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Psalm 11: Faith Over Fear, Fiber Fun, Literary Living, and Finding Joy from Faith, Trust and Breast Cancer

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I hope you've had a fabulous week! Our weather has been strange, to say the least. Last month we were in the 90's and Thursday it was so crisp we needed jackets and blankets to watch our grandson's baseball game! Our dry desert welcomed almost 24 hours of intermittent rain that Thursday and Friday.

My sewing room is coming along nicely. I'm hoping to have it completely organized by next week. Thus far, it's painted and bookshelves are installed. You should be seeing pictures next week, God willing.

For now, life contines with ...

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Psalm 10, Fiber Fun - or not? Literary Life, Finding Joy from Faith, Trust and Breast Cancer

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I hope you had an amazing week! We're going to several of my grandson's baseball games each week. This weekend will be filled with his basketball games. I love having this time with my family while the weather is still cool enough to attend. Heat is my kryptonite, so soon I'll just be hearing about his baseball games rather than attending.

I finally had some time at home to play with fibers and read. I listened to a fabulous audio book, The Phone Booth at the End of the World by Laura Imai Messina. In ...

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Now To Remember What I Did Today from Quilting My Way

I didn't want to get up this morning. Lately it's more fun to just stay in bed. But I am always up by 8:30 am now anyway.

I enjoyed an hour before Patrick came in from golfing. When he got home I took my walk. Got in 7 laps which is 2.39 miles. Not bad. Then I was waiting to see when 1:30 pm came round because I had the war game, I'm still in. Before the game started, I worked on my cross stitching.

After the war game was over, Patrick and I ...

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Cross Stitch Update: May 1, 2026 from Jo's Country Junction

…and just like that, it’s May 1st. Oh my! This year is flying by. I was in a sewing mood this week, and a lot more sewing happened than cross-stitch. I always forget that Spring tends to be that way. I have programmed myself to start cross-stitching when it gets dark. Well, it gets dark …

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Thursday - Not My Favorite Day from Quilting My Way

Was up early this morning. Had a phone call from Kaiser and I'm having to go back in for my HPV16 virus showing up.

Then I relaxed and played games. I didn't feel like playing the 1 pm game today, so wasn't in either groups. I do have the challenge tomorrow at 1:30 pm and looking forward to that.

I really didn't do much all day. I was answering calls, texting and just trying to enjoy the peace and quiet. Patrick worked out in the yard.

It's about time I finish this up! So ...

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Fun, work, work, fun, work, fun from Chocolate Cake Quilt Designs

Earlier this month, I had fun stitching two of three small cross stitch projects (63 x 63). They are part of a seeds series published in the mid- to late 1990s, and I was surprised how quickly they stitched up, considering the amount of prep that went into them.

While the instructions were thorough, they were not at all presented in a way that my brain found easy to gather supplies for and work through.

Additionally, the symbols on the watermelon chart were so muddied, bordering on indecipherable, I felt compelled to gather graph paper, the pattern photo, and a ...

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Cross Stitch Update: April 24, 2026 from Jo's Country Junction

This was a SLOW week in the stitching department. I’ve had lots of things happening that have kept me from my stitching chair. I think the biggest thing is that it is darker later at night. I don’t end up sitting down as early. Also, my days have been packed with people…and that’s a good …

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Changing Focus from Quilt Paint Create

This week I switched back to my second stitch project. I’ve been spending 7 to 10 days on a project before changing. I spent a month on Goldfinch and thought I’d continue until I finished it.

Without much thought one night I put it aside and picked up Fairy Tales.

Here’s the last picture of Fairy Tales Live on Roofs.

Here’s where it is now.

This is the last picture of Goldfinch and Lilacs.

Here’s where I left it.

I’m estimating another 4 to 6 weeks to finish Goldfinch and somewhere between 2 and ...

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Cross Stitch Finish: Autumn Alphabet from Jo's Country Junction

I was recently watching Tara Sullivan of Sully Stitches on YouTube. She was showing off a pillow she had finished. It had a ruching edge that I thought looked so pretty. I wanted to try it. I didn’t have many options to try it out on. I only had orange fabric for it. Hmm. Well, …

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Psalm 9: 13-14, Literary Living, Fiber Fun, Finding Joy from Faith, Trust and Breast Cancer

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Thank you to everyone who stopped in last week! It was fun to guest host Melva's Link Up and meeting so many wonderful people! Thank you, Melva, for this wonderful opprotunity! And thank you to all of you who linked up!

This week was jampacked with obligations every day - sometimes two or three in a day! This weekend will also be full. Thank God, most of these activities were fun! As I wrote this post, I was surprised how much I did accomplish. Usually things look worse in my head than the actually are. After a few ...

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Cross Stitch Update: April 17th, 2026 from Jo's Country Junction

I had a busy week again. This week, I got sidetracked helping a friend after the mom in the family passed away. I was unpacking from being gone, trying to catch up, writing blog posts, and frankly just a little tired. I started going to bed just a little earlier and sleeping just a little …

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Cross Stitch Finish: Free-bee Alphabet w/ Hare from Jo's Country Junction

I have another Spring cross stitch finish!! The goodness is that it is a freebie, so you have access to the chart too. You can find the free chart HERE. Here is a picture from when I was stitching on it. I later picked out the outer border. It’s always harder to finish things with a …

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Cross Stitch Update: April 10th, 2026 from Jo's Country Junction

I had an unusual week…I spent much of it in a hotel while getting radiation treatments for my cancer. I didn’t have a sewing machine with so most of my time I thought would be spent cross-stitching. I had visions of getting lots done…let me show you what I did get done. Promise not to …

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Psalm 9, Part 2, Fiber Fun, Literary Living, Finding Joy from Faith, Trust and Breast Cancer

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Thank you so much for stopping in! I sure hope you all are doing better than I am. It's my birthday weekend and strep throat decided to crash the party. I've been miserable, but am hopeful the coming week will be better. My husband, who is an amazing cook, made me a big pot of delicious chicken/vegetable soup! It's so soothing to my throat. Thank You, God for antibiotics, my wonderful husband and chicken soup!

Before I got sick, my husband was also in to mood to paint my sewing room. The walls are ...

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Cross Stitch Finish: Hannah Wallace from Jo's Country Junction

When I last you left you with Hannah Wallace, I had finished the stitching… I got my frame together and took it to the frame shop. About five days later, the owner messaged me and said it was done. WOW!! I stitched it with the called for colors on Seraphim’s 40-count Heirloom linen. It’s a …

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April 2026 OMG and First Quarter PhD Update from Quilt Paint Create

It’s that time to pick a new goal for the new month. Time passes so quickly….not sure where the days go.

I’m moving on to a new project for April. I pulled out all the pieces for my Art Quilt Group challenge, which I refer to as K’s quilt. The challenge is to complete a small project out of another group member’s UFO. As a reminder, I’m starting with this.

And this.

I haven’t quite figured out what I’m making. Regardless, my April OMG will be to put the top together, whatever ...

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Cross Stitch WIP Update 2026 from Jo's Country Junction

I am on a roll, finishing up UFO quilting projects. I am also in the same mood for cross-stitch WIPS. I don’t want to sound morbid or like I’m giving up, but with my cancer news, I’m seeing life has a time stamp, whether we like it or not. I know my daughter Kelli, and …

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Cross Stitch Finish: Mrs. Bunn E. Tail from Jo's Country Junction

I finished up my Mrs. Bunn E. Tail just before Easter. I’ll keep her out for a while and enjoy her. She is so cute!! I finished the stitching on this a couple of weeks ago. I was a little nervous about finishing her because I hate cutting linen. I’m always nervous I will cut …

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Stitching Progress and A Spring Photo Too from Canadian Needle Nana

It's early spring which I think in some ways is the saddest and ugliest time of the year here. There is not a single hint yet of all the glorious green to come and I've been out there looking. But more about that at the bottom of this post.

Sewing progress first... I worked on my appliqued Quarter Dresdens and finished the March reds. It will be nice to move on to pinks, the RSC April colour.

I've also spent lots of quiet time cross stitching on my current piece, What Remains is Love. An alphabet was ...

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Enjoying A Day Of Stitching! from Quilting My Way

This morning, I was up earlier than I have been in a while. It was nice but weird when 10 am came around and I thought it was later than that.

I worked on laundry for a bit. Then I sat and played my game for a couple hours. Once that was over, I pulled out my cross stitch and got to work.

I was able to work on the other arm before we headed to Red Lobster for supper. It was good, but expensive. Red Lobster doesn't have the foods I used to love to get, but a ...

added by 6th Generation Quiilter, Crafter 3 weeks, 6 days ago. under cross stitch , life

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