I'm back cross-stitching

 

Well, not yet, but real soon because my daughter found a Halloween cross-stitch booklet that I thought I lost forever. So my plans are to make some of the stocking ornaments from Blackbird Designs. I took a break from cross-stitching, I think I just got burned out. Plus I have a lot of finishing to do and I just needed a break. In the mean time I have been making other things and sewing more and I'll share them here.

But I do have a cross-stitch finish to share, well I have quite a few, but I'll show off this one for now. This a needlebook, the pattern is from Punch Needle and Primitive Stitchery magazine.

My two latest projects are two reversible boxed totes from veryshannon.com. These came out very nice, and the second one is for my daughter and she loved it!

That's all for today, I'll be back for more crafty shares (yikes, if I remember). 

Have a great weekend!

Easter Bunnies

I hope you all had a nice Easter, well if you celebrate Easter. Anyway, I hope you're doing well. I'm still around and cross-stitching, but I'm also sewing and making other things, like bunnies! I have plans to make dolls and other animals again. It's been fun, but a challenge.

Patterns are from Liberty Creek Primitives on Etsy and the little bunnies are from Tilda World's website (it's free!). I also made a banner with vintage images. You can see part of it on the second photo. Those are fun to make and I want to make more banners for fall or Halloween.

I have more cross-stitch to share, which I plan to do soon. I just need to get into a routine of blogging again. There is no excuse.

Thank you for stopping by. 

Enjoy your day!

August, September and October stitching

Okay, I really need to do some catching up here. I have done a lot of stitching, mostly trying to finish up my wips. I have so many that need to be framed. I have tried framing on my own, but I'm not very good at it and it's hard to find the right frame.

My August finishes are Deux Oiseaux and In My Garden by Blackbird Designs. These are from the Ooh La La and the Sewing Club cross-stitch books. I hope I can get these framed soon!

I have no finishes for September, I spent the month trying to finish up When Witches go Riding by the Prairie Schooler, which I finished in October. I can't remember the fabric I stitched it on, but it was not easy. I'm glad I finished it! I think it's 28 count Heartland. Sorry, not the best picture, and yes the wall is green.

I've been working for weeks on Mighty Acorn by Blackbird Designs, which is getting close to being done. I just need to finish up the border and a few little areas. 

I have since started a few autumn smalls, which I may or may not be done this month and then I'll be stitching my Christmas wips. I only have a few left. I finished the Twelve Days of Christmas ornaments by Satsuma Street Designs. They still need to be fully finished, not my favorite part of cross-stitching.

Okay, well that's all for today. Thank you for stopping by and I will definitely have more to show off, if I can only get photos uploaded and posted.

June stitching and July plans

Hello, back again with some progress and finishes. Where did June go? It flew by, but I managed to finish a few projects. I'm on a mission to finish all my wips this year and it looks like I'm getting a lot done. 

This is Be Thankful by Country Cottage Needleworks. When I first started stitching this I wasn't all that thrilled about the white pumpkins. So I ended up changing the colors on a few pumpkins to traditional pumpkin colors. I used Classic Colorworks floss; Pumpkin Harvest, Colonial Copper and Candied Yams. I love how it turned out! 

Next I have Tomato Time Needlebook from Punch Needle and Primitive Stitching magazine. I need to sew this up into a needlebook, I'm just deciding what fabric I want to use.

This is Autumn Sound by Blackbird Designs, not a wip, I was able to stitch this up in three days! I think it's supposed to be made into a pin cushion, not sure if I'll make it that way.

This month for Christmas in July, I'm finishing up my Christmas ornaments I started during Stitchmaynia 2020. They're almost done. Twelve Days of Christmas by Satsuma Street. I used all DMC floss and it's stitched on 14 count Aida, Oatmeal. Here are the first two I'm finishing today.

I have more to share, but I'm having issues uploading photos. I wish there was an easier way. I'll have to figure that out.

Have a great weekend!

May projects and plans

Well, I've been busy with Stitchmaynia and a little late on posting my progress. I started 6 new projects and now I'm going to revisit some of my WIPs from last year. Today I'll be stitching "When Witches Go Riding" by the Prairie Schooler.

Okay, here's the quick run down of my Stitchmaynia starts. First up is Autumn Hill by Plum Street Samplers. I gave myself three days and then I moved on to the next project.

Next was Jardin Prive's "La Nature est mon Atelier" stitched on 28 count Monaco and the called for DMC floss.

My third start, "In My Garden" by Black Bird Designs, stitched on 28 count Monaco and I used DMC floss. This is suppose to be a pin cushion, if you can see in the book cover photo. I'm a little scared to cut it up when I finish, might be easier to frame when I'm finished.

Fourth start, "Tomato Time Needlebook" designed by Eszter Marjanovic, this pattern was in last Summer's Punch Needle and Primitive Stitching Magazine. I can't wait until I finish this one as a needlebook, it's going to be so cute! I stitched it on 16 count French Lace Aida and DMC floss.

Autumn Sound by Black Bird Designs. I was able to finish this one, inspite of all the color changes. I think this one came out really nice. 

And my last one is Mighty Acorn by Blackbird Designs. I really love their patterns! I love samplers, so I plan on stitching more. This is also stitched on 28 count Monaco, I'm using the Weeks Dye Works floss that's called for on the chart. Except for the border, I used DMC 869.

For the rest of the month I'll be stitching up wips. Thanks for stopping by, this is just a little update on my blog. It looks like I'm lucky to post once a month lately.

Have a great week!

April finishes and more plans

Good morning. I have a few shares to write about. I finished the little Easter egg by Crocette a gogo. It came out really cute, unfortunately not fully finished. I think I'll make it into a small pillow. Yes, another addition to my "to be fully-finished" projects.

Next up, is I finished Santa's List by Country Cottage Needleworks. I started this over a year ago, I was able to stitch it quickly once I put my mind to it. I was having a heck of a time trying to make French Knots for the white polka dots on the boxes. I gave up and used beads instead. I only had some red beads from a previous project, so that's what I used. I eventually made the French knots for Santa's eyes.

I'm currently stitching my next WIP, which is Babushka's Blossoms by Plum Street Samplers. I Just have the pumpkin to do and I should be done by tomorrow if I do nothing else, lol. 

My next plan is to start a sampler by Blackbird Designs. It's from the Oh, La, La book called Deux Oiseaux (two birds), I like this one because it calls for one color floss, which I have never done a cross stitch using one color. Plus I like the fact that I can pick it up in the morning and stitch without much thought to it, and drink my coffee.

I have a few other new projects to start this month or maybe next month; Autumn Hill by Plum Street Samplers and La Nature est mon Atelier by Jardin Prive. The translation is "nature is my workshop", how sweet!

Next month is Stitch-Maynia and I'm not sure what my plans are. I might choose to do what I did last year, which is to finish what I started last year and maybe a few new things thrown in the mix. I really should frame all my finishes instead!

Have a great week, until next time happy stitching!

A few finishes and my April plans

I didn't realize it has been February since I last posted. Well, here's a quick update what I'm making and what lies ahead in April.

My last finish is Lori Holt's "Happy Farm Girl". It was a wip from 2019. This year I'm determined to finish all my wips, at least most of them. Anyway, I stitched this for the last three weeks and finally finished it! I changed some of the colors. I made her skin tone a little darker and instead of a blonde, she is a brunette. I will try to frame this soon.

My two other finishes this month is "Less Is More" by Jardin Prive and "Frida" by Barbara Ana. I sent them off to Total Framing in Virginia to be framed. I've never sent my cross stitch to be framed professionally (well, once a long time ago), but I heard nothing but I good things about them. I'm looking forward to hearing from them on choices of frames. They said they will send me photos to look at in about a month, they are really popular for stitchery framing.

I'm currently stitching a small cross-stitch by Crocette a gogo. It's a free pattern from her website. I hope I'll have it finished by Easter. I'm stitching it on 28 count Vintage Country Mocha linen. I would love to start stitching samplers, so I'm looking at charts from Blackbird Designs. Well, that's the plan anyway.

I have more finishes for March, but I'll save that for another post. In the meantime, have a great day!

Weekly crafty roundup

Happy Valentine's Day!

Well, this week I manage to do a little crafting, because that's all there is to do besides cooking and cleaning, ugh! I made more tags for my journals. I'm continuing to cross-stitch Frida, she's almost done and I found the DMC 503, I had it all the time. So I didn't have to substitute with another color. Anyway, I should have been done days ago, but I think I just lost my mojo with that piece.

I also printed and put together a junk journal kit from Vectoria Designs. I put it in a mini binder I have for recipes, but I plan to cover it. It's a recipe book that I can put in our favorites and then possibly hand it down to my daughter, if she's interested. It has some really cute, vintage pictures. It will be fun to put together.

Friday Freebie Hearts are from Gi Kerr's Happiness is Crafting on Facebook. I used Stampin' Up tag punch and Butterfly Duo punch and Butterfly Gala stamp set.

Vectoria Designs vintage journal is from Etsy. This is so cute! Here are a couple of pages from the junk journal kit. It has a retro look to it.

I love these butterflies from Butterfly Gala by Stampin' UP. Here is another page from the Recipe Junk Journal kit. Adorable!

Have a beautiful Valentine's Day and happy crafting!

Coffee and cross-stitch

Good morning!

Here's what I've been working on for the last 2 weeks. I started this during Stitchmaynia 2019, but with all my other wips I hadn't picked it up until last month. So I'm determined to get it done. Of course, I'm not stitching like I used to, so it's going to be a slow process.

I'm out of DMC 503, which is a blue-green that goes on the bottom of her dress. I'm looking at DMC 597 that could be a good substitute, it's pretty close. Hopefully I'll finish her dress today or maybe tomorrow, then I'll have the flowers left to do.

Frida designed by Barbara Ana Designs

Speaking of coffee, I found these cute coffee journal cards on the Lily-pad digital website. I brought them into one of my digital programs and made tags. These will be great for my cards or journals. The tags are sort of large, but I think they'll work just fine. I printed them on the back side of patterned paper that is light and is perfect for journaling.

Hope your having a relaxing day. 

Happy crafting!

I'm still here

I'm still here and crafting my brains out! A lot of cross-stitching, but not as much as I use to. I cross-stitch daily, mostly in the mornings. Now I have been hit with the paper crafting bug again.

First it's been with my Silhouette Portrait, just making all kinds of stuff with it. In December I made these two 3d paper projects.

Then January rolls around and I made a few Valentine box cards and candy treat bags. These are fun to make.

Here is my Aunt's birthday card. It was my first box card and it was a lot easier than I thought, so then I got hooked on those box cards. This is really an Easter card, but I changed it up to be a birthday card.

And now it's been all about junk journals. I've put one together, but it's random, more like an idea book. I have so much paper, I need to do something with it. So I've been making lots of tags and pockets. I just love it! Here are a couple of tags I made. The pattern is from Gi Kerr's Facebook group, but you can get them in her etsy shop. I scanned the pdf file and I was able to cut it on my Silhouette. Her Facebook group is Happiness in Crafting. I added the butterflies from Tim Holtz Botanical Layers. She also has mini fussy cut butterflies in her etsy shop.

Here's her youtube channel with the tutorial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euh5BfgO4wU

Happy crafting!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all doing well and staying safe. Our Thanksgiving dinners are usually small and at home, so it's no different this year. Sometime today I will be taking down our fall decorations, I'm anxious to get my Christmas decorations up as well as the tree! I was ready last week!

This month I worked on two cross stitch patterns, I've mentioned them in previous posts. I was focused because I wanted them done! I switched back and forth so I wouldn't get bored, but I wanted to finish at least one, and I did! I finished Pumpkin Hollow Farms, stitched on 28 count, coffee tea-dyed Monaco. I used the called for DMC floss.

The other one is Babushka's Blossoms, which is almost done. I might continue, but I'm ready to start stitching my Christmas projects, so we'll see how the day goes. The first one I have kitted up and ready to go is Santa 2020 by Prairie Schooler. I also have a lot of Christmas finishes that need to be fully finished. So I'll be busy.

I'll have more pics to share of my WIPs and new starts for December. Enjoy your day and thank you for stopping by!