Hands on Design – Quilts & Adventures

Floss Friday #193

Hello Stitchy Friends! Wow! Summer is just zooming by. I can’t believe we are already down to just a week and a bit left of August. Then we will be into all. I hope you have had a great summer.

Starts & Finishes

I did have a finish this week, but no new starts. I have a list of five things I wanted to start this month. This next week, I had better jump on that!

FINISH: Aug WIPGO Project #19: November Stackables by It’s Sew Emma (Fat Quarter Shop)

Finished up this stitch this week. I did not have a lot time each evening a hour here or there so it took 2 nights to finish. This was a stitch of the month from Fat Quarter Shop from 2021. I stitched on 14ct marbled white pine board aida by Fabric Flair with the called for Classic Colorworks floss.

WIP Updates

Missed out stitching last weekend and only a couple hours(or one) each night this week. I did not make it through my lineup for the week. Here is what I did work on:

Fabulous House: The Castle by Cottage Garden Samplings

Fabulous House: The Castle WIP 8/18/2026

The night I worked on this one, I actually got all 400 stitches for the month done. Wrapped up the rook part of the castle on the right. I still need to finish it’s roof but otherwise, done!

Sweetly Sayin’ 4th of July by Primrose Cottage

Sweetly Saying 4th of July WIP 8/19/2026

The night I worked on this I barely had an hour. I pulled it out of the basket thinking it was my Stitching Quaker but realized it was this patriotic stitch. I decided to go ahead and put a few more stitches in it before putting away for 2026.

Make Today Count by Hands on Design

I got distracted with online shopping the night I worked on this project so only got 300 of my 400 stitches done. So I will be working on this one tonight to finish up the final 100 to hit my August goal. I did some more on the border around the words and working on the left border. The border is hard. I know it will be cute when finished, but there is alot of backstitching and counting involved. It will be worth it when I am done. Meanwhile…(grumble grumble)

Plans & Reflections

I spent more time reading this week then crafting or creating. It will be a miracle if I hit my goals this month. I have been focusing mainly on my WIPGO goals so far this month which is great. I have knocked off some old goals.

Plans for next week:

Finish up Shabby Winter Calendar
Start HOD Plaid Tidings
Start Stitching Quilt
Start October Square Dance
Make Today Count
Summer Stitching Season
The Scarecrow

Hope everyone has a great weekend. See you next week!

Peggy Stockwell in Vancouver, Washington

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 #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 #179

Welcome back to Floss Friday where I share my cross stitch projects. It has been another busy week with life happening left and right. I ended up missing getting any quilting done (until today) as well as missing my To Do Tuesday blog. #sigh. I had nothing to share. Days went fast and before I knew it, it was evening. Still needed to cook and eat dinner, so even my stitching time was abbreviated. I did work on projects.

Let’s start with a WIPGO update.

Results of April WIPGO

April was a WIPGO heavy month but short on time to complete those goals.

Floss Friday #178

Gorgeous sunny day here in the Pacific Northwest. I was outside enjoying some of that sunshine with the cats who were cracking me up.

Went for a walk in the neighborhood today. First thing that happened was being greeted when I walked out the front door by two birds. It took me a minute to figure out they were chattering at me because I was standing by their nest.