Category Archives: Cross-Stitch

extra company

Posted on 2025-03-05 by Holly

The youngest stopped by this morning after doing a pre-school drop off of her nephew. With, of course, the other nephew in tow. Since she works remotely, I wound up with the little guy who really needed a nap while … Continue reading →

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Two finishes

Posted on 2025-03-04 by Holly

I finished the cat, as in fully finished. Tomorrow I will deliver it, in a frame complete with a mounting hook.  I will give Noah a couple of days to stick it up, then  take a picture of it in … Continue reading →

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An evil cat?

Posted on 2025-03-03 by Holly

There are those that claim all cats are evil. This particular one certainly seems to have the stare down for sure – The pattern is called Night Guide Cat from Fine Frog Stitching. DMC floss and 32 ct lugana from … Continue reading →

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An unexpected dinner out

Posted on 2025-03-02 by Holly

I had planned on finishing a number of cross stitches yesterday, then put it off till today. And then cancelled tht in favor of stitching for the morning. Today was the last ACC season women’s basketball game as well as … Continue reading →

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The HouseBarn Completed

Posted on 2025-03-01 by Holly

YES! all 8212 stitches of it… well over 1/2 is in that barn – the rest here and there – four cows, four sunflowers plus the leafy stuff. The fabric is 18ct  Vintage Stormy Clouds and the floss is a … Continue reading →

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A thousand x’s

Posted on 2025-02-28 by Holly

Has taken me to 88% on the Barn. and also 3 of 4 cows, the thing above the barn, completion of the two bottom sunflowers and a start on the top two. It still leaves me with about 1000 stitches … Continue reading →

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Barn and March

Posted on 2025-02-27 by Holly

plus breakfast at Mel’s and a Haas Pavilion win for the Cal Women’s Basketball team. AKA – it was a long day. With the barn portion of the Housebarn completed, I have been moving on to the greenery. I have … Continue reading →

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Back to the Barn

Posted on 2025-02-26 by Holly

This morning I finished the stitching on a birthday present for next month. It could have been easier – I like the pattern, there are only four colors and the fabric is perfect (except for dealing with 32 count) it … Continue reading →

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More mini-village

Posted on 2025-02-24 by Holly

Since I promised to get Alex to his dental appointment this morning, it was going to leave me with hanging out time. The mini-villages are actually decent portable stitching – I scanned and imported the pattern to PK, and I … Continue reading →

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And now, clean up

Posted on 2025-02-23 by Holly

Well, I made it thru downloading all my ebooks from Amazon. then, just for good measure, I decided to go back and clean up that data base. You see, there were still dozens of books listed in that database from … Continue reading →

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on to the sunflowers

Posted on 2025-02-20 by Holly

At least I think they are sunflowers. This is as far as I got before errand running time hit. Since I was going to be at the El Cerritto Mall for a while, I took a walk back along San … Continue reading →

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Half way there

Posted on 2025-02-19 by Holly

I made it through my medical appointment this morning without a problem, same with the drive back home. From there it was a bit of a challenge to get organized – in fact I just remembered that there is the … Continue reading →

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Grove Part 6

Posted on 2025-02-18 by Holly

I was wrong – it isn’t Part 5 of the Secret Grove SAL – it is Part 6. And the Crow is done, along with his hourglass. I didn’t work on the HouseBarn today, It was an OBE. Laundry, the … Continue reading →

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Secret Grove Part 5

Posted on 2025-02-17 by Holly

I am making progress on the Crow – who I think is pretty cool. I mostly have black on the bottom 1/2 of the crow – then the hourglass. I am thinking I can probably finish it up tomorrow if … Continue reading →

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That HouseBarn

Posted on 2025-02-16 by Holly

It feels like I have been stitching on this building forever. In reality it has only been a couple of days. According to PatternKeeper, I have managed a whopping 41%. There are still 24 rows left in the barn…. Since … Continue reading →

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Finished February

Posted on 2025-02-15 by Holly

I am going to take at least a week break before I start stitching March. I have left the final decision on French Knots vs beads till I have the next two months stitched. I think it is probably going … Continue reading →

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Another Day, another house

Posted on 2025-02-14 by Holly

This one is the second pink one, leaving me with just the last red house, the word “February” and the lines stringing the hearts. Adding another 1100 stitches to the HouseBarn (~26%) but I still have over 40 rows to … Continue reading →

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Rolling an 8

Posted on 2025-02-13 by Holly

Remember back at the beginning of the year when I made a list of projects that I really wanted to get stitched and my “magic” 20-side die? Well, last night it was time to roll for a new start. This … Continue reading →

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Second Feb House

Posted on 2025-02-12 by Holly

Two days in a row – amazing… meeting goals that is. and here it is – a pink house.  Looking at the two mini-villages, it occurs to me that there is going to be a definite designing trend. Obviously, four … Continue reading →

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A House a Day

Posted on 2025-02-11 by Holly

This is the start of February – in the mini-Village series by Country Cottage Needleworks, Obviously started below January as I am stitching as many as will fit on this piece of fabric. The floss is all Classic Colorworks. My … Continue reading →

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