A Very Late Stitchy Update ~ October 21, 2018

Hello Peeps!

It's been a few weeks since my last update and since then, I've been doing lots of Stitchy Things...if you follow me on Instagram you would have seen that I finally finished my Oct 31 stitch by With Thy Needle and Thread!

I made one slight change though...I decided to leave off the bottom portion which was full coverage grass and the wording 'Oct 31st'.  There were a couple of reasons why, the first was because I was becoming increasingly burnt out on this project and didn't want it to become a forever WIP...the second reason was that I discovered if I left off the grass, she would fit in an 8x10 frame.  I used a variety of floss on this project ranging from Gentle Arts, Classic Colorworks and DMC.  The stitched piece is actually two rows bigger than it should have been...all-in-all it was a hot mess project with lots of it Frogged and restitched.  I stitched her on 32ct Vintage Country Mocha Linen that I picked up from 123Stitch.com.  I am very happy to have it finished!  Happier still that it didn't become a forever WIP!

I've also been working away on my Autumn Love blocks...I'm still behind a week, but I'll get there..

I have 3 1/2 blocks to hand stitch, but all except the house block are either finished or needing hand stitching...

Last Saturday was my quilting groups annual Quilty Halloween Party!  It was a lot of fun!  My nephews even joined us for the party! Our challenge this year was to create a Trick-Or-Treat bag...it could be any type of bag, so long as it was a bag of some sort.

I decided for my bag to make my sweet niece a Trick-Or-Treat bag and this is what I came up with..

I named her Madge!  Didn't she turn out adorable!  I still need to get this sent down to Vegas and plan to have it in the mail on Monday!  The pattern was a freebie tutorial by A Crafty Fox called Trick or Treat Bag Pattern.  I added a little gingham bow to Madge for a cute finish! 

I also finished a couple of Christmas Table Runners for the shop!

Two Wintery/Christmas Tree runners...

and a narrow Christmassy runner with golds and reds!

I hope they will find new homes this Christmas and brighten up someone's table!

Well that about wraps it up for me...I hope it won't be two weeks before I have an update!  My stitchy plans are to continue working on Autumn Love and my cross stitch plans are to transition to Thanksgiving! 

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Happy Stitching!
Olivia