I’m still stitching along on Coverlet Christmas. Here’s the progress so far.

Another tree nearly finished, a bit more border done, and more stars and doodads have been added. This is just a very easy and relaxing stitch.
I put the finishing touches on Plum Pudding – added the whiskers to the mice and the branches to the holly so now this one is in the “waiting to be finished” pile. I will finish it into a little pillow and also try out my cording tool to make some cording for it. I also remembered the little cookie cutter charms I had gotten to add to just such a project so stuck those in project bag so I don’t forget to add some.

So last night I pulled out a few more small projects I want to stitch for Christmas in July. One is this adorable little chart called Festooned. The snowman looks like he’s dancing as he puts the star on the tree. I probably could have started and finished it in one night but I was working on something else for a while but this is a really simple stitch.

I just started on the tree. Need to go pull a floss for his carrot note and whatever color I want to make his scarf. Oh and I think I will make the star gold metallic so need to find that. I just started on the tree and it’s supposed to have multicolored beads on it. I have beads left over from knitting projects but I don’t know that they are the right size or good colors so will have to wait and see. I don’t plan to add the border. I’m hoping that I can work this into a circular finish and mount it in the center of one of those large wooden snowflake ornaments I have. I love the color of the fabric – PTP in Mirage – a pretty grayish blue color.
And I also pulled out this chart – Star Shaped Snowman by Teresa Kogut. This one I want to stitch and add to the center of a wooden snowflake too. I haven’t pulled the flosses for this yet but will likely be brightening up the colors used a bit.

So laundry started, stuck my head out the door (humidity still gross but at least we didn’t get the storms predicted last night), grocery order placed for delivery early this afternoon, and my plan is to rearrange some more cabinets but I may go have another cup of coffee first, pull the floss for the star ornament so I can get it all put away again, and stitch a branch or two on the christmas tree before.
I had to laugh when I opened up the next cabinet I want to clean. I had already taken some of the things out of it to move to other cabinets but was checking to see what was left. Things I don’t use often end up in that cabinet above the stove. Cereal, taco shells, oatmeal. There were several baggies with taco shells in them that were left over. I eat tacos about once a year – there is no telling how old those things were but definitely more than a year or two. Into the trash along with the partial box of lasagna noodles. I can’t think of the last time I made homemade lasagna. I don’t make it unless I’m having company (and clearly that has not happened in the last three years) and even before that who knows how long. And I don’t make it just for me – because I don’t like eating leftovers for days on end and have a very good pizza place that makes fantastic lasagna so I can order it for delivery to satisfy the craving and only eat it for one night. Anyway those lasagna noodles will not be surviving the cabinet reorganizing. Yes cabinet reorganizing/purging was definitely needed around here! 🙂