The Stitching Grandma: November 2020

Monday, November 30, 2020

Naughty November - Part 4

Naughty November is the brainchild of Rachel at Ten Hour Stitcher and Tiff at Tiffstitches where you work on a new project every weekend in November. You can go to Rachel's blog (click the link) to see what others worked on. I'm also doing a start every day in November and December so here are my starts for the week.

11/24 & 11/25 - Christmas Snow Globes (Durene Jones)

11/26 - 11/29 - Christmas Kittens (Design Works Kit)

I also had two finishes this week.

Winter Retro Car - Start #4

Santa Paws - Start #11

Well, Naughty November is no more, but I still have 32 starts left til the end of the year. I'm choosing them as I go so I'm always looking forward to see what I choose next.

Friday, November 27, 2020

Smalls SAL - Catch Up Post

It's the last Friday of the month so it's time to post the small projects we've stitched during the month. This SAL is hosted by Mary at Mary's Thread. Thank you Mary for continuing to host this SAL. You can click the link for more information and/or to see what small projects others have stitched.

I haven't posted for this SAL since August, so I decided to post all four months together.

August, 2020 - This was a normal stitching month for me as I hadn't lost my MOJO yet.

October Owl - Leslie Teare

Crimson Cardinal - Mill Hill

Rainbow Dash - My Little Pony


Merry & Bright - 2017 JCS Ornament Issue (Lucie Heaton)


November Owl - Leslie Teare


Snow Fun - Mill Hill

September -This was a Mill Hill only month with very little other stitching.

Violin - Mill Hill

Reindeer Games - Mill Hill

Dracula - Mill Hill

October - I did even less stitching in October, but did manage to finish two that were needed for gifts.

Welcome Owl for Q4OC

Tea Mug for Astrid's Dad

November, 2020 - I regained my Stitching Mojo in November by joining the 2020 Christmasitis SAL where we start a new project everyday in November and December. You can see my starts in other posts, but here are my finishes.

Started: 5/28/2020

Finished: 11/3/2020

Total Stitching Time: 6 hours 21 minutes

This is Holiday Panda from the Mill Hill Winter Holiday Collection. It's stitched on the provided white perforated paper as charted (except for a couple of unintentional customizations) with the provided floss.

Started: 11/7/2020

Finished: 11/8/2020

Total Stitching Time: 3 hours 47 minutes

This is the Christmas Roadster from from Cross Stitch Crazy #261, designed by Cheryl McKinnon. It was my seventh start for the Christmasitis SAL on Facebook. It's stitched on white 14-count Aida as charted with most of the called for colors. I did change the color of the car, the trunk of the tree and the tail light.

Started: 11/6/2020

Finished: 11/11/2020

This is the Jolly Pickup Truck from Crazy #261, designed by Cheryl McKinnon. It was my sixth start for the Christmasitis SAL on Facebook. It's stitched on white 14-count Aida as charted with the called for colors except that I changed the color of the truck from yellow to red.

Started: 11/12/2020

Finished: 11/14/2020

Total Stitching Time: 6 hours 13 minutes

This is The Holly and the Ivy stocking from an older issue of Cross Stitch Crazy. It was designed by Diane Machin and was my 12th start for the Christmasitis SAL. It's stitched on 14-count silver flecked Aida as charted with the called for DMC.

Started: 11/2/2020

Finished: 11/16/2020

Total Stitching Time: 4 hours 54 minutes

This is Gingerbread Santa from the Winter 2015 Cross Stitch and Needlework magazine. It was designed by Barbara Sestok and was my second start for the Christmasitis SAL. It's stitched on brown perforated paper as charted and with most of the called for DMC. The only exception is that I couldn't find my 435 so instead of the borders being 435 and 436, they're 436 and 437.

Started: 11/11/2020

Finished: 11/23/2020

Total Stitching Time: 6 hours 52 minutes

Santa Paws was in Cross Stitch Crazy #260 and was designed by Lucie Heaton. It was the 11th start for the Christmasitis SAL. It's stitched on white 14-count perforated plastic as charted with the called for DMC. The only change I made was to stop the whiskers at the edge of the stitching so it would be easier to cut out. This one will definitely be staying here with me!

Started: 11/4/2020

Finished: 11/27/2020

Total Stitching Time: 4 hours 8 minutes

This is the Winter Retro Car, better known as a Volkswagon Beetle. It's also from Cross Stitch Crazy #261 and designed by Cheryl McKinnon. It's stitched on white 14-count Aida as charted with the called for DMC, except that I did change the color of the car from orange to red. In retrospect, I should have left it orange and made it into a Christmas card for my brother who used to own an orange VW.

Monday, November 23, 2020

Naughty November Update - Part 3

11/16 - Away in a Manger (Cross Stitch Crazy #? (Diane Machin)

11/17 - O Christmas Tree (Cross Stitch Crazy #? (Diane Machin)

11/18- 11/21 - Season's Greetings (Enjoy Cross Stitch Christmas #? (Debra Page)

11/22 - 11/23 - Christmas Snow Globes (Durene Jones)

I only had one finish this week:

Gingerbread Santa

Monday, November 16, 2020

Naughty November Update - Part 2

Naughty November is the brainchild of Rachel at Ten hour Stitcher and Tiff at Tiffstitches where you work on a new project every weekend in November. You can go to Rachel's blog (click the link) to see what others worked on.

Since I've already joined the 2020 Christmasitis group on Facebook where we start a new project everyday in November and December, I decided to join here as well. Here are my starts for the week.

11/10 - Holiday Town Car (Cross Stitch Crazy #261 - Cheryl McKinnon)