Gifted Gorgeous September 2025

 This is the brainchild of the lovely Jo. Just post a picture of something that is a gift, was gifted to you or fits the category of gift.

I have a finish! This is when I started Pour ta Fete:

November 19, 2021

Here's my finish:

Now I need to give it a bath and iron it.

The pattern was from The Attic along with the original conversion. I changed colors from threads I bought from Sassy Jack's. Soie Surfine and 56 count Sycamore Seedpod. I need to look at my WIPs and see what else I can finish.

IHSW -August

 I did quite a bit of stitching this weekend.

Isabella Kettlewell start-

End:

Pour ta Fete:

Limonera Pear:

I finished a section.

Gifted Gorgeousness August 2025

 Today is the day we post items that have to do with gifts. The complete information can be found at Serendipitous Stitching the awesome blog by Jo.

A friend and her husband are fantastic gardeners. I went the other day and picked banana peppers that I pickled:

I also made honey mustard pickles that I will gift later this fall.

I have been working on Pour ta Fete. I keep thinking I will finish this month, but I know it won't get done until December. Lots and lots of tiny stitches!

 

Gifted Gorgeousness July 2025

 This is the SAL set up by Jo over at Serendipitous Stitching where we show things that are gifts for people, are stitching pieces that were gifted to us,etc.

I have been trying to get my Pour ta Fete done:

I realized I made a counting error and had to rip! 

Sigh.

 But I am slowly making progress.

 

A Single Thread

 I was stitching along and realized I was one thread over on Pour ta Fete.

Can you see the problem?

I will be ripping as I can see it. And I know that to the left of the brown will be a straight line of stitches. The mistake will really show up.

Gifted Gorgeousness June

 Well, it's time for my GG post. I have been plugging along on Pour ta Fete 

I'm so close to being finished but have decided to change the pattern a bit.  I'll try to remember to take photos.

I Lied

 I decided to change the initials on Pour ta Fete.

I will do my mom's initials which shouldn't be too difficult.

This is also my post for Gifted Gorgeousness.

Decision Made

 

I have been trying to figure out if I should personalize Pour ta Fete or leave it as charted. Laziness won and I am stitching it as charted. 

A Motif

 Working everyday on Pour ta Fete 

Trying to Make Progress

 

I've started working on this every morning. 

A Little Party

 Well, frogging party.

I made a mistake on Pour ta Fete. I have a new prescription for my glasses and I am having a difficult time seeing the tiny count:

Here is my fix:

Gifted Gorgeousness February 2025

 This is the SAL started by the awesome Jo over at Sersendipitous Stitching. Anything that is a gift, is a gift to be given or has the word gift....

Pour ta Fete by Lindsey Lane Designs counts as it is for a party! 😁 

I haven't worked on this for a while as I am busy with my pear. I'll try to post a picture of my work soon 

IHSW January 2025

 I didn't grab pictures of my before, but here are the pieces I stitched over the weekend:

Janette Kirkland -Queenstown Sampler Designs 

Midnight Elegance Ornament -Debbie Rowley 

Pour ta Fete by Lindsey Lane Designs.

And

Angel of Love by Lavender and Lace 

A Bit on Pour ta Fete

 I pulled this out again as it's on my M.A.G.I.C list for the Tudor Rose Sampler Guild. 

Excuse the wrinkles!

MAGIC for Tudor Rose Sampler Guild 2024

 The Tudor Rose Sampler Guild holds a challenge to finish things from our WIP pile.

 Here is my list for 2024:

Susan Schlitcher 1845:

Earth Spiral by Terri Bay:

:Pour ta Fete by Lindsey Lane Designs:

Blue Larkspur by Avlea

Tricia's Colored Lace Sampler:

(This is not on my MAGIC list!)Dawn to Dusk by Textured Treasures:

It's December!

 I can't believe it is the last month of 2023. It has been a busy, crazy year.

Here is my calendar for November:

I'm thinking about doing WIPGO in 2024. I need to make it work for me so I am not quite sure how I will set up my board and what goals I will set. Here are my projects so far:(These are photos to show what I am working on, not necessarily where I am on the project)

Susan Schlitcher 1845:

 Earth Spiral-Terri Bay

Harmony of Nature Casket-Thistle Threads

17th Century Whitework Sampler

Dawn to Dusk-Textured Treasures

Pour ta Fete-Lindsay Lane Designs

Modern Folk Embroidery 2024 SAL

Sampler Book-Erica Michaels

Reptiles-HAED

Gifted Gorgeousness for August

 Well, today is Gifted Gorgeousness day. This is where we post photos of projects that are gifts, will be gifts,etc. Go see Jo's post at Serendipitous Stitching to see and learn more.

I almost abandoned this project:

I keep making mistakes on this brown motif-

Here is where I am today:

Hopefully I did not miscount again, but I have a bad feeling.

International Hermit and Stitch Weekend July 2023

 Well, this is the weekend we stitch and then post our progress.

At least I think it was...It is usually the 3rd weekend, but I noticed on the Facebook page that it is this weekend. That worked out well for me as my guild had its monthly stitching meeting.

Here are all the projects I worked on this weekend:

Pour ta Fete had stitches put in and then the same stitches taken out:

I donated platelets early Saturday Morning:

I stitched the couching around Shimmering Dreams:

Drawn Thread Sampler has two more squares completed:

Mary Parson's got a few stitches

And I got the stitching done for my Quaker Hornbook and extra pillows!