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I told you last weekend I was busy trying to accomplish some things. One of the things on my list was to finish this. I know many of you are looking at that thinking, you finished stitching that a while ago. The funny thing is, I thought I had too but a blog reader pointed …

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I've got the garbage put out. With the composting and the fires, I usually only have garbage to put out every three weeks but there is always lots of recycling. Realized my Gorilla cart does not do well in snow. It gave my arms quite the workout on the small hills from the basement back door around the house to our driveway.  And I wished at one point we did not live down such a long winding laneway either. But the air was so beautiful, cold and crisp, and I know a little workout is good for me. Then ...

Happy news friends, I got some cross-stitch time last week. I told you Arnie was away last weekend so that left me with lots of time to cross-stitch and sew. I took advantage. I put all of my stitching time into And God Saw piece. It’s a Teresa Kogut piece from Market this Spring. I …

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 I have the bird feeders filled and the wood brought in for the day long fire.

No change in the numbers.

I decided to post the Short List here and pass on an OMG this month. Work continues to be a challenge, and I prefer to not add personal deadlines to the mix.

Project 1 (Original): Study in Stitches. I started working on this again.

Project 2 (Charity): Traffic Jam was started it in early 2023. I have 14 of 20 blocks made.

Project 3 (Stitch): I started an RTO kit called Fairy Tales Live on the Roofs. This kit isn’t the easy stitch I thought it would be.

Project 4 (Original): I need to ...

I was a sewing mad woman this week and had a lot of company over Thanksgiving weekend so my cross stitch suffered. On Sunday Arnie and I watched some football and I stitched. I was bound and determined that this week I would finish my There is Room piece. It’s from the Proper Stitcher. Here …

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Cross stitch only happened a couple of evenings for me over the last week. Then when I did stitch, I only stitched for a half hour at a time…so I have little to share. So little that I’m not even going to show you. But…good news. Kelli was home over Thanksgiving and she brought cross …

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I am here today to announce a new stitch along. Liz and I debated about doing another one this year or to take a holiday break. I ended up seeing this one and wanted to stitch it. It’s called Merry Little Christmas by Shakespeare’s Peddler. It should be a fast stitch as words typically go …

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I didn’t get much stitching time this week. I’ve been on a roll cleaning up some things around here and getting ready for everyone to be home for Thanksgiving. All of that doesn’t happen on its own. I’ve been getting rid of more stuff and organizing more. I miss stitching and quilting but I just …

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This morning Patrick slept in. He's back is better but still not enough to go golfing. 

I decided to enjoy the day by doing my cross stitching. 

I was able to get a lot done. I hate the gold floss and may have to order more. I haven't decided if I want to add the gold around this piece.  If I do, the gold will show through when traveling from one point to another.  May have to figure something else out. 

We had reservations (6 pm) at The Quincy in town. The food was good but really not ...

I was up early  today. Patrick slept for another hour. I listened to my book on audio.  Cleaned up a little today. Then wanted to play fir a bit. 

Once that was out of my system,  I pulled out my cross stitching. 

Good news is that i got some crosses done.  We watched TV will I stitched. It was fun being able to put a bright color like purple in. I may be pulling more time in with this. It really does need to get finished and I know what I want to do next. I really don't want ...

View out my sewing room window. The deer and the turkeys take turns dropping by.

I had a medium amount of time for cross stitching this week. I think I did pretty good and saw some progress. The first piece I picked up was There is Room by The Proper Stitcher. This is our stitch along piece. I am doing mine on 40 count Vintage Country Mocha with Cranberry colored …

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The late October warmth meant still more flashy blooms into early November. Like the Hardy Rose Mallow. 

Not much cross stitch happened this week. I had grandkids home over the weekend and we never took time to sit down and stitch. It’s been full speed ahead on trying to work on sprucing up the basement and basement bathroom here. The weather was nice. We could keep the garage doors open and work. …

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I haven’t gotten much stitching in over the last two weeks. My social calendar has been full. Then being I’ve been busy on the evenings I don’t have anything to do, I’m scrambling to try to get blog posts written. It’s a bad cycle that I think will be getting better…we’ll see though, the holidays …

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Kelli, my daughter, was home on Wednesday. It has been a while since I’ve seen her. Now that Georgia is in school and I’m working, it’s hard to get here. Kelli made a special effort to come because someone was here she wanted to meet. While she was here she was showing off the cross …

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No change in the numbers.

I finished quilting the main section of Remember Me and started the borders. The end is in sight!

I also framed Peace on Earth.

The frame came from Goodwill. It was a home dec item with a saying painted on the wood inside the frame. I wrapped the stitched piece around foamcore board covered with batting and slid it over the saying. I added a spacer inside to keep the stitching from sliding all the way back, giving less of a shadow box effect. I’m thrilled with the result.

Fabric In: 16.5 yards ...