Thank you to everyone who commented on my stumpwork flower last week. I appreciate all of the kind words!

Now that the embroidery project is completed, I have returned to a cross-stitch project that I would like to complete within the next month. I haven’t been sharing updates on this, but here is a close-up peek because it is too cute not to share:

Obviously, I’ve still got some back-stitching to do, but I should be able to get this done within the next few weeks.

So, now I am casting about for a new start (or two or three!). I am in the mood to do some seasonal stitching, but it’s almost too late to start stitching something for Halloween.

I’ve pulled out a couple of small project possibilities, though:

The church ornament kit was a gift from an Instagram friend, and the Lizzie Kate chart would be a nice quick stitch I could easily finish by Thanksgiving.

I’ve also pulled out some magazines from my stash. I can’t help browsing the bazillion patterns I must own. Although most of my current magazines are in digital format, I still have a number of older print issues I keep in my stash:

No matter what I start, however, it will be something from my stash. I own way too many patterns already, and there is no need to add any more to the to-do list at this point.