Floss Friday #65

Hi Everyone! Hope you have had a great week. I was more productive than I expected. So excited to share with everyone.

Starts & Finishes

I had no new starts this week but I sure was delighted to have two finishes.

FINISH: Oracle Quaker Halloween by Oracle Tales

I worked for three nights to wrap up this project that I started in 2022. It felt nice to finally finish. While I am not disappointed in the finish, it doesn’t quite look like what I had in my head.

My favorite thing to stitch with this projects was teh scattering of words throughout which I decided to stitch a different orange each time. That cute little cat was also a highlight for me. This project was stitched on 14 ct cobweb by Fabric Flair using mostly black (DMC 310) with touches of grays and oranges from my stash.

FINISH: Let’s Talk Autumn by Hands on Design

Another one that I realized I was so close to finishing so I once again worked on wrapping up with Sweater Weather, Pumpkin Patch, and all those cute leaves. I just love how it turned out.

This project was stitched on 16 ct black aida with the called for DMC floss. It was nice to finish all three projects. So I pulled out the fabric to be able to start finishing these projects. I am excited to start on these soon.

WIP Updates

I spent so much time on my finishes above that I did not work on as many other WIPS. Let me share what I did work on.

Autumn Baskets (chart 1) by Hands on Design

I really got into working on this on Tuesday. I really didn’t want to put it away. These colors are soooo interesting. This will eventually be a quilty star. Love it! I am looking forward to finishing this one.

WIPGO Project: 2023 San Jose Temperature Butterflies by Stitchin Mommy

Whoohoo! I finished the November butterfly outline. I only have the December outline left to do. My goal is to finish all the outlines then start filling them in. I am hoping to finish all four outlines AND the September and October butterflies.

Upcoming Plans & Thoughts

This weekend will be a hockey weekend. On hockey weekends I usually take only one project. I have decided to take my other WIPGO project – Let’s Talk Summer. It should be fun and easy.

Projects that I have on my radar to work on this week are:

• Let’s Talk Summer
• Fruit of Plenty
• Snowman Collector
• Temperature Butterflies
• November Sampler of the Month
• Fall Harvest

I have also started thinking about what Temperature project I want to do for 2024 (because I have enjoyed this year’s) and I think I would love to do the bookshelf. I am going to start planning for that which means that I would like to do the bookshelf outline during January.

I also need to start looking at what other projects I want for 2024. I saw the new series that Cottage Garden Samplings is doing with the houses. I really like them but I don’t think I would do them as one project, but as individual projects. Also thinking about doing another small project series or two. Looking at what I have to see what is catching my interest. One is Year of Celebrations 2 and the other is a Heart in Hand series that looks cute that a couple of years ago I saw done as one project that I think would be adorable.

I love the planning part of this. I have been putting together my digital planner for next year. I finally found the perfect one for me!

Everyone enjoy your weekend and we will chat next week!

Peggy Stockwell