10/31/25

I've met my goal for Steamy Blue with 553 stitches.  

I was so close to finishing page 2 but it will wait until next time it comes out.  

Heritage Harbor from By the Bay Needleart has come out next.

 

10/29/25

 I thought meeting my goal for Jane Charlotte Wynn from the Scarlett House would take longer than it did, but here we are.  I added 547 stitches to meet my goal.

Steamy Blue from CrossStitch4Everyone is out next.  I don't remember if my past self realized that there was a counting error that was going to cause a problem or not, but it felt big enough that I've already spent an hour frogging a bunch of stitches so I can move them one stitch to the right.

10/27/25

 This is October's progress on Chatelaine's Heritage Sampler.  I've added 1788 stitches to the bottom garden.

I'd hoped t outline that bit on the right of this garden and possibly the central part, but it was not to be this month. 

Jane Charlotte Wynn is out next.

10/24/25

 I've met my goal on Best Friends MC with 2028 tent/1014 full x stitches and 1.74% complete.

I really enjoyed all the blue stitches but I'm looking forward to see more color appear for the lovely sunrise that is in the design.

Chatelaine's Heritage Sampler is out next.

10/22/25

 

I picked SS Daybreak back up yesterday and added 1054 stitches to meet my September goal.  It's now 3.15% complete.

I'm really hoping to finish page 3 next month and get away from those trees and into pages of sky.

Best Friends MC is out now.

10/20/25

 I met up with the Cornhusker State Stitchers Saturday and we all stitched on Lady of the Flag from Mirabilia.  Well, they started it and I worked on my WIP.  I finished my goal for it yesterday with 718 stitches.  The picture isn't awesome as the DMC 712 that I added doesn't really show up.

Maybe next month for Veterans Day, I'll start Queen of Freedom to keep Lady of the Flag company.

10/19/25

 Since my last update, I've met a couple goals.

I've finally finished band 8 of Loara Standish

front

and back

I've met my August goal for SS Daybreak with 1036 tent/518 full x stitches and 3.01% complete

I started Hagatha's Orange Hat from Just Nan on 10/17/25

And I had a stitchy day yesterday with a couple of friends and we stitched on Lady of the Flag.  It was a new start for them but I pulled out my WIP instead of starting Queen of Freedom.

10/14/25

 This isn't something I've intended to work on so much this week, but here we are.  I've finished Fall Pumpkin Patch with 1724 stitches.

It and the other two unframed seasons from this series have some aging on the linen.  I think this weekend, I'm going to try soaking them in OxyClean to see if the discoloration will come out.  If it doesn't, well, eventually, they will be framed just the way they are.

10/12/25

 I've hit a couple of pretty big milestones on Loneliness of Autumn.  It is now 99.61% complete and there are only 9972 stitches to go.

I've pulled out my Fall Pumpkin Patch for some easy stitching.

10/11/25

 I've finished page 26 and 32 of Loneliness of Autumn.  It's now 89.24% complete.

I'm not done working on this one yet.  I've completed 2372 tent/1186 full x stitches so far this month.  To leave just 5000 tent stitches per month for November and December, I need to add another 2780 tent stitches which should put me just over 5000 tent stitches for October.  My house will be quiet for the next week or so which means my stitchy time has increased just a bit.  In a perfect world, I could get all those stitches done this weekend but I'm probably going to continue a bit into next week.

I have been making a little progress on Loara too.  I would really love to get band 8 finished this weekend too.

My Fall Pumpkin Patch has gotten a little attention during breaks at work.  I've had my stand set up on my desk and have added a few stitches, 10 minutes at a time.

10/5/25

I've met my October goal for Warrior Alice with 2080 tent /1040 full x stitches and 66.22% complete

Loara Standish is back out now as I attempt to finish band 8.  I only have three more leaves and three flowers to fill in.  I'm very excited to move onto another band.

 

10/3/25

 I've met my October goal for Her Private Garden with 1058 tent/529 full x stitches and 6.23% complete.

To be honest, I had hoped that this month's 1000 tent stitches would get me closer to finishing page 3 but I really underestimated how many stitches were left.  Maybe next month.

Next, I'm going to add a leaf or two to Loara then pull out Warrior Alice for her October stitches.

10/2/25

 I've met my October goal for Sea Witch with 1118 tent/559 full x stitches and 39.49% complete.  This also completes page 15.

Her Private Garden is next.

10/1/25

 I thought I'd update my September progress on two WIPs that haven't really met a goal.

Fall Pumpkin Patch has seen 323 stitches and is quickly moving along.  I have added a few stitches this morning just because nothing else was really calling.

Loara Standish has seen 1272 stitches and I'm getting so close to having band 8 done so I can move onto some double running stitch rather than long armed cross stitch in all directions.  I'm going to keep plugging away at her, even if it is just one leaf an evening.

Sea Witch is out.  I'm planning on a page finish this month.