Statistics March 2025

March stitching suffered, but a month off for performing and vacation is great! Starts:  4 Finishes: 2. FFOs:  0

Shenanigans!

 I knew March was going to be almost a non-stitching month due to all the performances and a vacation at the end of the month so I decided to just continue work on a few of the St. Patrick's Day charts from Primrose Cottage.

I worked on:

• Luck of the Irish 
• Shamrock Wishes 
• Love -  Started
• St. Patrick's Day  (Pot of Gold) 
• St. Patrick's Day Quaker
• Free Stitch Friday - St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day Craziness

I love to sing!  My original B.A. degree is in Music (Voice & Violin).   

I am lucky to perform with a couple of great groups of people.  One of them is the "Dr. Tom Dooley Choralettes", and you guessed it, we sing Irish songs!  We perform all throughout the area during the month of March to spread happiness and cheer.  As a result, we had a performance almost every day from March 1st through March 17th.  This hindered my stitching quite a bit, but it was a blast.

St. Patrick's Day Parade - Downtown Syracuse

Hotel Syracuse - St. Patrick's Day Celebration

Five Points Public House and Events Center - Utica

Chatelaine Watergarden - March

 I finished most of the March section and then started to add the triangular borders until I realized they weren't part of the release.  Lol!  It evens out because I didn't stitch some little plants in the four corners.  It'll have to wait for next month because I am going on vacation!

Dolly inspects the floss

Dolly decided to check that I was using the correct floss when I worked on the March installment of the Chatelaine Watergarden SAL I am stitching.

She likes to sit with me while I stitch.

Stained Glass Shamrock

I had a request for a small shamrock ornament, so I dusted off my stained glass equipment and whipped one up.  I wasn't too rusty.  I usually save working in the glass workshop work for the summer afternoons when it is too hot to be out on my deck stitching.

 

Dwelling Place Pillow 2 - Creative Whims

Dwelling Place - Pillow (small) by Teresa Kogut from Creative Whims studio. 

I couldn't wait to start the second, smaller pillow from the Dwelling Place booklet.  I decided to stitch both pillows before stitching the sampler so that I had a lot of practice stitching on 40 ct. 

Fabric:  40 ct. Tych linen

Floss:  Called for flosses

I made a mistake and used the wrong floss for the body of the birds.  It looked alright so I left it.

12 Monthly Minis (March) - Primrose Cottage

 

These little monthly minis are so cute! 
12 Monthly Minis - Primrose Cottage

Fabric:  I stitched this on a mystery fabric I got from the free table at a retreat.  It looks like a 32 ct. green lugana, although it feels like a Murano blend.  I really enjoyed stitching on it.  It was smooth as butter!

Floss:  I used DMC 3362 and 3364.  These will match my existing St. Patrick's day stitches.

 I'm going to finish this one as a biscornu, so I stitched the four corners for the back side.