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I finished Glistening Wings this afternoon! To recap, it’s stitched 1x1 half stitches on 40ct linen.
I’m thrilled with the finished project, and thrilled that it’s finished!
I’ve already put a few stitches into my next WIP, Rapunzel by Dawe, also a HAED pattern.
Tomorrow, I do have to do some real work (it pays the bills!), but I’ll also be adding to Rapunzel or the jigsaw puzzle I started.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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While I have still been working on my SAL, I have been taking breaks from it and working on a diamond painting. I finished it the other evening!
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I’ve had another small finish! This is from The Sweetheart Tree and is called How Do I Love Thee.
I started on Grizz from Heaven and Earth Designs last night. Hopefully, I can finish the first page (it’s not a full coverage pattern) before the HAED SAL 2026 starts.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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I have a small, but lovely, finish!
This is Hearts & Roses band sampler from Cross Stitch & Needlework magazine, May 2007. I had it finished a few days ago, minus the heart at the top. I had to wait for my order from 123stitch to arrive; it got here today. The charm is not specifically what the pattern called for, but it is close enough.
I had my smallest scroll frame (9” wide) empty once I took this off, so I am working on How Do I Love Thee from The Sweetheart Tree. I have a bunch of their mini sampler patterns nd this is the first one I’m doing.
I also received the few threads that I needed for the HAED SAL 2026. Well, I had all the threads, but these were the ones that were already allocated to other projects.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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I finished my Sweet Pea Gazebo Sampler from The Victoria Sampler! I finished it this past Friday but have felt a little under the weather, so I didn’t post about it until now.
I changed the poem ‘cause I’m not really fond of the “All things bright and beautiful” poem that was charted. The poem I used is by Alfred Noyes and was perfect for this sampler.
The next project for my now empty scroll frame is Grizz from Heaven and Earth Designs. First though, I’m back to working on my SAL piece Jelly World.
I have been working on crocheted snowflakes lately too. Here are the ones I’ve finished including the starching. I have at least 7 more that still need to be starched.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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I had a finish last night that would qualify as Christmas in July. This is Nutcracker Sampler from The Nutmeg Needle.
Now I'm off to see how my stuff did at the fair.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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I just had another small finish. This one is called Chelsea and is from the May/June 2010 issue of Just Cross Stitch. This measures about 4.5” square and I’ll be mounting it in the top of a wooden box.
This is quite blingy (it’s not a word, but I’m using it anyway…it fits!). There are metallic braids, 3 colors of regular Mill Hill beads, and big Mill Hill beads. It was so much fun to stitch!
Next up, I’ll be working on another new start—Nutcracker Sampler. The next project that I’ll be putting on the scroll frame that I just took this finish off of, is going to be Hearts and Roses from a back issue of Cross Stitch & Needlework magazine.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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I had a very quick finish! I completed this sampler, Secret Garden, from Lesa Steele Designs last night. I did change the style of the Hardanger wraps as I didn’t care for the way it was in the pattern.
That freed up my 14” scroll frame and my randomizer app chose PTP Hummingbirds from HAED as the next project for that frame. I’ve pulled the threads, printed the color key and first page, and verified that I have the fabric I’ll need for it…eventually.
The randomizer chose the next project that I’ll work on as one called Chelsea from an old issue of Just Cross Stitch magazine. I got started on it today. It’s another small/quick project.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
I just finished binding my pink/purple quilt! I hate doing the binding, well the blind hand-stitching part at least.
This quilt was an internet project of sorts. I sent the center squares (6 each) to various people and asked them to put simple borders on each square and they sent back 5. I was doing the same thing with the squares I was receiving from the same people. I wanted to mix mine up a bit, so the blocks that I got back, I cut in half on the diagonal before assembling the quilt.
Since I now have a longarm that I’m still getting used to, I used this quilt as a practice piece. My middle sister had never used a longarm before so when she was here for Christmas, I showed her what to do (paper pantograph tracing with laser) and let her go for it. We lovingly refer to this as “drunk quilting” ‘cause both of our efforts look like we were plastered in spite of being stone-cold sober. We had a lot of fun!
Here’s the finished quilt:
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I had switched to a quick project while waiting for a magnifying lamp to arrive. My eyes aren’t what they used to be, though most of the time I’m fine with “cheaters” from the dollar store. That being said, full crosses on 34ct is apparently not something I can see well enough. I had a hard time seeing the single missed stitches especially. So this is what I finished during my little break:
It’s from an old issue of Just Cross Stitch magazine. I did correct the grammar and changed “fresh” to “freshly”. It would’ve driven me crazy if I’d left it alone.
I did also do some tidying in my craft room. I’ll probably post some before and after photos once I’ve finished.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
Woo hoo! I finally got my PTP Floral Arrangement from HAED framed!
I got the frame and mat from a local frame shop. It was hard finding a place that would do the oval mat. I washed the piece yesterday and ironed it dry. I left it hanging overnight to make sure it was bone dry before framing it today.
This is stitched 1x1 on 40ct. linen in true half stitches (not “tent” which usually is a needlepoint stitch).
I got the beads to finish the TW Wedding Sampler last Wednesday and finished it the same day.
I received the frame for the wedding sampler today. I’ll wash that tomorrow while hubby is playing bingo with his sister and I’ll frame it on Friday evening while he’s working at our local auction. Thank goodness he gets out of the house every once in awhile!
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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I have the Wedding Sampler finished…nearly. I ran out of beads! ugh! I’ve ordered them already so I can finish it once they get here. It needs about 20 more beads in the bottom border.
As you can see, I’ve already “signed” the piece. It will not be showing once I frame it. It will be straight as well when framed. The beads are causing some slight, temporary warping while it’s still on the scroll frame.
I have also worked on rearranging my craft room while I was working on this, and I will be making a separate post about that…later.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
Woohoo! I have my first finish of the year! I present to you Wings of Repose [retired chart] by Nene Thomas, charted by HAED.
I stitched it on 32ct., 1x1, half cross stitches.
My next project will take me back to Farewell to Anger also from HAED. I’ll do a page on it and then see what comes next.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
Hi to those of you patient enough to stick around!
I am still here! I have still been working on my various crafts, just for some reason I have forgotten to share any of them.
Here are some updates (life, crafts, whatever).
In November 2022, hubby took me to Disneyland to see it decorated for Christmas. I've been there multiple times, but never for Christmas before.
We spent Thanksgiving on the Oregon coast. Yes, I know it's a Christmas setting, but it was at our hotel.
In early December last year, hubby took me to Leavenworth, WA. It was phenomenal! There was obviously snow on the ground, but the passes were clear, so no worries with driving.
I finished my Christmas string quilt last year in time to have it out during the holidays. I’ll see if I can get a better photo, this is the only one I could find.
I finished (as far as I was going to) Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt from 2021 (a year late). It wasn't really my favorite color palette and I was too lazy to do the final border. My sister likes it though, so she'll get it after I get it quilted. Maybe she'll even help quilt it once I get my "new" longarm figured out.
I finished a wall quilt to hang during the Summer. I didn't get a photo of it after I quilting it, but here it is assembled.
I finished Night Train II by Elizabeth Spurlock. That means I have the set done now.
Night Train I (finished in 2008):
Night Train II (finished a couple of weeks ago):
In February of this year, hubby and I attended our industry's convention (Awards and Personalization) in Las Vegas. The convention was at Paris Las Vegas and that's where we stayed. It was our first time attending since 2008!
This update is rather sad, in August, hubby and I had to put down our cat Spooky who was just one month shy of 17. Here she is under the Christmas tree while I was decorating it three years ago.
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I'm back, finally. It's been a rough Summer. I lost my Mom in June and have been dealing with that emotionally and physically (cleaning out her house for sale).
In spite of the grief, I have been able to finish some things. I got 2 of my finished cross stitch pieces framed. First is Heirloom Nativity Sampler from the Victoria Sampler.
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I finished my diamond painting last night! Here it is:
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I'm making progress on completing projects! My latest finish is Heirloom Nativity Sampler from The Victoria Sampler.
This is stitch on 32ct. fabric in an antique blue color, not sure of the actual color name.
This finish means that I have 3 scroll frames that are empty (gasp!). I've already chosen the 3 new patterns that I'm going to add to my rotation:
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As I mentioned in my previous post, my next project was going to be a Santa. Well, I worked on him. Here he is "built" and finally clothed a bit:
He's fairly large at 22" (55.88cm). The kit came with everything except the material for the gown and coat. I chose silver and purple, partially because the accent pieces would go with those colors and I didn't have a Santa dressed in purple in my collection.
Here is the completed Santa:
Behind him, you can see a few of the other Santas in my collection. I've got my Christmas decorations up already. It's early, even for me, but...2020. 'Nuff said.
Here are a couple of my trees. The first one is in our living/dining room.
My next project, which I've already started, is a Christmas wall hanging quilt. Hopefully, I'll have it finished before November 27th when Bonnie Hunter's new mystery quilt starts.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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While 2020 has been a bad year in many ways, at least I'm getting projects done!
My most recent start and finish is called Spin City and it is a small wall quilt. The quilt measures 31" square.
I used (2) 5" charm packs from this fabric line:
This was the first time that I actually used any of my precut collections! I felt sort of guilty for even opening one up, so I chose one of my least favorite sets. ;-)
The binding (and backing) are a Moda marble fabric that I already had. The small inner border was just another fabric from my stash.
The pattern, Spin City, is from this book (Kindle and paperback versions):
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I have another finish! This one is Sweet Peas from The Lilac Studio.
This one is OOP (out-of-print) as the designer switched her artistic talents from cross stitch patterns to baby dolls (or baby doll items? I don't know.)
I'm not going back to my usual rotation, I'm actually starting something new. I have two train patterns from Elizabeth Spurlock that I purchased online. After looking, I've discovered that they are no longer available! Bummer! If you want to search for them (like on Ebay, Etsy, etc.), they were published by StitchWorld. The one I'm starting is Night Train II. I finished the original Night Train back in March 2008 but never framed it as I want the frames to match.
Here's Night Train:
If I get this new one done, that will give me 5 items to show in my local fair next year (hopefully!).
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
