FO: Prairie Quail

Pattern: Quail from Barnyard Christmas collection
Designer: The Prairie Schooler

Fabric: 32 ct white linen (sample piece bought from Lakeside Needlecraft), stitched 2/2
Floss: called for DMC + some conversions (see below)

Started December 18, 2018. Finished December 21, 2018.

I absolutely loved this quick little stitch! I saw it on Michelle Bendy Stitchy's flosstube, and I was luckily the first person to ask for a pass the stash. I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to finish it; can't decide between just this in a frame by itself or sewing it onto something. I do know that this will be the first pass the stash on my flosstube!

Colour conversions:
520 --> 986
3052 --> 3346
611 --> 840

FO: Steotchalong 2018

Pattern: Steotchalong 6 / 2018

Designer: Steotch Fine Needleart (@steotch)

Fabric: 32 ct Iced Coffee Belfast linen, stitched 2/2

Floss: pictured above

Needle minder: skull bought from Michelle Bendy Stitchy's Alzheimer's live sale.

Started October 15, 2018. Finished December 16, 2018.

This was my first time participating in Steotch, and I had so much fun!!! I barely kept up with the clues each week, but I expected that. It was great to see the constant suspense right up until the end. This is super special to me because 1) I made it Harry Potter related, 2) first time using fancy floss in a project, and 3) it's the colours of Luna's Spectrospecs (cannot be any more perfect). I can't wait to have this one finished and hanging up!

Colours used (left to right):

DMC: 915, 3840, 3839, 3607

Colour & Cotton: Olde Santa, Carolina Blue (@colourandcotton)

Since I charted the Deathly Hallows symbol and stars by myself, feel free to ask me for the patterns. Here's a close up of the DH symbol (right-click to print), but I can put them in a file if that's easier for people :)

FO: Adventure Awaits

Pattern: Adventure Awaits
Designer: Caterpillar Cross Stitch (@caterpillarcrossstitch)

Fabric: 16 ct light blue Aida from Zweigart, stitched 2/1

Floss: called for DMC

Needle minder: from Caterpillar Cross Stitch

Started July 2, 2018. Finished December 11, 2018.

I started this pattern along with the SAL that Sally of CCS hosted! We received a continent each month, and it was so much fun to stitch all the different landmarks and see the changes some of the others made to their pieces. (One of them that I adopted was adding a door to the windmill in Holland. Some people added sheep and penguins.) I'm so excited to be finished and hope to have this one hanging up soon!

Shownotes: Flosstube #2

Recorded December 4, 2018.

I'm back after a bit of a video hiatus!

Works in Progress:

Hogwarts Castle // Steotchalong 2018 // Adventure Awaits
Miss Solar Ellipse // Mythical Medieval Mansion SAL // Quotes to Live By

Cravin' It:

-- I'm starting to think about what I'm going to do for my New Year New Start!

Retail Therapy:

-- fabric samples from Lakeside Needlecraft
-- Colour & Cotton fabric & threads of the month for November

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Shownotes: Flosstube #1

Recorded October 29, 2018.

Welcome to everyone! New and old channel viewers alike :) It's time for a flosstube!!! If you're new, I made a welcome post to tell you a little about me! If you're wondering how to navigate around the blog, check out my Navigation Help page!

Finished Objects:

Tiny Summer SAL // Stay Home // Butterfly Towel // The Book Was Better

Summer Tree // Though She Be But Little // Love 2 Stitch & Love 2 Knit

Alabama Fan // Creature of the Night // I Can Drive A Stick

Works in Progress:

Hogwarts Castle // Steotchlong 2018 // Eat Sleep Craft Repeat

Cravin' It:

Birthday starts in November

• #TurkeySAL aka Mr. & Mrs. Delicious (Lindy Stitches @lindystitches)
• Quotes to Live By (Stitchrovia @stitchrovia)

Retail Therapy:

Alzheimer's live sale goodies from Michelle Bendy Stitchy (@michellebendy)

• Cross Stitch Gold Issue 24
• Wee Fruits by Heart in Hand
• November Word Play by Brenda Gervais
• Sugar Skull needle minder
• sheep needle minder from Sampling of Memories (@samplingofmemories)

Shoutouts:

• Michelle, Bendy Stitchy
• McKenna, Stitching in Sequins
• Amy, Creativity by Gidge
• Linda Jo, Pretty Southern
• Suzette, Primitive Stitcher
• Priscilla & Chelsea, The Real Housewives of Cross Stitch (my first ever flosstube!)
• Gerald, Ginger Gerald
• Caroline, Off the Grid Needlearts
• Latisha, Crafty Curator
• Diana, itiskismet_stitches
• Jessie, Jessie Marie Does Stuff (I can't believe I forgot her! :( )

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FO: I Can Drive A Stick

Pattern: I Can Drive A Stick

Designer: Lizzie Kate

Fabric: 32 ct Light Mocha Belfast linen, stitched 2/2

Floss: DMC 310

Started October 20, 2018. Finished October 23, 2018.

This was the second pattern I stitched for Halloween/Dark October Stitching/Witchy Wednesday. It was super quick, only taking 2 days to stitch! I have a lot more LK snippets in my stash, so I'll definitely be using them as palette cleansers!

FO: Creature of the Night

Pattern: Creature of the Night

Designer: The Witchy Stitcher (@thewitchystitcher)

Fabric: 16 ct black aida, stitched 2/1

Floss: called for DMC

Started October 3, 2018. Finished October 17, 2018.

I bought this project because I absolutely love Rocky Horror Picture Show. I decided to stitch it during October for #darkoctoberstitching and on Wednesdays for #witchywednesdayxs, plus Halloween because creatures haha. It was really fun and quick to stitch. I just love everything about this piece. 

FO: Alabama Fan

Pattern: Alabama Fan, as named by me.

Designer: a lovely Facebook group member

Fabric: 32 ct white Belfast linen, stitched 2/2

Floss: called for DMC (310 & 498)

Needle minder: Accio Needle from Armada Designs (@armadadesigns)

Started August 30, 2018. Finished October 8, 2018.

My mom and I are both Alabama fans, as she went to the university and I'm currently attending. I mostly worked on this during football games, and it didn't even take me a whole season to finish! This was my first time stitching my signature on linen, and I love the way the R looks stitched 1/1. Roll Tide!!!

FOs: Love 2 Stitch & Love 2 Knit

Pattern: Love 2 Stitch

Designer: Hinzeit

Fabric: 14 ct white aida, stitched 2/1

Floss: DMC (Conversions listed below.)

Charm included with pattern.

Colour conversions:
BLANC - b5200
ECRU - 738
310 - no change
610 - 433
613 - 437
645 - 413
814 - 815

Pattern: Love 2 Knit

Designer: Hinzeit

Fabric: 14 ct white aida, stitched 2/1

Floss: DMC (Conversions listed below.)

Charm included with pattern.

Colour conversions:

BLANC - b5200

310 - no change

518 - 995

519 - 996

645 - 413

Both started August 10, 2018. Both finished September 12, 2018.

These both took no time at all! I really could have completed both of them in one day. Cute little declarations of my craftiness :)

FO: Though She Be But Little

Pattern: Though She Be But Little

Designer: Plastic Little Covers (@plasticlittlecoverss)

Fabric: 16 ct white aida, stitched 2/1

Floss: called for DMC

Started May 23, 2018. Finished September 5, 2018.

This quote is one of love for my mom and I, so I just had to stitch it! I accidentally switched out the two purples in this design (the lighter one should be more prominent), but I like it this way better anyway. I also decided to use 762 as all of the banner background, instead of B5200. My mom wants one as well, but she needs to figure out colour conversions. I'm excited for the chance to stitch it again!

FO: Summer Tree

Pattern: Summer

Designer: DianaShopUkraine (@dianashopukraine)

Fabric: 16 ct white aida, stitched 2/1

Floss: called for DMC

Started July 8, 2018. Finished August 20, 2018.

The first of the four season trees from this shop!! I absolutely loved stitching this full coverage piece (my first!), especially the background! 996 is now one of my absolute favorite colours.

FO: The Book Was Better

Pattern: The Book Was Better

Designer: Plastic Little Covers (@plasticlittlecoverss)

Fabric: 16 ct white aida, stitched 2/1

Floss: DMC (Conversions listed below.)

Started August 15, 2018. Finished August 16, 2018.

Reading was my craft before I was a crafter! Enough said :)

This was a really fun and simple stitch, only took a couple days. I added one of the dark green leaves at the top because it wasn't charted, and I couldn't unsee its absence.

Called for colours I used: 741, 310, 996
Conversions:
913 --> 907
703 --> 906
909 --> 986
3341 --> 349
606 --> 349
445 --> 3822
973 --> 728

FO: Butterfly Towel

Pattern: Butterfly Towel, as named by me.

Designer: IDK; kit from Joann's

Fabric: Towel provided in kit, stitched 2/1

Floss: also provided lol

Needle minder: Accio Needle from Armada Designs (@armadadesigns)

Started August 4, 2018. Finished August 8, 2018.

This was a very quick stitch! It was a kit I bought at Michael's the day I started cross stitching. All the flosses were provided, and unfortunately I don't remember who the manufacturer was. 

FO: Stay Home

Pattern: Stay Home

Designer: The Witchy Stitcher (@thewitchystitcher)

Fabric: 14 ct white aida, stitched 2/1

Floss: DMC 310

Started May 14, 2018. Finished August 7, 2018.

This was the first cross stitch project I ever started! I fell in love with The Witchy Stitcher's aesthetic, and this quote is SO me! The blackwork was also a ton of fun to work! Introverts unite ;)

FO: #TinySummerSAL

Pattern: #TinySummerSAL

Designer: Armada Designs (@armadadesigns)

Fabric: 16 ct white Aida, stitched 2/1

Floss: DMC (Conversions listed below.)

Needle minder: Accio Needle from Armada Designs

Started July 31, 2018. Finished August 4, 2018.

What a great little stitch! I love the idea of this, and I can't wait to stitch the one she's done for Fall! As suggested by the designer, I used different colours than she did because that's what I had in stash. All flosses listed are DMC. If you see "--> ---" that means I used the called for colour.

321 --> 304
518 --> 995
726 --> 3822
741 --> ---
742 --> ---
893 --> ---
906 --> ---
910 --> ---
975 --> 433
3771 --> 435 (flesh colour)
3841 --> 996 (For the watermelons I used 341 instead of this.)