100 Followers Giveaway!!

OMG guys! I can’t thank you enough for letting me meet this milestone! Wanted to give an opportunity for one lucky person to win a small token of my appreciation.

Prize choices:

A – Fall Faerie | B – Woodland Enchantress

Contest rules:

1. Pick Prize A or B of your choosing in a comment below
2. Answer the following: “What do you watch (shows/movies/etc.) or listen to (podcasts/music stations/etc) while you cross stitch?” and write at least one thing you like about like about what you watch or listen to while cross stitching
3. Follow this blog (if you haven’t already)

Contest ends on 8/15/21. Winner will be notified via private message over WP, and announced via this post.

Good luck!

Completing the Four Quadrants

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  Apr 15, 2021

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  Feb 23, 2021

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  Feb 15, 2021

Progress post: divided up the remaining cross-stitches and half-stitches into four quadrants.

After the progress from April 15th, I still have to fill in the blank spaces I left, haha.

Then I’ll get to the overlay colors with pretty white blending filaments, and finally to the details (back stitches, coaching, and french knots)

Here’s to getting this project/kit to completion!

Total Eclipse

Thanks @clarity_28 for passing this project along to me!

1st pic on the left: what @clarity_28 stitched

2nd pic on the left: the stitches I added to what @clarity_28 stitched

Had to do one strand of white over some areas to make three strands in total. Used this handy website to convert Bucilla to DMC to dimensions and used floss left over from my previous projects/kits.

More Winter Trees…

Got a lot of progress in this month :). I’ve finally done a lot of stitching that required combining colors and also have gotten better at stitching faster without having to flip the design on its back. Found that the 10×10 grids were a great guide to work with instead of working aimlessly in sections.

Unfortunately I goofed and did cross stitches in green instead of half cross-stitches. I’ll leave them to the end to decide whether I want to redo the stitches or to leave them be.

I’m Back!…Sorta

Can’t believe it’s been nearly two years since my last post! I’m not even really sure what to type in this post, lol. I was a bit unmotivated to cross-stitch til just recently. Won’t be going into details unless enough of you are interested :P.

I’ve only just worked on stitches with combined colors and working on these stitches have helped build momentum to continue working on this project.

It’s also been taking some getting used to adding stitches in between all the stitches that require six strands. Those stitches with the six strands are particularly thick and a bit difficult to work around if I have to fill in the spaces surrounding them.

I’m hoping to start posting somewhat regularly again! It’s certainly been a while.

…and a shameless plug, if anyone’s interested in following me to see what I’ve been up to, my Instagram tag is @michii3838.

A Finish and a New Start

Hey guys,

After all the backstitches, this is done!

I even made a small checklist/timeline of the project 🙂

Here’s the start of a new project :D.

This update was super short and sweet, no? 🙂

Half Cross-stitches: Done

Small update: I have finished the background to the Bears project not too long ago. I used the sewing method mainly and I’ve got to say the stitches don’t look that noticeably different than the ones stitched without using method (just if they aren’t looked at too closely, haha).

I did miscount some of the stitches in the ground area with the long rows of different shades of brown. Slight mistake that’s probably unnoticeable, but a mistake nontheless.

Now to the backstitches. I already started today and I’m already dreading them..

Blanket

I’ve been a bit tied up with renovations at my boyfriend’s new place. There will be a hobby/cross-stitching room for me :). Before he got the place, the room used to look like this:

The place used to be a 3 bedroom and 2 bath, and then the previous owner tore down one of the bedrooms and made an open area to make it a 2 bedroom and 2 bath. My boyfriend put in the recessed lighting and I have yet to get a pic to reflect the painting to the walls that we’ve done. (EDIT: Meant to add that we’ve been taking out the popcorn on the ceiling and the open den was no exception.)

As for the cross-stitching, the blanket took a while to finish up. While I cross-stitch, I like to watch a tv show or listen to music/podcast. I’ve been watching Danny Phantom and listening to Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me. Do you guys watch or listen to something while cross-stitching like I do? If so, what have you been watching or listening to?

Taco and Burrito <3

Hey guys,

I’ve been taking a small break from the Teddy Bear Gathering project (am I done yet?!) and picked up on the “Burrito” cross-stitch I hadn’t worked on in ages. I’ve completed both the taco and burrito. This portion has a bit of meaning to me because my boyfriend calls me taco while I call him burrito because of this poem.

I like how little stitching I have to do. The burrito was a bit of a toughie since I had to find seven different shades of brown from previous projects I’ve completed or from random bits of floss I had laying around.

Playhouse and Flowers

Small update here:

This was the progress from a week and a half ago. I’ve been using the sewing method here and there and although the stitching has been faster, the stitches don’t lay as flat against the aida cloth as the regular stitching does.

The difference (between the center and the area a little above it) pictured in the center with the black/green stitches is somewhat noticeable and has convinced me to not use this method (despite how it cuts down on time) in my next cross stitch project.