I’ll cross that stitch when I come to it

One obligation gift down… several to go . I’ve been sorting through my cross stitch charts in an attempt to find my book of Coca-Cola patterns to start Glenn’s mom’s mother’s day gift. I’ve been doing dolphins for here (which I’ve collected quite the stash of patterns for), but I specifically bought […]

Here’s that quick sampler I was talking about!

I wanted to stitch this as a memento, since I’ll be moving away at the end of the month. I’ve had four wonderful college years here, and while I will miss it, I certainly won’t miss the weather!
Plus, I also finished up this, which I had […]

Last week’s SBQ:
Do you do obligation or deadline-based stitching? Why or why not? If you do, do you tend to get in over your head and why?
Yes, I do. I can’t say I enjoy it much - most of the things I stitch for other people are not to my taste. […]

Well, I finished off Nature Sings this morning. Here it is!

I’m still a little miffed about the designer’s choice of threads, but I do like how the design turned out. I especially love the little yellow bird.
So, I finished that up this morning, and then started the Rochester sampler while […]

Now, I know the name of the designer is “Fancy Work.” And I admit that the design does look quite nice. But! This ornament (seriously, it’s like maybe 3×3) calls for 8 or 9 specialty threads *plus* another 8 or 9 DMC. Seriously, on such a small piece, with such […]

Here it is!

– Minus the ribbon, as I’m sure you’ve noticed. Still no luck. Hopefully, I’ll get to the LNS this weekend, and maybe they’ll have a recommendation.
I enjoyed stitching this, to some extent, but some of the stitches I just hated, and I started getting really tired of it at the […]

I had hoped to finish the sampler tonight, but no such luck. No luck on the ribbon for the sampler, either - I bought some 1/8″ at Jo-ann’s (the smallest they had), but it definitely is too big. Ah well.

Well, I’ve decided to finish up the Shamrock sampler (aka Irish sampler) before starting anything new. I’m very close to finishing it - just have a few more satin stitch shamrocks, a few more over-one stitches, and it’s done! Hmm, though I do need to find some 1/16″ ribbon somewhere. I […]

Well, in case you couldn’t tell, I’ve been gone on an extended Easter vacation. All I can say is, it’s nice to be home!
Like most vacations, I didn’t get much cross stitch done. I’m almost finished with the Chinese flowers piece and I also worked a bit on Terre de France.
Tons of […]

Here’s a quick little finish - NMI’s Springtime Basket. It’s one of those little teeny kits. I needed something to break up the unbelievable pain in the neck the Shamrock sampler has become.

Normally I don’t like to talk about personal stuff on here, but I ended up buying a bunch of these […]