Stitchy Friends Summer Blog Hop 2023

 

Serendipitous Stitching is hosting another fantastic blog hop. In this one, we are given the name of another blogger and need to give clues to who the person is. Then we add a photo of something we think they might like to stitch and you get to guess who it is. So here we go!

This stitcher has been blogging for years and like most of us, does more than one craft. She quilts and has a love for cross-stitch. She seems to like smaller projects, except for her quilts. Oh did I mention she crochets? She is a frequent blogger in Jo's hops.

Now, I don't do many smalls, but I noticed this blogger has one VERY LARGE PROJECT!  

This is the completed piece, but our blogger is very close to a finish on this one!

So if I was going to pick a project for my secret stitchy friend, seeing she is so close to a finish on Alpine Seasons Garden by Chatelaine Designs, I would give her this one:

Hummingbird Lace.....

Have you guessed who my Secret Friend is?

Mary is my blogging partner. Go and enjoy her blog!

Alice Ellen Usher

 I have been enjoying stitching on this piece. I find doing each letter very relaxing.

Here is where I was a week or so ago:

And here I am now:

I am stitching it on Duxbury Linen, 40 count with Blue Lagoon by Classic Colorworks.

It is August!

 I have been stitching away as I must not over work my broken knee. But the few things I can do take LONGER(Imagine that!), so I get less stitchy time some days than others.

I wanted to share my progress on Pour ta Fete.

Here she is from the IHSW Weekend:

And here is where she is today:

I must admit that I love stitching it. The small count linen-53/60 Sycamore Seed Pod- means I can't work on it when my eyes are tired. But each little letter seems like a small finish.

Here is my stitching calendar for July:

I stitch almost every day and almost always on multiple projects.

Working on My Art Quilt

 I took a little time and pulled out my quilt to stitch. Yes, it is warm here in Illinois, but I put a fan on and plugged away.

I am trying just to enjoy the process.

IHSW for July

 It was International Hermit and Stitch Weekend and I worked on two pieces.

First up, Pour ta Fete:

Here is where I started:

 And here is where I finished:

I decided to work on the alphabets. It made me happy and it feels like I am accomplishing something when I get a letter done.

I also had a finish! Well, not a  fully finished, but a stitching finish:

Purple Mountains Majesty Heart by Gay Ann Rogers. Now I can start the Mystery of St Tropez by Gay Ann with a clear conscience! 

Gifted Gorgeousness for July

 Well, I am debating on what to do with this piece:

It is Pour ta Fete by Lindsey Lane designs and I was trying to get to the edge of the top of the piece. I thought I was there as I stitched the Z, but if you look closely at the photo, there are a ton of motifs on the right edge of piece. 

So what would you do? Go back to stitching down and page completing? Or find the outer edge of the project?

Oh! It is July 15 so it is Gifted Gorgeousness SAL Day. You are supposed to post a photo of something that is a gift, will be a gift, has the word gift... You know. It is the brain child of our dear fellow blogger Jo over at Serendipitous Stitching. She will post a link soon, I'm sure, of other GG wonderfulness.

Well, I Have a Little Issue

 I went with my husband to the local Fourth of July celebration and managed to fall and break my knee cap. (My sister-in-law cracked me up by ,her best New Jersey accent, what mafia person I offended...)

At least I did not break my wrist or elbow which was a concern for a bit.

I'm getting some stitching time. I find it difficult to sit still with my knee all bundled up. No surgery is necessary, but I have 6 weeks of this thing. Sigh.

I am trying to finish Purple Mountain Majesty by Gay Ann Rogers. 

My daughter's cat is not impressed either as I dislike all the fur he gets on my cast.