Cross Stitch – Quilts & Adventures

Floss Friday #190

This past week was another full week of learning. This time I took a 3 day class in Portland to “Master” my new Bernina 990. That’s sewing and this post is about cross stitch. I only mention it because it meant that I was in traffic for an hour every morning and 90-120 minutes. When I got home, I had homework to do for the next day. By the time I finished my homework, I had enough time to eat and go to bed so I could do it all over again the next day. Not a lot of stitching happened.

Floss Friday #189

Welcome back my stitchy friends. I got busy last week and Friday & Saturday got away from me. I have stuff to share with you so let’s get started.

30 Acorns Class @ Acorns & Threads by Cathy from Hands on Design

Floss Friday #188

Welcome my Stitchy Friends! It has been a busy full week and I can’t wait to share with you.

Starts & Finishes

Just one this week.

Floss Friday #187

Welcome back my Stitchy Friends! Should be a quick update. I havenot worked on alot of projects this week. So let’s get to it.

Starts & Finishes

I have a few to share with you.

Floss Friday #186

Welcome back my Stitchy Friends! The week just flew by for me. I had a couple of down days this week. Got caught up doing home stuff and too tired to pick up any projects. Otherwise it has been a good week!

Starts & Finishes

Dispite my distractions this week, I have had two finishes that I want to share with you.

Floss Friday #185

Welcome back Stitchy Friends! Anyone following the World Cup. I have to admit I have been caught up in the excitement. Even better, all three host country’s teams are doing fabulous – Mexico, Canada, and United States. Definitely giving me more time to stitch.

Starts & Finishes

Just one finish to share this week.

Floss Friday #184

Welcome back Stitchy Friends! Excited to watch the USA play Paraguay in the World Cup tonight. It will be a weekend full of World Cup games and time for stitching. Love it!

Starts & Finishes

Just in case you were wondering. For me a start is when I start a new CHART. Some projects have multiple charts and I consider them a seperate project because I don’t have to stitch all of them. I am doing quite a few series and each is a seperate chart so seperate project even if I decide to do them as one larger project. This thought process evolved to help keep me motivated and keep up momentum.

On the other hand, when I finish stitching a CHART, I am calling it a finish. This is not to be confused with FFO (Final Finished Object) which when they happen for me end up in its own category. I am just horrible about that final step so you don’t see that here often.

With that said, I had a couple of starts this week.

Floss Friday #183

Welcome back my stitchy friends! How is the last day of spring been for you? We have overall had a very mild spring with days in the 50s and days in the 80s. Some rain and some sunshine. Perfect spring weather. Right now we are in a rainy phase. This morning when I got up it was pouring cats and dogs. This afternoon I see peeks of blue skies between the white fluffy clouds and the grey stormy clouds. Wait five minutes and it could change!

May WIPGO Results

I am happy to say I finished both of my May WIPGO goals and made some progress on those old April and January goals.

Floss Friday #182

Welcome back my stitchy friends! Wow! It has been an eventful two weeks. I had the cross stitch retreat hosted by 141 Design Company and travel home. I would love to tell you that I got a ton of stitching. Well… I talked more than I stitched. LOL! Of course isn’t that what retreats are for. Let’s take a look at my weeks.

Starts & Finishes

No finishes this last two weeks but I do have to new starts. I hope to finish one more project and start another. Keep your fingers crossed.

Floss Friday #181

Welcome Back Stitchers! It has been a busy week and I missed my quilty post on Tuesday so I will be setting that up for next week if you are a quilty follower. Today I am in Michigan for 141 Designs Spring Break Retreat and I am excited to be here. I got in late Wednesday night and the retreat starts on Thursday. I know I won’t have time because I will be having too much fun to actually write this on Friday. So here I am on Thursday typing up this post for tomorrow.