Finishes and Plans

Greetings from a blustery central Arizona! Finally, the temps have gone down around here. Phoenix and the deserts are still toasty though. For the last couple of weeks I have changed my cotton sheets to fleece, given up my shorts at bedtime for sweat pants, and the fan is off! I'm in the process of decorating for Halloween. I feel the holidays go by so fast so I'm decorating early.

I'm not sure how my phone will act but I have a lot to show and talk about. Let's get going!

I have 3 finishes from September, yay! First up is Mighty Acorn by BBD..

Love it, especially the house and it's mustard color! I stitched my initials there at the right bottom. Eventually I'll get this framed along with everything else that is too big to be turned into a pin pillow, lol. I think the fabric is 36ct antique lace by Seraphim.

Next is Wicked Night by The Primitive Hare...

I don't remember the fabric but it's 40ct. It didn't shrink much but I'll make it into a pillow. It would be a nice easel-type finish but I don't know how to make one. 

And last but not least is All Hallows Night..

From the 2020 JCS Halloween issue. I had my doubts about this one. It's looking kind of big, bigger than an ornament. It's 6.5" x 4 3/8" on a mystery linen. But I love it now! It's pretty cute.

I also have progress on 2 items...Clementine..

By Racquel Blasco. Stitching that border is no joke but luckily as you can see on the model, that's it. It's also going to be a big piece when I'm done. She deserves to be finished.

Moonlight is next...

By LHN. I worked on this the entire last week. I've put it down for now but will pick it up throughout October so I can have a finish which is self explanatory down below! Haha!

The last 2 posts I've tried to show these 2 things but my phone says it's running out of storage but here goes anyway! The last of the wanna stitch is this cutie..

So cute. It's called Hello Pumpkin and it's by Salt and Pepper Stitching on Etsy. This link might work...www.Emilycall.Etsy.com. It's hard to read the PDF I have. I would use an overdyed floss in Orange for that or how about black floss?! 

So most would know I don't collect scissors. That might be ending!

A recent purchase is the cute kitty scissors. I already had the two gold colored scissors.

I bought these at the Victorian Rose shop.

Stitching for October is all Halloween so if you are not crazy about Halloween I would beware!

I tweaked my list for the 2 SALs I'm following and Jack's Bash by PSS will be on the snaps but I can't find a picture of it. 

I'm also starting 2 new Halloween pieces...

By WTN&T, it's been kitted up for a couple or 3 years, time to stitch it!

And...

I love her cat patterns. This big cat afraid of the spider! I think my fabric is Carrot by WDW.

My phone is behaving itself so let's go on.

Stitch from Stash was deadly in September. Lol! I spent almost $54 on patterns and a fabric. I mean, it's almost Halloween and I've got the Obsessive Halloween Disorder!

Here's my new stash!

The new Kathy Barrick and Ink Circles with fabric. I couldn't upload a picture but it's 2 HOD White Christmas patterns. They're super pretty.

As I knew it would, phone says I'm running out of memory. So I better get. I'm on my way to the local urgent care. I got a work injury end of August. I cut the skin between my ring finger and middle finger and my finger went dead, no feeling. One month later, half of my finger is still numb. I may have nerve damage. Today I'll find out if surgery is in the cards. Wish me luck!!

Take care, we'll see you soon! 

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How can it be the 10th of September already??!! We're almost at the middle of the month! Before you know it, it'll be Thanksgiving. 

I have progress, more on the radar stitching, and 2 FFOs. Yes! Let's go!

I'm still following along on 2 year long SALs, unofficially. The first one is Clear the Deck and the project is Mighty Acorn by BBD...

Folks, I can finish this in one week, I bet! I stitched more last night after I took this picture. The top 3 window panes are filled in and I have the squirrel's outer stitches done, below the house. I'm getting that familiar feeling of tunnel vision that happens when I get close to a finish. I'll stitch on this for the rest of the day.

For the #idareyousal, I pulled out Clementine, my much ignored WIP...

Since the last time I showed this, I've added 3 more diamonds on the left. For sure, she won't be finished by the end of the month.

Over at the FB group Halloween Stitch Challenge, I'm stitching 2 pieces, one was a new start and the other is a WIP. Here's Wicked Night...

Mr Headless has his head! I love this pattern. Somebody on FB asked about my needleminder. It's a turtle and Claudette at BAP Attack hosted the Turtle Trot some years ago. I won floss and the needleminder from her giveaway. 

My WIP for the Challenge is All Hallows Night...

from the Halloween issue of JCS 2020, which turned out to be a pretty scary year, as we all know. Anyway, I don't remember what fabric I used. It's definitely bigger than ornament sized. I don't have a picture of the model.

From the same FB group, I joined the FFO Challenge. Friday-Sunday, we FFO our finished stitches. Last week, I did these two...

Nothing fancy. These are 2 freebies from primitivebetty. Christmas designs on black fabric are always amazing.

So I watch flosstube and Carol the Saltbox Stitcher is a favorite of mine. Her latest video, she went on a new start frenzy. I thought if Carol can do that, so can I! Well, it was hard but I refrained from new starts and instead looked through my WIPs and pulled out Moonlight by LHN...

So pretty! I bought this sometime last year and because 123stitch makes it so easy to order the needed supplies right from the item page, bought the silk and the fabric. Once I stitch the deer's body, I'll be at the halfway point. I'll get back to this when I finish one of the above projects.

This is the longest time spent on what I call obligation stitching. Usually, I jump ship within the first 2 months of the new year. It could all self-implode tomorrow and start dozens of new things but I'm enjoying stitching and finishing my WIPs. I have 18 finishes.

So here's the rest of my potential new starts...

I've had this in my stash for quite awhile! The pattern calls for his fabric called Mummy Wrap which would be fun to buy and use but I'll find something in my stash. I really should try to start this sometime.

Next...

Love this! The sign post says Bourbon Street which is in NOLA. We stayed in a BnB not far from Bourbon Street when my daughter and I flew to New Orleans 7 years ago for Mardi Gras. Love the dancing skeletons and the old-time hearse.

Love the tree. Here's something interesting about this chart. It is copyrighted 1995 but the called for fabric is a 36. I didn't know there was 36ct anything offered 28 years ago! I thought it was just Aida being sold! It's so cute, lots of fill-stitching for that tree. I think I'll start this in December.

Such a pretty winter stitch; I need to get my hands on a charcoal-y fabric. I have more SubRosa patterns to stitch. Maybe next year I'll have a SubRosa month where I stitch all the charts. Hmm.

I had 1 more to show but my phone is showing low memory. 

I'll let my phone recover, lol, and get back to it next post 

Hope you're all doing fine and stitching all the things!

See ya next time!