Crafting Geek

There’s something about Bungie that just awakens my stitching muse. Case in point, within a week, I made three projects, because, again, Bungie. They are all super easy, super quick, and super fun so when you have time between the alpha and September, y’all will have plenty of time to stitch one or all of these up. Each one should take maybe 3-4 hours. (The emblem will take closer to 5-6 if you…

On a scale of one to awesome, I’m super great

Who doesn’t love Strong Bad? No one, that’s who. I was fortunate enough to have an awesome little sister who showed me the incredibly brilliant homestarrunner.com site. All it took was one Sbemail for me to be in love. And while the emails have all but stopped (I rejoiced when I saw that a new video was posted), I think it’s safe to say that the internet’s love for Strong Bad hasn’t. tl;dr I…

Crafting Up Your Neighborhood: Home Edition

If you have followed me on my social media channels, then you know that one of my favorite things to do is to craft up the neighborhood. Over the past year and a half, most of us have been under lockdown orders at one point or another which has made this concept a little difficult. It’s been more of a “crafting up my neighborhood” time. And even if you can’t or don’t want to leave your house,…

What’s In a Game?

In this house, there are no such things as console wars. Between Mike and me, we’ve owned everything from a Commodore 64 to a Gamecube to a PS2 to an Xbox Series S. The simple fact is that I just love video games. Today’s post includes three charts. I decided to go with the older Playstation logo because it has a lot of fun colors and you can stitch it up on black aida cloth and y’all know how…

Hello my crafty stitchers! Talli here again. Week 5 marks a switch to monthly newsletters with four patterns instead of one pattern/newsletter per week. This way you can choose your own pace to stitch the emblems! Without further ado, let’s get to the patterns. Week 5: Blessing of the Unmade Colors: 444, 3820, 3852, 720, 947, 796 This emblem, I will admit, has been causing me trouble. As you…

These Emblems are SPICY

So, yesterday was Bungie Day and Tuesday was the start of the Solstice event in Destiny 2 which meant that a lot of excellent emblems made their debut. I normally don’t make emblem designs this fast, but I guess I was inspired, LOL. The three emblems are Bungie Day 2021, The Brightest Stars, and Spicy Ramen. Some day I’ll update the D2 emblem master list, but for right now, you can find the…

Crafting Up Your Neighborhood: The Library

One of the most frequent comments I get is something along the lines of “I would love to try to cross-stitch in public, but I’m scared that I’ll ruin my project.” This is totally understandable! I know that not everyone is willing to stand on the overlook of a waterfall just to get a pic for Instagram, LOL One of the easiest things you can do to keep your project safe is pick a location that…

Week 4: Sign of Opposing Will

Wow, how are we already on week 4? Time flies when you’re having fun, I guess! Talli here and my apologies for the late post, but hey, last time was late AND unfinished but this time we’re not unfinished, so progress is being made! My nephew’s baseball team won their tournament last night so baseball is finally done… I’m not sorry to have my evenings back! This week is Sign of Opposing Will…

Week 3: Vigilamus Noctu

Happy Monday!You know, I had thought I had plenty of time to finish to emblem, but then I had a crown fall out (curse you, gummy bear!) and got to see my nephew (which made today very awesome!). The crown won’t be able to be fixed until next week, but I did buckle down tonight and manage to finish the emblem. Whew! This week’s emblem is Vigilamus Noctu. You’ll need the following colors: 336,…

Crafting Up Your Neighborhood

If you follow me on social media, you know that one of my favorite things to do is to craft up your neighborhood. Over the years, I’ve gone to a lot of places and plan to keep the tradition going for years to come. Now it’s finally time to chronicle all of the places — some unique and some ordinary — I’ve gone to. I do follow serveral simple “rules” when I craft up the neighborhood. The first…