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 did this one for Allen. The pattern is by BasicStitchesDesign on Etsy. He immediately hung it up in his office!

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.

This is a cute squirrel one from Bad Witch on Etsy.

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!

Way Back Wednesday!

This pattern is by Alicia Watkins on Etsy. It's Dexter. Of course.

I think this one is from The Witchy Stitcher.

I copied this one of Totoro from Pinterest.

Stitches of Christmas Past

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

For Krisy

For Donna

For Heidi

For Juu

For Leslie

For Anja

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.

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.

Cryptids

The Witchy Stitcher has such cool stitch alongs. I have purchased 3 or 4 and I never go by the rules. I don't do them as one big piece, for example, and I don't do them on time. I purchased the Cryptids one and have done like... 3 out of the 16. I think it came out like 4 years ago or so... anyway, here they all are, in all of their glory! Mothman!

Jersey Devil!

Enfield Horror!

Nightcrawler!

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!