Snuggly Sunday

 

Unsupervised, with Snacks

 

Another little finish for my 250th display (reveal coming soon)! This is Happy Birthday, America from With Thy Needle and Thread.

The babies and I are unsupervised this week. I'm caught up on laundry and housework, I have a casserole made that will last me all week, I have plenty of snacks, and it's thundery and rainy. Ideal "Play in My Sewing Room" conditions! Looking forward to some project planning and finishing. 

Back soon!

Saturday Sampler: All the Colors Edition

 

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms and all those who mother!

Flag Lady available in this Etsy shop. I stitched her on Colonial Parchment from Fabrics by Stephanie, and used DMC 816 for the red. I also slightly altered her face and her hair color. This shop has several other flag ladies with different skin tones and different dresses, all so pretty. I would stitch them all if I had time!

Have a wonderful weekend, y'all!

My new needle minder

 

Remind y'all of anybody? Lol.

From one of my favorite Etsy shops.

Werewolves Wednesday

 

Red, White, and Turquoise

Quick pop in to share another finish for my 250th collection, available from this Etsy shop. I'm trying to get some smalls done to fill in spaces in my larger display. 

Bonus pic: Snapped this in the car yesterday... yes, the water really is that color!

Happy Stitching!

Tiny Spring House

 

If you've been visiting for a while, you're probably familiar with my unfinished wooden dollhouse shelf that I use in my big shelf-top stitching displays. This year, my shelf-top display is a work-in-progress dedicated to my small but slowly growing collection of patriotic stitching. You can see a couple of sneak peeks in this post. So instead of getting out all my spring finishes, I decided to just use my little bunnies and a smaller version of my dollhouse shelf. I found this one at Target in the craft aisle for $12 and I think it's still available. 

Just a tiny touch of spring while the rest of the sewing room is knee-deep in 250th stitching and goodies! You don't have to have a lot of space or decor or finishes to create a pretty seasonal display. 

Happy Stitching!

Market Goodies & 250th Stitching

 

I've been busy with finishing and other stitchy things but I did manage a wee patriotic finish. Isn't this a pretty little design? It's called Stitching Freedom by The Snowflower Diaries. I used all my favorites on this one: favorite fabric, favorite red, favorite blue, favorite green. I'm so pleased with how it turned out. Stitched on 28 ct. Natural Brown Undyed linen (Wichelt) using GAST Buckeye Scarlet, CC Cauldron, GAST Bayberry, and DMC Blanc. 

Market goodies arrived! I usually don't purchase much at Market but I did find several designs this year and of course I always get the cookbook. 

Quaker Snippets No. 3, With Thy Needle & Thread

Freedom Flock, Plum Street Samplers

Toile Flag, Quaint Rose Needlearts

Off to check my thread inventory for my new charts. I hope my favorite shops stocked up on reds and blues because *everybody* is going to be buying the same colors!

Happy Stitching!

Christmas Ornament Catch-Up!

 

Victory! Everybody gets cookies today to celebrate my accomplishment! I have finally caught up on my Christmas ornament finishing!

We got married at Christmas time and every year for the last 25 years I have stitched an ornament for each of us (Mr. Wonderful chooses his). Up until 2021 we always chose our ornaments from the annual Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament issue, but as that magazine has changed since it was sold, sometimes we find designs we like and sometimes we don't, so we choose from other sources.

Anyway, 2021 began a very stormy season in our lives, which lasted for several years, and while I was getting our ornaments stitched each year, I wasn't getting them finished. Five years of ornaments piled up. 

And I've finally got them all finished. (*sniffle*)

Enjoy a little Christmas in March!

2021 

Pig no longer available; teacup Sugar Stitches Design

2022

Owl no longer available; chickadee from my stash

2023

Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament issue; Polar Night Sighting also available here

2024

Lighthouse Cosford Rise Stitchery; Tis the Season JCS issue

2025

JCS issue, both are color conversions

Of all our Christmas trees, our handmade ornament tree is our favorite, and our collection has outgrown the tree we use for it. Mr. Wonderful and I were discussing the need for a bigger tree, and that was before I got all these finished!

Hope you enjoyed Christmas in March! Back soon!