Author: KassCruz

A little rant… and a little haul

So I’m trying to link my blog to my Facebook page but I think is going to require for me to do some coding which I was trying to avoid.

Anyway, I got a little bit of stash today. Nothing big, just some things I needed to kit up a chart.

As you can see in the picture above, I got some threads, fabrics, needles, and a Q-snap. I also got some magnets and the E6000 glue because I want to try and make my first needle minder. Let’s see how I do; I’ll post photos later. 
As always, happy stitching!

This Week’s Stash

Hi everyone!

Wanted to write a quick post about my stash that I received today from 123Stitch. I’m slowly building up on my stash. Today I received 3 16ct Aida and a bunch of DMC cotton flosses:

I had a good amount of stash but i lost it about a year ago due to a flood in my house. But, now getting myself together and getting new stuff as I can.
Thanks for reading and happy stitching!

WIP Wednesday… On Thursday

First, let me apologize for not writing this post today when it was supposed to be posted yesterday. I honestly was too tired and went to bed.

Well, at the present time, I only have 7 WIPs in my current rotation. My rotation consist of working at least an hour on each piece alphabetically. I adopted this rotation from Katy The Stash Queen who is the admin of the group I belong to in Facebook. Yesterday, I spend some time with three pieces that were a little troublesome in a particular area and I decided to work on them.

1. Nativity by MCG Textiles (Kit. Stitched on 18ct white Aida and cotton floss)

2. St Patrick’s Shamrock by Brooke’s Brooks (Stitched on 14ct gold Aida and DMC cotton floss)

3. Stitching Days by Gory Bee (Stitched on 14ct ivory Aida and DMC cotton floss) 
So, today, I am at the top of my rotation and will be working on Count your Blessings, Do not interrupt me, and Fabulous. 

Thanks for reading and happy stitching!

SALs Updates for this week

Hi everyone!

SALs (Stitch-A-Longs) were not something that I would do years ago. This was mainly because of lack of information. I didn’t know what a SAL was. I thought that it was something where you would mail the project to someone else so they can continue stitching; this is actually a round robin. My ignorance about this didn’t let me experience how fun SALs are!

In Facebook, I found lots of SALs but there was one in particular that I thought it was more laid back and more flexible. So, I joined Stitch Maynia. No, I didn’t misspelled that. Maynia as in May which is when the group started with 15 new starts in that month.

There are all sorts of SALs throughout the year and I’m in almost all of them. The one for March is titled: “It’s not easy being green”. Therefore, my project for this SAL is St. Patrick’s Shamrock by Brooke’s Books. Can’t show the finished project because is a digital pattern but below you’ll see my progress:

St. Patrick’s Shamrock by Brooke’s Books (on 14ct. gold Aida and DMC cotton floss)
There is also another SAL which is called “Year of Starts”. We have the option of doing 366 (daily), 52 (weekly), 12 (monthly). I chose to do 52 starts and, so far, I am up to date. I have 9 out of 52 already done. These are the ones:
 
Do not interrupt me by Virginia Knutson (on 14ct. off white Aida and DMC cotton floss)

Fergie and Fergus by Kincavel Krosses (on 14ct. off white Aida and DMC cotton floss)

Nativity by MCG Textiles (on 18ct. white Aida and cotton floss)

Stitching Days by Glory Bee (on 14ct. off white Aida, DMC cotton floss, and Loops and Threads variegated floss)

Twighlight Angel by Dimensions Gold Petittes (on 16ct. grey Aida, cotton floss, metallic threads, charms, sequins, and beads)
Wedding Collage by Janlynn (on 14ct. white Aida and DMC cotton floss)

Fabulous by Cross Stitch Guild

Count your Blessings by Lizzie Kate (on 14ct. oatmeal Aida and DMC cotton floss)
I’ve decided to take the Wedding Collage out of my rotation because I’m planning to do this project for the November SAL in Stitch Maynia. So you’ll see it being worked on then. In the meantime, I will not touch it until November.
I also decided to make my rotation more organized. Therefore, I will be working with 7 projects during the week in alphabetical order. I will start doing this tomorrow.
And those are my SALs and my rotation. I will come back next Sunday with an update on these.
Thanks for reading and happy stitching!

My report on SAL tomorrow!

Sunday, March 6th will be my update on my SALs. I have some good ones to share with you so make sure to check back then!

Another favorite hobby

As you will probably find out, another hobby of mine is reading. My favorite genre is fiction in the area of romance. An ultimate favorite is romantic paranormal stories. Yes, I like vampires and werewolves stories, there I said it :). Some of my favorite writers include: J.D. Ward, Gena Showalter, Rebecca Zanetti, and Cynthia Eden.

At the present time, I’m not reading any particular book because I’ve been stitching up a storm. However, I will be making some time to read and writing some of my feedbacks on here. I will probably grab a Cynthia Eden book; I read that she has a new release out.