Updates!

Good afternoon! I am back with updates on everything I've stitched. Yes, I'm stitching again, got back into the groove a couple days after my last post. After a small trip to the outskirts of Phoenix to pick up this lovely thing..

I am back reading again! I've read 90 pages so far and enjoying it. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, those of us who celebrate it. We had a spiral ham and the fixings. My daughter did all the cooking. I had ham leftovers and gladly ate hot ham and cheese sandwiches for a couple of days! And there's more, ha. I still have not figured out how to make paragraphs for this blog using my phone so sorry for the huge run-on paragraph. I've been finishing WIPs and have wittled down my WIP pile to 20! I took a look at everything, deciding whether I've lost the desire for a couple. I did manage to finish 3 in one week though, so here they are..

At the top is Believe in Christmas, from the August 2015 Christmas JCS ornaments preview issue. Took me just 3 hours to finish it. Last time, I had everything stitched up to the hat. At bottom is The Size of The Gift, from the JCS 2016 Christmas ornaments issue, on the called for 40ct Helix PTP linen. Very tiny but just cute. And the piece de resistance is this..

Bittersweet September by Blackbird Designs. I used 35ct fabric instead of the 32ct called for and it's small, about 5" square. Vibrant colors. I believe the linen is Linen by WDW. Those are the last of my finishes. I am getting caught up with my SAL stitching, the Rooky Woods SAL, and picked up another WIP, this one is Crone on the Hill by PSS..

The house looks like the Nathaniel Hawthorne house in Salem, Mass., with the old world style windows. I hope to have this finished before the year is out for my 21st finish, yahoo! Update on the kids! They have recovered from Covid. My daughter still has some congestion, and the boyfriend can taste and smell some things but not all. They've both gone back to work. They both tested negative to go back to work. So I'm pretty happy about that.

So I've been throwing in random pictures to break up these paragraphs but I thought some of you may be interested in these mugs with the cross stitch printed on them. They're kind of cute! Be sure to click on pictures to see them bigger. And be sure to stop by on December 6th for my Advent blog hop post. The guest of honor will be the Christmas tree. We'll be talking about the Christmas tree and answering questions on our traditions. That should be fun. I better make sure my post is on the 6th! I also wanted to mention a year long Christmas ornament kit being mailed out once a month in 2022 being hosted by Celebrations in Needlework. I think that's what they're called. For $24 a month, you get a full kit to make an ornament. Some of the designers are Mani di Donna, the Primitive Hare, and 10 others. I signed up. I'll show the flyer on the next regular post in December. Alrighty, I think this is it. It's back to work for a whole bunch of us, and I've got laundry to get to. Thanks for stopping by, please stay healthy, and we'll see you next month! Toodles!

A post!

Hello! Here we are headed to Thanksgiving in the states in 2 weeks! It's going by so fast. I've already put out Christmas lights on the mantel and set up my nutcrackers. They make me smile. So I have finishes and a couple FFOs to show, let's go!

This is Fleurs 1805 by Samplers Not Forgotten. I finished this back around August or September and forgot to show it. It's pretty. I have two more finishes, this one is Cobblestone Crossing by StoneStreetSitchWorks on Etsy..

I made a few changes on this one! The model shows a rectangular border and a date on either side of the lamp. I left off the border and the date. Because this reminded me so much of Victorian England, I shortened that house on the right and stitched 1 over 1 the date The Christmas Carol by Dickens was first published. I love how it turned out! I'm seeing an oval frame for this, black or gray. It's been a WIP for at least 2 years so I'm glad it's finished. My next finish is Litha by the Primitive Hare..

On a coffee dyed mystery linen, I stitched this in 2 evenings. It spent more time than that as a WIP! So cute, I love the little bees flying around. Up next are my FFO's..

Brittercup on the left, from a JCS ornament issue, and Red House in Winter by LHN. I also did Rest Thy Scissors by Notforgotten Farm..

I keep forgetting to show my mystery SAL piece too. This is Rooky Woods by Tempting Tangles. The 4th part came out Thursday but I haven't stitched it in yet.

It's hard to believe it's November here. The temp is 74 right now and the sun is shining. We're also going through our prescribed burns in the local forest. Here's one yesterday..

They are a necessary evil here living next to forestland. This morning was the first time since Wednesday not smelling smoke.

Although I have these finishes and FFO's, I think my stitching mojo has up and left! I haven't stitched in 3 days. Even worse, for me, is I'm not reading either. I love books! I am a reader my entire life. I read In Cold Blood by Truman Capote when I was 11! In secret of course, my parents wouldn't have let me had they known! The 23rd of this month may be my saving grace because that is when the newest Outlander book comes out! That may do it. What is probably the reason for all this is my daughter and her significant other caught Covid. All this time, they go and catch it. They've isolated for the last 10 days and I think they've turned the corner. Yesterday my daughter lost her fever and the breathing has come easier so I hope this is the beginning of recovery for them both. I just wish Covid would take a hike. Take care everyone!