Cross Stitch Update: February 27th, 2026

I tried to get all the stitching time in that I could this week. I didn’t get my usual amount, though. It’s birthday week here at the Kramers. Gannon and Georgia both had birthdays…and Kayla was home with Jasper for a few days. Kelli stayed over and had a mom/daughter/grandkid day. It was fun. I’ll tell you more about that in upcoming blog posts.

I was on a roll with my Garden Club series from Blackbird Designs. Here is where I was when you last saw it.

My plan was to finish the third block and start on the next one in the column. I did finish the third block. Here it is…

I had pulled floss for my next Garden Club series block, but I decided not to start that one and stitch a different block instead. I am going to stitch the gardener lady.

 I am stitching this on Atomic Ranch’s Frieze in 40 count. It has a bit of pink and green mottling. The colors get changed as needed. I always try to pick something close to the called for DMC if the original color no longer looks good.

I’m hoping to jump back into this in the upcoming week.

I also worked on the freebie from La-D-Da. Here is where I was last week…

 I am stitching this on the back side of a piece of 40-count Vintage Country Mocha. I just had a little start.

You can find the free chart HERE.

Here is where I am now.

The more I look at this, the more I plan to rip out the outer border that is a line. Any line borders make projects so much harder to finish, as keeping the lines straight is hard.

Most of my time went into Hannah Wallace from With Thy Needle and Thread. Here is where I was last week…

If you remember, I am stitching this for my niece Jody, who passed away seven years ago from breast cancer. She was truly like a sister to me.

Last week I figured out that two of the motifs were over one. I had no desire to stitch them. I decided instead to modify the sample and personalize it even more.

Above is the picture I snapped midweek to show my daughter Kelli. I added a house as Jody loved home and all she ever wanted was to be the best mom and wife, and to operate the home smoothly. I added a cross as she was religious. I put in the larger called for heart, but changed the colors to be a combo of pink and blue to represent her and her husband, David. I added five smaller hearts in either pink or blue to represent her five kids, 2 girls, and 3 boys. I also added in a tiny pincushion, as Jody was very crafty.

I decided to stop there and put in the personalized name and years. Then I might add something else depending on spacing. I have an idea to add a crown but will wait to see if there is room.

I went on and finished the large alphabet.

Right now, I am in need of a thread that is thinner to do the over one stitching. This is on hold until I get one.

I also pulled my Serenity projects from Teresa Kogut. Here is where I was when you last saw it.

I only stitched on this one day while I was getting Anders to fall asleep at nap time.

I’m starting to put in the landmarks for the bottom section of this. I’m so excited, as it seems like the piece will be coming together and giving me more places to stitch from. I am not putting this piece into my full rotation yet; I’m only working on it here and there.

I’m still watching market releases…Two more came that interested me… This cute Statue of Liberty…

You can’t see from the picture but all around the design are the words from the statue…”Give me your tired…”

and the new release from Blackbird Designs.

Of course, I would love this!! It’s blocks…it’s Blackbird Designs. End of list. I love it!

That gives me a few more pieces to add to my consideration list. Off-da. I’m going to have trouble deciding. Market is just around the corner, so I’d better get to deciding.

I hope those of you who cross stitch had a great week of progress!!