Cut Thru' Igloo update!

My little Eskimo guy has come to life!  He is sitting in front of the fire keeping warm in his igloo, wearing blue mittens and holding a cup of hot cocoa.  I actually love the backstitching in these Cut Thru' designs!  Check out the Bothy Threads Cut Thru' Monday SAL page to see everyone's progress!

Cut Thru' Igloo update #2

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.

Turtle Trot SAL - April

For the Turtle Trot SAL, we choose 13 WIPs to work on and post progress pics on the 13th of every month.  You can sign up at BAP-Attack.  Here is my progress since last month.  You can click on the picture to see it bigger.

Universal Unity:  The tiger's head is done except for his ear.

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Universal Unity update #7

The Sorcerer:  His sleeve and more of his cloak is done.

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The Sorcerer update #4

Flaming June:  I stitched more of the sky.

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Flaming June update #3

All's Good in the Hood:  I stitched the word "THE" and more border on top and bottom.

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All's Good in the 'Hood update #5

Merry Christmas:  I finished the letter "h" in Christmas.  This design is from Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe.

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Merry Christmas update #3

Disney Princess Birth Announcement:  I finished Cinderella's forehead and eyebrows.

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Disney Princess Birth Announcement update #3

Day of the Dead:  The skull has a pretty smile now!  This design is from the Twisted Stitches book.

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Day of the Dead update #6

Majestic Eagle:  I started stitching his other wing and chest.

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Majestic Eagle update #2

Today I'm going to stitch outside at the mall with the SoCal Cross Stitchers Yahoo Group!  Have a great Saturday, everyone!

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

Two new SAL starts and a finish!

I started Thankful Critters during the Ultimate Crazy January Challenge last year, but haven't touched it since the first day.  Now Linda and I will be stitching on it every other weekend.  I hope to finish it in time to display for Thanksgiving!  I finished the chipmunk and the letter "A" with nuts.

Thankful Critters update #1

Thankful Critters update #1

Our Monday SAL of Bothy Threads Cut Thru' designs has begun!  We are up to about ten members now.  Sharon also started a Bothy Threads Cut Thru designs Monday SAL Facebook Group!  Feel free to join us any time!  

I stitched some white snow and ice walls of the igloo.  

Cut Thru' Igloo update #1

Yeah!  Time for a happy dance!  I finished The Bear and the Bees.  He makes me laugh!

The Bear and the Bees - FINISHED!

"The Bear and the Bees"

The Prairie Schooler

14 ct Fiddler's cloth

Started 2/7/2012, Finished 4/8/2013

YOTA UFO update - April

I'm in the YOTA (Year of the Acronym) SAL, where we post a picture on the first Saturday of the month of one of our UFO cross stitch projects.  I started Universal Unity in 1998 and am finally giving it some attention this year!  It is a Dimensions Gold Collection kit.

Here is the before pic from the March YOTA post:

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And here it is today!  The tiger has eyes now!

Universal Unity update #6

Universal Unity update #6

The next update will be on April 13, since this is also in my Turtle Trot SAL. The tiger should be done by then!

Bothy Threads Cut Thru' SAL

Wow!  We have eight members already in our Monday SAL of Bothy Threads Cut Thru' designs.  I have started a new page on my blog for the Bothy Threads Cut Thru' Monday SAL with links to everyone's blog and pics of which chart they'll be stitching and current progress photos.  Feel free to join up!

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?

Another giveaway and I'm a winner!

Cross stitch bloggers are so fun and generous!  I won Kate's Easter giveaway at The Flying Needle of a $50 gift certificate to 123-Stitch!  Thank you so much, Kate!  It's time to check my wish list and start shopping!  Any suggestions?

Ruth is having a birthday giveaway on her blog of some wonderful gift certificates!  Drawing will be on April 7.  Enter HERE and tell her that I sent you! Good luck!

March ornament and WIPocalypse update

I'm in the 2013 Ornament SAL, where we stitch a new ornament each month for any holiday.  My March ornament is Boule Bordeaux, a freebie from a French blog, Le blog de Vava.  I used DMC gold metallic 5282 and a red/pink variegated J&P Coats floss.  This is stitched on perforated paper with red felt on the back.  It is about 4" x 5".

Boule Bordeaux - FINISHED!

"Boule Bordeaux"
Designed by Vava
Le blog de Vava
Started 2/9/2012, Finished 3/27/2013

Since my last WIPocalypse update in February, I finished Singing the Blues and made progress on my SAL pieces.  I sent this chart to Ruth in Ireland, so follow her blog to watch her bluebird come to life!

Singing the Blues - FINISHED!

On the monthly Prairie Schooler designs, I've been stitching the eagle for July. He is patiently waiting for his wings.  This will be done soon, and then I'll start the August square.

Summer & Winter (July) update #4

The Bear and the Bees by The Prairie Schooler is my Monday SAL with Linda.  I stitched the grass and some leaves.  Linda already finished hers.  We'll start a new Monday SAL next week.

The Bear and the Bees update #3

On Boo! Club by Lizzie*Kate, I finished Spiders and started on Eek!.

Boo! Club (Eek!)

Linda, Sharon, and I will start a new Monday SAL on April 1, for Bothy Threads Cut Thru' designs.  Linda and Sharon will do Stable and I'll do Igloo.  Does anyone else want to stitch along with us?

You can see current pics of all of my WIPs on my WIPocalypse page. Remember to check in on Measi's blog with a link to your WIPocalypse update, too!

A very old UFO is finished and I'm a winner!

I bought the kit for Bear Hug at a Creative Circle needlecraft home party waaaaaaay back in 1988 (25 years ago!) and guess what?!  I finally finished it! This will be donated to World of Charity Stitching so they can sew it to a pillow or walker bag or tote bag.

Bear Hug - FINISHED!

Bear Hug
Designed by Sue Miyata
The Creative Circle
Started 1988, Finished 3/22/2013

I did the backstitching on the two windows and the roof of Halloween House.

Halloween House update #29

I pulled out one of my starts from last year to use for the 2013 Ornament SAL for this month.  It is a freebie from a French blog, Le blog de Vava.  I'm stitching it on perforated paper with DMC gold metallic 5282 with the word "Noel" in white DMC.

Boule Bordeaux update #2

I am using a variegated red J&P Coats floss for the top and bottom.  It's not turning out exactly how I planned (LOL) but I'll try a different method for the bottom half.  I bought a piece of red felt with an adhesive back to put on the back of this ornament.

Boule Bordeaux update #3

I was a lucky winner of a Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe giveaway!  Nancy sent me five 20-yard skeins of over-dyed floss.  She is having another giveaway on April 15.  You can enter HERE and tell her that I sent you!

I was also a lucky winner of DMC linen floss from Brenda in her "From My Horde to Yours Giveaway" at The Dropped Thread!

I also bought the rest of the DMC floss at JoAnn's yesterday that I need for my next BAP.  Hint:  It's the big picture at the top of my blog!  Yes, that's actually a cross stitch chart called "We're Off to See the Wizard."  I had a coupon for 25% off my entire purchase, so the floss was only 29 cents each!  Here's what the chart looks like:

"We're Off to See the Wizard" chart