(Formally known as "Come Stitch With Me" )The ramblings of a stay at home mom of 4 kids (1 in Heaven). My Small Cross stitch Business. My love of cross stitching, cooking, photography and my rants on life in general.
Friday, August 24, 2018
Stitches In Heaven
Good afternoon everyone! Some of my customers may be a bit confused as to why they are landing on a blog instead of my shop's webstore. Well, due to costs, I shut down the webstore, and am taking orders through my Facebook Group, Stitches In Heaven, and through email at stitchesinheaven @ gmail . com (no spaces). You have reached Stitches In Heaven at this blog, I will try to keep my blog updated as best I can with new releases, but also with my same old stitching progress as before as "Come Stitch With Me". Thank you all for hanging in there with me!! Sorry for all the confusion during this transfer.
Friday, June 29, 2018
Monday, March 05, 2018
February in Review
I've been doing a lot of stitching this past month. On one project for the most part, lol. I did start a new project, so out goes "The Year of WIPs" for 2018. And another 2 new starts are planned. Only 2 full months into the year and my plan has failed already, lol. Oh well!
So, for February, I worked on Chatelaine's Medieval Town Mandala for the entire month. I made a lot of progress on it during it's rotation time. (Monthly rotation on my 3 Chatelaines). I went from this....
So, for February, I worked on Chatelaine's Medieval Town Mandala for the entire month. I made a lot of progress on it during it's rotation time. (Monthly rotation on my 3 Chatelaines). I went from this....
To this....
I also started a new project in February, Little House Needleworks Farmhouse Christmas. I am stitching all nine of the charts on one piece of fabric using the free border from the Little House Needleworks website.
That's it for February. Now onto March. I've brought out Chatelaine's Celtic Maze Garden to work on, as well as continuing to work on Farmhouse Christmas.
Here is where I am starting out on Celtic Maze Garden...
Thanks for stopping by!
~Rachel~
Monday, February 05, 2018
Another long Blog Break, A New Store, and Some WIPs
I haven't blogged in several months. Again. I'm not often on my computer, and blogging from my phone is not easy. I also never seem to have much to blog about anymore.
So, it's been a rough year. I had a stroke in August, and have had so many tests to find out why because I am only 38 years old. That was an experience I hope never to repeat again. I have had to go through physical therapy and am in the process of applying for disability. I have right sided weakness, which is a pain, I was using a cane for a long time, but physical therapy has helped, and I don't use it near as much anymore. What bothers me most now is my right arm when stitching. I'm left handed, but my right arm is my dominant hand while stitching and it gets weak and tired and sore really quick, making for hard times when I am in the groove and just want to stitch for hours and can't. I hope it will get better over time. My memory and concentration have also suffered from this. I am also tired all the time, which the doctor assured me is normal, and could last for a very long time.
So, onto happier news! I have decided to have a go at a new business!! I have opened up my own online (hopefully in the next few years to be a brick and mortar) needlework shop! It's slow going, and I have such little space in my house for storage I can't keep much inventory, but I am trying very hard. I've had several orders, and they are so fun fulfilling. I hope my customers have been happy with my service. Check out my new shop at www.stitchesinheaven.com, and my shop blog at http://stitchesinheaven.stitchesinheaven.com/.
As stated in the title of the blog, I also have some WIPs to share. I have been doing a year of the WIPs this year. So since January 1 (technically December 31, 2017), I've been stitching on WIPs only. No new starts, though that might change, I want to start something new so bad, lol. Anyway, I started with my old WIP of Chatelaine's Deep Blue Sea Mandala. I stitched on it until January 26th, then I needed to switch it up, and stitch on something else. My eyes were getting tired of the black fabric. BUT, I did finish part 5, started and finished part 6, and started part 8.
The WIP I chose to stitch on next is my oldest Chatelaine I have, Medieval Town Mandala. I put it away after I stitched one set of over one butterflies, I guess that was enough for me at the time, lol. I've stitched on this from January 26th until today, February 5th (and am still going). I've finished all the over one butterflies and am slowly working my way out. I am noticing my arm getting really tired on this one.
And, believe it of not, I actually have some finishes to share!
From the top, Electra by Nora Corbett, under her is The Willow Queen by Nora Corbett, and on the right side is Bella Vita by Nora Corbett. I stitched these three all after my stroke, so from September through December.
Thanks for stopping by! I hope my readers have saved my blog on their lists!
Rachel 💖💖💖
So, it's been a rough year. I had a stroke in August, and have had so many tests to find out why because I am only 38 years old. That was an experience I hope never to repeat again. I have had to go through physical therapy and am in the process of applying for disability. I have right sided weakness, which is a pain, I was using a cane for a long time, but physical therapy has helped, and I don't use it near as much anymore. What bothers me most now is my right arm when stitching. I'm left handed, but my right arm is my dominant hand while stitching and it gets weak and tired and sore really quick, making for hard times when I am in the groove and just want to stitch for hours and can't. I hope it will get better over time. My memory and concentration have also suffered from this. I am also tired all the time, which the doctor assured me is normal, and could last for a very long time.
So, onto happier news! I have decided to have a go at a new business!! I have opened up my own online (hopefully in the next few years to be a brick and mortar) needlework shop! It's slow going, and I have such little space in my house for storage I can't keep much inventory, but I am trying very hard. I've had several orders, and they are so fun fulfilling. I hope my customers have been happy with my service. Check out my new shop at www.stitchesinheaven.com, and my shop blog at http://stitchesinheaven.stitchesinheaven.com/.
As stated in the title of the blog, I also have some WIPs to share. I have been doing a year of the WIPs this year. So since January 1 (technically December 31, 2017), I've been stitching on WIPs only. No new starts, though that might change, I want to start something new so bad, lol. Anyway, I started with my old WIP of Chatelaine's Deep Blue Sea Mandala. I stitched on it until January 26th, then I needed to switch it up, and stitch on something else. My eyes were getting tired of the black fabric. BUT, I did finish part 5, started and finished part 6, and started part 8.
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| Part 5 |
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| Part 6 |
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| Part of Part 8 |
The WIP I chose to stitch on next is my oldest Chatelaine I have, Medieval Town Mandala. I put it away after I stitched one set of over one butterflies, I guess that was enough for me at the time, lol. I've stitched on this from January 26th until today, February 5th (and am still going). I've finished all the over one butterflies and am slowly working my way out. I am noticing my arm getting really tired on this one.
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| All the little over one butterflies finished! |
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| Progress as of last night |
Thanks for stopping by! I hope my readers have saved my blog on their lists!
Rachel 💖💖💖
Sunday, May 07, 2017
Back from a Very Long Blog Vacation
Time sure does fly, doesn't it? I didn't realize it's been a little over two years since I last posted on my poor neglected blog. I really haven't had too much happening. I took a year long stitching hiatus, which I hated. But my stitching bug went away. I just didn't have the desire to stitch, I thought I lost it completely, but I started stitching again this year. I have two new projects and one WIP on the go right now.
First up is the piece that got me back into stitching, Venus by Cross Stitching Art.
Next is a piece by Heaven and Earth Designs, Faces of Faery 74.
My WIP that I restarted working on, but I don't recall if I ever posted in my blog before, is Chatelaine's Celtic Maze Mandala.
On other news, my kids are growing like weeds, and getting older by the minutes. Gabby is now 17, has her driver's license and now drives my truck all over the place. Hunter just celebrated his 12th birthday last month. And little baby Joseph is now three!! They are making me feel so old! We started homeschooling Hunter this year, along with Gabby. This is Gabby's second year of homeschooling, she graduates next year. Hunter thinks he wants to go back to public school next year though. Gabby prefers homeschooling. I do to, her grades went from D's to A's. Hunter's grades have remained consistent to what they were in school, B's and A's. I have noticed though, and I need to let the school know, that he is having a very difficult time with reading comprehension. I guess when you spend the entire day working with your school aged child, rather than have teachers work with them, you learn a lot about their individual educational needs. I'm surprised the teachers haven't picked up on his reading comprehension before. He needs to read aloud, or have me read to him, or he has a very hard time taking in what he reads when he's doing his homework or taking a test. When reading a book for his literature class, he can only read a page or two at a time before he forgets everything he just read.
First up is the piece that got me back into stitching, Venus by Cross Stitching Art.
Next is a piece by Heaven and Earth Designs, Faces of Faery 74.
My WIP that I restarted working on, but I don't recall if I ever posted in my blog before, is Chatelaine's Celtic Maze Mandala.
On other news, my kids are growing like weeds, and getting older by the minutes. Gabby is now 17, has her driver's license and now drives my truck all over the place. Hunter just celebrated his 12th birthday last month. And little baby Joseph is now three!! They are making me feel so old! We started homeschooling Hunter this year, along with Gabby. This is Gabby's second year of homeschooling, she graduates next year. Hunter thinks he wants to go back to public school next year though. Gabby prefers homeschooling. I do to, her grades went from D's to A's. Hunter's grades have remained consistent to what they were in school, B's and A's. I have noticed though, and I need to let the school know, that he is having a very difficult time with reading comprehension. I guess when you spend the entire day working with your school aged child, rather than have teachers work with them, you learn a lot about their individual educational needs. I'm surprised the teachers haven't picked up on his reading comprehension before. He needs to read aloud, or have me read to him, or he has a very hard time taking in what he reads when he's doing his homework or taking a test. When reading a book for his literature class, he can only read a page or two at a time before he forgets everything he just read.
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