You may be wondering what my title means🤔those are the names of the hurricanes/tropical depressions that affected us here in Arizona. I'll talk more about the crazy weather down below.
Let's talk stitching! Nearly halfway through October already, I'd like to get back to twice a month posting.
Disclaimer: it's Halloween stitching from here on out! I have progress, a new start and a bit of stash. Let's go!
You'll recognize Witch Hill by Ship's Manor...
Sorry about the fold in the fabric, I try not to iron my stitching until the end. It's slow going stitching, and I don't know why! Since the last time I stitched on this, I put in the 2 pumpkins in the middle of the design. There's a lot of different colors on the hill and that's probably why I'm just chugging along. I can't wait to get to Miss Witchy there at the bottom.
Next is the PSS pattern called Miss Lucien's School for Girls Lesson One...
I just love this. Heck, I just love Paulette's Halloween designs period! The last time I just had the peacock and a few letters. It would be nice to have this finished by Halloween but I don't think it's going to happen. Since I've involuntarily, mind you, taken an extensive leave from any FFOing, I shouldn't worry😂
And it's raining again🌧️💨
This next piece should be a new start but I'm categorizing it as a WIP...
Meet Pumpkin from the Fang and Big Eye Gang by Twin Peak Primitives...
Not a lot to show but it's a start. I call it a WIP because I already stitched the cat on the left on the cover. I want to have all 3 stitched. They're pretty much full coverage. I find these hard to stitch though. The outer border are 4 rows of the 2 floss colors. On this piece, it's the black and yellow stitches. I think it's because the meeting place for the right and left border do not match. One side might have 25 stitches and on the other maybe 1 or 2 extra stitches. So I'm constantly counting the border stitches🫨 somehow it comes together.
Now my new start. Boo To You by Brenda Gervais/WTH&T...
She's on 36ct Winter Brew on R&R. She's a cutie. I'm using most of the called for floss. I'll have to look for substitutes for the colors I don't have.
So last weekend I took part in the Harvest Moon Hangout which is brought to us by Lindy Stitches. It's a virtual event like the Jingle Ball. I bought a fat quarter of fabric and some fripperies...
The JCS magazine is from 123stitch. The fabric is 32ct orangey black linen that is perfect for a Halloween design I have in mind. A lip smoother and the tea round out my purchases. Not too bad I would say😌
Anyone thinking of stitching plans in 2027? I plan to turn 63 in January! As if I have any say in the matter. I think I'm going to have a start-a-thon type of plan but I'm not starting 63 things! If anyone's watching Sully Stitches Tara on flosstube, I might do something like that. She's starting 25 new designs and doing the old school shaking the basket and picking a number, and I like that. I do have charts that I really want to start, some may need floss and/or fabric but most are ready to go. WIPGO might be in the cards but I'm gnashing my teeth to start stuff!
What I do know is that I will switch to winter/Christmas stitching in November. I don't know if it will be all Gingerbread or something else. I'm kind of interested in stitching Christmas charts that are just red; white or antique white fabric with red floss. I have a PDF of a Santa head that is all red floss and I found an ornament in a JCS ornament issue that is also all red stitched. I think a corner of a bookcase would look so pretty with just red stitched items🤔 stay tuned!
Onto the weather!
Last Saturday or Sunday we started getting tons of clouds from the then tropical storm Odalys. It then rained for 2 days straight. I don't think we got any Polo remnants though. I think those got eastern New Mexico and into Texas. Then Rachel decided to visit Friday and it's been off and on raining. Right now it's super windy outside. As I was typing this out, warnings kept popping up on my phone that Hurricane Rachel is near! FYI: We've never had a hurricane make landfall anywhere near AZ simply because we're not near the ocean. We're separated from the Eastern Pacific by Baja California. So I'm not sure what the weather service is going on about.
As a native Arizonan, I'm ready for dry weather😂 However, the huge reservoirs bordering this state, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, are going down due to usage, normal evaporation. Lakes nearby are nearly drying up. So it's a real concern. For that, we're grateful for all the precipitation. We may have a snowy winter too. Not me though, where I live now we might get a dusting of snow once every couple of years. I will not miss going out to find my windshield iced over and I have to scrape it!
Well, that's it for now. I'll be back on Halloween night. I'll show where I've got to on some of my scary stitching and who knows, maybe I'll have actual FFOs to show!
Happy stitching! See you on the 31st!👻🧡🎃
