looking for the floss box. Weird. I couldn't find it. Guess what I forgot to do? Yep pull the threads haha. So I got busy pulling them. Luckily I had them all. Fred said he was waiting for the Honey we need to run to the store haha. Finally got to start Along the Nesting Boxes...

I saw this on Instagram awhile ago and added it to my wishlist. When I was placing a Jardin Prive order earlier this year I figured this one might as well come to right? I am going to break it into monthly sections and do in 2025 each month. I love the seasonal feel to each section. Using a 32ct Platinum Lugana and stitching 2 over 2 with suggested DMC threads.

300 added for Day 1...

Thursday was Day 2. I added 300 again...

Friday I put it down for a prompt challenge for Represents Strength. Yggdrasil has to be used for that. So I added 331...

I also added a quick 69 more Saturday so I could stop at 400 before putting it away.

Saturday we ran into town to get a week worth of groceries. There was hype about a possible snow storm and it's supposed to be single digit temps a lot this week. After all that shopping and the quick 69 in Yggdrasil I pulled out Heart & Compass for Favorite designer prompt since I love Erica Michaels. Added 200 Saturday and 200 Sunday it before putting it away again...

Along the Nesting Boxes came back out Sunday for the prompts Flowers and Birds. Since it has both of those. I added 224 more...

We got totally missed by the snow storm after all. Now we just get the lovely cold all week. Poor Spike. He wants to go for walks and he just looks at me and sadly comes back inside. 

I hope everyone has a great rest of January. Love yourself. Find all the reasons to smile!