America the Beautiful - FFO

 

I framed America the Beautiful by Stitching with the Housewives. This was a very old finish I had yet to frame.  I finally found a frame I liked.   Stitched on 14 ct. Navy Aida with called for DMC flosses.  I did change some of the motifs to show more background color.  

America the Beautiful from Stitching with Housewives (Finish)

 

Finished my oldest WIP today!  I love the piece, I'm not sure why it took so long for me to finish it, but Aida is a little harder for me to stitch on. It came up on my WIPGO so voila - it's done!

Fabric: 14 ct. Navy Aida.  Floss:  DMC

America the Beautiful from Stitching with the Housewives (WIP)

 It was a busy day of stitching!

I started out the day getting a few more stitches in the Christmas Garden by Blackbird, then I pulled out an old WIP for our patriotic mayhem event on Discord later in the day.  

I worked on America the Beautiful by Stitching with the Housewives.  I was able to finish up the flag during the event. Our challenges were:  wear red, white & blue, show a past patriotic stitch, start a patriotic stitch or stitch a star, flag, or fireworks.

We are also running an Olympic Stitching Challenge while the Winter Olympics are in session.

Today's challenge was to stitch something new.  I accomplished that task by starting a new stitch.  I want to use the secondary pattern that Teresa Kogut will be releasing at Nashville in one of my displays.  Fortunately, I was the model stitcher so I was able to start a second stitch just for me!  Of course, I can't show you a picture of it yet, you'll just have to wait until market!

Sayings of the Season: Winter

Sayings of the Season: Winter from Stitching with the Housewives

 Finished and FFO'd this one today.  Just in time for Snowman weather here in Central New York.

Witches Brew - Roundabout

 I couldn't wait to stitch up this round about from Stitching with the Housewives.  

The stitch is called "Witches Brew" from the Roundabouts series.  This will be going in the witch diplay stand from Paisleys and Polka Dots.  I changed the floss colors to match the ones used in the Halloween Sip and Stitch from Primrose Cottage.  I'll list them below.

Fabric:  32 ct. stormy night lugana

Floss:  I used DMC: 310, 731, 783, 920, 921, 3042, 3740

These are NOT the ones listed on the chart.

Pumpkins Please

"Pumpkin Please" by Stitching with the Housewives was started at the 141 Pep Rally and finished when I got home. 

I changed the fabric to a piece of linen I picked up off the free table at the retreat.  It looked like 28 ct. Vintage Country Mocha to me.  

I used the DMC floss colors suggested on the chart.

I did alter the pattern a tiny bit.  I filled in around the windows on the house with the blue pumpkin color and added an additional color to the roof to balance out the house.  This definitely wouldn't be needed if I had stitched it on black, but I thought it looked better on the linen I used.  I can't wait to fully finish it to add to my fall display.

Chantelle 141 Pep Rally - Post 2

Look what they taught us to do!

Priscilla and Chelsea helped us finish 3 adorable ornament. These were pre-stitches we stitched before coming to the retreat. They showed us how to do the finishing at the retreat and provided all the materials needed to be successful.

 Chantelle provided the cute ornaments (of course).  These will be available on her website soon.

It's been a "berry" good month for stitching

 I'm a little late posting my June display, but I'm still working on a few more strawberry items that will be soon be added. 

Featured so far are some Stitching with the Housewives projects.

• Monthly Weigh-In: June
• Word Swap: Strawberry
• Stitching Seasons: Summer
• Roundabouts: Bloom & Tulip Time

It's been a "berry" good month.

Let's FFO some Stitching with the Housewives!

 

I finally got around to fully finishing the Stitching with the Housewives Monthly Weigh-In (June) and Word Swap: Strawberry in time to display them for a couple of weeks.  

Both of these items are from the Fat Quarter Shop clubs.

Monthly Weigh-in is stitched on 28 ct. tea-dyed monaco and uses the called for Classic Colorworks floss.  It is finished with Chelsea's checks fabric in red and black on the scale and seasonal shapes display pieces from Paisleys and Polka Dots.  

Word Swap Strawberries was stitched on DMC 28 ct. natural linen with DMC floss.

Word Swap: Daisies

 I decided to start the Word Swap: Daisies from Stitching with the Housewives right after I finished the Monthly Weigh-In for May. 

I was tired of stitching white daisies, so I decided to go colorful.  I went to my stash and pulled some other colors to use on the daisies.  I decided on over dyed pink & orange, and shades of purple for the petals and decided to alternate these colors in the border at the top as well. 

 I love the way it turned out!

Monthly Weigh-In: May

It's May! Time to start the next Monthly Weigh-In from Stitching with the Housewives.

 I used 28 ct. tea-dyed Monaco fabric and used the called for floss that comes in the Fat Quarter Shop kit.

I have to paint the small seasonal items from Paisleys and Polka Dots that go on the scale before I can FFO this one.  

I had a lot of interruptions while stitching this.  It took about 10 days of sporadic stitching.

Stitching with the Housewives: Cross Stitcher

 I attended Anabella's Spring Pop-up Retreat with Priscilla Blain.  What a blast!  I started stitching the new pattern from Priscilla immediately and will admit that I stitched until rather late in the night because I was loving the piece so much.  I finished it!  I stitched it on a piece of DMC 28 ct. linen, antique white from my stash with the called for Classic Colorworks floss.  I finished it in the same frame as the Word Swap series from Hobby Lobby with mustard Chelsea's checks fabric. I noticed that in my haste (or the late hour) that I missed stitching part of the black shadow on the E.  I did go back and repair this mistake. :-)

FFO: Rabbits!

 Here is the FFO (Fully Finished Object) of the Word Swap: Rabbits from Stitching with the Housewives.  This was so much fun to stitch.  The frame was the suggested frame from Hobby Lobby and the backing fabric is Chelsea's checks: grey/black from Fat Quarter Shop.

Quick Finish: Word Swap: Rabbits

 Rabbits is the April design for the Word Swap series from Stitching with the Housewives.  

I stitched it on 28 ct. white Brittney lugana with the called for Classic Colorworks floss.  

It only took 3 days of off and on stitching to finish.  

I've got the recommended frame from Hobby Lobby and am looking towards a quick FFO.  I just got the next Word Swap: Daisies (May) in the mail, so I better get hopping!

February 2024 FFOs

This month I accepted the invitation from Fat Quarter Shop to take part in the #bemineSAL where you stitch on a valentine themed project every day.  I further challenged myself to have them FFO'd by the end of the month.   Here are the finishes!

Here is a list of the projects I stitched during the month:

From Stitching with the Housewives: 

• Monthly Weigh-In: February 

From Primrose Cottage:

• Valentine Quaker
• Love Birds
• Lindsey's Stamp Series: Be Mine, Feb. 14, and Sweetheart
• February Nine Patch
• Hugs & Kisses
• Be Mine Valentine
• Be Mine Home*
• Home Tweet Home*

* Didn't FFO the last two yet, but I still have 3 more days left in the month.  😀