2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #60 - Bigfoot Bunch by Plum Street Samplers

I was searching my blog and I think this is the first Plum Street Sampler design I've stitched! That seems odd since she has so many fun patterns, but I suppose the more primitive style isn't my favourite in general, so maybe I just haven't been inspired to start one until now. 

This one is really, really fun. I have a person in mind to gift it too when it's complete, so hopefully that will happen some day. 

This is part of her "stacks" style series and some of them are so creative. This has been my favourite though, so we'll start here. I even bought the CC colours on 123stitch for this one. I debated, but decided I hadn't had to buy anything yet this year for all of these starts, so why not go for it? 

I had a decent start after 2 days of stitching as well:

Bigfoot Bunch by Plum Street Samplers

stitched 2 over 2 on 28ct experimental dye by Chromatic Alchemy

with CC colours as charted

There's an interesting aspect to this one, which I'm not sure is visible in the chart photo. You have to stitch some of the Bigfoot faces one over one. The little bigfoot baby on the right side is all one over one. That will be a bit tricky when I get there. There's a separate chart for those parts, plus different faces for the larger sasquatch in the central area. 

I chose this fabric because it reminded me of an X-files episode where Mulder and Scully seemed to have found evidence of Bigfoot/Sasquatch that had such good camouflage they would disappear in the forest. The colours will still stand out enough, but the background reminded me of the ending of that episode. 

Hope you've all had some good stitching days!

Happy Stitching,

Tiffstitch

2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #59 - Mini Among the Cherry Blossoms by Kirstin Mills and HAED

If you've been following me for a while, you may have seen other charts by this artist that I've started, Mini Winter Magic and Mini Autumn's Promise. Both are still unfinished and Mini Winter Magic has a decent amount, so that might be in the plans for next year. 

Autumn's Promise is barely started, so not even worth showing a photo of that one. Today's new start will look something like this eventually:

My plan on this one and Autumn's Promise was to not stitch the background and only stitch the actual dragon and tree branch. We'll see how it goes. I was able to block it off in Pattern Keeper, so I think it could work well. And my very small start:

Mini Among the Cherry Blossoms by Kirstin Mills and HAED

stitched 1 over 1 full cross on 27ct Valkyrie by BeStitchMe

with DMC as charted

I have a plan in mind to get more work on my full coverage designs next year, but I'll wait until I've actually sorted that idea out. 

I hope you've all had good stitching days!

Happy Stitching, 

Tiffstitch

June 2026 Stitching/Crafting Update

Things have been a little busy life-wise, but there is still stitching and knitting happening! In fact, there's been a knitting finish. 

Cold Snap by Angeline Webb 

knit with 3.5mm needles 

using Great Adirondack Yarn Co Cotton DK in Hydrangea

I realize I gave no perspective on this one, but it's a little over a meter long. There's a buttonhole so you can sew on a button and use it as a shawl instead of a scarf. I haven't done that yet, since I think my Mom would like it if I could use one of her mother's button collection for it. It's a late birthday present for Mom, her birthday was in June, but I didn't finish it in time. 

I also managed a couple dishcloths. I'm still keeping to my "finish one project, make a dishcloth" idea since I have so much dishcloth yarn to use up. It's an easy gift, and I managed to get two out of the leftover red yarn I had, and passed those on to friends. 

Seed Stitch dishcloth

Cotton yarn, not sure which brand

I have some ideas for my next knitting project, but haven't started anything new yet. There's a few WIPs hanging around that I've worked on, one is a sock tube, so it just needs more and more knitting until the tube is complete. I think I'd like to get my swift and winder out to make a cake instead of winding my yarn my hand. Sometimes I'm too impatient or not at home, so I have to wind it myself because I don't want to wait. But the yarn twists less in a cake, so it is a good idea to take the time. 

Hope it's been a good month for everyone!

Happy Stitching, 

Tiffstitch

2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #58 - Tails by Makibird

And the last video game sprite is Sonic's friend, sidekick, companion Tails! So called because he has 2 tails and can kind of hover like a helicopter. I hadn't played any of the newer games with Tails, only the original Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Genesis. DD has played some though, and watched the TV shows. I think Shadow is her favourite character, but possibly Tails is a close second. 

Here's the finish:

Tails by Makibird

stitched 2 over 1 on 14ct silver perforated paper

with DMC as charted

This one I made more mistakes than the other 2 combined. I also "finished" 3 colours, since I was stitching all of one colour before switching to the next, etc. and had to go back and put in extra stitches for 3 of the colours. But it's a fun finish and although it can take a bit to see the character, if you follow the darker outline, you can make him out. 

After all the colour changes I might be up for some more monochrome, but I'll have to see what calls to me. I'm at the point where a lot of the charts I've pulled are fine, I'd like to start them, but they don't have the same pull that some of the early starts did. It's possible I'm up for a smaller full coverage project, we'll see how the workday treats me, etc. 

I hope you've all had a good day of stitching!

Happy Stitching, 

Tiffstitch

2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #57 - Sonic the Hedgehog by Makibird

If you weren't familiar with yesterday's video game sprite, then maybe today you'll know this one? It's a more common character and tends to show up in lots of places, movies, TV shows and Nintendo video games, despite this being a Sega character originally. 

Without further ado, this is Sonic:

Sonic the Hedgehog by Makibird

stitched 2 over 1 on 14ct silver perforated paper

with DMC as charted

I mixed up one of the blue colours in this one, but I don't think it mattered, so I didn't change it out. The two colours were very similar shades. Again, no need for backstitch with the colour changes, so it turned out pretty well I think, despite my error in the colours. The shoes in particular I like since you can kind of see how the back leg is lifted and the front leg is planted for him to go run or roll off at high speeds. 

Hope you've all had good stitching days, and see you next time for one more sprite!

Happy Stitching, 

Tiffstitch

2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #56 - Shadow by Makibird

After that large-ish start last time, I felt the need for a few smaller projects, so I pulled out some sprite patterns I've had for ages. I don't believe these are still available, at least the website didn't seem to exist any more. 

If any of you have or do play video games, these next few days should be familiar. First up in my list is Shadow:

Shadow by Makibird

stitched 2 over 1 on 14ct silver perforated paper

with DMC as charted

There's a fair bit of colours in these to give them definition without the backstitch, and they're fairly quick. I think each one took me 2 nights of stitching time. I believe this is the only one I stitched without any frogging. 

I hope you've all had good stitching days!

Happy Stitching, 

Tiffstitch

2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #55 - Forever & Ever by Cottage Garden Samplings

I suppose you could call me late to the party on these, as they came out a few years ago and many, many people have stitched them. I couldn't decide if I liked them or not really. Then I decided they'd make good pillows and maybe I could make some for my parents. I picked birds that they see often, and decided to start with this one, mostly because I had it about half-kitted up from the LNS I purchased it from. 

My dad's favourite bird is the female cardinal because of the depth of colour it can have, so I wanted to stitch these with the Weeks Dye Works threads they call for. 

I worked on this for a couple days and I've ordered the other threads I need for this one and a couple others, so I'm looking forward to getting back to this at some point. 

Forever & Ever by Cottage Garden Samplings

stitched 2 over 2 on 32ct Lily of the Valley

with Weeks Dye Works as called for

These are definitely not small projects, but the printed chart is massive, and it's been an easy stitch so far. I managed to get a full threadlength in of 3 different colours, plus a little extra of WDW Ivy. 

I'd like to start the others, but I'd also like to have all the threads that I need on hand, so I can be patient. I think I'll pick up something smaller for now. 

Hope it's been a good few days of stitching for you!

Happy Stitching, 

Tiffstitch