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Hi everyone - I'm Melissa, known as Measi online. I'm a married mom of one in her early 50s, owned by several cats, currently living in Rhode Island. I'm a cross-stitcher, journaler, penpaller, bookworm, Pagan, and gamer geek. This is my little corner of the Web.

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WIPGO 2023 – Week 9 – I Love New England

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March 1, 2023March 5, 2023 No Comments

Four new numbers have been pulled for March – time to introduce another set of WIPGO projects! First up this month is my focus piece for the WIPocalypse for March. I’ll be putting in a minimum of one stitch per day, but ideally a length of floss if I have the time. Sometime back in […]

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February 2023 WIPocalypse Check-In

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February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 1 Comment

Hello everyone! I’m finishing up a much needed week’s vacation from work today. The first half of the week was spent at home, split between a bit of housework, a bit of personal self-care/self-interest projects, and battling the latest in a long line of minor head colds. (whee). The latter half I spent away at […]

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WIPGO 2023 – Week 8 – Deep Blue Sea

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February 22, 2023March 5, 2023 No Comments

I have two mega projects in my current WIP Pile. Both are among my “bucket list” stitching. One is And They Sinned by Exemplar Dames. The other is my only current in-progress Chatelaine, Deep Blue Sea – which was originally named “Mystery XV” when it was the yearly month-to-month release back in 2012. Anyone who […]

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WIPGO 2023 – Week 7 – Dear Rine 2017

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February 15, 2023February 20, 2023 1 Comment

Back in 2017, I joined a Facebook group called Dear Rine Borduren. The owner of the group released a free mystery SAL week by week to fill a series of circles. The fill patterns alternated between geometric and animal designs, and the colors were completely up to the stitcher. At the same there wasn’t a […]

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WIPGO 2023 – Week 6 – The Fruits of Plenty

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February 8, 2023February 20, 2023 No Comments

Week six of WIPGO leads me to one of my truly Big Ass Pieces (BAPs), The Fruits of Plenty by Modern Folk Embroidery. Aside from my Chatelaine, which is coming up later this month, Fruits is the most intense piece I currently have going. As far as stitching skill goes? It’s honestly an easy piece. […]

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January Stitching Wrap-Up

Melissa
February 1, 2023February 2, 2023 1 Comment

The rollercoaster that I’d mentioned in my January 16th post continued through last weekend, and so I’m now behind in updating what’s been going on in my stitchy life. Along with Carol’s passing, we had to say goodbye to the last of our original band of (pre-Max) cats, Noby, who crossed the Rainbow Bridge on […]

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WIPGO 2023 – Week 5 – Bayun Cat (кот баюн)

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I started this entry but forgot to finish it… so backdating it to keep it in proper sequence. Whoops! February’s WIPGO numbers have been pulled, bringing four new pieces forward for my monthly focus. Two are more intense pieces, and two are lighter stitching… a very nice mix for the short month! First up for […]

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January 2023 WIPocalypse Check-In

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January 29, 2023February 20, 2023 No Comments

Hello everyone! New Year’s Day was just last week, wasn’t it? This month went weirdly fast. I’d fallen into the rhythm of the last three years where months seemed to go both quickly and slowly at the same time – the Covid Time Paradox. But January went just… fast. Too fast, honestly. I hope that […]

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WIPGO Week 4 – Mute But Not Silent

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January 25, 2023January 21, 2023 1 Comment

My final project for January’s WIPGO numbers is Mute But Not Silent by Amy Mitten. I was introduced to the Tudor Rose Sampler Guild via this class Workshop in September 2021. It is not a reproduction sampler, but is designed in the style of Dutch Hindeloopen samplers from the 17th century. The threads are tudor […]

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WIPGO 2023 – Week 3 – Apache Wedding Blessing

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January 18, 2023January 21, 2023 1 Comment

This week for WIPGO, I’m focused on one of my oldest WIPs – Apache Wedding Blessing, designed by Kooler Designs and published by Janlynn. This piece was chosen by my college friend and sorority sister, Ivanna, upon her wedding. We’re… now almost 20 years later and it’s still not quite done. (sigh) So the goal […]

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I'm turning 50 in 2025, and exploring this new decade of my life with a refocus on blogging about my life - marriage, parenthood, being owned by cats, Paganism, cross stitching, journaling, books, and letter writing... and probably some other stuff along the way. Nothing monetized here - just old-fashioned personal blogging.

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