HAED SAL page finish

 Hey Everyone!

I finished the first page on my SAL Glistening Wings.

I’m taking a short break to watch the Rams/Panthers game (NFL) ‘cause the winner plays my team the Seahawks next week.  I’ll be sticking with my SAL pattern for the foreseeable future since I really want to finish this one this year.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

HAED SAL 2026 progress

 Hey Everyone!

Just this once, I’m going to share a partial page photo.  I chose Glistening Wings for this year’s SAL.  At the moment, I have a little bit of a wing showing (the blue area).  I’m doing this on 40ct. linen, in true half stitches.

The main reason that I’m doing a progress post before I finish a page is to explain the progress meter showing on the right —>.

I’m “old school” and stitch from paper copies, highlighting stitches that I’ve finished.  I can’t get an accurate total stitch count that way, so I only count totally completed 10x10 sections of the pattern.  So the progress meter shows that I’ve done 4,000 stitches which is about half way through the blue area horizontally.  Obviously by the photo you can tell that I’ve done more than that, but I’m not going to count all those random stitches.

I’ll probably update the meter after every stitching session, but I won’t be doing more progress photos until I have page finishes.  

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Farewell to Anger progress

Hey Everybody!

I just finished the 4th page on Farewell to Anger SSMC from HAED.

That’s 30,000+ stitches done…so many more to go!

Next up, I’m going to do some tidying in my craft room.  I’ve been watching Get Organized with The Home Edit on Netflix and it’s given me a few ideas I want to implement.

I’ve also started a new project, with a deadline, so I’ll be working on Teresa Wentzler’s The Wedding Sampler.  This one is for hubby and me as an anniversary present.  I’m only 30 years late!  I’m going to try to have it done before our county fair in early August so that the first time he sees it will be there (our anniversary is August 27).  Keeping it hidden from him is going to be a little bit of a challenge, not a big one though.  Wish me luck!

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

I'm Back. Lots of Finishes!

 Hi Everyone!

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.

The other one that got framed was my Sweet Peas from Cindy Rice.

I had had a shoulder injury that took a little chiropractic work and some physical therapy to fix, but no pain now!  Because of the injury, I hadn't been able to work on my mystery quilt.  Now that I'm healed, I was able to finish the Grassy Creek Mystery by Bonnie Hunter.  Here's my finished top:

Just a couple of days ago, I had my most recent finish:  another fabric wreath!  I did an Autumn one this time:

This wreath has 5 different Autumn fabrics.  I still have one more wreath form but haven't decided what fabrics to use on it...we'll see.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Mini Wings In Repose update

Hi All!

A couple of days ago, I finished pages 5 & 6 on Mini Wings in Repose [retired].

Here's my progress pic:

I did 5 & 6 together because 6 was a partial page.  I'm now back on working on God Speed.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Sistine Chapel update

Hey Everyone!

I finally finished a page on my Sistine Chapel from HAED.  I now have 7 pages out of 55 done.  That increases my progress from 12% to 14.1%. 

I'm doing this on 34ct. linen.  I know that I'm getting older 'cause my lasik is fading a bit.  I had to buy "cheaters" to see the holes clearly.  On my 25ct. project, I don't think I need them, but we'll see - that's what my next project will be.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Another Finish It Up Challenge finish!

Just a few minutes ago, I finished Little Bee-Eater [retired] from HAED!  Here is the little guy:

I stitched this on some hand-dyed evenweave that I had from Silkweaver.  I'd had this piece for years and thought this would be the perfect combination.

I stitched this 1x1 on 28ct., full crosses.  In all the years I've stitched, this was the first chart I'd done that used DMC B5200.  Quite a bit of the branch is B5200.

Now I've got this scroll frame empty, I'm going to have a browse through my stash to see what will fit on this frame.  ;-)

My pattern is a .pdf version, so please don't ask for my "copy" - that would be illegal.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Little Bee Eater progress

I finished another page on Little Bee Eater [retired] from HAED!  This makes pages 1-3 and 7 finished (4-6 didn't have any stitches).  Next up is page 8.

This is the project that I work on if I have free time during the day (business hours).  Work has slowed down a bit so I've had time.  In the evenings, I'm currently working on SS Farewell to Anger MC, also from HAED.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

God Speed progress

Woo hoo!  Last night, I finished another page on God Speed from HAED!  The page I finished was page 11 of 30.  Here is my progress so far:

This is on 25ct., and I'm stitching 2x1 full crosses.

For my next project, my randomizer app chose:  SS Farewell to Anger MC.  Since this is a new start and it was fairly late when I finished the page on God Speed, I only managed to get my fabric onto the scroll rods and about a dozen stitches in before I had to call it a night.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Little Bee Eater more progress

I have another page finish on Little Bee Eater (retired) from HAED!  Ok, fine, I'll admit it - it was a tiny page.  Page 7 is officially done though!  hehehe  On the left is pages 1 & 2; on the right is pages 1, 2, 7 and a tiny bit on 3.

That's all for now.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Little Bee Eater progress

I've made progress on my Little Bee Eater [retired] from Heaven and Earth Designs!  This is pages 1 & 2 done.

Because this chart doesn't have any background, there are a few blank pages in the chart.  Next up will be page 3 which is the right side of the bird.  Pages 4 & 5 which would finish the row of pages (left to right) are blank.  Page 6 which starts the next row down, is also blank.  Look at me go...3 pages done with lightning speed.  ;-)

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

FIU Challenge Update

Sorry I haven't written anything lately, life has gotten in the way a bit.

I've made progress on my list though!  I finished my bull's eye quilt!  You can see it below.

• Stitch a design for the candlescreen that I have
• Finish hand-quilting the Bull's Eye Quilt  completely finished on 17 June 2018
• Finish the log cabin star wall hanging
• Start hand-quilting my grand aunt's grandmother's flower garden quilt top
• Clean up the nook area in my sewing room - made a start, barely
• Finish the mystery quilt top I've started - finished 3 February
• Clean and re-frame my hummingbirds cross stitch
• Post all the stuff I have waiting to be listed in my Etsy shop
• Clean up my scrapbooking area
• Make a start on archival scanning of all my family photographs
• Get my printed recipes put into my recipe software (Living Cookbook)

It measures approximately 63" square.  I hand-quilted it using Essentials thread in Primary Colors (red/yellow/blue).  The black border has an oak leaf stipple, the white border is a simple Celtic chain, and the body of the quilt is a rose stipple.  I will be entering this in our county fair in August.  It's the only thing I've totally completed since last year's fair so it will be my only entry.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Rapunzel Update

Hey Everyone!

I have a page finish on my HAED, Rapunzel (Dawe)!  Here she is:

Now she has a shoulder and, well, more hair!

Normally, I would switch to my focus piece, God Speed, but I think I'm going to work on the quilt that I'm hand quilting.  I really want to show something at our county fair in August and I think the quilt is the only item I can finish in time!

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

God Speed progress

I haven't felt like stitching much lately.  I've got a stuck kidney stone.  Thankfully, I'm not in pain (pain comes when it moves), but I'm bloated, queasy, and just plain blech.  I do have a CT scan this afternoon.  Even though I've had 5 bouts of stones before the medical establishment needs "photographic proof" before they will do anything (sigh).

Most evenings, I can't wait to get into my sewing room.  The past few weeks, I've only felt up to it if I could spend the whole day there - so that the effort of tackling the stairs had a real reward.

Well, this weekend, I did manage to spend most of Saturday and Sunday stitching!  I also managed to finish a page (partial) on my focus piece, God Speed.  This completes the top 2 rows of pages!

Now that I've finished a page, it's time to rotate to another project.  My randomizer chose:  Rapunzel (Dawe).  Since this one only has 13 colors, I'm hoping a page won't take as long.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Floral Finesse - another page finished

Whew!  I thought I'd never finish this page!  Of course, I was distracted by the quilts I've been working on.

I've never been so eager to make quilts as I have since last July.  The only down side to that is my cross stitching has suffered from neglect.  The up side is I've finished 4 quilt tops (just the tops, so far) since last Summer.

Yesterday, I sat down and concentrated on finishing my current page on Floral Finesse.  I had all the cross stitching done, I just needed to finish the backstitching.  I tend to backstitch as I go, so thankfully, there wasn't much to do.

Here it is:

I finished this in the early afternoon and then switched to...a quilt top.  See!  I don't know why, but I've definitely been bitten by the quilting bug.

I have all of the individual blocks done, all 1,260 of them.  See?

I'm going to just take them out of the basket randomly.  The only thing I will check is that I don't use identical fabrics back to back.  I've heard this quilt referred to as a zipper quilt or a cobblestone quilt.

These are simply dark (black, navy, deep purple) 2" squares sewn onto light-ish 2" x 3½" bricks.  They'll all face the same way, square/brick, as I sew them into rows.  The rows will be 20 blocks wide, or 90" finished.  When I assemble the rows into the quilt, every other row will be flipped.  In other words, row 1 will start with a brick, row 2 will start with a square, row 3 will be a brick, and so on.

Here are the first 5 rows.  Each row is complete but I haven't sewn the rows together yet.  I am going to wait until all the rows are done so that I can keep identical fabrics away from each other.

I did switch back to cross stitching on God Speed (HAED) after I'd gotten this much done but I didn't take a photo.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

God Speed progress

Hello, Cross Stitch Land!

Ooh, wouldn't that be a fun place to live!

I finally finished a page on my God Speed from HAED.  It took me longer than normal because I have this perverse desire:  when it gets hot outside, I have the urge to make quilts.  I know, I know.  I'm nuts but at least I'll be warm during the Winter.

Here's my God Speed progress:

This completes the first 9 pages.  This is on 25ct., 2x1, full crosses*.

According to my randomizer app, my next project to work on is Floral Finesse.

* 2x1.  Anytime that you see this regarding cross stitch, the first number indicates the number of floss strands and the second number indicates how many fabric strands are being stitched over.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

La Belle Dame...FINISH!

Yes, that's right, I finished La Belle Dame Sans Merci!

I stitched this on 25ct., 1 strand over 1 fabric thread (1x1), using full cross stitches.  There are 223,675 stitches in this piece.

Now I'm going to choose a different focus piece plus add a couple more projects into my rotation.  My new focus piece is going to be God Speed, also from HAED.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

La Belle Dame update

I finished another page + partial page on La Belle Dame...!  I've now finished through page 30 plus pages 33-38 (partials).

The bottom edge looks wavy due to my not putting it in the frame completely straight.

Since I took this photo, I've finished pages 39 & 40 which is 6 stitches high across the bottom to the right edge.  I'm working on pages 31 (full) and 32 (partial) at the same time.  The finish is in sight!

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

La Belle Dame update

I've finished another page on La Belle Dame Sans Merci from HAED!  I haven't been working on anything else lately which is why I'm making such good progress.

The knight now has his legs!

This is pages 29 & 37 finished.  Since taking this photo, I've finished page 38 as well...it's only 6 stitches high.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Another La Belle Dame update

Whew!

Since it's been too cold to use my sewing room (it's unheated at the moment - my space heater died), I've been making great strides on La Belle Dame Sans Merci.  I've finished another full + partial page!

This is my final row of pages so I am getting excited.  I've already got fabric for the next project to go on this scroll frame!

I also bought fabric for another project that I'll start as soon as I can either finish La Belle or comfortably spend time in my sewing room.  The cold room is also why I haven't made any more progress on my Finish It Up challenge.  I'm dying for just slightly warmer weather!  (sigh)

Happy Stitching!

Stacy