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I mentioned the other day that there are several Stitch Alongs starting up soon and I always think I should join in every one of them but I’m still in the “finish WIPS” mood so I feel like I should act on that while the desire is there. One of the SALS (stitch alongs) that...

I’ve made good progress on re-organizing the linen. I started the memorial project for my dad on May 1 and haven’t done much of anything stitch related except work on that. Not complaining – I’ll be so happy to have it done and on a wall soon. My initial plan several years ago was to...

It is no secret that I always have to be busy and, when sitting and waiting, I always have to have something to do. It will be away from home and I don’t know how good the lighting will be so cross stitching was out. I thought about knitting but decided this will be a...

Another day of stitching on the memorial piece for my dad. It’s starting to come together and I think my plan (very loose plan!) is coming together and may work with a few changes being made as needed. A reader had asked about the order in which I plan to stitch the siblings’ names. Since...

NOTE: This was supposed to have posted last night and didn’t. I’m going to go ahead and post it even though I think I’ve figured out what I want to do. By the time you’re done reading this one, I should have a Day 6 report posted. This is progress for Day 5. It was...

A whole lot of the day was spent working in the garden but late in the evening, I was able to get in some good stitching. I was able to stitch my dad’s name, year of birth and year of death, and the town and state where he grew up. I was able to make...

Today, besides the bell peppers, was more planting. While in town, I found a black raspberry plant, which I had been wanting. Vince dug the hole, then I mixed up some good soil combination and planted the bush. I also bought small containers of parsley and cilantro and dug out a spot for those but...

During Maynia, in addition to stitching as much as I can, I also want to get some pieces fully finished so today was working on that. The first one I worked on is A Sampler for All Seasons by The Scarlett House. The lacing takes forever! I probably have the threads too close and could...

Another little issue with my Quaker Family Register project . . I stitch almost everything with Vikki Clayton Silks, especially on 40 count linen. Love them! I’m not a silk snob but I love the way they feel when I’m stitching with them. BUT, I have a LOT of cotton floss and it isn’t that...

I just typed a very, very long post and lost it all. That rarely happens. It’s 2:20 a.m. on Day 2 now so this will be short and sweet. Here’s what I got stitched today. My goal for this project is 300 stitches per day because I’ll be spending time trying to figure out where...

Today is the day I start Quaker Family Register by Blackbird Designs. It’s in the And Blossom As The Rose booklet. I think I’ve already mentioned some of this before but I saw the Quaker Family Register all stitched on Mrs. Jones Stitches’ flosstube. When I saw it, I knew that was what I wanted...

Today was my stitching day with Debbie and I did finish stitching all the bricks. This chart is This is the Day by Plum Street. The floss is Vicki Clayton’s silk conversion. The linen is 36 count Legacy by Picture This Plus but Legacy is no longer greenish so, if anyone is looking for the...

This morning is a great day to stay inside and stitch bricks! I don’t even know how many I stitched yesterday but there are 38 bricks left so if I stitch 19 today and and 19 tomorrow, I should be finished with the bricks by the end of the month. Above is the picture from...

As with most crafts, cross stitchers have their celebrations and special times. There’s Sampler September, Stitch Maynia, and probably others I’m not thinking of at the moment. My interpretation of Stitch Maynia is “stitch like a maniac for a month”. Some will start new projects every day, every other day, every Monday; some will work...

Some days I feel like I have zero self-control. Other days, I feel like I don’t need to be so rigid with myself and my plans. For my weekly menus, it really doesn’t matter what happens, we’re having what’s on the menu. No changing it! If I go to the grocery store with a list,...

First, thank you responding on the “Things to Buy” post. Good ideas mentioned in those – about the flowers too. The new bins for storing the linen arrived yesterday, a day early. I had already been rolling some of the linen up on the comic book boards so I immediately got started adding the linen...

Lately I’ve seen more and more freeze drying folks talking about potatoes. I think I remember that once I tried freeze drying hash browns – grated potatoes, but they pretty much crumbled and by the time they got rehydrated, they became pretty gummy. The folks I’ve seen lately were freeze drying small cubes of potatoes....

Yesterday was my stitching day with Debbie. I love our days together! We have so much fun . . I do anyway. I hope she has fun too. We stitch. We talk. We laugh. Debbie always has new things to show me – something she has seen on Instagram or flosstube that she shares with...

I know – today is Wednesday . . and it’s getting late on Wednesday but yesterday, there was no stopping spot once I got started. Vince had been asking for Migas for breakfast so that’s what we had for breakfast Tuesday morning. Of course, they aren’t HARD to make but there’s a lot of chopping...

Tuesday the fish truck I like was at Junkerville’s parking lot. Junkerville is the flea market I like and where the chalk paint I like is sold. I took the black frame in but I didn’t bring the cross stitched piece because it’s still rolled up on the frame and I’m stitching something else on...