100 Days of Stitch Meditations 2025 #35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40/100

 Six more stitch meditations from this week! Haven't done one yet today, but I've got some scraps out and ready! 

#35-recycled fabrics and perle cotton thread-Loving the text sailboat!

#36-recycled scraps, a red button, and perle cotton thread

#37-recycled scraps and the paisley is from my old pajama pants, a thread tassel, and perle cotton thread

#38-recycled fabrics with a butterfly cut from an old curtain, perle cotton thread

#39-recycled fabrics with a tea dyed cotton scrap, a rust dyed piece, and a snippet from my old blue shirt, perle cotton thread-This is one of my favorites! It's so calming!

#40-recycled scraps and a piece of my old striped shirt with perle cotton thread

Only 60 more to go! Fun stuff! Fun to do, and fun to look at all the others in the FB group! 

It's clouding up again, supper is almost ready, and I'm tired, so I will hopefully see you in the next post!

Thanks for visiting! Take care!

Days 30, 31 March n 1, 2, 3, 4 April 2025

 This week's sketches are a bit erratic. I guess I got a little lazy, but I still managed to get a sketch, or two, a day done, so, yay, me! :)

Day 30 (top two)-Stitch meditation #35 and a squiggly girl also escaped my head-Zig Writer marker

Day 31 (bottom two)-Stitch Meditation #36 plus a quick little neuroart tangle just for fun-Zig Writer and Tombow watercolor markers (pink)

The last two days of March!

Days 1 of April (top)-Neuroart tangle and another squiggle girl-Zig Writer and Tombow wc (pink) markers

Days 2 (bottom)-Squiggle girl in glasses- Zig Writer

Day 3 (bottom)-Another squiggle girl- Zig and Tombow markers

Day 4-I've been trying to sketch at night while watching TV, which is distracting and accounts for the smaller simpler sketches, so this morning I went back to morning sketching. 

I had a photo of a field of sheep that I made on our road trip out west in 2019, and this one was standing by the fence in sage grass near the road, backlit, so I made an attempt to sketch him. They had been shorn, so they looked a bit naked. Not great, but at least he resembles a sheep. I'm going to try more sheep tomorrow!

We've had another wild week of weather in middle TN. Tornados, flooding, severe storms everywhere, and we barely dodged a bullet where we live! And it's not over yet. More to come tonight and tomorrow. Scary stuff!

Take care and stay safe, and I'll try to do the same! 

100 Days of Stitch Meditations 2025 March-#29. 30, 31, 32, 33, 34/100

 This week's stitch meditations, so far. March is almost gone! So far I'm managing to keep up, but it's getting a little harder to keep up two 100 day projects and posting! Thank goodness I'm nearing the finish line with the sketching! As much as I enjoy doing them, I'm getting a little burned out! But I'm going to try to stay with it! Because I committed to it, and despite the interruptions I'm going to try to keep up!

#29-scrap cotton base, piece of an old sheet, and perle cotton thread

#30-recycled scraps and perle cotton thread

#31-cotton scrap base, rayon cotton red scrap from an old blouse, rose from a vintage hanky, buttons, and perle cotton thread

#32-cotton scrap base, piece of kitchen curtain, perle cotton threads

#33-cotton scraps base and cat, a piece of netting, and perle cotton thread

#34-Cotton scraps, a piece of an old sheet, a word from word print cotton, and perle cotton thread

All I have so far for this post!

We had our 55th wedding anniversary the 27th of this week. We didn't plan anything special, but some dear friends came for a visit, which we enjoyed very much, and they didn't even know it was our anniversary! By the grace of God we've made it through 55 years of marriage, plus a few years of friendship before that. Thankful!

Another milestone come and gone. 

Hope you are enjoying my stitches and sketches as much as I'm enjoying making them! My last sketches were of my stitch meditations, so they are doing double duty! 

Take care of you!

Days 26,28,29 Sketches 2025 March

 So I got lazy about finding stuff to sketch and started sketching my stitch meditations, except for the flower, which is from our living room rug. 

I missed  days 24, 25, 27, so three more days will be added onto the 100 days. I'm doing them a month at a time, so these are for March, and that's why they're numbered like they are. I've actually done 108 sketches since January 1 in 80 days, because I missed 8 days, which means that I still lack 28 days making it 100. 

I have to admit that I'm getting a little burned out trying to do two 100 day challenges at the same time, but I'm going to try to stay with it. It has helped me a lot, and I'm nearing the finish line!

Day 26-I missed a couple of days of sketching, so I sketched four of my stitch meditations. All are in ink from either a Zig Writer pen or a gel pen in my sketchbook.

Day 28 and 29-The flower is from our living room rug and the other three are stitch meditations that I've just completed.

It's rather fun to stitch the fabrics together in color, then turn around and sketch them in ink!

Thanks for visiting! Stay safe and make something imperfect!

100 Days of Stitch Meditations 2025-#24, 25, 26, 27, 28/100

 Also a short post! This is the last five out of six that I've done the last few days! The last one was stitched after I scanned these in, so it will make the next post. Only seventy-nine more to go. Hope you guys don't get tired of seeing these!

24/100-recycled fabrics, tea dyed cotton, linen from a pants suit of mine, a scrap from a red rayon? shirt I once wore, a thread nest, all stitched with red cotton crochet thread

25/100-recycled fabrics-a paisley base cut from an old pair of cotton pajama pants, a turquoise cotton scrap with a sheen, and a tea dyed cotton scrap, perle cotton thread

26/100-recycled fabrics-old paisley pajama pants, turquoise cotton sheen scrap, print fabric words, perle cotton threads

27/100-recycled fabrics- paisley pajama pants, scrap from an old kitchen curtain, perle cotton thread

28/100-recycled fat quarter cotton scraps and perle cotton thread

I really like the first one and the last one, because they are peaceful and calming. The middle three are too busy and chaotic, but maybe that's how I was feeling when I was stitching.

Anyway, each one was an adventure!

See ya next post! Take care of you, and create something fun!

Days 19, 21, 22, 23 Sketches 2025 March

 Short post, as it's been busy around here! I'm behind two days of sketching and stitching! These are the last four I've done though!

Days 19 and 20-The same mug as in the sketches post before in different positions and gel pen.

Day 20-Missed doing a sketch

Days 22 and 23-The same angel, without her wings, that I sketched in a previous post, just back to back and sitting in a different place, also in a gel pen.

It's getting a bit harder to keep up doing one a day, especially with the weather being so beautiful outside!

Take care!

100 Days of Stitch Meditations 2025-#22, 23/100

 The last two stitch meditations scanned!

22/100-recycled fabrics, including vintage handkerchiefs, and perle cotton thread-The one daisy looked like it ad a little face, so I gave her a little yellow dress!

23/100-recycled fabrics and perle cotton threads-The cat is from a recycled ironing board cover.

The stitching is affecting my rotator cuff more and more, and is affecting my sleep now, so I may have to take a break to see if that helps. I also may have to get my stretch strap from physical therapy back out and do the exercises for it again. I don't want another shot if I can help it, as much as I hate the exercise time.

I have two more done that I didn't get scanned yet, which makes 25, so I only lack 75 to complete the project. I love it, so I hope I can keep going!

The UPS has just brought us a new popcorn popper (we wore our old on out), so I'm going to check it out, and probably try it out later!

Thanks for visiting! Take care of you!