She stole by broccoli. Casserole recipe. 8 years ago &. Claimed it wa hers.

My sister introduced me to Lubalin, who takes random internet drama and turns into songs and it's hysterical. I was THRILLED to happen upon this cross stitch from one of his songs... Check the song out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWyOrbpGCpE&list=PL5kcMJeMq5L3cLvhALY22yR_ee67_Oj7e&index=2

 Pattern by CrossStitchWithArt.

2023 Remaining Stitches

I always stitch up a storm during the holidays, and here are the rest of the pieces I did this year. 

I purchased a Creepy Christmas Village Stitch Along by Lola Crow Cross Stitch on Etsy and... I ACTUALLY KEPT UP WITH IT! Here are the pieces I did.  All of these Creepy Christmas pieces are done on aida that I dyed myself.

This is a cute squirrel one from Bad Witch on Etsy.  I also dyed this piece of aida.

And here are a couple more that I did, random ones from patterns I have purchased and that I found online:

I'm sure I'll be back next year with some more of these. Happy almost New Year!

Hallow-mas

I found out that my sister's BFF from high school, Becca, is coming for Christmas, so I wanted to have something to give to her. I love Becca, she's probably my favorite of my sister's friends. She is a huge Halloween fan, and I came across this cute pattern by StitchSprout on Etsy and thought it would be perfect. I can't wait to give it to her!  Aida was dyed by me.

Stitches of Christmas Past

Here are some of the things I stitched for the holiday last year. This is just a cute little chipmunk= Pattern by PearlShoreCat:

For Krisy

For Donna

For Heidi

For Leslie

For Anja- Pattern by PixieHillStudio

Chopping Mall Stitch Along

There is a movie that was made in the 80s called Chopping Mall. It was about rogue security robots going wild in a mall and killing people. The Witchy Stitcher created a horror-themed stitch along and named it after the movie. And as always, I have only done a few of the patterns. But that's okay. Here they are! Til Death- Bride of Chucky- I know I posted this before but it really belongs here.  I dyed the aida for all of these myself!

Costume Shop- Leatherface and Michael Myers

Sleep Store- Freddie

Older Ornaments- 2021

Kitty in Window- MissHeadStitchInCharge

I did this cute one for my friend Juu and she sent me an action shot.

I did this one for my sister who doesn't really like Christmas but since she has a kid, she has to pretend. She does like skulls.  StitchXLove created this pattern.

Bigfoot's Big Stocking- Lola Crow Cross Stitch

Bad Witch Altar- TheBadWitchCrafts

I did these for my Granny, as her favorite color was blue. 

More Past Stitches

I found this one on Pinterest and thought it was super cute. I made it to hang in the kitchen.

I found this pattern on Pinterest as well. I made it and I didn't have a Christmas tree for a long time, so I just had it. I gave it to my Mom. She loves it.

I may have posted this one. I thought I was really clever back in 2012. I had a cross stitch app on my phone and this is where I got the pattern for the people.

This one I made for Haylan and Eric, my campy friends in 2011, I think. And they are also camp-y. HA! See what I did there? I can't remember where I got this pattern but I'm impressed that I started cross stitching and pretty quickly decided to use black aida, and I actually did a pretty good job on black aida. It's notoriously a little tricky.

Random Stitches for a Kind of Chilly Day

Catching up on some more older pieces. Just a little witchy quote...

I found this one on Pinterest and thought it was really good. See how smart I was to choose a piece of aida that was too small? UGH. I gotta stop that.

Sometimes I want to stitch nice things, and sometimes, I wish we could all just be nice to each other. I found this one on Pinterest.

I created this one from the American Horror Story alphabet pattern.

I got this pattern from MENonWOOLx on Etsy (I promise I purchase more patterns than I have copied!). It kept me busy for a bit during lockdown. Lockdown... what a wild time to be alive.

Cross Stitch for Couples- Don't do it!

I was asked to make this cross stitch by a work colleague. I used the Stitch People pattern. Unfortunately, Kellee and Mason are no longer a couple, so I'm sure this is long gone, which makes me sad. But I get it. I have to stop making cross stitch patterns for couples!

Last of The New Embroideries (for Now)

I finished up a few embroidery patterns last week, all from Bees Knees Industries. This one is from the Facebroideries set.

These two are from the Animal Expressions set.

I think I did okay for not really having done much hand embroidery in a while. While I do like to do embroidery, I think I just prefer cross stitch. However, I do miss doing embroidery now and then and I would like to get good at it again so maybe I'll do an embroidery for every few cross stitch patterns I do. I dunno.

Catch Yerself On!

We are big Derry Girls fans in this house. If you've not seen it, it's a comedy/drama from BBC that takes place in Derry, Ireland in the 1990s and follows 4 girls and a guy through their misadventures. It's super cute and very funny. Judging from the ages they are supposed to be, they were around the same age I was in the early-to-mid 90s, so it's also very nostalgic to me.  

One of the phrases they use a lot is "Catch Yerself On!", which means "Get a grip" or "Don't be silly", along that vein. I created this pattern and knocked it up watching Tourist Trap (the horror movie from 1979).  I'm quite proud of it!  

Baby, baby, babaaaay.

When I started embroidering, I had a lot of friends who were having babies, so I had an opportunity to outfit them in onesies with cute embroideries, and I was so pleased to see them wearing them from time to time! Here are some I made back in the day: This one is by Jim Goodring x Sublime Stitching

These are also patterns from Sublime Stitching. Her patterns are so sweet and perfect for stuff like this.

I created this pattern for a friend. They found this question on Google: "How is Babby formed?" So I thought of random funny things that we could possibly throw into a mix to "form" a "babby"... I dunno, maybe you just had to be there.

And finally, I created this one using just a basic banner and a guitar from a Sublime Stitching pattern. I don't know what it means.. it's just what my friend requested!

The Internet is Funny

The internet is full of such hilarity. Life is too short for bad coffee. This pattern is from cseneque on Etsy.

I made this for my pot head friend. Pattern by IvieStitches on Etsy.

Jesus ain't say that about a lot of things. Pattern by SnarkandStitchDesign on Etsy.

During the pandemic, there was a Japanese theme park that said while on their rides, to refrain from screaming and spreading Covid. They asked, instead, that you "Please scream inside your heart". I love the Japanese. Pattern by OctopusKnitting on Etsy.