What I Stitched On Last Week

My stitching has continued to be quite random lately, just working on what calls me at the moment. I have a little progress to share from last week: Lazy Alphabet by La D Da. (This one is so fun!) Charmed by Raise the Roof (Also so fun!) English Sampler Pillow (I messed up the spacing of the mauve dots so […]

August Small: French Garden Fob

I finished up the French Garden Fob from 2 weeks ago for my August Small! Boy was this ever fiddly. It came out fine but I wish the back had come together nicer. It was so quick to stitch up perhaps I’ll give it another go in the future. Or at least attempt the technique again which was an interesting […]

Sunday Stitching

I wanted to see if I could make a whole small in a day. I chose the fob from French Garden by The Drawn Thread. I will for sure get it done tonight, I have 3/4 of the border left, but wanted to take a picture while there is still good light. Here it is!

A Couple Smalls for July

I’m linking up with Heather of Stitching Lotus for our monthly Smalls check in! I got all the beads on Star Santa, as perhaps you expected! Do you remember this Threedles design from a while ago? I found the beads I needed on clearance at JoAnn’s so I got that done too! So fancy! I can’t wait to make another […]

Joy Times Two

Here it is July and I find myself working on two “Joyful” Christmas ornaments. Here is series 3-2 from the Victoria Sampler Learning Collection, this one featuring Bargello. (I haven’t gotten to the Bargello part yet): And here is a fun Mill Hill ornament called Jeweled Joy just waiting for beads: I’ll tell you why I’m making these when they’re […]

Friday Finishing (My June Small)

I’ve developed a bad habit of not finishing my works. I know I’m not the only one with this problem but for me it’s starting to seem unjust to all the time I’ve spent stitching! And I had an impetus this month-I finished stitching Lounging Hare from the class I took with Sherri Jones in 2016! And so I really […]

In other news…

I haven’t ONLY been stitching on paper. I’ve been working on a whole smorgasbord of stuff. Here’s what’s going on with my other projects: When I wasn’t beading on vacation I put quite a few stitches in on In The Sweet: This has gone well so far but I’m dreading the border as it looks tedious! And here’s Lounging Hare: […]

A Little Box Finished-My May Small

(Edited to add: This is my May Small for Heather’s Stitching Lotus Smalls SAL)   You know I finished this Beyond Cross Stitch Learning Collection piece from Victoria Sampler back in April and planned to make it into a box topper for a present for my daughter’s First Communion. Here it is! I found a little square box and had […]

Mill Hill Mania

It’s been a weird month for stitching. We’ve been super busy and I haven’t had time to just buckle down and make great strides on any thing. I got on a Mill Hill kick though. I can do Mill Hills while I rock the baby so that’s been my main stitching lately. Here’s what I’m doing: The stitching on Balthazar […]

Sharing the gift of stitching: stockings from my Mom

My dear mother is visiting this week and she brought a present for our baby which I know you all will appreciate seeing: My mom is a “gift” stitcher. She only makes presents for people. She doesn’t ever stitch for herself. She made a beautiful cross stitch for my Grandma (her mother in law) (the one who taught me to […]