I’ll cross that stitch when I come to it

is Nicola! I’ll be contacting you soon
Thank you to everyone who entered, especially the new people I haven’t “met” before. I plan on stopping by all your blogs soon, if I haven’t already.

Sorry for the complete disappearance - I had some personal problems that have really been keeping me away from blogging and stitching. I’m slowly working my way back through my 400 emails and bajillions of blogs on bloglines… I’ll be doing the drawing tonight for my blogiversary contest

So, I’ve been trying to organize my cross stitch stash lately. Part of this stems from moving into the new house and finally having space to organize everything. The other part comes from the realization that I shouldn’t *need* a big house to store my stash, and that I probably have too […]

Did you notice? I missed it, too! My 2 year blogiversary was on the 30th of October! In recognition of that momentous event, I’m holding a contest. Leave a comment below, and this Sunday I’ll pick out someone to receive a little stitched giftie from me. I don’t know […]

Cheryl and Sharon recently (ok, not THAT recently) gave me the You Make Me Smile aware. Awww, thanks so much!

The rules are that you have to give it to 10 people who make you smile…
so
1 & 2 are right back atcha, Cheryl and Sharon! Is that allowed? I’m not sure, but, […]

Here’s what I’ve been stitching on mostly.

This is Just Nan’s Ghoulies and Ghosties. This is actually the first JN chart I’m stitching for myself I’ve been having a lot of fun with this - it’s DMC on 28ct linen, so it’s not something I have to concentrate too much on. […]

Another SBQ:
How did you get started stitching? Was there a person that inspired you?
My mother knitted, and my mom and grandma both did quilting and basketweaving, but neither were into cross stitching. I did do some plastic canvas when I was very young, which they both encouraged, and I always liked doing crafty […]

It’s gotten cooler the past couple days, so it’s finally starting to feel like fall! And with that, here’s another Halloween finish, Shepherd’s Bush “The Goblins”.

This came as a complete kit - silk floss, fabric, beads, and the mat! I loved stitching this - all the bands were really fun to do, […]

…see?
Here’s the boxes at the apt…

…and here they are in the new house.

Here’s more pictures of what the new house looked like on October 1st. Honestly, we’ve done a ton since then, but gosh, it’s hard to take time to stitch when all those boxes are begging to be unpacked. Even so, […]

I’m trying to catch up with some SBQs:
Have you ever thought of getting a rider on your household insurance to properly cover your stash (some of us have quite an extensive stash that an average household policy wouldn’t fully cover) in the case of some sort of damage to your house that would destroy/ruin […]