Pink Makes Me Happy

November 21, 2018 My Time Stitching19 Comments

I’m not in the best of moods, but seeing my pink stitching makes me smile. So I finally got around to blocking that knitted baby blanket I finished a little while back.

I’m not sure if I stretched it a bit too much, but it looked so beautiful all stretched out. And then I found a mistake. Can you see it? Well, there isn’t anything I can do about it now, so I have accepted that it is part of its charm.

My hearts are a bit wonky, but I think it turned out rather lovely. It looks so sweet hanging over the couch. Maybe someday it will wrap around a sweet little one.

For now I will put it away for a special someone.

I have been working on the Pink Princess, and here is how she looks today.

She is coming along beautifully and she really makes me smile when I look at her. All of those beautiful shades of pink! And her black hair is stunning with the pink. I won’t be stitching the wings, so I am getting close to finishing the stitching. Then I will be on to the back stitching and beading. I purchased a butterfly bead 3 years ago when I first started stitching this one, but I can’t seem to find it. So I had better get to looking today so that I can decide if I will stitch the butterfly in her hand or not. For those seeing her for the first time, she is Dawn, the Fairy Spirit of Grace by Passione Ricamo. I am stitching her on 16ct Tintagel from Fabrics by Stephanie. Love this fabric! It is so perfect for my Pink Princess, having just the right amount of pink scattered here and there.

And I picked up my crocheting yesterday to see how my elbows would do.

My elbows did ok, but I could feel them getting achy just after a few rows, so I stopped. I had a bit of a problem with the popcorn row. The popcorn puffs were quite easy. I was only supposed to have 23 and I ended up with 24 😦 So much for my lesson. I pulled it out a couple of times and recounted stitches in the row before. I seemed to have the correct amount and just couldn’t figure it out, so I left the 24 popcorns and moved on. I was so frustrated, I was ready to toss it in the garbage. Instead, I threw it into a heap on my basket. The right elbow is still sore today, so not sure when I will pick it up again. I may have to wait until next week and make another trip to see the crochet expert.

So tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I am having mixed emotions about the day, hence my moodiness. If you are celebrating this holiday tomorrow, I wish you a wonderful day with family and friends. If you are not celebrating, I wish you a wonderful day 🙂

cross stitch · Hand Dyed Fabrics · Sampler · Winter

Only One More Section To Go

November 9, 2018 My Time Stitching26 Comments

Wow! I can’t believe that there is only one more month to go with this Sampler! I finished the November section last night. I have enjoyed stitching on this one and I am looking forward to seeing what the December section is. In case you are interested, this is a FREE pattern from Linen and Threads. This one is the 2018 Mystery Sampler and you can download all of the patterns to create this beauty. I believe the 2017 Mystery Sampler is still on their website, too and I am hearing that there will be a 2019 one also. All for FREE. So wonderful for them to do this. I am stitching this one on 16ct Aida OOAK from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. It is more of a peach color with gray. I just can’t seem to capture the true color of this one on camera. I am using DMC threads 53 and 310. I love the look of the threads on this one and I can’t wait to unroll it and see all of it at once. But next year I am thinking of using just one color. What will it be???

And this morning, this is what I woke up to:

And it is still snowing 😦 I am definitely not ready for winter and this white stuff. It’s a good thing that I have lots of projects to work on 😉 Now to decide what project I will pick up this afternoon…I am still nursing the elbows, but I am really itching to pick up the hook and crochet on the blanket…

So what are you working on today?

cross stitch · Hand Dyed Fabrics · Knitting · New stash! · Passione Ricamo · Uncategorized · yarn

Extra Hour of Stitching

November 5, 2018 My Time Stitching19 Comments

Hello my blogging friends. This last weekend we turned the clocks back an hour for Daylight Savings Time. So now it will get darker earlier and be lighter earlier in the morning. I used my extra hour wisely. By stitching 😉

In between laundry yesterday, and with my extra hour, I was able to finish the bottom half of the dress, minus the beads. This piece is so wonderful to stitch on. I am loving every stitch and do not want to put it down. But this morning I put her away so that I can get to stitching on the November section of the Mystery Sampler. For those seeing this one for the first time, it is Dawn, the Fairy Spirit of Grace by Passione Ricamo. I am stitching her on 16ct Aida Tintagel from Fabrics by Stephanie. It truly is a gorgeous piece of fabric. The next time I pull her out, I do hope to finish her. I plan on stitching her without the wings, just because I think she looks like a Princess. My Pink Princess.

This weekend, I also fell off the wagon 😦 After going through all of my knitting and crochet projects and writing them all down and organizing them, I put myself on the “Do Not Buy More Yarn” list. Well, my local yarn shop was celebrating their 1 year anniversary and having a trunk show with AJHC Wools yarns and a bag show. I couldn’t resist either! Here is what I purchased:

The yarn is from a gal in Michigan who dyes her own yarns. There were so many beautiful yarns, I had trouble deciding. But I settled on a peach yarn with orange to rust speckles called “Rhea”. I will be using it on the shawl pattern which I have been eyeing from Janina Kallio of Woolenberry called Floral. It is a beautiful lacy shawl with a sweet picot edging. It is available on Ravelry if you are interested. Woolenberry has the most beautiful shawl patterns. I can tell this one will take my undivided attention. No tv watching on this one! And this makes #62 in my stash of projects! I do have a serious problem, but no judging!

The bag is from Mid Mitten Designs, and I just LOVE the clear window in the front. There were 3 different size bags, this one being the middle sized one. They are a bit pricey, but are very well made. It is perfect for holding this project until I am ready to get started on it. My husband says I can’t start it until I get the other 61 projects done. Ha Ha Ha! I am so tempted to start it now, but I will have to wait a bit as I am still having issues with my elbows. I am trying to be patient, but it is taking so long.

So, how much yarn is in your projects or cross stitch projects are in your stash? I’d love to hear about them 🙂

Afghans · Craft Room · Crochet · cross stitch · Hand Dyed Fabrics · Mermaids · Mirabilia · Nora Corbett · Passione Ricamo · Pixie · Shannon Christine · Shannon Christine designs

So I Visited The Crochet Expert

October 26, 2018 My Time Stitching19 Comments

Wow! Another post so soon from me? I’m on a roll, LOL.

So on Wednesday, I went to my Local Yarn Shop for a session with the Crochet Expert, Jen. She was amazing. I feel like I learned so much. Not just for my blanket, but for crochet in general. So here is my blanket how I left it Wednesday night:

Not a whole lot added since my last post, because I now have tendonitis in both of my elbows. Ugh. Too much knitting and crocheting the last few weeks. So I am wearing a brace on my right arm, which is the worst. I could barely dry my hair yesterday 😦 But, I do have the correct number of stitches and I am using stitch markers to mark the first stitch of every row. It appears that I have left some stitches unstitched on my ends. And Jen is going to help me with my border when I am ready so that it looks evened out since I opted to just continue on rather than rip it all out. So I am more confident going forward from here…when my elbows stop hurting.

This week I stitched the October mermaid on the SAL and even started beading 🙂

This piece is going to have so many beads!! I was so excited to start beading, being that I am on the bottom row, that I forgot that I still have January to do since this SAL started in February. So I didn’t put the rest of the bigger beads on October since I am using a scroll frame. The biggest bead, at the top of October, gave me such a tough time. I just couldn’t get it to lay properly. It took me about 40 minutes to finally get it the way I wanted after putting the other white bead on, so I am not taking them out. I will put some felt or batting on top of the beads before I roll it up when I do January. So for now, I will skip the beading. It was fun putting all those gold beads in. I love beading.

So last night I pulled out my Pink Princess.

It is really called Dawn, the Fairy Spirit of Grace, by Passione Ricamo. But I am going to stitch her without the wings, so I call her my Pink Princess. I am stitching her on 16ct Aida Tintagel from Fabrics by Stephanie. And when I pulled this out, I saw in my notes that I started her in March of 2015!!! What? It just could not have been that long! Where does the time go. There is no way I should have these things as WIP’s for this long. I will stitch on her until the next section of the Mystery Sampler comes out on Oct. 31. Hopefully she won’t be put away for too long.

A couple of weeks ago, I hung some stitchings in my craft room. I was reminded by a blogging friend that I hadn’t shared photos.

Ella, the Frog Princess. I love seeing her when I am crafting in my room. Which obviously isn’t enough as my plant is dying. No worries. I did water it after taking my photos. It should be all perked up tonight.

I added the White Angel Trumpet pixie to the other pixies I have stitched. They all look so cute hanging together. I don’t have much wall left though. I can fit one more to the left of Iris. I’ll have to figure out which one that will be.

And lastly, I hung the Mystery Sampler 2017 right beside my desk.

While I am working at my desk, I can look up and see this one. This was my very first Sampler and I am happy that it is hanging when I can see it when I am at my desk. Oh, I was in my craft room this week. I put together an 8 x 8 travel scrapbook which is where I am planning on putting my pictures from my trip up north last weekend. So I guess I can say that I am in there at about once a week. I love seeing my stitchings on the wall when I craft 🙂

So what are you up to this week? Any stitchy plans for the weekend?

Crochet · cross stitch · Hand Dyed Fabrics · Knitted Shawl · vacation · yarn

Getting Caught Up and Yarn Organizing

October 22, 2018 My Time Stitching31 Comments

Hello Blogging Friends. I am still trying to get caught up on my blogging; posting as well as reading your blogs. I have a cross stitch project that I finished over the summer but couldn’t post, as it was a wedding gift.

It is called My Love by Madame Chantilly. I stitched it on 16ct Aida Jamie’s Kilt from Fabrics by Stephanie. I stitched it as charted, except for adding beads in some of the flowers and in the heart. I also added the names and date. The frames was supposed to be a white washed frame, but it came back looking like cream. This was a gift for my son and his now wife. They were married last month.

It was a nice outside wedding and I think they are happy with how it all turned out after a year of planning.

My Seagrass Shawl that I was blocking during my last post, turned out lovely.

I wasn’t quite sure how to show it. I hope you can see all of its awesomeness! It blocked really well and I am so pleased with it. It is the Seagrass shawl from Woolenberry. The yarns are listed on my previous post if you are interested. I can’t wait to stitch up another shawl from Woolenberry.

Before vacation, I picked up this crochet project:

When I picked it up, it was only about half the size that it is now. And while I do enjoy crocheting, my crochet skills are still not very good. I can just about figure out how to do all the different stitches,. But when it comes to my ends and beginnings, I really need more lessons. So my sides are going in and out and it is not from crocheting too loose or too tight. It is because I don’t have the correct number of stitches. So, on Wednesday I will be going to my local yarn shop to see the crochet expert and hope that she can set me straight. I would like to finish this blanket without the frustrations. I don’t know that I will rip any of this out. Maybe continue on the right track and hope that the border will hide my imperfections. I will have to wait to see what the expert suggests.

This last weekend, hubby and I celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary. We drove up north and stayed in a hotel on the beach. It was cold, windy and rainy the first day that we arrived. But we went out and walked around town and to the beach anyway. We saw the Mackinac Bridge and had to go back later when it was dark so we could see it all lit up. Beautiful. But I am still not ready to cross it. The next morning, we woke up to a gorgeous sunrise on the lake. I am so glad we were able to catch it as it was cloudy the next day. I already want to go back to my hotel room on the beach.

Next year we will go back in the summer and I will see if I can get my courage up to take the ferry over to the island. But we had a fun weekend of sightseeing. I even started a new travel shawl.

I am knitting the Funny Rainbow shawl again, but with a different yarn. I am using Knit One Crochet Too’s Kettle Tweed in Winter Blossom. I couldn’t find a project in my stash that didn’t have an intricate pattern. So I opted to do the Funny Rainbow pattern again because it is pretty much all garter stitch with adding stitches to one side. So we will see how it comes out. While looking for this project, I found out that I have so many yarn projects waiting to be done. So many beautiful yarns and projects I had forgotten about, too. I am sure it is over 30!! I have written them all down and organized them in the little cubbies on my shelf and have put myself on the no more buying yarn list until I get quite a few of the projects done. I should probably do that for cross stitch, too, as I have way more cross stitch kits than yarn kits, but let’s not go too far, ok?

So how much yarn do you have in your stash?

cross stitch · Knitted Shawl · Knitting

I Have Been Stitching Away

October 12, 2018 My Time Stitching27 Comments

Hello blogging friends. It’s been a bit since I last posted. A little over 2 months. It was summer, and now it’s fall. The last 2 days here have felt a bit like the start of winter though. We were at 80 degrees on Tuesday and Wednesday and today it’s 46. Wow! I do hope that we get a Fall season though. I love Fall. The beautiful colored leaves, just a nip of cold in the air, great stitchy weather and a time for change and new beginnings. This year has been a difficult year for me. Filled with many changes. Some good and some not so good. This week was a hard week for me. Today, I have decided to forget about the negative things, and move on for me. Wish me luck. So on to stitching. What would I do without my stitching. It is my friend, my therapy, my salvation.

Last night I finished the Funny Rainbow shawl I have been working on since May. It was mostly my car traveling stitch, but this week I decided to work on it more and give it a finish.

I really enjoyed stitching this and it is so soft and bouncy and the pattern was garter stitch, so easy to take in the car. It needs no blocking, so I am hoping to wear it soon. The yarn is Funny Rainbow by Katia and the pattern is Funny Rainbow Shawl by Katia. I have it on my list of things to purchase more of this yarn.

Two nights ago, I finished the Sea Grass Shawl by Janina Kallio. It also turned out beautifully, but needs blocking. So this morning I soaked it in cold water, squeezed out the water after about 20 minutes and started putting it on my set of 9 blocking blocks which I had purchased recently. You see, this is my first time ever blocking anything! But my shawl was too big, so I had to run to the local yarn shop and get another package of blocks. So here it is all blocked out.

Not much to look at right now, but in a day or two, when it is all dry, it will be beautiful! I hope I have blocked it right. The Blue sparkly yarn is Tardis by Mint Rain Hand Dyed Yarns and the variegated yarn is Surf’s Up from AJHC Wools. Both were nice yarns to work with.

This week I also finished the October section of the Mystery Sampler from Linen and Threads. First let me apologize in advance if I offend anyone with this one.

Ever since the beginning of this one, I was hoping for mermaids. And the designer did not disappoint. I absolutely LOVE this section and it is my favorite. I know the mermaids are naked, but they are old world mermaids and so perfect on this SAL. I am stitching this on a 16ct Aida One of a kind fabric from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. It is more of a peach color with gray throughout. The threads are DMC 53 and DMC 310. I am looking forward to seeing what the November section brings.

Since I last posted, I also finished the August and September mermaids on the Treasures of the Deep SAL.

These mermaids are so adorable. In a couple of days the October mermaid will be released and I can’t wait to see her. I may even start adding some of the millions of beads this piece has.

So that is all I have for now. I did finish the Heirloom baby blanket I was working on, but it also needs to be blocked. So hopefully I can get that done soon and have a picture posted here next time. For now I am back to cross stitching on a piece that I am not too happy with. But I will keep going with it, at least until the new mermaid comes out 😉 So I hope things are well with you. I am doing my best to get caught up on all of my blogging. What are you stitching on these days?

cross stitch · knitted cowl · Knitted Shawl · Knitting · Mermaids · Mirabilia · Sampler · Shannon Christine designs

Lot’s of Stitching Going On

August 1, 2018August 2, 2018 My Time Stitching16 Comments

Hello my friends! Can you believe that today is the first day of August? Where did June and July go? Oh yeah, I was recovering from knee surgery. Still am, but it is getting better. Today it is 10 weeks since my surgery. Doc says full recovery in 3 months. So in just a few more weeks, we will see where I am. In the meantime, I have been stitching…alot. So grab your favorite beverage, this may be a long one.

First up is the Linen and Threads Mystery Sampler. I finished the June/July section in June and I must say that I am pretty pleased with it.

My fabric is more peach than the photo shows. Just can’t seem to get the color to show. Anyway, the August section came out yesterday and I started it last night. I will update when I get it finished. Next up is the mermaid SAL.

I have finished the June mermaid and the July mermaid as well as all the gold outlines for the future mermaids. This is the Treasures of the Deep SAL by Shannon Christine and can be purchased through Fiberlicious. All of the mermaids and all of the gold sections are minus the beads, which will make them so beautiful and sparkly. I will add them all when I am finished the stitching, probably in January after the last mermaid-my birthday mermaid 😉

Next up is lots of yummy knitting! First we have the Funny Rainbow Cowl that I have been working on since April. It is my car travel project since it is straight knitting with an increase at the end and beginning on the one side.

This cowl is so beautiful and the yarn is so soft. I hope to do more with this yarn in the future. The ball is getting smaller, so hopefully soon I will have a finish. I started this with 3 stitches (I think) and am now over 215. I definitely recommend this yarn if you haven’t tried it. Beware, it does split, but worth the work 😉

Next up is a beautiful shawl-my first. My local yarn shop decided to do a Make A Long and meet once a week through the summer. I have only attended the first week, but am hoping to make it tonight.

The pattern is Sea Grass Shawl by Woolenberry. I am just past the first section of lace pattern, so I can breathe a bit while I do some straight knitting with a some increases. I am enjoying this one and can see more Woolenberry patterns in my future 😉

And the last knitting project is an heirloom baby blanket:

I am taking a class at my local yarn shop for this one that started last week. Not that I need a class, but that was the only way to get the pattern that was created by the teacher. It is beautiful! The yarn I chose is nice to work with, but a bit pricey. This will be an expensive blanket. I will tuck it away for a future granddaughter??? Or keep it as a lapghan for myself 🙂 After all, it is pink and matches my craft room 😉

I have one more project to show…I started another cross stitch. Come on, did you really think I could resist starting another project? Well, I couldn’t, LOL

Sorry about the crooked picture, but I was trying to capture the sparkle of the silver DMC E168 thread. So pretty. She is Mirabilia’s 25th anniversary piece and I just couldn’t resist starting her as soon as I received her. I am stitching her on 16ct Aida Custom piece from Hand Dyed by Stephanie. I received this fabric a few years ago and Stephanie called it Banshee Brown. I thought it perfect for Lady Mirabilia.

That is all of my stitching for now. Last weekend hubby and I took a trip to Indiana to the Ft. Wayne Museum of Art to see my favorite photographer’s work. We took a trip to Wisconsin last year to see her show and when I found out it was even closer, I just had to go back.

The photographer is Kirsty Mitchell and her Wonderland series is amazing. If you get the chance to see her work, do it. She also has 5 of her amazing photos on display in Italy. Too far for me to go, but I am so geeked to have gotten to see her show again in Indiana.

So, that is what I have been up to. What are you up to these days? I will leave you with a beautiful sunset hubby and I saw at the beach this last weekend.

cross stitch · Fabric · Hand Dyed Fabrics · knitted cowl · Mermaids · Mirabilia · Shannon Christine designs · Uncategorized

What Have I Been Up To?

June 22, 2018 My Time Stitching30 Comments

Hello my Blogging friends. It’s been a little while since I last posted. In my last post in April, I had noted that I tore the meniscus in my knee. I had surgery on May 23, and have been going to physical therapy since. It was a more difficult recovery than I was led to believe. And Monday I found out that my knee cap is not moving, so that is hindering my progress as far as going down the steps normally and going from standing to sitting and sitting to standing. So yesterday my therapist taped my knee and I am hoping this will help with the pain in trying to put more weight on it when bending the knee. The stairs are the worst and I live in a quad level house. Ugh. But I am getting around better and have ditched the cane. Woo Hoo! Tonight I am going to try to walk the zoo at hubby’s company family night. We’ll see how much I can do.

But I have been crafting and am now able to sit at my desk to make cards and scrapbook for longer lengths of time now. And I have been stitching. Let’s see… where to begin…

This has ben my travel project and go to project when I have a few minutes here and there. It is a going to be a cowl. The pattern is from Katia and the yarn is Katia’s Funny Rainbow. When I purchased this back in April on a weekend trip, I wasn’t sure how it would knit up. But I am so glad I decided to get it. The yarn is so, so soft! I am loving this. It is straight garter stitch, increasing a stitch each row on one end. I love how the striping colors are coming out, too.

Next up is the Mermaid SAL designed by Shannon Christine. The June mermaid is out, but I haven’t gotten to it yet. Mainly because I have been working on this:

The Mystery Sampler from Linen and Threads. I am working on the June/July section and just loving every stitch of it. I am stitching this on 16ct Aida, OOAK from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. It is more of a peach color than shown here. I apologize for my photos. I took them with my Surface and they didn’t come out very well. Anyway, I am using DMC 53 and DMC 310.

Last weekend I picked up this beauty from the cross stitch shop:

She is Mirabilia’s Ella, the Frog Princess. I finished her in 2017, but recently put her in for framing. And she turned out lovely. I even picked her up on Mirabilia’s 25th anniversary, so I thought that was so perfect. Happy 25th Miss Nora!! I can’t believe that I have been stitching Nora’s designs for nearly 25 years!! I stitched her on 16ct Aida Pandora from Fabrics by Stephanie.

As if I don’t have enough to do… this happened:

Yep, I started a new project. I am stitching Enchanted Mermaid again. I gave my other one to a dear friend, so I am stitching her again. This time I am using a hand dyed fabric, 16ct Aida OOAK from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. I can’t wait to get back to her. She is so blingy!

And yesterday I received this beautiful piece of fabric in the mail.

It is a OOAK 16ct Aida from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. It is so gorgeous in person. Now to find the perfect pattern for it.

Well, that is about all I have to update you on for now. I have signed up for a knitted shawl MAL at a new local yarn shop I found in May. The first session meets next week, so I will fill you in on that soon. So what are you crafting on today?

cross stitch · knitted cowl · knitted scarves · Sampler

Forced Finishes

April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 My Time Stitching39 Comments

Hello Friends! 11 days ago I tore the meniscus in my knee, so I have not been able to do much. I see a orthopedic surgeon on May 1, so fingers crossed he can fix it. So, while sitting, I have been able to do a few finishes. First, I finished my Diamond Painting.

Sorry about the fuzzy photo. I was trying to stand on my one leg and capture the sparkly of the tiles. This was a wonderful, thoughtful gift from a dear friend. It is a photo I took right outside my front door a few years ago. It is a favorite of mine. I love how it sparkles and can’t wait to frame it. I have recently started a Diamond Dotz, which is the same concept, but the dots are circles rather than the square tiles in the Diamond Painting. I definitely think that the Painting gives a better coverage than the Dotz, but both are beautiful and sparkly. I am addicted 🙂

Next up is a scarf I knitted on the way to and from a mini vacation hubby and I took before I hurt my knee.

I love knitting this type of scarf in the car. It’s a no brainer. One more to add to my stash for gift giving 🙂 And one more skein of yarn out of my stash.

I also finished knitting this cowl:

I LOVE this one! The pattern was a bit tricky to follow as far as what rows to do, so I had to be careful where I was. In fact, in the beginning, I do think I left out a full 4 rows of a pattern, but it is not really noticeable. And when I wear it doubled up around my neck, no one will no for sure. It is knit with one ball of Ella Rae Season. Very soft and squishy and very easy to knit.

And lastly, I finally started the 2018 Mystery Sampler from Linen and Threads.

My fabric is a OOAK from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics and is more of a peach color with hints of gray. I am stitching with DMC 53 and Black and I absolutely love how the stitching looks on this fabric. It is weird how the lighter rows appear to be lines. I am not too sure about the black border yet, but that design really didn’t look well with the variegated thread. I tried it several different ways, but it just didn’t look right, so I decided to go with black. I probably should have went with a dark gray, but I am not ripping out now. I will add more black sections and hope to balance it out.

I have a couple of other projects I had worked on, but it is too difficult to get to them right now for photographing. So they will have to wait until they come back out. So, what are you stitching on today?

AAN Chandelier · Craft projects · cross stitch · Hand Dyed Fabrics · Mermaids · Passione Ricamo · Passione Ricamo SAL · Shannon Christine designs

The Flu, a Finish and Some Stitching

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 My Time Stitching30 Comments

Hello blogging friends! I feel like I have been missing in action for months. So grab your favorite beverage as this may be a long post 🙂 I am finally recovering from having the flu for the last 2 weeks. The first week I didn’t do much except ache, sleep and fight a fever. Ugh, I am so glad that is over. Just before getting sick, I went to Joanns craft store and bought some crystals to finish my Chandelier piece. I came home and laid them out and then went back again and picked up more to cover all the places I wanted a jewel to hang. So last week I sat and sewed them all on. Here is my finished piece.

I really like how it came out. The crystals are sparkly, even though they don’t show much here. And I am glad to have this finish off the scroll frame. This was a AAN SAL stitched on 16ct Winter Solstice from Fabrics by Stephanie. Here are a couple of more pictures.

I also finished the March Mermaid on the Treasures of the Deep SAL by Shannon Christine Designs.

This is a SAL put out by Fiberlicious and I am stitching it on 16ct Maldivian Dreams by Fiberlicious. I also stitched a couple of more frames to be ready for the next few mermaids. There will be 12 in all, each mermaid representing a birth month. So sweet!

I also stitched on the 2nd block of the PR 20th anniversary piece and this is how far I am before putting it away.

I have pulled out an old WIP to work on for now. I call her the Pink Princess.

I will be stitching her without the wings. I started her March 2015. I can’t believe it has been 3 years! The fabric is amazing! It is 16ct Tintagel from Fabrics by Stephanie. I am LOVING all the pink in this one. It’s going to be amazing!

And when I am not stitching, I am working on a new hobby; Diamond Painting! My best stitchy friend sent me a custom made Diamond Painting for my Birthday. It is actually a picture of a photograph I had taken a couple of years ago. It was such a thoughtful gift and I am loving Diamond Painting.

I am about 1/2 finished placing all the little tiles down. I find it quite addicting. When I plan about a half hour to work on it, several hours can go by. It is very peaceful and calming. If you don’t know what Diamond Painting is, it is kind of like cross stitching, but without a needle. The canvas is a sticky pattern filled with little squares with symbols that correspond to a colored tile. Much like a colored cross stitch pattern. The tiles are picked up with a pen with wax in the bottom of it and the tiles are placed on the corresponding symbol. I am loving it and already thinking about my next canvas 😉 I am not going to reveal the finished picture just yet. Can you tell what it is?

Well, I think I have taken up enough of your time for now. I am happy to be doing better and getting back to a normal routine. What have you been crafting on lately?

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