EmnEllie Cross Stitch Blog

Can you believe that it's almost Halloween? It feels like October just started yesterday! My Halloween night movie lineup will probably be one (or all) of these movies: The Mummy (1997 with Brendan Fraser) Jurassic Park (the original) Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein (hilarious!) I may also watch something else, and that will most likely be whatever my streaming service recommends. Chances are I won't be stitching while watching these movies, since you can't eat candy, be scared by a movie, and stitch all at the same time. At least I haven't figured out how to. Letters have appeared! Those candy corn letters will be much more legible when the backstitch goes in. That little orange blob above the checkerboard is a piece of candy corn. Lastly, here's a big picture of Trick-or-treat Moon Happy stitching!

  It's been a busy week here at the Castle. I put out the Halloween decorations, which I didn’t feel capable of doing until after September 30. Yes, I’m one of those people. In other news, I understand that people love Pumpkin Spice (even though I don't like the flavor) but I think that just because it's edible, that doesn’t mean that you should make a Pumpkin Spice flavor out of it. For example, someone made a Pumpkin Spice Ramen.  Here's an article about it from last year.  I believe they're selling it this year too. Bleh! Now, a nice, hot mug of Apple Cider is something I can support! Delicious! This week, more of the Moon's face is done, and the outline of his eyebrow has appeared: My plan is to keep stitching the Moon until all the cross stitch is done, which will hopefully be before the next post. I have high hopes, since it's stitching up so quickly! After that, I'll go back to stitching the sign at the top. Happy stitching!

  Happy Tuesday! A happy taco Tuesday to you as well. I like to think of Monday evening as “taco Tuesday eve.” Some people are either in the corn tortilla, or flour tortilla camp. I like both, but I like making homemade flour tortillas.  This is a really great recipe.  However, I also love taco shells, and that's the kind I'm having tonight. With a side of refried beans, of course. Now that October is just around the corner, I have to start thinking about appropriate Halloween-ish reading. Last Halloween, I listened to the audiobook, Dracula, by Bram Stoker. That was a terrifying story. Whenever I hear “Carpathian Mountains” mentioned, my mind instantly goes to Dracula. So for this year's spooky book, I'm thinking of reading Frankenstein. Hopefully it won't scare me as much as Dracula! Meanwhile, although Sampler September is wrapping up, I feel that I've made good progress on my latest chart, Red Alphabet Sampler. As October is in a few days, in my next post, y