Mary's Thread – Page 23 – Using every spare moment to stitch all the things

03/15/2022

February (no March!) Gifted Gorgeousness

I had prepared this post for February’s Gifted Gorgeousness but got distracted and didn’t post it! Sorry! I think the issue was I had not taken my pictures! I do not have an intermediate picture-just the most current views…oh well. Anyway, I was working on the Victoria Sampler Heirloom Anniversary as a gift for my parents for their 50th anniversary […]

Blog Hop 10 2 min read

03/10/2022

March 2022 FFOs

Many thanks again to Rachel for giving me a reason to FFO some pieces this month and share them with you! I finished up the Sugar Plum Fairy from Satsuma Street. The designer sent me a whole new bead packet and guess what? It’s a good thing I asked her about this because the packet that came in my kit […]

Blog Hop 11 2 min read

03/05/2022

I made a bee skep!

I saw this charming bee skep pin cushion at The Attic many years ago. It was not an item for sale but something on the desk for the staff to use. Well…last year it piqued my interest again and I hunted the internet for bee hive pin cushion. Lo and behold, I found it! It was a kit from Teresa […]

Not Cross Stitch 18 51 sec read

02/26/2022

February 2022 Smalls Link Up

Hello Friends! It is (past) time for the February Smalls Link Up! I’m so sorry this post is late! Several of my family members have been sick (not Covid!) and we had a big event last night (Friday) for the start of the softball season. I was in charge of the activities on the fun field and got totally preoccupied! […]

Smalls SAL 2022 18 1 min read

02/20/2022

A baseball weekend

Baseball season is in full swing (ha ha) here and soon I’ll have 4 kids on 4 teams. This weekend it was *only* 3 on 3 and I got to do the honors of taking the #1 son to his travel games. That meant lots of stitching time!! I made great progress on Heirloom Anniversary! The boys have to be […]

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02/16/2022

Mid Month Report

I am on schedule for this month. I have duly stitched on my alphabet samplers. I haven’t done more on my Jeannette Douglas ABC Sampler (I had made the progress I had planned) but here is the Drawn Thread Sampler of Stitches with ABC and J all completed: I will tell you that selecting my own colors keeps me on […]

WIPs 8 1 min read

02/14/2022

Secret Stitching Sweetheart 2022

Happy St. Valentine’s Day, my friends! I received a lovely stitched Valentine for the Secret Stitching Sweetheart blog hop…is it yours? What lovely delicate stitching to show off a beautiful charm! And it’s a perfect heart shape which is a finish I surely appreciate! Well, whoever you are, thank you, secret stitching friend! And for those who are continuing the […]

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02/13/2022

February 2022 FFOs

I’m linking up with Rachel the Ten Hour Stitcher to persevere in my finishing this month! First, I made the Milady’s Needle stitch into a pin cushion. It was impossible to find a matching trim color. What I wanted was a dark green chenille but no one seems to make or carry the correct shade. I did not want to […]

Blog Hop 10 2 min read

02/08/2022

A work plan for this year

I am glad it is February so I can work on my alphabet samplers. I have come up with a bit of a plan for managing my huge pile of stitching for the year. What I will try to do is spend the first 7 to 10 days of the month doing my alphabets: the Drawn Thread’s Sampler of Stitches […]

Plans 12 1 min read

02/05/2022

The People Choose…

SNOW! I’m linking up with Jo of Serendipitous Stitching, for her monthly People’s Choice blog and the theme for February is SNOW! Here in the Phoenix area, February is really the start of our spring so any thoughts of snow at the moment seem out of season! I know that is a foreign concept to many of you in colder […]

Blog Hop 16 1 min read