Theme-A-Licious Jubilee July

The theme for last month was Jubilee July, "It's time to celebrate! What are you celebrating this year? Stitch on your holiday-related projects, OR find some WIPs you know you'll never finish and set them free."

I stitched on Halloween and Christmas designs in July, which I actually do all year long!

I started Brew, which is part 9 of Boo! Club.  I think I'll finish the whole thing by Halloween this year!

Boo! Club (Brew)

I also started part 2 of Very Scary Mystery Sampler by doing the border on the right side.  I might finish this one by Halloween 2015!

Very Scary (Part 2)

For Christmas stitching, I finished Santa's jacket and pants on Santa's 12 Days of Christmas.  No, I don't think all 12 days will be finished by Christmas this year, but I'll get there eventually!

Santa's 12 Days of Christmas (Day 6) update #4

Santa's 12 Days of Christmas (Day 6) update #4

I also finally finished the Stained Glass Nativity needlepoint this month!

Stained Glass Nativity - FINISHED!

The first three animals of Brooke's Books Advent Animals are finished.

Brooke's Books Advent Animals 1-3

 I stitched on Santa Hang-Up while I was waiting in an airport for 3 hours.

Santa Hang-Up update #9

I also added more cross stitch videos to YouTube showing some WIPs and finishes in July!

Cross Stitch video #4

Cross Stitch video #5

The theme for this month will be Author! Author! August.  "The words are speaking this month! Hunt out those WIPs with a verse or two.  It's time those projects with words and sentences grew."

I have several wordy WIPs to choose from to stitch in August!

Check in on Heather's blog, It's Geek to Me, to see what everyone else stitched for the holiday theme in July!

Theme-A-Licious June Jolt

The theme for last month was June Jolt, "School's out for the summer! Let's work on things with sunshine in them or REALLY bright colors.  Summer is here!"

I finished part 8 of 12 on Boo! Club.  I like the bright Halloween colors in this design!

Boo! Club (Fright) - FINISHED!

"Fright"
Boo! Club series
Lizzie*Kate
28 ct Prairie Grain linen
Started 1/16/2014, Finished 6/28/2014

I also finally finished part 1 of Very Scary Mystery Sampler!  Hopefully, parts 2 and 3 won't take me quite as long to do!

Very Scary (Part 1) - FINISHED!

"Very Scary Mystery Sampler" (Part 1)
Lizzie*Kate
30 ct Tin Roof linen
Started 7/25/2012, Finished 7/1/2014

I also finished The Sorcerer and The Sorceress!  I'll pick them up from the framer tomorrow.  They will be framed together with gold, purple, and red mats.

The Sorcerer and The Sorceress - FINISHED!

The theme for this month will be Jubilee July, "It's time to celebrate! What are you celebrating this year? Stitch on your holiday-related projects, OR find some WIPs you know you'll never finish and set them free."

I have Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas designs to stitch.  I might even stitch on some Easter designs, too!

Check in on Heather's blog, It's Geek to Me, to find more blog posts with the bright colors theme this month!

March WIPocalypse update and a finish!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  I got this freebie from cross-stitching.com and stitched him up in a couple days.  I want to make this into an ornament.

St. Patrick's Day - FINISHED!

"St. Patrick's Day"
Designed by Marcia Singleton
cross-stitching.com
14 ct white Aida
Started 3/12/2014, Finished 3/16/2014

There's a full moon in the sky, so it's time for a WIPocalypse update!  My WIPocalypse page has been shrinking and my Finishes 2014 page has been growing!  Since the last WIPocalypse post, I had 5 more finishes.  I've also been stitching on something different every day for Theme-a-licious March Madness.

I stitched on these two Lizzie*Kate designs at the last get-together with the Southern California Cross Stitchers Yahoo group:

I finished the satin stitch border on the right side and did one row across the bottom. I'm still on Part 1 of the 3-part Very Scary Mystery Sampler.

Very Scary update #10

I started stitching the spooky house on Fright, part 8 of Boo! Club, which has 12 parts.

Boo! Club (Fright) update #1

This month's topic is "Show us your favorite places to stitch."  You might have seen these photos on a previous blog post, but here I am in my favorite place to stitch, on the love seat watching TV and always with cats and a dog.  I have another cat and dog not shown in these photos, but they're not interested in stitching.

Check in on Measi's Musings blog with a link to your March WIPocalypse blog post, too!

Crazy January start #13

Day #13 of the Ultimate Crazy January Challenge is Boos Brothers from the Halloweenies chart by Sue Hillis Designs.  I've only stitched their hats and sunglasses.  Do you think I should use glow-in-the-dark floss for their bodies?  This is stitched on 14 ct black Aida and will be 3.5" x 5.5".

Halloweenies (Boos Brothers)

Looking through my WIPocalypse list, I found Boo! Club hasn't been stitched on since last July.  Today I started "Fright" which is part 8 of this 12-part design.  I stitched part of the border and the yellow moon.

Boo! Club (Fright)

We had two earthquakes the last two nights, at 1:35 a.m. and then 1:50 a.m. the next night.  The epicenter was less than a mile from my home so they felt a lot bigger than they actually were, 4.4 and 3.2 magnitude, actually bouncing the bed off the floor!  It's also been very windy and hot in the 80s.  A wildfire started this morning, grew from 50 acres to over 1700 acres in a few hours and is burning down houses.  This is about 25 miles away.  How is the weather where you live?

Pumpkins and more beer!

Hurray! I finished Pumpkin, part 7 of 12 on Boo! Club by Lizzie*Kate.  Only 5 more to go!  The buttons for the eyes will go on last.

Boo! Club (Pumpkin) - FINISHED!

"Pumpkin"
Boo! Club series
Lizzie*Kate
Started 6/22/2013, Finished 7/26/2013

Seven members of the SoCal Cross Stitchers Yahoo Group met to stitch together on Saturday.  This time we sat at outdoor tables with big shade umbrellas between the movie theater and restaurants.  The weather was perfect and we stitched from 10:00-5:00!

I made a little more progress on the Lizzie*Kate Very Scary Mystery Sampler by stitching the leaves on the pumpkins and another purple Quaker star (which I like to call a snowflake).

Very Scary (Part 1) update #7

I also finished two more bottles of beer on "99" by Ink Circles.

"99" update #2

Bottle #3 is Fat Tire Amber Ale, New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Bottle #4 is Dead Guy Ale, Rogue Ales Brewery, Newport, Oregon.

I'm going to print out all these beer photos and put into a little photo album to go with the finished project, or better yet, I can upload the photos to a photo printing website and get a photo book made with all the beer bottles in order to match the finished cross stitch project!  How fun!

More SAL updates!

SALs (stitch-alongs) are so much fun when you know other stitchers are working on the same designs.  There are lots of others in the Bothy Threads Cut Thru' Monday SAL posting updates each week.  Linda and I are hosting this SAL.  Sharon also started a Bothy Threads Cut Thru' Designs Monday SAL Facebook group.

I stitched more blue water under the Igloo.  This is all the way to the bottom right corner of the design.

Cut Thru' Igloo update #15

I stitched the flower stem which will be the letter "I" and it will say "Give Thanks" on Thankful Critters.  Linda is stitching this one, too!

Thankful Critters update #6

I finally got Santa's head done and stitched another bird on Santa's 12 Days of Christmas.  There will be two more birds for the 4th day of Christmas.  I love how there is a pear in all 12 designs. This is a SAL with Linda and Kaye.

Santa's 12 Days of Christmas (Day 4) update #6

Santa's 12 Days of Christmas (Day 4) update #6

I stitched the word Pumpkin on part 7 of Boo! Club by Lizzie Kate.

Boo! Club (Pumpkin) update #1

Whenever I finish all 12 of these Boo! Club designs, I'll have a giveaway on my blog of all six of the double-flip charts from Lizzie*Kate.  So keep reminding me to stitch on this so I can hurry up and give the charts away!

June WIPocalypse update and a finish!

It's another full moon (did you see the super moon?) and time for the WIPocalypse SAL update!  The focus colors this month are black and green. You can see current pics of all my WIPs on my WIPocalypse page.

I finished Quaker Moon during the GTG (get-together) on Saturday with seven women in the SoCal Cross Stitchers Yahoo group.  We stitched at the food court in the mall for almost 8 hours!

Quaker Moon - FINISHED!

"Quaker Moon"
Bent Creek
Started 1/28/2013, Finished 6/22/2013

I'll pass this chart onto another stitcher (worldwide) and hopefully the winner will give it away when she's finished, too!  Just mention in the comment if you're interested.  I'll draw a name on Sunday, June 30.

I started the next part (7 of 12) of Boo! Club by Lizzie Kate by stitching the word Pumpkin in green.

Boo! Club (Pumpkin)

I stitched the black jaw line on the Day of the Dead skull from the Twisted Stitches book.

Day of the Dead update #7

I stitched the black letter P and some of the border on Picnic Area by The Prairie Schooler.

Picnic Area update #3

I finally started stitching again on Santa Hang-Up, which I started for the Ultimate Crazy January Challenge and haven't touched it since the first day.  I'm stitching on sparkly 20 ct Valerie fabric, 2 over 2, so the X's are pretty big (10 ct size).  This is an every other weekend SAL with Linda.

Santa Hang-Up update #1

Remember to check in on Measi's blog with a link to your WIPocalypse update, too!  Next month's theme is Designer - Glendon Place, Project Theme - Animals, and Focus Colors - Red and Yellow.  I'll try to do some stitching in those categories, too!

Halloween stitching and June TUSAL post!

I'm halfway done with Boo! Club, six down and six more to go!

Boo! Club (Creepy) - FINISHED!

"Creepy"
Boo! Club series
Lizzie*Kate
Started 4/14/2013, Finished 5/29/2013

I finished the black fence and more grass on Halloween House.  Check the SAL page on Linda's blog to see everyone's progress!

Halloween House update #34

Is it another new moon already?  My ORT jar is filling up nicely.  Check in on Daffycat's blog with your June TUSAL blog post, too!

TUSAL 2013 #6

May WIPocalypse update

It seems like May has been a slow stitching month for me.  I've only had one finish since the last WIPocalypse update.  You can see current pics of all my WIPs on my WIPocalypse page.

The focus colors for this month are purple and brown.  The brown letter "T" is almost done on Thankful Critters, but there should be a bunny on top.

Thankful Critters update #4

Boo Club has some purple letters, and I almost finished Creepy, but not quite.

Boo! Club (Creepy) update #1

Remember to check in on Measi's blog with a link to your WIPocalypse update, too!  I'm in the mood for another themed blog post coming up soon, so stay tuned!

Happy Stitching, everyone!

Stitching owls at our Saturday GTG!

On Saturday, I met up with 6 other ladies in the SoCal Cross Stitchers Yahoo Group to stitch together at the mall.  We stayed from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., stitching away all day!  If you live in Southern California, please join our Yahoo group!  For this get-together, I decided to stitch on my WIPs with owls in the designs.

Halloween House has an owl on the roof!  I also finished the rest of the roof on the very top (no more green stitching!).  Next, I will stitch the chimneys and the black cat and finish backstitching the roof.

Halloween House update #31

I stitched a row of green squares on the Lizzie*Kate Very Scary Mystery Sampler and the owl motif.

Very Scary (part 1) update #4

I stitched the outline of the crescent moon and the cute owl on Quaker Moon by Bent Creek.

Quaker Moon update #2

The next design on Boo! Club has a tiny owl in the tree branches.

Boo! Club (Creepy)

We are up to 10 members in our Bothy Threads Cut Thru' Monday SAL! Watch this page for updates after Monday and feel free to join up any time!  There are also more members in the Bothy Threads Cut Thru Designs Facebook group who don't have a blog.

April TUSAL

For the Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long (TUSAL), we show pics of our ORT jars each month. You can join up HERE.  My jar is swallowing up lots of ORTs! Check in on Daffycat's blog with your TUSAL blog post, too!

TUSAL 2013 #4

I finished the Eek! part of Boo! Club.  Five parts down, seven more to go!  I have the tiny black and white buttons for the eyes, but I'll put them on at the end, so they don't get smashed in the Q-snaps.

Boo! Club (Eek!) - FINISHED!

"Eek!"
Boo! Club series
Lizzie*Kate
Started 3/16/2013, Finished 4/10/2013

Stitchy get-together Saturday!

I spent a wonderful Saturday with some of the ladies of the SoCal Cross Stitchers Yahoo Group!  We carpooled to a fabric store to shop and then walked to a restaurant to have breakfast/lunch.  We spent the rest of the day stitching at the group leader's home, went out to eat again, and kept on stitching until about 8:00 p.m.!  That's the way to spend a Saturday!  I always bring lots of different things to stitch.  It has been said that I'm on an "hourly rotation."  LOL

My Day of the Dead skull has a mouth now!

Day of the Dead update #6

I started stitching the top roof of Halloween House.

Halloween House update #30

I started the frog on Eek! in the Boo! Club series.

Boo! Club (Eek!) update #1

I stitched one row of black squares on the Very Scary Mystery Sampler.  Maybe one of these days I'll get more excited about this one.  The fabric and floss colors are just not bright enough for me!  But I'm determined to finish it, a little at a time.

Very Scary (part 1) update #3

Then when I got home I kept on stitching and got one wing done on the eagle of the July square in the Summer & Winter booklet by The Prairie Schooler.

Summer & Winter (July) update #5

I'm in a new Monday SAL with Sharon, Linda, Monique, and Kaye.  We're all stitiching different Bothy Threads Cut Thru' designs.  I already started the Cut Thru' Igloo for the Ultimate Crazy January Challenge, but I haven't touched it since the first day.

Cut Thru' Igloo

Sharon and Linda are stitching the Cut Thru' Stable, Monique is stitching the Cut Thru' Gypsy Wagon, and Kaye will be stitching the Cut Thru' Castle.  Does anyone want to join us?