Winners and Finishes

Greetings from a rumbly central Arizona, I can hear some thunder. Our monsoon season has started and the landscape is greening up. So our temps have definitely gone down. It hasn't rained a lot like previous years though but we'll take whatever we can get. I can't wait for September when it begins to cool off some.

So I have some finishes and plans, plus the winners of the chart giveaway. Let's do this!

My first finish and it's a doozy, I love it! Wicked Alphabet by The Primitive Needle....

I'm not sure of the fabric used, it's 36ct, but I used the called for floss. I made this my focus piece for the last week. It doesn't show up good but the witch is GAST Dried Thyme green and it looks great. 

My 2nd finish is Snow Birds from the JCS ornament issue 2013....

Very pretty and dainty looking. It's on 32ct pearl grey linen.

3rd and final finish for July is Holly Jolly Tree Co by HOD...

The fabric is 32ct linen, Molly by Grace Notes with DMC floss. This project was for cross stitch camp on Instagram. 

My stitching plans are finishing A Bee in Your Bonnet by Summerhouse Stitche Workes..

I just need to put on the big girl panties and stitch the eyelets in in the bee skep🤦🏻‍♀️ stitching this will take care of 2 separate SALs.

I planned on not joining summer stitching camp for the August task but changed my mind. For August it's stitch something you've never done or used. So thanks to Brenda and the Serial Starter, I am stitching one of the Tindale sisters sampler using the Ginnie Thompson Flower thread which I've never used...

So wish me luck on this! We all know I won't be finished in 1 month! This scratches my new start itch though.

Next!

Haha! Wicked Night by The Primitive Hare. It's for the Halloween Stitching Challenge fb group. Calls for 30ct, I'm using 40 to shrink it down to size. I think I can finish this in August.

What I'm not doing is my personal ornament SAL. I have 5, really 7 if I count the other 2 from different year JCS issues, and I'm happy with that. I just need to FFO them....

So once again, I'm stitching on 3 projects for August with a good chance of cutting that down to 2 if I can finish Bee right away. Wish me luck!

Alright, who is/are the winner or winners of the giveaway? 

Lee and Linda!! They're the only ones to put in for the giveaway. 

Lee, you've won the 2 charts you were interested in, the Tulip kit and Weeds Make Haste. Email me at azcampis@yahoo.com to leave your mailing address. I don't think I have it.

And..

Linda has won the remaining charts. Let me know if you'll take them all. I have an address for you at Jackson, CA. I also have 2 pieces of 14ct Aida, would you like them? I think they're white or antique white. Just let me know.

Congratulations, ladies and thank you for helping me find homes for those charts!

I think that's it. I was kind of long-winded on this post. I have laundry to get to; back to work tomorrow!

See you soon!

This and That

Hello everyone! Hope you're staying cool! Here in Arizona, we are roasting. Take a look at the temp here the other day😳

I have never ever seen it get this hot here before! It's miserable. As everyone likes to say though..

 

It's a dry heat but it's just hot. Phoenix hit 118 yesterday. It's been an odd weather year this year. Mother Nature has gone crazy.

I want to say thanks for your words of comfort on the loss of my Bubba. He will always be missed.

Let's see what I've been stitching on. I'm rotating on 3 projects, nothing is finished yet but getting close on one..

Here's my #crossstitchcamp project on Instagram. I bought this straight from their website. It comes with the cotton fabric, twine and bells. It's on a Grace Notes fabric, a newish dyer. It'll be finished before the others.

I have progress on Wicked Alphabet by the Primitive Needle...

See the witch taking shape at the bottom? Squeal!! This is another one I think I can finish before the end of the month. 

And now here's Snow Birds..

Birds is doing double duty for 2 SALs, on a leftover 32ct pearl gray linen, using DMCs. It's a pretty design.

For August and September, I'm doing another challenge on a Facebook Halloween group. All the projects are to be taken from the JCS special Halloween magazines. This one is for August...

Designer is the Primitive Hare, and is in the Fall 2011 Halloween issue. Instead of 30ct I'm using 36 to shrink this down some. 

For September is a WIP from the 2020 issue...

All Hallows Night.

This month will be the last in the cross stitch camp on IG. Sometimes I feel my stitching attention is all over the place and I have to dial it down! I'm still committed to finishing WIPs and will always have one to stitch per month.

And look what I did, I actually FFO'd something!

Another cube. Please hold...I had to go through my blog for the name of this pattern. It's Salem by The Bluebird Needleworks. She has an Etsy shop. I had the whole piece together but just needed the right fabric for the side and back...

Isn't that pretty? A perfect Fall fabric. I found it at Hobby Lobby. Sometimes there's no rhyme or reason for the things I do, lol. In June, I took the cube to Joanne's with me for fabric and all I bought was a prepackaged fat quarter of fall-ish fabric, got home and realized it's not enough for the piece that wraps around the sides! Here are more pictures of my cube...

My ribbons on the side match the moon and the light colored house. I was at a loss for what to top it off with so I just pinned that black and orange gauzy polka dot ribbon with the cream colored skinny ribbon. If I run across something perfect, I'll replace what's on there now. I just love to do cubes. They don't sit right on the table, I stick raised rubber dots from Amazon on the bottom. 

Now you've reached a giveaway. Just looking for new homes for these charts. Same rules as usual- be a follower, be in the US for mailing. If more than 1 person wants a chart, I'll draw names for that chart. I'll leave this up until July 29 midnight AZ time. 

Here they are:

#1

#2

Shakespeare Peddler

#3

#4

#5

Comes with a needle, silks, and 35ct linen

#6

#7

#8

Shakespeare's Peddler

All graphs are unmarked. Good luck! In your comment just add the #'s you're interested in.

That's it. I will plug along on all the above WIPs and hope for finishes before August arrives. I can't believe we're coming in to August already!

Take care, stay cool if you're hot like us out here!

See you soon🙋🏻‍♀️