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Stitchy Woman // Fall + Halloween Cross Stitch Plans

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While staying home, I haven’t been doing a lot of embroidery. Since in-person craft fairs are on hold, I decided to put my stitching business on hold (a few commissioned projects aside).

But I haven’t put the needle down! In fact, I’ve been working on cross stitch more and more while quarantining. I’ve finished up this cute Schrute Farms piece and made some major headway on this St. Basil’s project.

Since I’ve really been making some good progress on this slow form of stitching, I figured I could slate in a few seasonal projects for my favorite time of year: spooky season!

I downloaded a handful of patterns to keep me busy all through fall, and I’m organizing a virtual Stitchy Woman Club at work. Having Hocus Pocus or The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on in the background isn’t mandatory but strongly encouraged.

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Here are the patterns I picked up:

I’m so excited to get moving and grooving on these with a few spooky shows on in the background. Happy haunting, everyone!

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Taking a Break from Stitching by… Still Stitching?

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via Etsy // Cross Stitch by Anary

This November was a great month for Kaminski Handicraft. I had record-breaking sales at Cream City Creatives and a good show at Madison Makers Market. Results like these make all the time spent with needle in hand worth it.

But the second I was done with those shows, I knew I wanted to take a break until at least after the holidays.

Let me tell you, those first few days lazily watching The Crown without distraction felt amazing. But after a few weeks, I started to get antsy. I like to do. So I put together a puzzle (another grandma hobby). It was great, but I felt like one was enough. And I felt like just sitting wasn’t enough.

So I picked up cross-stitching.

Taking a break from stitching by still stitching? I know. It doesn’t make any sense. But it feels great! I downloaded a few patterns from Etsy (if you’re not doing this yet, do it now) and started stitching one afternoon with a friend.

And I can’t stop.

I made a few gifts (I’ll keep those under wraps for now) and made some good headway on this pattern from Cross Stitch by Anary. I also snagged this pattern on sale from Ritacuna (I’m on a bit of a Russia kick right now—just watched Anastasia and The Last Czars; also reading The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers).

It’s really soothing to have a pattern to follow and zone out a bit while watching The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show and some holiday episodes of Bob’s Burgers. I think I found my off-season couch craft.