Cross Stitching is an old-fashioned hobby for sure, but I love it. When I lived in Connecticut, I spent many a fall and winter evening stitching up a storm- cute country themes, kitchen wall hangings, dish towels….everything. I don’t know why, but cross stitching feels like it should be done when the weather is cooler, with a nice mug of tea nearby.
When I moved to Florida 15 years ago, I kind of let the hobby go. It just didn’t match the tropical weather- not something you could pack to work on at the beach, for instance. Last year when I moved to the mountains of NC, my mother came to visit in the fall and was leafing through a Country Living Magazine when she found a pattern for a little log cabin. She asked me to help her with it, so I went through my old basket filled with cross stitch supplies to find her a hoop to borrow. The basket was filled with memories for me…little alphabet girls that I stitched for my baby daughter, patterns I had finished for the walls of my house in Connecticut- all of a sudden, I had an overwhelming urge to start a new project. After all, it was FALL in NC- the start of cooler weather!
We spent the next few weeks working on cross stitch projects together. Mom finished her little log cabin and I stitched up a masterpiece for my sister’s Christmas present. I felt like I found an old friend. I worked on a few more projects before it was time to go to Florida for my winter job. I did pack a project to work on but alas, Florida won again and I never even picked it up.
Flash forward to the end of my work season here, I’m leaving to go back to the mountains tomorrow, and what’s on my to do list? You guessed it- the cross stitch project I never touched while in Florida!
Jacqueline 
Like my other projects, reading, writing, crocheting the desires come and go. I do know that I am in a huge reading slump that has been replaced by cross stitch, a desire to start wood crafts and gaming. I go with the flow. I have the urge to start something new but then I look at the pile of ufo’s I have and silently scream. “TOO MUCH” and then I feel better and pull out my latest book I am reading and carry on. Beautiful work!!!
Never enough projects, right? I have so many things I want to do, including reading many books I have “saved up” on my Kindle. Sigh…
egads I forgot about the kindle! And the bookcases that are overflowing, the converted tool box that contains all of my projects. Never mind the totes that are stacked up… yeah I am a packrat but it is me!
If you can handcraft whatever it is you always have something to strive for and are never bored!
Very true! I plan on doing many projects 🙂
Oh. This reminds me of my high school days. We used to have cross-stitch as projects! 🙂
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Never did it in high school, but later in my 20’s I taught myself. 🙂
yay! That’s awesome! 😀
Yes, I actually finished a cross stitch log cabin and I have proudly hung it up in my kitchen. Jacqui is so much more proficient than I am but I am trying diligently to do another one.
I enjoy cross stitch