Baskets. So many baskets.

Finally put up shelving in my office, I've only been in this house for a bit over 5 years and owned the shelves for 3. Some things just end up taking a back seat to everything else.  I took up basket making a few years ago and several in this photo have been made my me, not all, but several. I have not been super busy being creative this year, the weight of the world has been getting to me but here's a few from the last couple of years....

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Once a year update - winter

 Looks like I never updated again. Sometimes I miss blogging. I recently deleted the social media apps from my phone but still want to see what fun things others' are up too. There's still blogs out there it just seems a bit harder to find nowadays with the socials as options. I've been looking around discord which seems to have replace forums too. I'll find my people. Maybe I need to start prioritizing going to guild meetings again! Here's...

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Temari #14

 I haven't updated this blog in over 6 years, but I was thinking it could be a nice place to keep some of my temari records or some weaving records. I do keep a pretty extensive OneNote notebook with all of my projects and I do keep a lot on instagram as well, but I kind of miss blogs. Or at least long format posts. Here's a temari I stitched during a stitch along. It's called "Striped Obi" and it's from Barbara Suess's book, Japanese Temari....

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Quilting

Hi my cross stitch friends! I've been MIA for a really long time now, mostly because my cross stitch progress has been pitiful. Really, it's because I have started quilting. I bought another domain so I could do my quilt things in a blog type form as well, but then I never got around to it. I thought it might be nice to share some of my more recent projects here anyway. Maybe it'll be a xStitchHaven - Cross Stitch and Quilting Blog. :) My King...

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Mayyyyynia?

Hi all! I'm back with my monthly update. I think monthly updates are working much better for me now. I tried to get it in around the 15th, but this month has been a bit crazy (aren't they all?) Anyways, it's May[nia] and I decided to start 2 new projects! Go me! :) First is Little House Needleworks' Gingerbread(wo)man. If you've been here for... 2 years, you'll know I made this for my husband in 2014 with plans to make one for myself as well. I'm...

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Spring updates!

Hi all! Today is a gray and rainy day, but yesterday the sun was shining so I managed to take some decent pictures! I guess I've been busy since my last update (the pictures tell me so) but I don't feel like I've had much stitching time. We've just been so busy! My husband is away for work this week, so last night I made dinner, did my nails, watched Mr Selfridge & stitched. Not all at the same time clearly, but I did get some more progress...

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March Update

First off, Happy St Patrick's Day! I'm not Irish (or maybe I am for just today?) but I do have a table cloth that's got clovers on it, so I totally count that as holiday decor! I haven't gotten much stitching done recently honestly. We've been busy making friends and going to the gym. Tonight we're headed out to a Meetup.com event for board games. It's being held at a local cider place. Maybe we'll make some friends there. I finished the R I was...

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Stitchy Project Bag!

Hi ya'll! Probably didn't expect to see me back so soon. :)  I have a couple things to show you (instead of my usual 0 progress). First off is some stitchy progress: Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery - Pumpkin Passport Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery - Pumpkin Passport I made a few changes to the pattern, nothing too serious though. I changed the girls hair to some Weeks Dye Works cocoa (I think) to match my own a bit better, I'm also a fan...

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