Hi everyone! It's update time, albeit a short one before my phone acts up. The Trick or Treat Blog Hop is coming soon so I thought I'd get on here before that. Okay, enough talking!
I have progress to show. First up is Jack's Bash by PSS..
It's looking blurry or maybe it's just my eyes! I spent some time last weekend stitching the inside border there on the left. I once again stitched Happy Hallowe'en at the top center 1 over 1 tent stitch. It's been a while since I've done over 1 but got through it. GAST Walnut is used for that house on the right and it sure looks different than the Walnut I used on my first Jack which I finished 6 years ago! I like it though.
The next progress is on Bittersweet and Broomsticks by Brenda Gervais...
I'm having fun stitching on this. All the colorful pumpkins there on the bottom. Can't wait to stitch in the witch! I'll stitch on this one to the end of this month.
Those 2 pieces were the only things I stitched since my last post! I've had some distractions.
I mentioned joining in on the Jingle Ball. Here's my class that I'm taking...
I ordered 28ct Aerial by PTP there on the right, to stitch the Winter bookmark, just a half of a fat eighth so it was $5 and change, and then ran to Hob Lob this morning for 2 DMCs I was missing. I'm ready! Stitching will commence on the 1st of November. Do I sound excited?! I am! So excited, I went through my stash for a small Christmas project to also stitch in November and this is it...
Is this cute or what?! By Verbena on Etsy, it's been kitted and ready for at least a couple of years. I have the taupe 32ct evenweave to stitch it on with DMCs.
Hobby Lobby is in full Christmas bloom right now and I'm looking forward to Christmas stitching.
The month of November is going to be unusual in that I'm not stitching for a SAL or a challenge! What will I do with myself!!! Well, I'm going to keep stitching on the Brenda Gervais above, the bookmark class, and the Christmas Lodge. I'll pick out a longtime WIP to do, a non-Christmas piece so I don't over do it.
It all sounds like fun to me!
An update on the finger, lol! I saw an orthopedic doc the other day and he said they wouldn't do surgery on it because nerves will grow back, eventually. They think the nerves in my finger probably were traumatized. Every now and then I get tingling in the numb area which is half of my finger lengthwise. It kind of hurts. It's like building snowballs without gloves and they go numb but when feeling comes back you get the tingling. The doc said nerves grow back a millimeter a day. I have one more appointment in 3 months and there should be progress with nerve regeneration and I think we'll just agree on ending the work injury claim. It hasn't interrupted my working at all, it's just disconcerting to stick my needle into the numb part and not feel it, hahaha!
On a nicer note, I bought myself a car! My Honda Civic had 132k miles on it. It's still a good car. I gave it to my daughter. I bought a newer Honda Accord, has all the bells and whistles. Has the push button start which is taking me a little to get used to!
Well, I think this is it. I can't remember if there were more things to talk about or show. Whatever they were, they'll go on my first November post!
Take care, stay safe and sane in this confusing world we find ourselves in! Cooler heads need to prevail somehow.
As always, I love all of your projects Shelly. Great progress.
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Your Jack's Bash is coming along great, Shelly! I just saw a finished one on IG somewhere and there is really a lot of stitching in that piece. Your new Etsy piece is so sweet--there really are such cute designs on Etsy once you take the time to look around. So many times, we only see the mainstream designers in our IG feeds.
ReplyDeleteYour new car sounds great! I'm still getting used to the pushbutton start and stop on my new Subaru, too. I've had it since July and only have 277 miles on it--that shows you how little I drive. Ha ha! No wonder I'm still getting used to all the bells and whistles. And your daughter will be very happy with her Honda Civic. My middle son has one from 1999 that is still going strong with nearly 150,000 miles. They are just such well-built cars.
I do hope your finger gets the feeling back--that must be so odd. Take care now and Happy Halloween ♥
would love to hear your impression of the Jingle Ball, thought about it, but knew I couldn't commit to an actual class as I care for my parents, and my days don't belong to me. I love your progress, I love Halloween stitching and tend to do it all. year round. I don't do much for other holidays. Can't wait to see your new starts - I have 5 planned for December maybe 6 - I'm embracing start all things ready to go.
ReplyDeleteHello I'm a new follower because of the Halloween blog hop. Nice to meet you and I look forward to watching your beautiful progress on your projects.
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