Hello! So I tried really hard to post on the last day of February but I got my dates mixed. Then my phone was giving me grief. Here we go but it might be a short one🤷🏻♀️
In February I had one more finish and that's this cutey...
How cute is this scaredy cat?! For once the color of the fabric shows up right! On 30ct Carrot using the called for floss. I must admit that sewing on his eyes was a struggle. The model on the chart shows his 'eyes' looking up but not so much on mine. The color used on the cat is WDW Old Purple Paint or Old Faded Purple 🤪 not sure of which but I almost used the whole skein! What an adorable design. I have more of Val's Stuff charts because they're too 🥰cute.
I don't think I started anything new but I stitched on 4 maybe 5 items. On the Facebook group Stitching 911 (I also follow her flosstubes), Stacy announced a challenge. It was to find household items in your house and take a picture of said item with your stitching. So I joined! I have pictures for a few of the things so let's take a look.
I pulled out Summer in the Country by Stitches Through the Years, an Etsy shop. Here's what I have..
I stitched in 'hope' in the text, moved down on that left border and stitched in 2 and a half sheep. I used 36ct Parchment, non Zweigart linen. I think we all know how flimsy it can be. It's a good sized sampler. It's pretty though.
Next up are the dancing pumpkin people at the disco, Halloween Night Fever, a freebie by The Stitcherhood...
I stitched the rest of Her torso, on the left, and got to her belt. The Man pumpkin requires more stitching than Her. Then I moved on to....
Oops, I forgot her name but it's by Atelier Soed Idee. I stitched the rest of the big flower and wanted to stay stitching but I had to move on.
The others have only a few stitches in them. Because I got my dates wrong I had to stitch on 6 pieces before the end of February at 10pm Arizona time, on Saturday! Stacy would pick a winner from all those who found the 10 household items and the prize was a bunch of stitchy things. However I am sick and tired of Americans vs Americans (I cannot watch this happening), I have terminated my Facebook account so I don't know who won the goodies. I miss the stitch groups I was in though.
I went in and saved important pictures to my phone. I warned friends and family that I was doing this. Yes, Instagram has nearly the same content about politics and such, but I'm ignoring it. With Facebook it was every other post that was politically based.
Back to the fun stuff!
Oh I did have a new start...
I started Jane Southward by GigiR. Ever since I saw this being stitched in a, you got it, Facebook group, I had to have it! Here's where I got to...
I'm using the called for 40ct WDW Cocoa and the over dyed cottons. It was the big chunky pink flowers that did me in! It's a huge piece even on 40ct.
If anything, I'll save money not being in Facebook!😁
That's it for the stitching.
My daughter and I went to Phoenix this past Thursday for my doc appointment. It was 72 or 73 degrees and it was so nice but windy. We think we know what's going on with me and it's easily taken care of with some supplements but I have to go back for a gastric ultrasound to rule out anything else. Aanndd they're talking a colonoscopy, ugh! My blood pressure has shot back up and I'm back on meds for that. Getting old is not for the weak, I'm telling ya!😂
It's Market time!
All I preordered was 1 book and 2 charts. The book is Hello Snow (Winter?) by Theresa Kogut and the charts are from Shakespeare's Peddler, that's it! I could've done more damage but thought I'd get the charts when they're released further down the line.
What did you all preorder or were you behaving?!
Take care, stay safe! We'll meet again in 2 weeks...hopefully🙋🏻♀️
