March 2024 Stitching Stats!

Well, as you see this post is very late. That is because I have been going back and forth with myself arguing, thinking and deciding about what I should do about my stats. Should I post my stats... but there are so many pictures or should I skip posting them all together or... should I post them without the pictures. 

I have finally come to my decision to post without pictures because there are going to be at least a dozen projects each month with one or two pictures for each project from now on and that is way to many for one post. 

I am so glad I finally decided because I was tired of arguing with myself! 

So here we go... the stats for March. 

Number of Days Stitched This Month = 31

Number of Days Stitched This Year = 91

Number of Days Stitched Consecutively = 821

Number of *Projects Worked on This Month = 15

     *Includes WIPs, UFOs (which may have already been worked on) and new starts.
Number of Stitches Put In This Month = 4,405

Number of New Projects Started This Month = 3

Number of New Projects Started This Year = 11

Number of Projects Finished This Month = 0

Number of Projects *Finished This Year = 2

     *Does Not included any mini finishes.

Well thanks so much for stopping by and seeing how much I accomplished for the month!

See you again soon.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 04/13/24

Another week, done and gone! 

Nothing exciting happening around here. Our weather is going up and down but looks like it will be moving steadily on it's way up soon! Other than that all I have been doing is reading and stitching and since you are here about the stitching let me show it to you. 

I have never stitched a card before so I decided to try and figure one out on my own, The problem with trying to figure out the stitch area is every time I measured the area on the card I was getting different measurements; of course! So I finally figured it out and got a card started. 

Happy Birthday Card

Astor Place

'Greeting Cards for All Seasons'

  

Progress 04/10/24

Stitched 299 stitches
Luckily I don't need it to soon!

The Flower a Day

CM Designs

Progress 04/13/24

Stitched 236 stitches
I just love these flowers!

Rabbit Silhouettes

Daily Cross Stitch

Progress 04/12/24

Stitched 369

This is being stitched during the stitching group each

week because I need it finished by the end of the month.

Well that is it for the week! I don't know what I'll be bringing out next week because I still have a few more acrostics to stitch. 

I hope you have a great week and thanks so much for stopping by and for the comments you left.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 04/07/24

Welcome All! I am glad you could drop by today. 

We are having some great weather here and even had a couple of days of rain. I love when they rain comes down slow and steady. We even had a day that was in the 80s so that means summer is coming! 

It is April so I have two brand new Acrostic Puzzles to get me through the month!

I have selected a dozen different projects to work on throughout the month. I started the month by working on three different projects. 

I got in two more days on Winter SAL.

Winter SAL

Stitchonomy

Designer - Alyssa

Progress 04/03/24

Added 256 more stitches

Next I continued to work on the bookshelf for the Temperature Library.

Temperature Library

Kristi’s Corner Needlework (Etsy)

Designer - Kristi DiClemente

Progress 04/06/24
Added 395 stitches

And then I worked on my bunnies.  I think I am going to make this one my Group Stitch at the mall this month. Since I have them outlined it is easy to just fill them in while our group of stitchers chit chat the time away with each other. 

Rabbit Silhouettes

Daily Cross Stitch

Progress 04/05/24
251 stitches were added!

Technically I am finished with the the Winter SAL and the Temperature Library for my April acrostic but I am hoping to ger back to them before the end of the month. 

I hope that you had a great and productive week yourself
and that this new week brings lots of Xs to your needle!

Well thanks a bunch for stopping by to check out my stitching!
Enjoy your week.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 03/31/24

First of all I would like to wish everyone who celebrates Easter a very blessed Easter filled with renewed hope, love and peace. 

Well we have officially ended March and now are going into the second quarter of this year. Everytime a month gets over it seems as though time is just speeding by and leaving me on the side somewhere! 

This last week I have been very busy with my needle and thread so let me show you what I accomplished.

Temperature Library

Designer - Kristi DiClemente

Kristi’s Corner Needlework (Etsy)

Progress 03/24/24
Added 200 stitches

Still working on the bookshelf along with trying to remember to record the weather everyday!

Twisted Rainbow Sampler

Designer - Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress 03/26/24

Added 243 Stitches

Then I was excited to start this new SAL from Stitchonomy. I usually don't like doing SAL because you rarely know what the design will look like when you are finished. I think I usually like Alyssa's SALs though so I am not to worried about hers.

Winter SAL

Stitchonomy

Designer - Alyssa

Progress 03/30/24
Added 418 Stitches

This was another one of her free SALs. If you are interested, you can see her past SALs on her site. While you are there you can sign up for her emails so you will know when there is another free SAL coming up. 

Anyways those are the stitches I did last week which completed my acrostics for the month.

YaY!

Now to get ready for April!

Thanks a bunch for stopping by and for your support
and encouragement, they are always appreciated.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 03/24/24

Happy Sunday Everybody!  I hope it has been a great week for you. It has been pretty good for me. Our weather is warming up which I love and I also managed to get in lots of stitches on five different pieces.

The Flower A Day

Designer - Carolyn Manning

CM Designs

Progress 03/18/24
170 Stitches

Quilt Block Sampler

Artist - Loretta Oliver

Designer - Stitching the Night Away

Progress 03/19/24

171.5 Stitches

Flowers of the Month

June, Wild Rose

Designer - Ellen Maurer-Stroh

Progress 03/21/24
165 Stitches

Rabbit Silhouettes

Daily Cross Stitch

   
Progress 03/22/24
273 Stitches

Shades of Gold

Designer - Nicole Dostal

Northern Expressions Needlework

Progress 03/23/23
318 Stitches

So all these projects are on my acrostic list and I am almost finished with all my goals for March. Now it's just about time to make the April lists but only one of the phrases are ready so far. 

Can you believe it, next Sunday is Easter already! If I don't talk to you before then I would like to wish each of you a very Happy and Blessed Easter. 

Thanks for stopping by to see my progress; I appreciate it.

So until the next time happy stitching!

My Sunday Stitchy Update 03/17/24

Hello People!  I hope you are all having a wonderful week! It was one of "those" weeks for me. I really wanted to stitch but I just couldn't get myself motivated. I am hoping that next week I will be better at picking up my needle and thread so I can get busy!

Well, let me show you what I did manage to stitch.

First up is Home is Where the Dog is. 

Home is Where the Dog is
Daily Cross Stitch
  

Progress 03/12/24

211 stitches added

This is one of the pieces I stitch when I go to the cross stitch get together since it is a pretty easy stitch that only requires one color. 


I also stitched Lucky Shamrocks! 

Lucky Shamrocks

Daily Cross Stitch

 

Progress 03/15/24
Only 72 little Xs

This is another one that is an easy stitch that doesn’t require any real concentration since I just have to fill in the Shamrocks. Though I must say the “lucky” shamrocks did not bring me any luck! I decided to play the Powerball since it was over $600 million but I didn’t even get one stinking number (as usual)! 

Then I moved on to the Peppermint Purple SAL.

2024 Blackwork SAL
Peppermint Purple

Progress 03/13/24
260 stitches as you have to count
blackwork as two stitches for one.

Right now, I am only working on the border (or frame) of the piece. I will start adding in the fills once I am finished with this part. This is the kind of design I really enjoy stitching!

This is a free yearlong SAL available on Facebook!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I appreciate your visit and comments.

I hope you  will come by again soon.

My Sunday Stitchy Update 03/10/24

Hi Everybody! I hope that everyone is doing well. I almost forgot to post today but here I am just in time! 

This has been one of those crazy weeks that started off with my car getting a flat tire! So we ordered some new tires for her. They say they take a week to arrive so they schedule an appointment for putting them on a week after you order them. So it was a long week of driving on a spare and worrying every minute that something will go wrong. Fortunately, I had safe travels and she has new shoes on all the way around. 

Now on to the stitching! 

This week I started off with the I Stitch Sampler. I ended up having to do the S twice because I miscounted when stitching it. 

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie

Rhona Norrie Designs

Progress 03/06/24

316 stitches

Next up I started my Lucky Shamrocks. I decided to do the outlines so I can take it to our stitching group and I can just stitch while we talk and talk and then talk some more! This will NOT be finished by St.Patricks Day! 

Lucky Shamrocks

Daily Cross Stitch

  

Progress 03/09/24

576 stitches

Finally today (Sunday) I worked on The Flower A Day piece. I really like this piece and I hope I can squeeze it in next month too. 

The Flower A Day

Designer - Carolyn Manning

CM Designs

  

Progress 03/10/24

152 Stitches

And that was my week!  Full of adventures and 1,044 stitches.

How was your week? Anything exciting going on?

So I am signing off now but I really

hope to see you again next Sunday!

In the meantime I am trying to catch up with blogs, Instagram and email.

Have a great week!

February 2024 Stitching Stats!

Man I feel like I keep forgetting the things I plan or want to do like my stats!! 

I am going to have to make myself some reminders to get me back on track. Anyways here are my current numbers and hopefully I will get myself organized! 

Here are my February Numbers:

Number of Days Stitched This Month = 29

Number of Days Stitched This Year = 60

Number of Days Stitched Consecutively = 790

Number of *Projects Worked on This Month = 12

     *Includes WIPs, UFOs (which may have already been worked on) and new starts.

Number of New Projects Started This Month = 4

Number of New Projects Started This Year = 8

Number of Projects Finished This Month = 1

Number of Projects *Finished This Year = 2

     *Does Not included any mini finishes.

Here is a round up of February's stitching:

2024 PP SAL

Peppermint Purple

Designer - Clare Ardali
275 Stitches

Fun Every Day

Designer - SamSarah Design Studio

(no longer in business)

278 Stitches

  

I Stitch Sampler

Rhona Norrie

Rhona Norrie Designs

136 stitches

 

Nintendo

Armada Designs

397 Stitches

Quilt Block Sampler

Stitching the Night Away

Designer - Loretta Oliver

310 Stitches

  

Shades of Gold

Designer - Nicole Dostal

Northern Expressions Needlework

200 Stitches

  

Small Christmas (Ornaments)

Durene Jones

147 Stitches

  

String of Lights Christmas Tree

Artist - Ruth

Craft with Cartwright
78 stitches
 

Temperature Library

Designer - Kristi DiClemente

Kristi’s Corner Needlework

275 Stitches

 

The Enchanted Christmas Snowman

Artist - Dona Gelsinger

Heaven and Earth Designs
244 stitches

 

The Flower A Day

Designer - Carolyn Manning

CM Designs

200 Stitches

 Valentine

DailyCrossStitch.com

1,038 Stitches

  

That is 3,853 Stitches for the month!

Whew that was a lot of pictures but I hope you enjoyed seeing the progress!

Now I have to get busy working on March's pieces.

Thank you everyone for stopping and I hope to see you again soon
and hopefully I will have myself organized in a helpful way! 

Again, sorry for the late post!