I’ve decided to try out WordPress just in case Google+ decides to remove Blogger as well. Welcome to my Blog 🙂

Thanks for joining me!
East Coast Stitcher xxx

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

My Christmas wish is that I hope that everyone has a safe and happy holiday with family and friends!
Oh and sneak a little stitching in here and there….xxxxx

 Been working on Stockings and a small cardinal ornament that I modified from a pattern called Cardinal Ribbon from Better Homes and Gardens ” A Cross Stitch Christmas” ©1996

Picture from the Book and partially stitched ornament ^

Also getting another Better Homes and Garden book. It’s in the mail to me now.
 A Cross Stitch Christmas – A Season for Stitching ©2002
Kind of thinking of collecting these but not quite sure yet as I have several…ok ok tons of patterns still needing to be stitched but I can’t resist something with Cardinals  and Santa in it. 😉

This is one of a few I have planned on stitching this year and into next year. Goal is to have more Cardinals on my Christmas Tree next year.

Stocking #3 Christmas Eve progress- working on this one this week.

Stocking #1 Winter Wildlife Christmas.

Stocking #2 A Celtic Christmas. 1 more large
band to finish

Also working on a pattern from StitchX Cross Stitch Designs. you can find the shop at StitchX Cross Stitch Designs – Craftsy

One last thing to show is a small haul from  my birthday 12-16-2018

My Sister-In-Law has for the past few years sent me a Amazon Gift card for my Birthday, This year I found a medium size cross stitch chart that will work with all my Christmas decorations among others that I am working on.
This one I am planning on stitching  on 18 count Aida -color is Oatmeal. The size on 18 ct. is 13 3/4 inches wide x 4 inches high.
If you stitch this on the called for 28 ct. 2over2 it would be 17 3/4″w x 5″ h
There’s also “Spring in the Village” book 415 , “Summer in the Village”book 416 and “Autumn in the Village”book 417

 Stoney Creek Collection Book 418  Winter in the Village.

 This pattern can be found on Amazon and several other sites like –
 Stoney Creek Collections
123Stitch
Joann online store
To name a few. 

Happy Stitching and May you have smokin’ needles…xxx

Hello All, I am sorry for not posting in a while. Work has been really busy and what spare time I could find in the evenings , I have been stitching.  Warning this is Picture Heavy—-

Luminaria Lane by Hands On Design. I have chose my own colors for this and may stitch it again but  with called for colors(DMC) at another time. I’ll post again once I have finished it with my chosen colors listed.

Stocking #1 Winter Wildlife Christmas pages 1 & 2 done. I’ll start on page 3 when it comes up in rotation.

Stocking #2 Celtic Christmas. Next band up in 3 large stars so far it’s been an easy stitch. I have changed and will change some of the colors as I continue stitching. Chosen colors will be listed for this when I have finished it as well. They are all DMC threads.

Stocking #3 Christmas Eve. Also a easy stitch. I am using the called for colors DMC. Top floor and 2nd bedroom finished.

Next up is a finish. Lady Liberty 1776 by Shelly Auen of Primitive Stitchin. You can find her shop on Etsy @ Primitive Stitchin
I also have Uncle Sam 1776 as well I am planning on starting soon.

This is stitched on Osnaburg Linen I found at my local Hobby Lobby, lots of fuzz on it but it stitched up fine
1 over 2

Plan to start “Peace on Earth” by Cottage Garden Samplings. you can find the shop  on Etsy @ Cottage Garden Samplings
I’ll be stitching it using DMC Threads and maybe a couple of changes. I have yet to decide. Will be stitched on my own hand dyed fabric 14 ct. Aida Pearl Grey, it’s a little darker than the pic.

Next plan is to finally finish these 2 Cardinals into little pillows with this fabric and ricrac I found at Hobby Lobby.

That’s all for now. I hope this finds everyone doing well and staying cool
Happy Stitching and May you have smokin’ needles…xxx

COMMENT/BLOG EMAIL ISSUES FIXED

This is how to get comments made on your blog go to your email address again.

Go to your dashboard,
 click on settings,
 click on email,
 remove your emails in the comment notification email box
click save
retype your email in the box click save again.
 Then you will get an email from Blogger with an invitation to receive comment notification,
 click on SUBSCRIBE and you should start receiving emails again. Hope this helps.

Hope this helps… Please pass it on
 Now off to work….
Happy Stitching ! East Coast Stitcher

 According to Blogger Help Forum. They are working on a fix as of June 1,2018. Post/Reply to a comment from a blogger was this :

Jun 1

Hello everyone,

    If you have commented on any post I have made please bear with me. I’m not getting any email notifications and I’m going to have to go over each post on Tuesday and I will respond to each. I’m not sure what’s going on between Blogger and Google but I do hope they get the issues fixed ASAP.

Happy Stitching and May you have smokin’ needles…xxx

Hello All, I hope this finds everyone doing well. I haven’t really had much time to post to blogger so please bear  with me and know that I do appreciate each and every one of you.

This is going to be picture heavy because I have reorganized part of my craft room, put away projects and found projects plus I am working on my rotation pieces Stocking #1 Winter Wildlife Christmas, #2 Celtic Christmas and #3 Christmas Eve. Plus started a new Special project I only work on on Saturdays so it’s known as Saturday Special Project and Sunday Smalls.

Pictures of my reorganization : Wips in my rotation                        

3 bottom shelves are DMC full line of solids, Special threads, etc..
2nd shelf is wips that I plan on stitching , and my yarn & plastic canvas crafts
 Top  shelf is fabrics and kits

Now onto my stitching projects. I’ve made some progress on the stockings which will be updated on another post specially made for them. This post is featuring  a Jeanette Douglas Designs Finger Pyn Pillows which I won from Heather Stitches back in Oct. 2016. Love these little designs but only stitched 1 back in Nov. 2016 before being unintentionally buried under lots of other projects and I just found them after reorganizing my stash. These are being worked on 32  count linen 1 over 2 with DMC threads that Heather provided for the projects. the little pillow to the left is the one I stitched back in Nov. 2016. the wip in the hoop is pillow #3

The finish which I haven’t finished into a pillow yet

The Saturday Special Project is by Little House Needleworks- Hometown Holiday- Bookstore , there’s other in the series and you can find them at Little House Needleworks . I got mine from 123Stitch . On this I am using mostly DMC threads- the brown is a blend of DMC 420 & 433. The birds, trees will be stitched using Weeks Dye Works
( WDW) Merlot and Spinach and Twig from Colour and Cotton ( Colour and Cotton )

My Sunday Smalls consist of Sled Ornaments from Snowy Visitors by Foxwood Crossings – found on 123Stitch

14 count- DMC Threads.

And another small by Shelley Auten of Primitive Stitchin’ . I’m stitching Lady Liberty 1776 on Osnaburg linen I found at my local craft store and I plan to stitch Uncle Sam 1776 as well to add to my American Bowl that I covered in fabric , they will join Liberty by Just Nan
Links: Primitve Stitchin’ you can find the patterns in her Etsy shop
           Just Nan I found mine on Amazon

I do hope you have enjoyed this picture walk and found the information and links helpful.
Until next time…
Happy Stitching and May you have smokin’ needles…xxx

EDITED TO SHOW UPDATE AND A DISCOUNT CODE -5-17-2018
Keep reading down to where you see the second bold print 🙂 Happy Stitching and May you have smokin’ needles…xxx

Hi All, so nice to see all of you who follow. I deeply appreciate you being here and hope that you enjoy following me on my journey of cross stitching ups and downs. I haven’t posted many pictures of my cross stitch lately due to my work being busy among other things happening in life.

Now for this post. I was recently contacted by a young lady named Abby, she’s a blogger for Dutch Label Shop.
They found my blog and have started following it- Thank you Abby 🙂
And really like what I have posted so far and wanted to know if I would like to try their labels. Well thru email Abby and I spoke and I was able to use a voucher for labels to try. I just got them in the mail and have to say they are beautiful and everything is correct on them.
I got their Basic Woven Label with 3 lines of text and a logo on them. I am very pleased with the quality of these labels.

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EDITED TO SHOW UPDATE – 5-17-2018
 Hello again, I’ve edited this to show where I will be placing a few of the labels that I  received. Keep reading for a DISCOUNT CODE  to use when you purchase some labels… All details  and a link follow right below the second picture.
This is just a Mock Up of one of the Stockings, so the material hasn’t been ironed or washed, so try to ignore the wrinkles please 

I’ll be placing the label on the INSIDE lining near the loop for hanging after I have completed construction of the Stocking. This is just one idea for the use of the labels. I’m sure everyone who purchases labels like these will have some great ideas

Now onto better news- From Abby at Dutch Label Shop – For all my followers you can now purchased some of labels with a discount that she has kindly provided me for all of you. It will be good for 60 days YES 60 DAYS!!
I am so thankful that Dutch Label Shop has given me the opportunity to try their labels and the opportunity for my followers to try their labels at a discount. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed 🙂 

*So here’s what you do: Go to Dutch Label Shop Browse around find a label you like and use this discount code –
christiessrossstitchcreation15 ( all lower case) 
 you can just enter that when you are prompted during the purchase process*

If you would like to follow their blog or browse around their online shop here are the links to each one

Blog – Dutch Label Shop BLOG
Online Shop – Dutch Label Shop

Get a cuppa of coffee or tea and enjoy browsing their shop and Blog

 Happy Stitching and May you have smokin’ needles … xxx

Over the past few months I had noticed that my follower numbers have gone up on BlogLovin’. While I appreciate that everyone has followed me there. I have to announce that I no longer use Bloglovin’ due to the fact that some of the followers have and are linked to porn sites.  There is no way to block these people or report them so I had to make the choice of removing my blog and account from Bloglovin. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this will cause.

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Happy Stitching and May you have smokin’ needles…xxx

UPDATE – She is FINISHED! I have not had the time to do any updates here with her. But on New Years Day 2018 ( evening) I finally finished the stitching and started adding beads to her over 2 evenings so here’s to my second Mirablia finished!!!

I’ve been stitching on a new project for a SAL I am running in my community. The SAL is Mira March SAL. I purchased and am stitching Deepest Love designed by Nora Corbett.

Until next time… Happy Stitching and may you have smokin’ needles