Sunday, January 14, 2024

Stitching Up A Storm

My friends and I are at “The Ranch,” our favorite getaway spot in the middle of nowhere, in Wisconsin. Not much snow here, but it is cold. It’s also peaceful and quiet. Perfect place to hideaway and stitch.

On Friday, I finished the border on Savio E. Savio is now ready for finishing!


Also on Friday, I finished up the over one “Mosaic Stitch” and I finished the lower border and over one “Norwich Stitch.” It’s been a productive weekend so far!


My favorite breakfast - french toast!



Tuesday, January 09, 2024

Rovaris - Savio E. - Again

 Working on that very boring border…


Have to go around again in red. Not going to finish tonight.

Monday, January 08, 2024

Rovaris - Savio E.

I started stitching this on December 29. My two Partners in Crime (PICs) and I bought the kits from Rovaris after seeing a Facebook post from her. The kit came with a beautiful spool, the buttons and the ribbon, the linen, and the pattern. When finished, the sampler will be attached to the spool with the ribbons.

Once I started stitching, I could not put this down. I’ve been working on it almost exclusively for the past week (after finishing Early Christmas Morning.) I’m not quite finished, I still need to stitch the border. Then I will wait for my two PICs to finish their stitching and we’ll fully finish them together.

Savio E - I believe this is an Italian sampler.



I did substitute my own linen - 36ct Vintage Light Examplar with DMC threads.

Sunday, January 07, 2024

WIP - Erica Michael’s Sampler Book

The end of the weekend; it went by too fast. 

Another WIP that I worked on in November - I stitched the M and N blocks. Hope to finish them this week and then move on to the letter “O.” 



Saturday, January 06, 2024

WIP - Randje Progress

Today was stitching day in Woodbury. We meet at the Jerry’s grocery store in their community room. Anyone can come. Dates and times are posted on the Minnesota Cross Stitchers Facebook page.

While I was there, I worked on Randje. I stitched the last two assignments; four lines of stitching. So happy that I’ve been able to keep up with this SAL!



Friday, January 05, 2024

Rescued Cross Stitch

I did not stitch this piece, I rescued it! It was abandoned in an empty cube at my office several years ago. No one knew where it came from or who had stitched it. It was destined for the garbage bin. I brought it home with me. It’s beautifully stitched. Someday I might take it out of the frame and stretch it properly, but for now, it’s just fine.


The puppers were all cuddled up together on the couch this morning after they returned from their walk!


Have a great weekend!

Thursday, January 04, 2024

WIP - Village of HRH

Yes, I pulled this one out last month too. It’s been a WIP for far too long. I’ve got two blocks in progress and three more that haven’t been started yet. If you’ve stitched any of the HRH designs, you know those blocks are stitch intensive. I hope to finish these two started blocks sometimes this month!


Village of Hawk Run Hollow

36 ct Vintage Buttercream / Lakeside

DMC



Isn’t he just the cutest little cheese curd?