Stitch-Tober 2023 Done Before the Witching Hour!

 

My Stitch-Tober 2023 Cross Stitch is Done!

I completed this yesterday.

I really enjoyed this slow and quiet stitching journey.

This was originally started in 2020

 and I updated the original plan with new patterns this year. 

Pattern Information ~ Click Here

This is my unconventional but personal favorite way to finish my cross stitch.

I have previously posted a tutorial for my method

 on a my Quilty Love cross stitch finish.

Artist Canvas Finish Process ~ Click Here

Thanks to all of you who have followed along with the kitties and I

 for all our stitch and sew efforts.

My mystery Halloween quilt is still in pieces and will be tucked away 

as I fold and put my Halloween quilts away in my closet for next year. 

We have enjoyed this process so much that I am am planning 

to make a fall cross stitch for the month of November. 

More soon!

Happy Stitches to You!

 

I Like Thursday #172 ~Stitching with the Kitties

A good day for more Stitching

 ... with the kitties, of course! 

Fall has arrived in my scrapatch and it has been alternately

 gray and windy and then sunny and bright.

Fall always makes me want to sit and stitch  

while sipping a warm cup of latte.

Three of my kitties, Nutmeg and Maestro and Cassian,

 like their own dish of foamy milk.

Yes, the kitty is on the table.

Yes, I wash the table afterwards.

The kitties also have beds on my cutting table when I sit there to stitch.

I like their company.

Katniss is snuggled down in that fluffy clamshell kitty bed.

Nutmeg is on the furry blanket in the corner.

Maestro, as usual, takes a more "paws on" approach to helping me.

Cassian, who has not yet taken an active approach to helping my stitching and sewing efforts, is nearby in a comfy chair where he was taking a nap.

Cassian says, "You go stitch; let me snooze."

The kitties and I are making slow and steady progress on my

My Stitch-Tober 2023 Project ~ Started Here

For more Stichtober past and present ideas check out this

FQS Flosstube Stitch-tober 2023

Time to stitch!

Even on sunny days with the house lights on, 

I still need my 

Halo Go Rechargeable Table Lamp

which I bought at Fat Quarter Shop many years ago. 

My newest invaluable stitching tool find is are these high magnification

Stitchy Readers from Riley Blake @ FQS

I have the 5.0 magnification.

There are other helpful notions for those of us who need help to see and stitch:

Click Here for more Stitchy Readers and Craft Lights @ FQS

Hope you find what works for you if you need helpful tools these days!.

May you have a happy day of sewing and stitching today! 

Please join my friends  @

I Like Thursday @ Not Afraid of Color 

and have a Happy Thursday! 

Stitch-tober 2023 ~ Mix and Match ~ Stitchy Start

 

I have been sitting and stitching the last few days.

Yesterday was a fall nor-eastern in New England 

which came flowing up the gulf stream

 and deluging rain all day and into the night.

We got more rain in 24 hours than for Hurricane Lee 

and our cellar is wet again from the over saturated ground.

Fortunately it is sunny day today 

for drying everything out. 

I am taking my stitching out to my yard in a few minutes to enjoy the sun.

I am getting a head start on 

Stitch-tober @ Fat Quarter Shop ~

 Click For All Info

I started this Halloween Mix and Match Cross Stitch 

project in 2020 as part of first

Stitch-tober in 2020 Info @Fat Quarter Shop

The border grid setting layout is a free design and may be found in the link below: 

Free Lori Holt Mix & Match Halloween Border Layout @ FQS

This is as far as I got with the stitching at that time 

before I tucked it all away in my project bag for another day.  

That day has finally arrived!

I am actually happy I waited as I have added a fun new design element to the mix!

The original plan used this fun stitching card set from Lori Holt:

Stitch Cards ~ Set F @ Fat Quarter Shop

Lori Holt at Bee in My Bonnet has just released 

a new set of Stitch Cards:

 

Stitch Cards ~ Set R @ Fat Quarter Shop

These lovely fall themed motifs are the perfect addition 

to add to the Mix and Match with the Halloween themed set! 

It also makes the Mix and Match much easier than the original plan 

as that one pulled together motifs from several different patterns.

As I am a very slow stitcher and want to complete this project

 before the witching hour this year, 

I have already started work by stitching the grid border 

for the stitch card motifs. 

I am using DMC Floss for this project.

The grid is  Black 310, which can be found in the

Stitch Cards Set R  ~ DMC Floss Pack @ Fat Quarter Shop

which includes flower thread bobbins.

I did order extra DMC Black 310 Floss as needed for the large grid

and DMC 471 Light Avocado Green Floss for the inner motif frames

I am stitching on hand-dyed stormy gray 11 count Aida.

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Are you making stitchy plans for Stitch-tober? 

There are many other wonderful Stitch-tober patterns available,

some free and some for purchase.

Happy Stitching!