July 7th Monday Update

 Hello anyone here and not on Flosstube. I still definitely would miss the blogworld so I'm updating both places on Mondays. Let's see what I worked on last week...

Monday was Yggdrasil be back to that in a minute.

Tuesday I pulled out Along the Nesting Boxes by Jardin Prive. I'm working on this one monthly adding two fence posts and all the stuff around it each month. 27 days in now and finished the July section...

Worked on it Wednesday and Thursday as well. 1,214 and 3 days to finish the July section. 9,266 total now. Love it so much!!!

Thursday after that I pulled out  Rainbow Dragon (Jeremiah spun this from my WIP wheel). 

As I say every single time....Look at those colors!!! Day 36 on her now. Added 172.

Friday was July 4th. Busy weekend and HOT but I pulled out Colorful Eagle by Kitty & Me. 30 added Friday because visitors. Saturday we all went in to our own ACs because the heat so I added 278 more... 

Love this one!!! Need to finish it soon.

Sunday I worked on Yggdrasil again. *Woooo* haha. 173 added Sunday. Only 24 added Monday. So progress at least...

I was also peer pressured ..... enabled..... forced into purchasing some new stash.....like I needed more haha.

Halloween Wait I'm Stitching from Jardin Prive

Believe by Erin Elizabeth

Halloween Pumpkin Party by Jardin Prive

 

The Halloween issue of Just Cross Stitch has an amazing amount of patterns that scream Stitch Me. So I'm going deaf by the loud STITCH ME chants!!! It's horrible.

 

Plans this week. Jeremiah spun Summer Quaker by Primrose Cottage which is fantastic. Peppermint Purple 2025 has two weeks to add. My Long Dog is begging to be started....ALL THE THINGS!!!

 

Love yourself. Smile. See ya next Monday. 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. 

Apr 14th Monday Update

 So last week everything went wrong with my flosstube. I ended up editing it 3 times so it was a very frustrating day. Then I went to do laundry in the evening. So I totally missed posting my Monday update. Then the week just flew by. But anyway I'm here now.

Let's flash back to beginning of April...

Tuesday the 1st I worked on Rainbow Dragon for Springo in Monthly Magazine Challenge FB group. That's going on the whole month of April and I've been enjoying it a lot. After the daily picks I worked on Along the Nesting Boxes by Jardin Prive to finish up the April section.

Wednesday was Mushroom Gnome Mill Hill kit for Springo and back to the Nesting Boxes. I also added weeks 13 and 14 to the Peppermint Purple SAL.

Thursday I worked on Patriotic Gnome Littles by Waxing Moon and back to the Nesting Boxes.

Friday Rainbow Dragon a Paine Free Crafts design was picked for Springo and I finished the April section for the Jardin Prive...

I just love that duck!

Saturday was Forever in Peace by Sweet Wing Studio. Sunday had the same piece picked so that was nice. Already on the QSnap

Sunday was the first day on the Extraordinary Birds SAL by Lola Crow...

I have till May 16th to get the frame finished. Loving it so far.

This week....

Monday was a blur. No stitching. 

Tuesday I made up for it with progress on 3 things. Forever in Peace by Sweet Wing Studio, Lady Liberty by Keslyn's and the Birds SAL.

Just 100 added to Lady Liberty this time around.

Wednesday was Canine Quotes by The Scarlett House and When I think of Spring by Puntini Puntini.

Thursday was time for a new start on Summer Time by NY Dreamer and Colorful Eagle which was on my acrostic.

Started in the bottom left corner. It doesn't look like much yet haha.

Friday Canine Quotes by called again and back to the Birds SAL.

Added 213 to Canine Quotes this week.

Added 1,019 to the Birds SAL for a total of 1,619 now.

Saturday Rainbow Dragon was called and Colorful Eagle by Kitty & Me I took to my stitch day get together. 

Sunday was Forever in Peace again by Sweet Wing Studio...

So lots of progress. I also got some haul from my stitching store and threads for upcoming May patterns for Mental Health May. Video is uploading now hopefully correctly if you would like to see those.

Have a great week. Love yourself. Find all the reasons you can to smile. I'll keep stitching all the things.

Feb 26th Monday Update

 You might have sneaked a peek at some of my progress photos if you looked at the WIPocalypse update yesterday but you don't get the fun details of my week. So sit back and enjoy my look at last week.

Monday I worked on Rainbow Dragon again. Only 60 stitches added but it was a busy day so just wanted to work on what was ready on my QSnap...

Tuesday was my day for Winter Line Up progress. I got an awesome 546 added. I really really hope to finish it this week even if I have to work on it more than 1 day...

Then I'll start the Spring one March 19th when it's officially Spring...

Wednesday was Hedgehogs in the Snow Day 10 added 215...

 

Thursday was a 2 project day trying to finish up my monthly acrostic goals. First up was a oldie Stitcher's Code SAL from Stitchingly. It was released in 2019. I got it because I love Durene Jones artwork. I'm stitching them individually. I finished the scissors one in 2020. I needed to do the outline on the frog one I was working on previously and then started the parking one...

 

After hitting my goal I moved to Christmas Truck. The kit I bought while on vacation in OBX. Just love a red truck with a Christmas tree haha. 

I added 102 Thursday and 118 Friday before putting it away. 

So that finished my acrostics other than Mermaid Biscornu and Winter Line Up. Winter Line Up will be a finish this week! Mermaid Biscornu will not and that's okay. I know now that these biscornu's take a lot more work than I originally thought. So I will carry on working on that one as a normal WIP in my tote. No worries. 

So Friday afternoon I added 339 more stitches to the Mermaid Biscornu...

I didn't realize how long each little mermaid would take haha. Oh well. Love the way it looks. Saturday and Sunday it was time for a new start...

I joined the Winter Stitchonomy SAL. It's a Mystery SAL but I have enjoyed others from Stitchonomy and peer pressure from a few friends *cough Faith cough* was one haha. Here is week one finished after 965 stitches...

 

I bought the complete kit from Stitchonomy. The fabric is 14ct Riviera Aqua Aida. Threads look like DMC from what I can tell. I just love the way it looks so far. I did see it's typography which I always enjoy. What's next??? We'll have to wait till Friday to see.

Our weather is typical Indiana Springish time but we've been running about 20 or 30 degrees above average. Then it snows. So never know what will be out the window. Today the front door is open. Wednesday snow. In between possible severe storms. 60plus to 30's haha. 

Last Wednesday Jeremiah had another eye doctor appointment and everything was great. His pressure was lowest she had seen it. Who knows why we haven't changed anything since last visit. But we hope it stays that way. I had my BP checked and it was still high so they doubled my med. Which made me dizzy and way confused so hopefully that means it's working haha. I go the 11th to be checked again. Fingers crossed that was the answer. Bev did great with her 2nd treatment. Just a 5 day hospital stay back home yesterday. This time they put her on a chemo pill to keep taking while at home. She will go back to the hospital in 3 weeks for another stronger treatment. But so far so good. So thankful. 

Okay I've been updating this way too long. Typical Monday. Everything goes longer than you want haha. So I'm off. Love yourself. Find a reason to smile. Hugs. Have a wonderful week. 

Feb 19th Monday Update

Howdy Readers. Let's see what I worked on last week...

Monday and Tuesday was time to work on a Mill. I have a monthly goal of working on a Mill Hill two times at least. I worked on Acorn Gnome. Monday I added 161 and Tuesday was a great day I got 592 added...

He looks so cute. Close to a finish. I love this set of Jim Shore Mill Hill Gnomes. 

Wednesday I worked on two projects. I started the day with my weekly goal of 200 on Winter Line Up...

The adorable little penguins are finally starting to appear. 

Switched to Grow Together by HAED so I could hit the 200 goal on it for the month...

Thursday two more projects was worked on. First up was Autumn Time by NY Dreamer. I had a goal of 200... 

 Next up was Colorful Eagle by Kitty & Me. I wanted to add 400 this month. I ended up working on it Thursday (118), Friday (246), and Saturday (373). Added 737 total instead haha. I finished the Kreinik outlining on this half of the pattern now. It feels like a coloring book now. Just color in the sections haha...

So awesome looking!!! Sunday I worked on two projects again. Trying to march off those acrostics from my goals. First up was Dragon Eye by Eva's Designs...

Added 211 to it to hit my goal of 200. Then picked up Rainbow Dragon by Paine Free Crafts. She doesn't really have an amount other than progress so I added 151 to her for now...

So for February running total of stitches is 6,095. I hit 11,865 so we'll see if I meet it or beat it. 

Our weather has been up and down. Then Friday we had a kind of surprise 3 inches of snow. Local weather was saying 1 inch. Others were saying possibly 2. It was beautiful. Now it's warming up so mud everywhere haha. Spike wishes the snow would stay around. He just loves jumping around in the snow. Saturday we watched Oppenheimer on Peacock. Jeremiah our little history buff really enjoyed it a lot. The 3 hours movie took 10 hours with all the pauses for history lessons for me haha. I can definitely see why it won so many awards. Fred has been trying to make jerky in our air fryer. The first round was way too salty. Sunday he changed his recipe and perfected it. So he is very happy. 

I looked through all the Nashville releases trying hard not to find stuff I liked too much haha. I did find one I per-ordered...

I got the dinky dye thread pack and 32ct Antique white evenweave to stitch it on as well. Another patriotic piece. Just had to have it. Luckily though that was all I couldn't live without....for now haha. Have you found any you have to have?

I'm off to catch up on your blogs. I do have 2 floss tubes I'm watching now. But other than that just can't get into them. I mostly just sit and judge the backgrounds and their way of talking about stitching haha. I much prefer blogging. I love the written story behind the pieces. So don't worry I'm not going anywhere. Have a wonderful week. Love yourself. Hug your loved ones. Smile as much as possible.

Jan 29th Monday Update

You might have got a sneak peek because of the WIPocalypse post but I'm here to share my week last week anyway haha. 

Monday I made progress on Winter Line Up by The Trilogy. Day 7 added 213 on it...

After that I rolled my 20 sided dice to see what project to pull out. Woof Block Party by Hands on Designs was picked. I started it in November 2020. I haven't worked on it since. Here is where I was with it...

Monday I added 165. Tuesday I added 604. I have 4 days into it now...

The fabric is 28ct Carmel Macchiato Jobelan from Stephanie Fabrics. I'm using the plain DMC threads for it. It's funny because it seems to go so slow. I'm happy with my progress. Any progress is better than letting it hide in my WIP tote since 2020 haha.

Wednesday I rolled again and pulled out Peppermint Sleds. I was only 36 stitches away from finishing Sled 2 of the 3. So I knew I would finish it quickly. Then I finished the cardinal one too. It took 432 stitches...

So 2 more finishes to add to my page. Wohoo! Plus they are on display proudly for the winter season. 

Thursday was a new start Acorn Gnome another Jim Shore Mill Hill kit. Here is what this one will look like...

I added 339 for Day 1...

Over the weekend I decided Rainbow Dragon from Paine Free Crafts deserved some time. Friday I added 267...

Saturday I only added 18 stitches haha. We ending up doing everything else. Finally put away the Christmas tree. I miss it now. Left out winter theme stuff and added a vase that lights up that my mom loved. It took place of the lights from the tree at least. So we will survive haha. We also watched a WWE PPV because it's my favorite one they do. We really only watch AEW now and we were not surprised with really not enjoying the PPV from the old company. Just so many different ways of doing things. But Jeremiah and I enjoyed our time together complaining. Fred had a radio contest so he was out in our enclosed porch. He had a blast. It was from 2pm Saturday to 2pm Sunday (of course he did take a break to sleep). He ended up with 117 contacts so he was a happy little nerd haha. 

Sunday I worked on Rules for Life again. It was a lazy day so I added 809 stitches!!!

If you want you can look at yesterday's post. I got the whole part by Love on the right added and a bunch of the right border. I'm actually really close on this one now. I think I will keep it up for a few days till February challenges start to see what I can get done.

I had a doctor appointment this morning. Yearly physical. I already knew the bad news. I'm fat. But there are several different ways its starting to add up. I've never had high blood pressure. Of course now I do. It was really high and probably has been for a bit. So she put me on a medicine. My liver is acting up losing weight would help. I have a skin tag that needs removed. Just frustrating and things I already knew I needed to work on are definitely being pointed out to me in different ways. But stitching hours and hours is just so much more fun I told her. So I need to work on balance and adding in my fitness again. But not letting it completely take over again. Just putting it here is helping with my accountability. I'm admitting it out loud. Time to focus on my health so I'm not my mother. I have to. So I can stitch longer. Plus be in Jeremiah's life. Time to be smart with my life choices. 

Anyway I'm off. Love yourself. Take a walk haha. Smile.