My name is Melissa and I’m a 40-something Tennessee girl now living in southern California. This blog chronicles the various day to day activities of my life. It will mostly include details of my stitching, but I’ll also throw in other things like my weight loss journey, vacations, and politics.
I’ve been stitching for around 35 years in one fashion or another. I began with embroidery when I was 8 years old and very quickly moved into cross stitching from there. I also learned to crochet as a child, but it’s never been a passion. I finally learned to knit in the early 1990’s. I was so addicted to knitting at one point, that I even bought my own spinning wheel and began to hand-card my own fleece and spin my own yarn. Sadly, the spinning wheel had to be left behind when I moved to California in 1997.
I do still occasionally knit. I enjoy doing a lot of charity stitching using both mediums. Most of my charity cross stitching is making squares that ultimately are made into quilts for medical patients (primarily cancer). My charity knitting is generally preemie caps & blankets.
These days, my primary focus is on cross stitching, but I also do needlepoint. I have done both painted canvas and counted canvas. I definitely prefer counted canvas over painted though. I think I find it more appealing due to my cross stitch background.
I will occasionally post pictures of my stitching in my blog. At any point though, if you would like to see more pics of my stitching, check out my online photo albums.
Although I don’t do it as much as I used to anymore, I also enjoy stamping and making handmade greeting cards. I was introduced to all of this by my dear friend Tracy. She’s a consultant for Close to My Heart and does some AMAZING cards and scrapbook layouts.
As for my weight loss journey, I am following the Weight Watchers program. The program works great for me. At my lowest point, I had lost 138 pounds. Unfortunately, I then went through a very ugly divorce and some major health issues which resulted in regaining about half of that. I’m now working to try and get those pounds off again and then continue on to reach my goal.
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