Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 43

 

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 43

I have completed the stitching October Cross Stitch Along!

I have pulled fabrics and have a plan

 for how I want to finish and display this next October.  

I completed the stitching on last block late on Halloween night.

 I have been enjoying this for a few days while I have decided that a few on my stitches need to be fixed before finishing. There is a letter in "Brew" that somehow got messed up while I was working on this that needs replacing. I have also decided that the colored lettering on my Monster Mash improv block needs to be in black like the rest of the lettering. I was trying to add a little color.  I am thinking of outlining the mummy and the skeleton to make them stand out better. This was the last block finished on Sunday night and my eyes were tired.

I loved participating in this SAL which was hosted by 

Pine Needles

The free daily patterns have gone *poof*

 as they will soon become a pattern for purchase.

Last year the steps to this Christmas Stitch Along 

were also free daily blocks and I saved them. 

 I did not have time to stitch this last year.

This year I am thinking to start it now in November

 in hopes I get it done before Christmas.

I have the floss pack and aida in my stash.

I am trying to decide which aida to use.

They are all 11 count:

Choice A : Zweigart  solid Ivory

Choice B:  hand dyed Antiqued

Choice C: hand dyed seafoam green 

I purchased the hand dyes online @ Garibaldi's Needleworks

The Misty Grey in my October Cross Stich is also hand dyed 11 count aida from Garibald's.   I like the soft feel of this cloth.

Which color aida cloth would you choose?

What are you working on this week?

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Scrapatch Cross Stitch Wednesday # 1 ~ Getting Ready for Stitchtober

 

Loving this adorable purple gingham "OCT 31" cross stitch motif! 

I am starting a new weekly post series.

This will be a weekly update of my cross stitching progress.

I have chosen Wednesday because every Wednesday I enjoy 

Fat Quarter Shop Flosstube with Kimberly Jolly

It is live at 9:00am Central US Time.

It is so inspiring!

I will never be able to stitch all the wonderful projects that I see here.

I do like to pick one and slowly stitch along at my own pace.

This time I have chosen the

Halloween Mix and Match from Lori Holt

The layout is a free .pdf, but you would need the 

Bee in My Bonnet Stitch Card F

and the other Lori Holt Cross Stitch Patterns listed on the pattern sheet.

Lori Holt's cross stitch patterns are my personal favorites and I have many of her patterns

and will substitute a different motif if I am missing one.

I have to use 10 or 11 count Aida cloth, a large needle and six strands and my bright Halo Go LED light, to see what I am stitching.

I purchase most of my cross stitch supplies at

Fat Quarter Shop Cross Stitch

where I am a small blogger affiliate. 

I was a customer for many years before I became an affiliate.

I am happy to have finally found some "Misty Grey" hand-dyed 11 count aida cloth.

It is from Garibaldi's Needleworks.

I am not affiliated with Garibaldi's. I am just a very happy customer.

I ordered this hand-dyed cloth on September 7th and received it this week

with plenty of time to work on my Halloween cross stitch project. 

This cloth is two sided, one side a little darker than the other

and it is bound on all sides with zig zag stitches.

It is soft and easy to stitch.

I like to use a Q-Snap plastic frame to hold my cloth. 

I am hoping to have this done for Halloween and am happily sticthing along with

#fqsstitchober

Happy Fall Stitching!