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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...

I’m not going to show this one every day but I’m enjoying working on it. Maybe I’ll show it as I finish each page of the chart. There are 15 pages. I think it’s going to be so pretty! Yesterday I had to stop and have a little pep talk with myself! I did fix...

Here’s my plan for getting this monster stitched and framed before July 4, 2026. It’s Let Freedom Ring by Lila’s Studio. On 40 count linen, it should be 15-1/2″ x 12″. There are 35,818 stitches. If I stitch 750 stitches each week for 48 weeks, that will give me four weeks to get a frame...

Happy Independence Day!! With the 250th birthday of our great country coming up in 2026, there’s been quite a bit of chatter in the cross stitch world about stitching patriotic pieces between now and then. I had written a blog post about it and had shared some of the projects I was thinking about stitching....

Today was my day to drive to Nevada to stitch with a friend. I love Wednesdays! Last night she and I were messaging on FB and she commented that it seemed like longer than a week ago that we were together. I had already thought the same thing. If we lived a bit closer, we’d...

The other day I came across a group on Facebook where there’s a challenge/game that sounded interesting. It’s based on the Battleship game and, from what I understand, which may not be correct, is that we post a picture of a piece we’re working on . . show your progress and where you’re starting from,...

How crazy is this piece of linen? This is a piece of Duxbury by Fox & Rabbit. Believe it or not, it’s the same linen I used for Rose Hill Farm Sampler that I showed yesterday. Obviously, the Rose Hill piece is much calmer. I have another piece that is somewhere between the two of...

This may be one of my most favorite pieces. I love the red (Baked Apple) with the pink (Sanguine) floss. This one was started a couple of days before the end of May and there was never a time I seriously considered putting it down and starting something else. This gives me hope that I...

As you all already know, July 4, 2026 will be the 250th anniversary of our country’s signing of the Declaration of Independence. Of course, the cross stitching world makes big plans for all celebrations. I’m sure there are more plans than I know about but the one I’ve heard the most about is 13 for...

Like everything else I stitch, I thought I would have had this finished last week (or the week before). I’m loving these colors. This is where I am on Rose Hill Farm Sampler. The pinks and reds and greens together really make me happy. Stacy Nash has the best charts. There are at least three...

Just this morning I was thinking about how much I do not need any more charts and then . . I got the newsletter from Kitten Stitcher. She designed This LAND and has it available as a printed chart and as a PDF. I jumped on the PDF, have it downloaded and set up in...

I am not naming names but . . I’ve been in a cross stitching club for several years where several times a year, maybe four, we get a kit – a chart, floss and linen. It’s an “exclusive” for one year and the charts are not sold outside the club for that year. Late last...

There were quite a few flosstubers who were starting Mary Bovee by Stacy Nash as a Stitch Along on May 1. Everyone who has seen it stitched says the cover photo doesn’t do it justice. While I haven’t seen it stitched, I have to agree about the cover photo. My friend, Debbie, is a huge...

Fully finishing is not my favorite thing to do! I love stitching and have put off finishing things for a long time. Some of these pieces were stitched in 2021. I’ve shared this before but there’s one wall in the basement family room. First, there are so few walls in this house. I don’t mean...

I truly cannot believe that it’s been almost a year since I made this post about the new stitching stand. I have used it exclusively since I got it and I love it. I thought it was funny that this is one of the charts I was working on and that’s one I just got...

These are the charts I used in the finished/almost finished pieces I’ve been showing. I will try to do better about including all the info when I show the finished pictures. This one is For the Love of Nature by Teresa Kogut. It’s stitched on a 36 XJu linen. It is a piece from the...

Fox & Rabbit has/had a color of linen called Duxbury. If I’m remembering correctly, when it was first released, it was described as kinda wild. There are several pieces of Duxbury in my stash and they are all very, very different! Duxbury is the linen I’m using on the Rose Hill Farm Sampler. Both of...

When I first started framing my own stitched pieces, I thought . . lacing isn’t so bad. I think I’ve changed my mind. It definitely isn’t fun but I guess it’s just one of those things that has to happen if I want a framed piece on the wall . . I could pay a...

Rose Hill Farm Sampler by Stacy Nash is the project I’m hoping to finish in June. It’s fairly small but there’s a lot of stitching. I think on 40 count, it’s supposed to be about 9″ wide x 9.5″ high. I haven’t measured the height of mine because it’s rolled up in a scroll frame...