Nashville Releases from December Stitches 🎅

OMGoodness, this is so sweet!

Mel @December Stitches asked Amy and I to model stitch the clothing line on the new Perforated PVC.

So we stitched as fast as we could for her to finish it for the Nashville Needlework Market.

Of course they can also be stitched separately, it comes with the front AND back pattern.

The spool idea looks good too! 

I'm pretty sure Santa is wearing undies!😆

This is what Amy stitched - of course she picked the cute reindeer first!

This is what I stitched.

I honestly liked stitching on the PVC. It's almost exactly like stitching on the paper, but much sturdier with no ripping or tearing. I bought some for myself after using it!

They have some more new releases too.

Mrs. JingleJaw

Annunciation

The Good Shepherd

Acrylic Thread Keep

Cross Drops

If you don't have a LNS to place an order, take a look at Amy's shop, Born To Stitch!

She has all the other new releases there too on Facebook - Born To Stitch

And how about this for a funny?!

It is cute, but why not a sweet mermaid🧜, or a little bee 🐝? Or even better, a dragon 🐲?!

Super Bowl Retreat 2026 🏈

Although I wasn't planning on going to the retreat this year, I changed my mind and thought a stitching getaway was needed. 

 Thankfully, I was feeling much better after spending several days doing nothing but getting over pneumonia.

I didn't take as many photos as I normally do, too busy chatting, shopping, stitching I guess!

This was my set up, I worked on my Welsh Dragon the first day.

Mary made me the wooden dragons and I bought the bag from Annette - I love them all! I'll make the little ones into needle minders. Or rather, they'll be displayed in my craft room since I mainly stitch in hand.

And Mary shared her favourite drink - it was delicious!

Since we were so close to Amy's shop, Born To Stitch, I took some of the girls for a visit. We had a great time, we all found treasures we had to get! She's close to getting her online shop open, I'll be sure to post when she does.

 Even though I was there two weeks before, I still found a few things I didn't know I needed.

These all hit just about everything I love, just missing a mermaid!

I won the Awesome bag and the rest were table gifts from friends. A sweet haul!

There was a freebie table, and I found a few things. I already stitched my DIL, C, a set of Bride Tree ornaments last year, but I hope to need two more in the future!

We were at the Patriots table and lost in the "stitching" football game. Oh well, it was still fun!

And then before I knew it, it was over and I was home once again. I think these two little stinkers missed me!

Fully Finished Gallery - February 2026 🖼

Since Rachel @Ten Hour Stitcher is on a hosting/posting break, I created this little guy until she returns. 

A slow month for finishes, but I do have a couple.

I bought this over the summer while we were on our British Isles cruise. It's a coaster, but I might hang it up instead.

Our first stop was in Dover, so we went to Dover Castle.

It was nice to see that they had some stitchy things!

This has been finished for a while, but now is fully finished in this frame.

A Clean Up! 🧹

Part of my craft table is cleaned up!

I love the tiered shelf I got at IKEA, more room for important stitchy stuff.

And although it's not shown, you can actually see the floor... for the most part. 😝

Maverick loves his Mousy, I've had to stitch him up several times. Luckily, I do have another one that isn't as bad. I've been looking for more to replace them, but can't find them anywhere online.

We still have snow, but at least it's finally melting with the warmer temperatures we're having. It's supposed to rain tomorrow, slim chance of slushy snow. I think I'm ready for spring at this point!

My sweet cousin is almost finished with her octopus. She just needs to add the French knots and shell charm, she opted not to add the beads. I think she's done a great job and she enjoys it! Too bad she lives so far away. 😞

Next up - full finishes, a retreat, and Olympic stitching!