Slow Sunday Stitching

Welcome to the weekly hand stitching party!

Today is the winter solstice in my little corner of the world. This occasion marks the longest night of the year and the shortest day.

What better way to pass the time than to do some Slow Sunday Stitching?!? 

The Christmas Countdown project called "A Pretty Song" has kept me very busy, and this is where it is as of friday's stitching. It's a very intricate stitch on 25 count evenweave. RIght now it has about 10 birds fully or partially stitched in, and I love it!

I have been stitching a few other projects this month and you can catch up on that by watching any of the daily videos I have made for "Flossmas" in the month of December. 

At this time of year everyone asks "are you ready for Christmas"? My answer is "not at all"! But things get done, food gets bought and cooked, presents get purchased and wrapped, and some of my hand made gifts might actually get finished in time!  

How about you? Are you "ready"? Link up your blog post below and share your last weekend before Christmas stitching update.

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Slow Sunday Stitching

Welcome to the weekly hand stitching party!

If you are feeling like you have no time for relaxation this weekend, I understand completely! And yet, it's so important to make time to slow down, to breathe deeply, and to reset with some relaxing hand stitching. 

I have been enjoying the Countdown to Christmas advent project called "A Pretty Song", This is where my project is as of yesterday. I adore the birds and really want to keep up with the pattern additions we get each day, but it has been a challenge!

In fact my hand stitching has become a little stressful this week as I try to keep up with a couple of advent stitching projects and finish some things for gifts. I have also been taping a short "flossmas"  video every day and it has been a challenge sometimes to get everything done. My goals far exceed my capacity! This is a long time pattern for me, so I have only myself to blame for this stress. It happens every December and in the next 11 days I will struggle to finish all the things I want to make. 

Are you the same? Do you put pressure on yourself to finish too many things in December- baking, shopping, decorating, wrapping, cooking,  visiting, stitching, etc??

Link up your blog post below and share how things are going with your mid December projects!

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Slow Sunday Stitching

Welcome to Slow Stitching Sunday where we make time to slow down our lives, to breathe deeply, to pick up a needle and thread, and take some slow stitches. 

This weekend I have been attending the Jingle Ball which is an online cross stitch event. My friend Debby and I rented a little Air B'n B in the middle of nowhere which is a renovated 150 year old church with so much character!

We invited our friend Barb to join us for a little holiday, and she is a long time hand stitcher. 

We have had long stitching sessions and started some new projects. This one is a free stitchalong that I started. The pattern is from Anna Gutova at Artmishka Cross Stitch. My friends think it is a radish. It is not! I think it will become a Christmas ornament on some evergreen boughs.

I have been posting a video every day in December on Kathy's Quilts and Stitching showing my 5 advent calendar projects that I am opening every day before Christmas. One of the projects is the Evertote, Roxy Floss Co, and Modern Folk Embroidery holiday countdown collaboration called "A Pretty Song". This photo shows the border and I am making slow progress. You can hear more details on my flosstube if you are interested.

I hope you will link up your blog post below so we can see what you are hand stitching this week!

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Slow Sunday Stitching

Welcome to the weekly linky party where we celebrate all forms of hand stitching. Make a cup of your favourite beverage to enjoy while you visit the blogs of slow stitchers around the world. It's the perfect way to start your Sunday!

I am starting to get into the Christmas spirit with the arrival of the snow. It's a very pretty sparkly world here this weekend and in this photo you can see how much snow fell in a 24 hour period. I just want to stay in my stitching room, watch Christmas movies and make some gifts.

I became mesmerized by my full coverage stitching project for a bit this week.  I tried a sparkly thread called Petit Treasure Braid for the first time. It is not nearly as uncooperative as Kreinik, and it gives a bit of sparkle to the stitching. It's a strange sensory experience for me because it makes a crunchy sound as it pulls through the fabric and it doesn't feel nice in my hands to work with. It made me think about how soothing it is to me to stitch with threads and fabric that are lovely, soft and comforting. I remembered that the tactile enjoyment of my stitching is a very important part of my experience.

This is how far I am this week on Mini Treasure Hunt Bookshelf. I am over the 10% mark now and feel great about that accomplishment. 

It doesn't really look like much, but it is a pointillism kind of process with full coverage. I'll be forcing myself to put in 1 strand of sparkly thread each time I sit down to stitch to fill in the empty spots at the top.

I also posted a flosstube video showing my November stitching projects which you will hopefully be able to see here. 

Today is a day to rest and relax, and enjoy some hand stitching time! How about you? Will you be able to enjoy some slow stitching today? Link up your blog post below and share what you are stitching!

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Slow Sunday Stitching

Thank you for dropping by the weekly hand stitching party where we're all about needles, threads, fabric, yarn, inspiration and self care! There is no advertising here, no Black Friday sale emails, nothing to give us grief or stress! It's just pure relaxation, taking deep breaths, and taking one slow stitch at a time. 

And because we are all about slowness, it's not very often that we can announce finishes, but I have had a couple of little finishes to share this week. 

This is "Determined Woman" - pattern by SewBe Stitchery. I finished it without any hanging sleeves or label on the back - I was just "in the zone" and didn't even think about it until I went to hang it on the wall. So it's being hung with some mini clothes pins on this wire hanger. The finished size is 8.25" x 4.25". It will live in the tea room of my shared office space.

The second finish is "Bird Nerd" which was a free pattern offered by Amity of Boomerang Stitches. 

I love this finish so much because I really am a bird nerd! I thought I would finish this in 2024 and confidently put the date on at the bottom... but here it is finally being finished at the end of 2025! I loved this thrifted frame for the birds, however it does cut a tiny bit off the tail on the bird on the right to fit it in the frame. I just didn't want the bird on the left to have her beak against the frame! Finished size is 6.5" x 3.5" and it has 5,476 stitches.

I will also remember that "Bird Nerd" was my first project using Pattern Keeper, which is an android APP that makes stitching complex cross stitch patterns so much easier. 

Today there won't be much time for hand stitching because I'm diving into the Quiltville mystery called Lupine and Laughter. I'll be making my version from the scrap bags and am so happy to be starting another Bonnie Hunter adventure! 

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Design Wall Monday

There is a growing quilt on my design wall - Tennessee mystery by Edyta Sitar. I have completed step #5 and am now sewing 24 sawtooth star blocks for step #6. It is slow going!

I'm not loving the darkness of the zigzag border, but there are 3 more borders after the stars, so I will just keep going and see how it all works out.

I wish it was growing faster since I want to be ready to start the Quiltville mystery starting soon!

Have you started the Tennesse mystery quilt?

Are you planning to start the Lupine and Laughter mystery on November 21?

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Slow Sunday Stitching

Welcome to the weekly hand stitching party! We invite you to settle in for some relaxation, visit our inspiring stitchers at the links below, and take some time to put a few stitches into one of your favourite projects.

It has been rainy, dark and dreary weather here this week, and that is perfect stitching weather. I have made progress on several projects including "Serenity" by Pansy Patch which I started in April. I enjoyed finishing the lady's wonderful skirt and don't have much more to go to finish this one.

My friend Debby started this pattern also and we compared our houses. Both of us have made mistakes on the house and yet... we are not changing anything. "Done is better than perfect" and so we carry on stitching!

I finished the stitching for "Determined Woman" by SewBe Stitchery and will finish it as a miniature wallhanging. Today I was auditioning fabrics (playing in the fabric stash) for the binding. I liked all the choices, so you will see next week which one I picked!

And because that stitchery will soon be finished, I am starting a new project called "Louisa's Wisdom" by the same pattern designer. Here is the thread audition process.

Today I will be doing more quilt binding, and have recently finished a 2 more quilts that will need binding, so that is fun to look forward to!

What are you hand stitching today? 

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