Mary's Thread – Using every spare moment to stitch all the things

01/13/2026

Hope

Hope is almost done! That sounds depressing but it isn’t because it means the first finish of 2026 is in sight! Like all Drawn Thread patterns, this one has a small amount of specialty stitches in it, and that’s always fun for me. I might get it finished up tonight or tomorrow.

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01/04/2026

A New Start for January

I decided on Emily’s Hope by The Drawn Thread as my first project for 2026. Here is my work for this first week of the year, displayed on Sophie who isn’t normally a lap cat but was today. I “hope” I’ll have it done by later this week…I have a little (ha ha who are we kidding…a medium to large) […]

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12/30/2025

December = Felt Ornaments

December was a whirlwind in our household with numerous concerts and recitals and plays and holiday events. Christmas decorations went up in due course, we did a ton of baking and candy making, shopping, wrapping, playing games, listening to way too much pop Christmas carols (because 3 teenagers), and all the end of year wrap up. I was able to […]

Finished 2025! 0 1 min read

11/12/2025

WIPs progress

I’ve been true to my 2 samplers, Red and Green Carnations and Mary Ellen Turner. Straight forward stitching on both of these…though I’m getting closer to picky counting work on Mary Ellen. Look! I matched up the border! I had made a couple small errors but happily they were easily corrected and my border matched. I was so excited I […]

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10/27/2025

WIP shortlist

I have lots of WIPS. Too many! I have 2 ideas about them for the rest of my 2025 stitching. My first idea is what can I finish?! Wouldn’t it be great to get in another good finish this year? Which WIPS qualify for that?? My other idea is what do I really want to stitch on? Even if it […]

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10/20/2025

Stitching In Hawaii

My family was blessed enough to get a week long vacation on the Big Island of Hawaii last week! and I personally was blessed with good stitching time during it! We stayed at a beautiful resort and did many fun things….snorkeling, swimming in the pool and at the beach, eating good treats, driving around to see waterfalls and the Volcano […]

Vacation Stitching 2 3 min read

09/28/2025

Dorcas Haynes: Ta Dah!

The finish was a quiet breath as I pulled tight the last stitch and buried my thread in the back. No big feelings, just a pleasant satisfaction that I did it. And I am 2 days shy of month’s end which means I judged my time very well and didn’t have to rush or compromise to finish my goal. That, […]

Finishes of 2025! 2 1 min read

09/22/2025

Dorcas Check In

Friends, I can just about taste that finish of Dorcas. This is the penultimate check in…I am sure the next time I photograph Dorcas she will be finished. I finished the Satin Stitch Band above, and below shows my improvement of the color in “Like”…the left hand picture shows the final and the right hand picture shows the anemic pink […]

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09/15/2025

This weekend’s work…after the weekend

Checking the “to do’s” off on Dorcas this weekend… I also reorganized and tidied up my threads and my 2 (!) project bags I use for Dorcas and selected the colors for the upcoming work. I still need to pick the colors for the bullion knot flower centers. That won’t be hard. I just didn’t do it yet. During the […]

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09/13/2025

This week’s work…before the weekend…

Hello…and here we are 12 days into September…I have finished Dorcas’ inscription, I have charted and stitched my name inscription band, and I have started the satin stitched vine. Since my name inscription is on there now, we can see how big the project is…my name band is the end of the project. You can see I have plenty of […]

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