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I don’t know if this is much of an update, but it’s Friday, and Friday morning means a cross-stitch update. So here goes. I hardly stitched this week. Rick and I have been tackling the garage, reupholstering barstools, and doing lots of other little jobs. In the evening, when Rick isn’t here, I’m busy trying …

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Yesterday morning I sat down on the front steps to tie up my walking shoes and suddenly stopped... where there had been abundant Geranium blooms only the afternoon before, now there were only chewed-off bare stems!  Groan. The midnight munchers (deer) have been at it again. I use a product that works well in the perennial garden but hadn't even considered our front steps! I've never known

Yesterday morning I sat down on the front steps to tie up my walking shoes and suddenly stopped... where there had been abundant Geranium blooms only the afternoon before, now there were only chewed-off bare stems!  Groan. The midnight munchers (deer) have been at it again. I use a product that works well in the perennial garden but hadn't even considered our front steps! I've never known

This year, we’re all celebrating the special 250th anniversary of the founding of the USA, and we have more stitching inspiration than ever for this year’s Red, White, & June Stitch Along! Not only will Kimberly be sharing her patriotic projects all month long, but our other stitchy staffers are excited to share their patriotic stitching, too. Keep reading for the ultimate roundup of patriotic patterns to get you inspired to start stitching!

This is the Scrappy Americana Flag Stitch Along, finishing this July, by Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet.

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 I was up and playing on my tablet for a bit. Then around 1 pm we headed back up to Olympia for my doctor appointment. Everything looks good, except I have to get a different prescription for my cholesterol medication. It's one they advertise on TV and I have to give myself a shot every 2 weeks. Not looking forward to it. I will try. My doctor told me it's not that bad, but I should try it. If that doesn't work, then I will be able to get the one that was denied. UGH!! I also ...

Kelli was at my house over Memorial Day weekend. She brought her cross stitching with her. Kelli is doing better at stitching Market releases than I am. Here is Olive from the Animal Cracker series by Stacy Nash. I told you in a different blog post that she was planning on stitching the momma goose …

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Work on the third and final cross stitch design in the seeds series I started last month came to a screeching halt almost from the get-go.

As I was pulling the floss colors for Pumpkin Seeds, something felt off. The colors weren’t matching up all that closely with those used in the stitched mage of the photo that came with the pattern – first rule of marketing: the item should match the one in the picture you’re using to sell it!

This is how the stitched image was represented in the pattern photo:

We took mom to get her hearing aids at Costco. So, we headed up around 11 am. Patrick didn't get his times right, so we ended up getting a couple things done after we got back. We were being charged twice for our car wash, so Patrick went to check on that. They gave him a phone number to call. 

When we got home, Katt was already here. She cleaned up the house a bit. I was surprised and very thankful. She put dishes away and clean the dishes on the counter. It wasn't much, but every little ...

 Here are the dogs taking a dip one day when the clouds did a very unusual thing.

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Cross Stitch wasn’t my best friend this week. First off, I didn’t stitch much as we had family here three of the days over Memorial Day. Second…I started out with a piece that hates me. So what piece hates me?? Garden Club Series by Blackbird Designs. Here is where I was… This block has gotten …

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I stopped at the thrift store when I had a doctor’s appointment. These are the goodies I bought. Most of the things I bought were for finishing cross-stitch. The spools were $1 each. The box was $4. I found another jewelry box. I’ve been looking for another box like this. It was $2. You might …

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Today, I woke and tried to play games. I needed to get the laundry going. 

Once the laundry was started, I headed downstairs to get the batting and backing for 4 of the quilt tops. Patrick came down with me, and we worked on getting 7 quilt kits ready for the QOV quilts. Patrick wanted to do all the fabrics for the kits, and I let him. He's a pain when we disagree with how it's done, so it's just easier to let him pick the colors. Once in a while I would pull another fabric out ...

I thought it might be time to FINALLY, fully finish my Tiny Town Nativity piece. It’s been sitting on my sewing room island and I thought it’s time to get it all done so I can enjoy it this Christmas. I found a fabric I decided to make work. At some time, I bought this …

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This morning, I was up and out the door by 9:30 am. I go the car washed and me tea before getting to moms. I was the first one there. We had 5 of us. 

Mom was chatting about the groups she helped start way back when. She talked about a member who would like the pattern someone was working on, go home and have the quilt done in a couple weeks, way before the original person had theirs done. She said how she hated that. I told her that's exactly what she does to me. We had ...

No change in the numbers. 

Work was really busy this week, and I had a few late nights.  The beach runner is quilted with a goal of finishing it this weekend.  Many other projects wait in the wings, and continuing to buy things doesn’t improve that.  Of course, that didn’t stop me.

The patterns came from the thrift shop and the DVD from the free table at Guild.

The cross stitch booklet is a Hallmark pattern book from the 1980s.  I had no idea they published cross stitch charts.  The quilt pattern intrigued me with its three sizes ...

This morning, we left around 10 am to go to the casino. We like to play games in the morning to afternoon. Nighttime is just too crowded and I don't like crowds. Plus, fewer people try to get me out of my chair so they can play the games we are on. 

We played on their money for about an hour, then we put some in. We ended up playing on that for a bit and put in a little more. We only did that about 3 x total. Patrick won the Mega at $1,126 and we played ...

 This morning was another trip to Olympia. My biopsy was today for HPV-16 virus. Oh, what fun!! Not my favorite thing to do, but once a year, I can deal with it. Three years in a row so far. I hope it goes dormant soon, I'm getting tired of this. 

Before that I stopped and got my blood tests that my doctor wanted. I've been getting messages all day of what the results are but will go over them on the 2nd with my doctor.  

We stopped at Costco to get a few things. I was limited to ...

I am stitching less nowadays, and I’m totally okay with that. I’ve been filling my life with people and not as many hobbies. It’s all good… Last week I was working on this… I worked on my Americana Trio. I am stitching this on the called for colors on a piece of orphan linen from …

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This morning, Patrick went golfing and I went for a walk. I haven't done that in a few days, so needed to get it moving! 

I ordered some fabric for our group. I worked on a few things that needed to be done. When I sat down, Patrick got home and later went to work in the yard. I was playing my war game and then decided I wanted to work on my cross stitching. 

This morning, I took my time getting ready to go downstairs. Patrick had the fireplace going, so I didn't have to worry about getting it warmed up. 

Colleen was first to arrive. Mom called today she couldn't make it. Then Peggy and Martha showed up. Both of them had quilt tops done. Martha needed a border to one of hers, so we cut some fabric for that. Then we got busy and getting the pillowcases done. 

Thirteen pillowcases were completed today. Eight of those were for the 250th Anniversary quilts. I have them ready to go. The rolled-up ...