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Here’s my first sizable new start for 2023, which I’m stitching for my son who is really into Minecraft these days, having requested a Minecraft birthday theme, and bedroom re-decoration (it was time, he has outgrown the previous enchanted forest theme).  The chart (217 x 324) is by Olga Knyazeva,…

February was a good stitchy month!  Despite being only 28 days, many projects saw significant progress and I even got several finishes!   My first WIPOcalypse goal, Fairy Rain, oldest wip, is now finished!  She is stitched on Hearth Belfast by Colour and Cotton and took only 2.5 days in…

Design by Joan Elliott Materials: Hearth Belfast (Colour & Cotton), DMC, Kreink, Mill Hill beads Size: 10.5″ x 14″ Time to stitch: at least 20 stitchy days since 2020, sorry my record keeping over 21-22 isn’t great Oldest WIP no more!  Fairy Rain is finished, second in the Aerial (or…

Charts: by Glendon Place / Cheryl Granda Materials: Flash Cashel by Picture this Plus, Weeks Dye Works as charted, other hand dyed threads, DMC Size: 7″ x 7″, each Time to stitch: around 5-6 days,each, started in 2021 Presenting my final piece in the Glendon Place 2009 Halloween series!  Here…

Hello friends!  It’s been a great stitchy month.  Despite a few days off here and there, I managed to finish my model stitches and knock out my personal goals as well, so I’m thrilled!   My oldest WIP, Fairy Rain, had 1.5 days love & 1,506 stitches added, much of…

Hello, is this thing on? 😉 After a long hiatus, I finally picked up my needles in the waning days of 2022.  I didn’t stitch, craft, or do much of anything productive, for the bulk of last year.  (I did read a lot, go hiking, “unplug”, get covid twice… ).…

March’s main project turned out to be Santa’s Workshop by Jim Shore / Mill Hill, ultimately it had almost 6 days love and 5,676 stitches added.  I started working on the “meat” of the pattern, as my floss colors were “hit” as Bingo with Semisane Stitchers progressed. Before:  After: Easter…

February is a short month but I made the most of it, stitching 27/28 days!    Apologies for the late post, but I attended the Nashville Needlework Market (as a helper for Ingleside Imaginarium), and last week was crazy. I started with Easter Bunny House, ultimately giving it 3 days…

Snow is a great theme for me since I like stitching Christmas year round!  As it happens, I have 2 recent projects that qualify.  Victorian Carolers by Joanne Aston / Cross Stitch Gold is stitched on 34 count Ecru linen and has lots of negative space at the bottom, meant…