Magical Stitches Update - Year 3 Week 3

I joined the Facebook Group Magical Stitches and Literature in March 2019. The group is reading and Stitching group.
The group is current reading Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azaban. There are weekly challenges that themed to match the story.


This Week's Challenge is called Magical Chocolate
 1.  Put 300 Stitches is chocolate colored Thread. I stitch on Counrty Cottage Needlework Santa's Village Santa's House

Starting Point

 Stopping Point

Part 2 was to put 300 Stitches in a project  that has a creature with Claws or Talons. I choose to work on the The Frost Pumpkin Stitchary Black Hat Society https://www.thefrostedpumpkinstitchery.com/products/black-hat-society-pdf-cross-stitch-pattern

Thank you for taking the time to read this blog post.  I hope everyone finds time to craft  and read each week. 

Hugs , Cathi

Magical Stitches - Harry Potter Year 3 Week 1

I joined the Facebook Group Magical Stitches and Literature in March 2019. The group is reading and Stitching group.
The group is current reading Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azaban. There are weekly challenges that themed to match the story. I had to join the group. I am hopping to knock out some of my WIPs.

I started my listening to the Audio book of Harry Potter and Prison of Azagaban. I really enjoy listening to Jim Daly read.  This has a lot of challenges both Weekly and Extra Credit homework.

This Week's Challenge since i didn't post a WIP page in time . I had to do pentity stitches.
I choose to work on HAED A Little Light of Reading

Starting Point

 Stopping point

My Hope is post each week  my progress. Thank you for taking the time to read this blog post. 

I hope everyone finds time to craft  and read each week. 

Hugs , Cathi 

Stitch Around the World Update

I have been part of  StitchTalk , which is a FB group for Stitching Challenges focusing on patterns from Heaven and Earth Designs ( HAED) . I have participated for the past year and Half.  I have a habit of adjusting the challenge to give myself enjoyment and avoid burn out. Recently these challenges have a prize element but i chose to stitch along but not for the prized. The ultimate goal is work on the Large projects and make progress. A stitch is one stitch closer to finish. Finishing a HAED is not quick process. It is more like Marathon. I am crazy enough to have 4 HAED in my rotation. I might be lucky to finish two  of them by time Oliver goes to College in ten years those are the smaller ones.

This year's challenge is year long challenge  called Stitch Around the world.

For the Stitch Around the World Challenge , I have been working on Heaven and Earth Designs A Stitch in Time Ornament. I have changed this challenge from a daily challenge to a weekly challenge. I have deviant from the original challenge as posted in StitchTalk. I am still enjoying my journey.

Here is my starting point as of Jan 1 , 2019

Here is the progress after completing Leg 1 London to Paris  which was completed on Jan 3.2019

Here is the progress after completing Leg 2 Paris to Turin ( 775 Stitches) which was completed on Jan 5, 2019

Here is the progress after completing  Leg 3 Turin to Brindisi ( 1115 Stitches)  which was completed on Jan 15,2019

Here is the progress after completing Leg 4 Brindisi to Suez ( 3727 Stitches)  which was completed on March 25,2019

The next leg of the journey  Leg 5 Suez to Aden (2999 Stitches) .

Thank you for taking the time to read this blog post.  

I hope everyone finds time to craft  and read each week. 

Hugs , Cathi