Michelle Bendy: 2018

Happy Flosstubesday!!! It's September 25, 2018 and I'm BACK on the Blog!! YAY!! It feels good.

Best New Thing:

I received the SWEETEST Stitchy Kindness in the mail from Kaitlyn at Big Apple Stitching!! This is only part of it, but here is the teensy tiny necklace that she stitched for me. SHE STITCHED IT FOR ME!!

FFOs, just one, and it's not even stitching.

I finished a La D Da Scissors block and fob and it's FANTASTIC:

And I have quite a few of those pictures left, so I'm going to try to find more blocks and make some more of these!!
And, DUH!! I also finished my #CrossStitchATCs for this month!! The theme was Pirates vs Princesses:

This is the motif from Sue Hillis' Women Who Behave chart. And I stepped up my game on the finishing of the ATC and I'm SUPER proud of it!!

Finishes:

I finished the top left corner block and filigree on Quotes to Live By (aka the MIND SAL) from Stitchrovia:

Here is my finish for this week:

And here is the full thing right now:

I also put in quite a bit of work on the bottom right corner, who knows? Maybe I can finish this whole thing by the end of the month!!

I also finished Room 4 of the Tiny Modernist Haunted Mansion SAL: (click on the pic to purchase)

Here is what my room 4 looks like:

And here is my entire thing:

I subbed Dr. Frankenstein's skin and made him brown using DMC 436 which is Latisha (The Crafty Curator)'s base tone. ;-)

WIPs (Works in Progress):

I've been working on my Quotes to Live by Piece more, and here is where I am now:

I think I can have this finished by the end of the month!! (Did I say that already? The more you say it, the more likely it becomes!!)

And there was a LOT of work put in on A Bowl Full of Scaries this week! The weather has been SO nice and we were outside!

Last week it wasn't started and here it is now:

I hope this will be a finish by next week too!!

Thrifting:

Not TOO much thrifting this week, just a couple of gooies:

Purchases: Not so many this week!!

I went to Joann's. For ONE SKEIN of 761... and I came out with this:

All of the Fat Quarters are headed to Love You More Studio Co for custom sleeves. HELLO checking off the Christmas list!!

This Month's Colour & Cotton flosses came and they. are. GORGEOUS!! Angela does not disappont. EVER. I got the brights:

(I found the fifth one, it's Mermaid Shimmer on the left)

AND I got the Prims:

OMG. Rusted. Tin.

Happy Mail/Gifts:

First of all, a REALLY kind package arrived from Kaitlyn, Big Apple Stitching:

She wanted to remind me to take care of myself during this whole thing and this package is ALL about that, from the cool vintage postcards to the silks, it's perfect. Thank you!

The second half of my VMSS flosses came from Edwige! LOVE:

They're FANTASTIC and that Vivid Teal and Multi Orange are PERFECTION. (click on the pic to go to Nancy's blog for purchasing)

Sharon sent a gorgeous Jeannette Douglas chart that I haevn't seen before! and some stamps to help with Alzheimer's shipping:

Another bauble came for the Mr. X Stitch Bauble project, this one from Colette:

Flosstube Shoutouts:

Books:

I finished reading Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas this week and O. M. G!!!! (click on the picture for the Goodreads page)

I. LOVED. THIS. BOOK. I have new favourite characters; my old favourite characters were confirmed; previously disliked characters were fleshed out more and I get them and like them now. I want to be in Aelin's court. Basically. And ROWAN. DONE!! I"M DONE!! Dead on the floor.

Instagram Auction Items!!

Auction will take place today through Tuesday, July 24 at 0600 PST on @michellebendy on Instagram. Here's an amazing diagram describing how to bid:

Under the picture of the item that you'd like to purchase, you put your bid in $1 increments AND you tag the person who bid above you. Only the person who bid DIRECTLY above you!

Here are the winners of last week's auctions, with all of the donations going to Wade's Alzheimer's Walk so he could earn a t-shirt. And BOY did he earn a t-shirt.

First up, I asked Angela at Colour & Cotton if it would be possible for her to put together just one more of her SOLD OUT Halloween Mystery box. AND SHE DID!!! And Karyn won it!

The second box is the NEW Hocus Pocus box from Love You More Stuido Co!!! Won by Jen, Delicious Threads!!

And the new auctions: These will end on Tuesday, October 2 at 0600 PST. This week's theme is Every Dollar Counts

LaDonna from Sampling of Memories sent a GORGEOUS assortment of thread keeps, scissor fobs, and needleminders:

I'm SUPER thankful to LaDonna for donating these because they're AWESOME. They retail for $15 each and I'm starting them at $10 each, this way they're accessible to everyone. <3

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Happy Flosstubesday!!! It's September 18, 2018 and I'm BACK on the Blog!! YAY!! It feels good.

Best New Thing:

I bought my first Alex & Ani bracelet!!! It's the Snape bracelet, or "Turn to Page 394" It HAD to be mine because whenever I'm asked to guess a number, my AUTOMATIC guess is 394. "Michelle, how many days left in September?" "394" (Click on the pic to go to Alex & Ani to check it out--I'm not affiliated with them; I just love it)

FFOs, SO MANY!! All by JoLynn at Acorns & Threads

First up is Starry, Starry Night from Bent Creek. I bought this half stitched on eBay and finished it up for the SFS credit, then gave it to JoLynn to finish off for me:

Next up is B's Houses from B's under the bed box, which I showed on a special Estate Sale Haul video. Again, I gave JoLynn free reign on finishing and she knocked it out of the park:

Last but CERTAINLY not least is Stacy Nash's Martha Agnes Sampler Roll. JoLynn followed Stacy Nash's finishing directions and KILLED IT:

Finishes:

I finished the top left corner block and filigree on Quotes to Live By (aka the MIND SAL) from Stitchrovia:

Here is my finish for this week:

I finished that block and the swirlies in three days. I have three more similar boxes left, could I have this DONE by next video? MAYBE!!

WIPs (Works in Progress):

First I worked on Black Cat Hollow for the #BlackCatHollowSAL by Barbara Ana Designs:(click on the picture to purchase from Gulf Coast Stitches)

I had made progress before put picked it all out, so here is where I am:

It's charted in DMC but I went through my stash and pulled similar fancy flosses (becuase I have LOT of fancy flosses!!). The only change that I made was to stitch the witch's skin in GA Green Apple instead of the called for peachy color. I love her.

The Needleminder is from @HouseOfMeng on Instagram. BE CAREFUL! They're adorable and addictive!!

Next the wheel spun Halloween Quaker from Lila's Studio: (click on the pic to purchase from Lila's Studio on Etsy)

Here is where is was before I started stitching:

And here is where it is now:

That is NOT bad progress!! This is stitched in none of the called for flosses (but a lot of VERY similar Fancy flosses and DMCs that were already in my stash) on a fabric that I duo dyed (like solo dyed but there are two of them!) for Imperfectly Perfect Heather and I.

For the #StarWarsSundaySAL that Angie from the Hybernation Stitcher and I started this week, I pulled out Leia & Han from Tilton Crafts:

Here is what it looked like last time:

I made good progress for just working on it during the stitch with me:

This project comes with a real danger of "project too close to the face syndrome", but once I figured that out I love it and I can't wait to stitch on it on Sundays!!

I also love the fact that this project has EXACTLY 40 colors and that makes it PERFECT for my BagzPlus floss buddy!

And for today, I'm going to ship TONS of Live Sale goodies, stitch more on Quotes to Live By, and my travel project is going to be PART of Scary One from Plum Street Samplers:

I haven't started it yet, but I do have it all packed up to carry around, in my LoveYouMoreStudios sleeve!! they're PERFECT for on the go/small WIPS!! NOW I HAVE A REASON TO BUY ALL THE SLEVES!!!

Thrifting:

Purchases: So. Many.

This Month's Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe flosses are gorgeous AGAIN! And now they're on my Donut Drops! <3

Another Dyeing 2 Stitch club kit came in, I think it's from the Ladies' Prim Society. It's Heartstring Samplery, A Thankful Life Chairarm Pinkeep:

Click on the picture above to go directly to the Dyeing 2 Stitch site to order.

By the Bay needlearts, Harbor Haven SAL, parts 9 and 10:

Hands on Design, Put on the Hat (Cathy Habermann killed me): (click on the pic to purchase from Down Sunshine Lane)
Hannah Sanderson 1849 Sampler from Sassy Jack's Stitcher: (click on the pic to purchase from Sassy Jack's). She. Is. STUNNING:

She was first printed in a few magazines from the 1990s (I believe!) and now Dutch Treat Designs has chosen to reprint her. THANK YOU DUTCH TREAT DESIGNS!!!

Happy Mail/Gifts:

I was lucky to receive some BEAUTIFUL stitched pieces this week, Thank you SO MUCH to Erin and Autumn:

My #CountryStitchersRR piece came back to me!!

Thank you SO MUCH to Deb, Tina, Ash, and Wendy for stitching on my piece! I can't wait to get it framed and up on the wall! <3 <3

My DixieSamplar Haunted Harvest Exchange package from Tammy R came!! ALL the goodies and the stitched piece is Trick or Treat from Cherished Stitches:

And how ME is this Donut hanger from Donna and Shawna?!?! Mahalo for thinking of me ladies. <3 <3

I put my donut needleminders on it. I only have TWO?!?! 0_0

Flosstube Shoutouts:

Angi, The Hybernation Stitcher

Books:

I finished the audiobook version of When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi: (click on the picture to go to the Goodreads page)

This has been on my TBR list for SO long. It's the memoir of a 36 year old neurosurgeon who is diagnosed with lung cancer and proceeds to fail first, second, and third line treatments. It made me laugh and cry and screen shot things for future reference. 4/5 Stars

And I finished Scarlet by Marissa Meyer: (click on the pic to go to the Goodreads page)

I'm DEFINITELY #TeamJacob, so I loved this book. I loved Cinder as well, but I loved Scarlet MORE. She and Wolf made my life; I couldn't stop listening; I finished the audiobook in THREE DAYS. And you KNOW I've already reserved Cress from Overdrive. 4.5/5 stars

Instagram Auction Items!!

Auction will take place today through Tuesday, July 24 at 0600 PST on @michellebendy on Instagram. Here's an amazing diagram describing how to bid:

Under the picture of the item that you'd like to purchase, you put your bid in $1 increments AND you tag the person who bid above you. Only the person who bid DIRECTLY above you!

Here are the winners of last week's auctions, with all of the donations going to Wade's Alzheimer's Walk so he could earn a t-shirt. And BOY did he earn a t-shirt.

First up is the SUPER cool FFO of Raise the Roof Designs June Angel, now out of print, won by Peggy:

Next is a copy (not MY copy!) of Hands Across the Sea Sarah Braizear 1829, won by Marybeth: (Traditional Stitches still has it, so click on the pic to purchase)

Third we auctioned off a FULL SILK KIT of Stars by the Drawn Thread. and Jessica B won it, which is AMAZING because it's on her #stitchywishlist!! :

And the new auctions: These will end on Tuesday, September 25 at 0600 PST. This week's theme is Boxes and there are only two because they're so CRAZY GOOD!

First up, I asked Angela at Colour & Cotton if it would be possible for her to put together just one more of her SOLD OUT Halloween Mystery box. AND SHE DID!!!
This box is TOTALLY sold out and it includes:
10 skeins of hand dyed cotton floss
2 skeins of hand dyed silk
one 1/4 yard piece of hand dyed fabric for stitching
one 1/8 yard piece of hand dyed fabric for stitching
one 1/4 yard piece of hand dyed finishing fabric
assorted notions, trims, and ghoulish treats

This box is a $100 ticket price!!! The winner's box will ship on October 1 just like the rest of us. ;-)

The second box is the NEW Hocus Pocus box from Love You More Stuido Co!!!

This box is coming in the standard size, which is what I ordered for myself, and it's PERFECT for carrying small projects around (is this my excuse to buy all the LYMS sleeves? Yes, yes it is) and it will include:

1 exclusive LYMS Standard Sized book sleeve
1 exclusive 8 oz Novel Heartbeat Creations candle
1 exclusive Bookmark'd Tattoos woodmark
1 LYMS mug and drink
5-7 more magical items
A scratch-off ticket with a chance to WIN all three Sanderson Sisters Funko Pops!

The winner's box will ship on October 8, just like everyone else's. Remember, this is for the standard sized sleeve.

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