Sunday February 19 Weekly Recap

 Good Morning Blog Followers!

Happy Sunday morning! This week has a few fully finished items and many items fully stitching and stitching pieces in the work! Sit back with your favorite cup of something and read away. I've got my coffee nearby so here we go!

Last Sunday I was up in the 'craft room' after posting my blog and fully finished BLOCK PARTY ~ 4TH by Hands on Design. This was a challenge piece for me as I participate in Flags on the 4th hosted by Primrose Cottage. The 4th of every month you stitch a flag so that by the end of a year's time you will be able to fill a dough bowl or such and have 12 patriotic flags. I had seen this piece by HOD and just knew that I had to stitch it. I wasn't keen on the 'greenish/yellow' fabric that it showed on the chart so I dug around in my fabric stash and stumbled across this piece of 14ct demin aida and got busy doing a floss toss to see if the called for colors would work on this fabric. BINGO! They did, so away I started stitching! This was a piece that took some time but I finally finished stitching it and now it was time to FULLY finish it. I have never done a finishing like this but I must say I am quite proud of myself and even Cathy Habermann commented that she 'loved it stitched on this fabric'. Thank you, Cathy...that means alot to me. I did not use the enclosed wool piece that was included with the chart as I wanted to show off the demin fabric. I will eventually order the button pins to 'poke' in the top.  (ok, I just put them in my cart @ 123Stitch).

I then went onto finish WREATH SWAP 1 ~ MARCH by Stitching With the Housewives. This was a few days of stitching time and then a quick finish to have ready to swap out on my HOME is where the wreath is piece. 

I then fully finished FEBRUARY  WORD PLAY by With thy Needle and Thread. Have had this piece stitched for years and finished into a hanging pillow only to realize that I wasn't happy with the finish! So I 'frogged' out the fully finished pillow and did a simple finish to display on this easel. I can switch them out monthly.

I then tried my hand at some cute quilted Valentine hearts by Erica Made. She has a blog and website with adorable quilting projects that are great for a beginner like me!

Then the  final fully finished item was 1776 by Primrose Cottage for her FLAGS on the 4th SAL. This was a free chart if you are subscribed to her newsletter. I had been watching her flosstube and someone commented that this would be a cute chart for a needleroll. Years ago I had stitched and made a few needlerolls and had forgotten about them. What a cute addition to my collection for Flags on the 4th.

Stitching for the week ~

I finished stitching my March BARN STAR by Lori Holt using Fat Quarter Shop's color redition. I just need to quick fully finish it and it's ready to swap out on my little black barn. 

I started stitching the SEED PACKS by Stitching With the Housewives this week only to find out that I had NO 3865 in the house at all! Out of 3 tackel style storage boxes and a drawer full of duplicate threads, there was NONE to be found. So, I decided to 'color' stitch the 5 charts and will go to Michael's tomorrow on my lunch break and get the much needed threads. Here are the charts I have 'color' stitched so far.

Under my needle right now is DAISY SEEDS by Stitching With the Housewives, once again just stitching the colored parts until I get that much needed 3865!

FREEBIE FINDS ~

I found a few freebies this week that I am interesed in stitching. LUCKY by Rovaris. Looks like a cute little quick stitch for a pillow finish. I don't have many St. Patrick's Day things so this will be a nice addition.

I also found HAPPY EASTER by Cherry Hill Stitchery. I can't wait to stitch this one up!

LIZZIE'S LUNCHBOX STITCH:

This is a new category I came up with to show you what I'm stitching on at lunchtime when I'm at work. This week's piece is I CAN I WILL by Silver Creek Samplers. This was a free chart I mentioned in a previous post. Stitching on 14ct fiddles cloth using the called for dmc threads.

Well I think I've rambled on enough and hope that I have insprired you to make some time for yourself today and pick up that needle and 'poke' that fabric.

Till next week!

♥Elizabeth 

Sunday February 12th Weekly Recap

 Good Morning Blog Readers,

Happy Sunday morning to you! It's Super Bowl Sunday! Although I am not a football fan I do have a pot of chili simmering on the stove for this evenings' meal along with cheddar bay biscuits that I'll make later this afternoon. I've also got my RED VELVET cake in the oven baking as we are celebrating Valentine's Day today as I have to work 2-11pm Valentine's Day. :( This receipe was posted 2 weeks ago on this blog.

Well let's get started with this week's recap of things I finished stitching and things that I fully finished.

I started this week off with posting my quilted barn star by Lori Holt,  using the floss suggestions from Fat Quarter Shop to have a monthly piece that I could change out. I purchased a wooden barn from Michael's months ago, painted it black and now will change of the barn star every month. These stars are stitching on 14ct white aida using DMC threads.

I then posted my tier tray with the FEBRUARY 14th piece by Primrose Cottage Stitches. This was a previous finish from last year and I look forward to bringing it out every year. Stitched on 14ct pink aida using called for DMC threads.

I fully finished a cute, quick stitch by Kate Stitcher called LOVE postage stamp. This was a free chart that she posted a few weeks back and I believe I referenced its whereabouts in last weeks recap. If not, I will edit this blog post and post it for you. I stitched it on 11ct white aida using the called for DMC threads. I finished it into a cute little ornament for my Valentine's tree, using left over fabric and ric rack from my stash. 

What's Under My Needle Today ~ I finished stitching HOME is where the Wreath Is ~ MARCH by Stitching With the Housewives. I stitched it on 14ct black aida using the called for colors. It will go upstairs today and be fully finished so it will be ready to display March 1st!

I am also working on March ~ Barn Star by Lori Holt with Fat Quarter Shop's color redition for the month. GREENS! A new DMC 14 and 16 I had to purchase at Michael's this week as I didn't have either in my stash of floss. I should be able to finish that piece up this evening after I come down from the 'finishing room' this afternoon.

FREEBIE FINDS ~ 

Create Every Day by Teresa Kogut. This was a Nashville 2020 Freebie.

La-D-Da ~ Hand & Heart: https://la-d-da.net/pdf/Hand&Heart-freebie.pdf

From the Heart ~ Love Mini Quaker: https://www.fromtheheartneedleart.com/free.charts.html

SodaStitch ~ Valentine Gnome: go to her FB page to download the pdf chart

Charts for Sale:

Heart in Hand ~ Merry Making Mini: Flower Fun  (no button) $5.00 includes shipping within the US

Heart in Hand ~ Throwback: Checkeredbird (includes leftover beads) $6.00 includes shipping within the US.

Hands On Design ~ Stitch Some Happy $6.00 includes shipping within the US

All these charts are gently used from a non-smoking, no pet home. You can send me an email using my email address posted at the post of my blog page. Payment can be well concealed cash (at your own risk, money order or PAYPAL.

You can see all these charts on 123Stitch.com for pictures.

Thought for the week ~ Do what you LOVE and LOVE what you do! (unknown)

See you next week!

♥Elizabeth