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A Thank You, Pink Floss, and Monday Music

Good Monday morning! 

Dear reader, I hope that you had an enjoyable week. I love stitching, and writing about my cross stitch adventures. The floss, the WIP's, designing new charts, and seeing my projects come to life on the fabric is so rewarding. I try to make steady progress on my WIP's throughout the week, so that on Monday I can show you a good amount of progress. Also, I like sharing articles, videos, or pieces of music that caught my eye. Monday for me is an enjoyable day, because that's the day I write to you. But imagine my surprise when I looked at the blog traffic recently! It's been like Grand Central station! (Please allow me to apply a slight hyperbole). America has claimed the lion's share, but there are international stitchers paying me a visit too. To two groups of stitchers whose languages I dabble in, I say ようこそ and bienvenue! And to everyone; thank you so much for reading my posts. 

Shall we dig into some cross stitch? 

First up, we have Paris Market:


Just 10 x 10, and parking my threads. My most exciting update (besides my use of pink floss in the bottommost square) is that I had to move the fabric in the Q-Snaps, because I'm chugging away to the bottom of the chart. Bit by bit!

The dragon wing is coming along nicely in the Linen & Threads Mystery sampler:


Much more progress this week than last week, because the frog DID NOT come to visit. The sunbeams remind me of a jester, what with those two dramatic shades of red.

I'm using a really cool site called Linktree. It's a quick way to find me on the other platforms I use. Link to that is here if you want to see the other places you can find me. Disclosure; they are not sponsoring this post, I just think it's nifty and wanted to share it with you :)

Last but not least, here's some cheerful music to play on this beautiful day. See you soon!



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