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 I had a busy year with cross stitching for sure.  I got a lot professionally framed this year at our local Hobby Lobby.  They have a girl there that actually laces the pieces, and she does a great job.  These are in no particular order.  If you need more information on any of the pieces, just email me and I'll get you the information.  

The first piece I'll show was the 2024 Fox and Rabbit mystery which I finished at the beginning of the year and loved it so much it was worth framing.  It hangs near my ...

I've been doing some stitching on my little 6 inch crazy quilt blocks and completed 2 more of them:

The large maple leaf is a pin from Avon.  Remember, my mom sold Avon for years and years!  Anyway, I have ...

Yesterday was the day Debbie and I got together to stitch . . and talk and laugh and share things we had seen on flosstubes and whatever else caught our attention on YouTube. The dogs were up way early . . before 5 but I managed to go back to sleep until about 5:20 a.m....

G. Leger is a project I started in February, 2022 with a couple of friends. I’m sure they’ve already finished but, of course, I have not finished. Here’s the photo I took when I started this project. This is how far I got that first day stitching on this piece. That is not much progress...

Wednesdays are my stitching day with my friend, Debbie. We are both surprised at how similar our interests/thoughts are. Debbie likes to garden. She and her husband have two dogs. We’re almost exactly the same age – less than two months difference. We pretty much likes the same foods. She even drinks Dr. Pepper! We...

I think I’ve lost track of my finishes for this year. This may be number 9. This is The Liberty Quaker by Samplers Primitive. It’s stitched on a 32 count XJu fabric. I used Ginnie Thompson Flower Thread and kinda matched the colors. I made some changes as I was stitching. I do see a...

Yesterday afternoon we had a thunderstorm coming our way. There was a chance of hail and I wanted to get more basil freeze dried and in jars so I went out and cut the basil off two plants. It has gotten so huge. Why can I grow tons of basil and and cannot grow lavender?...

It’s time to put this project away for a few days. I’m loving it though stitching those trees, which aren’t not finished, was not so much fun. I’m not much on confetti stitching and even though the trees probably are not truly confetti stitching, they seemed like it to me. You know where I wanted...

This morning I finished the last few stitches on Mary Bovee Sampler. This project was started on June 25 and finished on July 26. That’s pretty good for me.  When I finish a project, I use scrap thread to mark where I want the frame to go so it’s easier to get it laced straight...

Technically, today is Friday because it’s 1:30 a.m. I did take a nap yesterday (Thursday) so I was able to stay up later and stitch. I do believe before the clock strikes midnight, Miss Mary Bovee will be finished! What I have left to stitch: Finish the plant above the berry basket on the right...

Philly Cheesesteak Casserole was one of the recipes on my list for this week. It is one of the best recipes I’ve made in a long time! It made enough that we had it for leftovers a second day and still had enough for the freezer. You can make it right by the recipe and...

One of the things I did this week to make tracking my progress easier was to make myself a little spreadsheet, of sorts, and I think it will work well. This plan is working so well for me so far. Basically, here’s how I set it up. Each week is 7 days (not my original...

#1: Sweet & Sour Meatloaf, Scalloped Potatoes, Green Beans #2: French Bread Pizza, Hummus, Seeded Crackers #3: Meatloaf Sandwiches, Baked Potatoes, Coleslaw #4: Chicken Piccatta, Pasta, Caesar Salad #5: Roast Beef with carrots and potatoes, Popovers

Yesterday was my day to go to Nevada, MO to stitch with Debbie. We tend to spend a good bit of the morning talking. It’s so fun to have a stitching friend! We share things we’ve seen on YouTube, flosstube, things we’ve read, watched on TV, stories about our dogs (we both have two spoiled...

I stitched but didn’t really make much progress. In the photo above, I had stitched q – z but I also stitched a – p and then decided the pink variegated thread wasn’t showing up well enough so I ripped that all out and stitched with a peachy pink. It’s still light and not bold...

First, thank you all for your kind comments. Blog readers for all of us who blog are the best. I’ve heard from other bloggers how great their readers are. I got a note from the lady that I really wanted to help with my blog. She’s the one who has helped me for the last...

There are only two or three grow bags with potatoes in them. In the lately spring/early summer, I planted tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and potatoes in all the mineral tubs I have. Then I found a small bag of seed potatoes I had purchased so I planted 5 or 6 grow bags (30 gallon size) with...

My goal is to stitch 4% each week and I have allowed myself 3 or 4 days per week to meet that goal. This week I stitched three days and stitched about 4.5%. In two weeks, I’ve stitched 9%. This week I stitched 1,597 stitches. Last week I stitched 1,477 stitches. This week I’ve had...

First, the new tablet. This is the tablet I ordered. Right off the bat, let me say this table was $49. It isn’t an iPad! But, all I needed was a tablet to use on Wednesday when I’m stitching with Debbie. It will stay in my stitching bag all the time except on Wednesday! The...

There’s a very good reason for a new start but, don’t I always have a “very good reason” for all the crazy things I do. With this new start, I will have three active projects. Active Projects: Let Freedom Ring – This one is pretty intense. My goal is to stitch 4% per week on...