Slow Sunday Stitching. April 25th

 

Joining other stitchers, enjoying Slow Sunday Stitching ay Kathy’s Quilts soon. 

I finally fully finished my Biscornu with Octopuses. I wanted to finish it before the movie Remarkably Bright Creatures shows on Netflix. I was reading that book when I happened to see this chart at Tiny Modernist. 

I am pleased with it. Sewing the buttons in the middle, called for a long needle. Luckily I was able to locate my doll making needles. I’ve had them forever. Can you see the price. They cost me 77 cents , probably in the early 1980s. 

I have been working on this small stitch, I took advice from other readers and just continue with the border around STITCH.

I’ll work on this one today. Then maybe something with a May theme.

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopefully

ScrapHappy Saturday April 25th

 

Sharing at Angela's Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2026.

I am sad to report absolutely no sewing was done in my studio. Unless you count stitching two pieces of bag mesh together to be woven between the rails of our open stairway. 

My machine looks just the same as last week. 

The crumb blocks are still in limbo!

So I'll share a meme I found on Facebook. 

Yesterday this was what we woke up to. But it the best kind of moisture in my opinion.  Wet frozen snow on the lawns and trees, none on the sidewalks and roads. 

Yesterday we got Emmie registered as a patient at a local vet clinic and she got her second rounds of "puppy shots".  She didn't wiggle , didn't wimper.  Her first set of shots was given to her before we adopted her. She now weighs 3.6lbs.  So she is growing and checked out all good. 

I did get my biscornu stitched together and stuffed.  I still have to put the buttons through the center  but need a longer needle. I have doll making needles somewhere...then it will be done. Hooray!

This small stitch from Primrose Cottage moved along. 

So I'm still here, but not productive. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I LIKE Thursday #277

 

We are continuing with good weather , but there is a forecast for change. Snow on Sunday. Typical for Springtime in Wyoming. 

The puppy is keeping us on our toes. I have the nicest friends. Last week, at our Stitching Gathering, there was a brown paper bag marked Doggie Bag. In it were 2 new chew toys and this card. 

April 23  2026

For National telephone day,  what is your relationship with phones? lol

always have it with you? Check it at intervals or use it mainly for calls? Remember when there was one phone for the family hanging on the wall? Remember party lines? Do you use a phone as a computer even tho the screen is so small? Fave apps on the phone?

I try to have it with me. If it rings I will rush to answer it. Guess that stems from all my years as an office worker. My phone and Mr Busy’s are the only phone we have. No landline anymore. We didn’t have a party line. My parents had a business and the business line often rang in our house.

I don’t like using the phone as a computer because of the small screen. But if I’m not close to my iPad or laptop, I will. 

Favorite apps? Contacts, Messenger, Starbucks, Audible and My Chart. 

The next read for my Face 2 Face book club is The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. Have you read it?

 I’m not a big fan of psychological thrillers, but I hope it’s well written. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

Slow Sunday Stitching

 

Good Morning ! I’m linking up with Kathy’s Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching. Check out what others are doing this Sunday. 

We have been very distracted and busy this week. We have a new puppy. 

Needless to say, these 2 old people aren’t used to non stop bending over, picking up, taking walk-abouts in the yard. We’ll get through it though. She’s Mr. Busy’s companion but I’m helping. 

Today I hope to stuff and finish sewing the last two sides of the biscornu. This photo from April 4th. Still looks the same!

I also started a new stitch from Primrose Cottage. 

I needed to shop for the 2 colors of red/coral. DMC 3831 and 3832. 

I started in the middle and worked lefty to get started. I added the white for a few rows, then began the letters for STITCH.  As I threaded the needle with # 3831for the letters,  I realized I had used that same color for the border! Dang!  Do I take it out and redo in the slightly lighter red? Or just finish and go forward?

What would you do?  I’ll be continuing til I decide!

 Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

ScrapHappy Saturday, April 18

Linking up with Angela this beautiful April morning, at ScrapHappy Saturday

Not a lot of sewing happened this week. Here is the reason why!

Emily has joined our family. She is just a baby, 10 weeks old. We are working on potty training mostly. 

I did get squares cut and laid on the small design boards for the last two pink 16-patch stars.  And also cut 16 1.5” squares for star points. This week’s block ( on the right) and on the left, next week’s block. 

There were some various sized crumb blocks made also. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful.

I LIKE Thursday. #276

 

Lots to  like today.

Our week started out last Friday, when our granddaughter found us a dog located in South Dakota. The east side of South Dakota. It’s 483 miles, 6 hrs and 45min one way. Mr Busy fell in love with her photo. 

Luckily, our grandson in-law was driving home to Gillette from St Louis and was able to stop and pick her up as soon as the Venmo cleared. We saw her first on Saturday morning. She is 10 weeks old tomorrow and she weighs a bit over 2 lbs. She is a mixed breed, PooChon. Poodle/Bischon 

LeeAnna’s conversation starter for today. 

what is your favorite daily routine? describe it to us... for example wake early when others are asleep for the peace? Make list?

My routine has changed in the last week. I used to get up early, make coffee, work the Wordle and a Sudoku puzzle, then read as many blogs as I could before starting my day. Now the routine involves letting Miss Emily outside to go potty and playing with her while trying to read blogs and do my puzzles! LOL 

Other things to like : our trees are blooming around the town. Mostly flowering crabapples. White and Pink. 

A tree in the yard of Primrose Retirement Center across the street from us. 

View from my kitchen window.

The wild plums have flowered in the lot next door. 

Our son in California has Dogwood blooming. 

I love the flowering trees of Spring. 

Lunch date yesterday at Taco Bell.

Mango Iced Tea, a crunchy chicken wrap for Mr Busy and a Cantina Chicken Bowl for me! Yum!

I’m embroidering initials on Kona Snow or other white in white for small gifts. I have done an “L”, and it was mailed. There is an “S” done and a “C”. The “E” needs to be finished . 

The green and peach polka dots will be sew and flip in the four corners and the backing. 

Joining others at Not Afraid of Color  to share the good stuff!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Stay Healthy and Hopeful!

 

Slow Sunday Stitching March 22nd and April 5th

I just realized I never posted this on the 22nd of March. OMGosh! I’m losing it!

4-22

Here we are. It’s Sunday again. Is it just me or is time flying ?

Our seasonal time change happened a while ago. Then Friday was the Spring Equinox. 

Last week I showed a Finished Stitchery. It is now Fully Finished. It’s a larger dough pillow. Seasonal of course, and now ready to put away til next March. 

I also did a quick Small project for  PQ17. The challenge prompt was Happy Handful! So I stitched up a 

L design from Jenny of Elephantz. Although the patterns are not available any more, I’m sure there are other alphabet patterns out there. It will be a birthday gift for a stitching friend who moved away. 

Today will be for finishing the backstitching on the octopus biscornu. That’s my plan. Sometimes a squirrel runs through my space and completely disrupts my plans! Does that ever happen to you? 

A squirrel came in the form of a visit to the Annual Home Show at our Convention Central. We talked to a couple of remodelers about bathrooms in our home that need to be updated. And a woman stopped me to fix my banks and apply something to the bag under my left eye. I couldn’t get away from her fast enough.  Then we had ice cream. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

April 4th. 

I continued to stitch the backstitching on the pincushion/biscornu.  Then I watched the video on finishing it. Tiny Modernist made it look very simple. So I began. 

And I continued. I’ve rounded the second corner. I’m glad I have magnifiers on my glasses. It’s slow stitching but very doable. 

I stitched another pinnie for another friend. My goal is an initial embroidered pincushion for each member of Thursday Stitchers. I’m three months late, but will get the ones I missed in January- March , very soon. This one is for Ms SKG. 

And today I will do the first of several C’s. They work up pretty quickly, even though considered Slow Stitching. 

Linking up ( I promise) with Kathy at Slow Sunday Stitching today. April 5th

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!