July 2024 Statistics

 

July 2024 Statistics

Starts: 12

Finishes: 10

FFOs: 7

Patriotic Quaker from Primrose Cottage

Patriotic Quaker is a wrap!   One of my last Nashville purchases to stitch is finished.  There's still time to display it with my Americana stuff as I leave that up until Labor Day.

Fabric:  32 ct. lugana, light taupe

Floss: provided in the finishing kit from Primrose Cottage. 

FFO: Sorry, can't...

And here they are... I decided to paint the hoops black because they will be part of another display that has black frames.  The blue, while pretty, wouldn't match.

This kit was a mystery box from Chantelle's 141 and Hands on Design.  

Fabric:  32 ct. Belfast linen, Antique White

Floss: DMC

Finishing kit:  Chantelle's 141

The small hoop and chart was a bonus in the box.

Love them!

The pre-stitches are done!

 Sorry, I can't show you the pre-stitches, but I will say that they are three really cute Christmas themed ornaments.  I'll show them later when I have them all fully-finished after the retreat (when we are allowed of course!).

A Start and a Pause...

 Today I started Primrose Cottage's Patriotic Quaker (Gotta love those Quakers!), but now I have to hit the pause button because I want to complete all the pre-stitches for my September retreat before the end of July and I realized that was only 6 days away!  

EEK!  

Teresa Kogut's Hometown SAL Page 7

I took the last three days to stitch page 7 of Teresa Kogut's Hometown SAL.  I'm loving this SAL.  It's never too much to stitch in a month.  It's also my first try at 36 ct. linen 1 over 1.  

Midsummer Stitch! - July 19th, 2024

 

And... great fun was had by all!

Sorry, can't stitching BYE!

 Today I finished stitching "Sorry, can't stitching bye" from the mystery box from Chantelle's 141 and Hands on Design.  It was a 2 day quick stitch, even with the bonus block.  

Fabric: 32 ct. Belfast linen, antique white

Floss:  DMC

I look forward to FFOing these in the cute little hoops from Chantelle's 141.  Now I have to decide what color I'm going to paint them... sigh! 

FFO's - Liberty Word Swap and Summer Sayings of the Season

 I was a little late for July 4th for both of these, but better late than never!  

I fully finished Stitching with the Housewives "Liberty" Word Swap and "Summer" Sayings of the Season.  They are so cheery!  I'll be happy to keep these up until Labor Day.

Liberty: 28 ct. Monaco, White and called for CCW floss.

Summer:  28 ct. Monaco, Black and called for CCW floss.

Metal organizer from Hobby Lobby.

Liberty Pennies Finish

Today I finished stitching "Liberty Pennies" by Cathy Habermann of Hands on Design. This was a fun little stitch, although I did need to keep counting.  I was definitely team fudge on this one.  I didn't frog any mistakes.  

Fabric: 32 ct. Wichelt linen in charcoal

Floss:  DMC colors from the chart. 

I can't wait to fully finish it.

The Cross Eyed Cricket: Spring

 I decided that I have enjoyed stitching this entire Cricket  Collection series so much that I'm going to look for more to do this year.  I hand dyed the 28 ct. brittney lugana that I got from Herrschners for each of the seasons.  This was my first dyeing experience and extremely successful.  

Spring is stitched on a 28 ct. yellow-green fabric with DMC floss.  I can't wait to frame them, but I need to finish Summer first!

FFO: Sweet Land of Liberty

 I snuck in a FFO of Primrose Cottage's Sweet Land of Liberty.  A day late and a dollar short!  LOL!  I wanted to have this done for the 4th, but I'll have to settle for the 5th of July.  

Fabric: 32 ct. light taupe lugana

Floss and finishing:  Kit from Primrose Cottage.

I tried something new on the back of the pillow.  It's cute and it keeps the twine from moving.  

I like the way it turned out.

Straighten your crown

I stitched and finished "Straighten Your Crown" by Little Robin Designs for my daughter's office for her birthday.  I had to wait to post this so she would still be surprised.  The stitch count is 144w x 65h and was stitched on 32 ct. light taupe lugana with DMC floss.  It was finished on a wooden display piece from Hobby Lobby (2277937) Welcome-ish Wood Decor with Lady Dot Creates "Union" mini-pom pom trim. 

Sweet Land of Liberty: Primrose Cottage

 On July 4th I stitched "Sweet Land of Liberty" by Primrose Cottage. 

 I stitched it on 32 ct. light taupe lugana with the DMC floss included in the finishing kit.  

I will be FFOing it as a pillow with the finishing kit from Primrose Cottage.  I just love their choice of fabrics and I can't get good fabric near me.

It's an ornament

Wren & Snowdrops (Love Poppet on Etsy) was fully finished as an ornament today.  Stitched on 32 ct. Water Spirit linen by Seraphim from Lindy Stitches with DMC floss from my stash.

I had the perfect backing fabric and Witch Face Green rick rack from Lady Dot Creates in my stash so I went for it.  I love the way it turned out.  

Can't wait for it to dry!

Happy 4th of July!

More Strawberries!

 

I stitched and FFO'd my next two strawberry projects!  These are from Primrose Cottages most recent Sip & Stitch box.  

I love stitching their patterns as a relaxing stitch in between my larger projects.

The Berry Basket and Strawberry Quilt are both stitched on 32 ct. lugana (Ice) with the provided flosses and finished with the finishing kits available from Primrose Cottage.

AND... I LOVE MY DRINKING VESSEL!