Thursday, November 23, 2023

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

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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. 

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

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.

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

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!



Wednesday, November 8, 2023

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.

Saturday, November 4, 2023

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!

Friday, November 3, 2023

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.

Thursday, November 2, 2023

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!