Sarah Z
storyqueststitcher.bsky.social
Sarah Z
@storyqueststitcher.bsky.social
🧵 🪡 I’m not a monogamous stitcher, I just don’t pick up side-quests 🏳️‍🌈♠️🩶🤍💜

WIPs:
Forest Home
And A Forest Grew
A special FFO for my friend in the NPS 💚💔💚 This is a mashup of Never Lose by @shadedstitchery and motifs from Boreal Bounty & Tree’s Company by @pigeoncoopdesigns.

Floss: Ore & Green with Envy by Pirate + Robin

#crossstitch #shadedstitchery #pigeoncoopdesigns #neverlose
March 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I caught up on my #motifaweek project this evening with @wendyb616.bsky.social and @jensfiberweb.bsky.social keeping me company. This is my first page finish on And a Forest Grew 🌳 🌲 🌳

#crossstitch #andaforestgrew #andaforestgrewsal #rosewoodmanor
March 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Two little birb friends for the bird herd! The detail is so neat to see—they’re very clearly modeled after real species. I wish I knew more about them

#crossstitch #foresthome #theblueflowerstitching
March 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Sometimes you don’t start stitching until 10:30PM and you only get to stitch a tiny bit before you know you need to get to bed. But hey, I got to stitch on a tree today and that’s my happy place ✨🌲

#crossstitch #foresthome #theblueflowerstitching
March 6, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I’ve got almost all the floss collected for my start of Garden Cat for my #LifeOfPiSAL starting in 10 days (3/14). These colors are giving me life, and I think they’re going to look fantastic on this piece of Lotus linen by BeStitchMe ✨

#crossstitch #satsumastreet #gardencat #lifeofpisal
March 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I honestly can’t wait to get to all the little critters sitting on these branches. I stopped myself from stitching the entire trunk, because I would assuredly miscount and be really upset with myself. Let’s see how the first few rows of animals fit first!

#crossstitch #foresthome #theblueflower
March 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I had to start the border eventually— this tree trunk finally gave me a good enough reason (it was the same color)

#crossstitch #foresthome #theblueflower #theblueflowerstitching
March 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I finished my #motifaweek goal yesterday—it looks like such a tiny amount of progress, but these 3 little motifs are about 300 stitches. I’m just glad I got through them without any miscounts this week 😂

#motifaweek #andaforestgrew #andaforestgrewsal #rosewoodmanor
March 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Finished the orange (🍊?) tree today against all odds. Definitely ended up frogging the nest at least once. But we’re back on track and I just have to remember not to count anything else off this tree 😅 Aren’t those baby birds the cutest? 😍😍

#crossstitch #andaforestgrew #motifaweek #rosewoodmanor
February 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Worked on my #motifaweek project tonight, but this tree is large and so I’ll finish tomorrow. I picked up a cold 🤧and I’m a little out of it—so I definitely miscounted a few times and will need to finesse things. Nature isn’t perfect, so I’m not worried about it

#andaforestgrew #rosewoodmanor
February 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Really loving the variegation of the Roxy Floss Co. floss 😊 I’ve decided to just go with my usual Danish style stitching and own the stripes of color. If it’s consistent, I think it’ll look neat in the end

#crossstitch #foresthome #theblueflowerstitching
February 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Since I recently had a finish, I’m down to two WIPs. One is my #motifaweek piece and the other is Forest Home. So I’m ready to focus on this old friend for a while 🌳🌲💚 My plan is to stitch on this almost monogamously until #LifeOfPiSAL starts on 3/14

#crossstitch #foresthome #theblueflowerstitching
February 20, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I’ve finished Array No. 1 🙌🏻 Such a great stitch! Solving the stitch path of each block felt like an accomplishment. The colors are so bright and bold ✨10/10 would recommend

Pattern: Array No. 1
Designer: Shaded Stitchery
Fabric: 18ct Sand Dollar Aida Bestitch Me
Floss: Pirate Robin conversion
February 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
If you like the game of finding optimal stitch paths, you’d love this piece. Only ~300 more stitches 😁 maybe one more evening of stitching!

#crossstitch #shadedstitchery #arrayno1
February 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This sneaky little orange snake had a lot more stitches in it than you’d expect! We’ve made it to the last block 🙌🏻

#crossstitch #shadedstitchery #arrayno1
February 16, 2025 at 4:47 AM
we’re closing in on the final block! less than 1k stitches left ✨

#crossstitch #shadedstitchery #arrayno1
February 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I finished another block on Array No. 1 today. Honestly this is the best travel stitch you could ask for—once you know the block you can put your pattern away and just go. Got lots of good stitchy time in on my flights today

#crossstitch #shadedstitchery #arrayno1
February 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
finished my Valentine’s project! I haven’t settled on how I want to FFO this yet, but I have until Friday to sort that out 💖🖤

#crossstitch #stitchsprout #rotwithme
February 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
one more tree in the forest for #motifaweek 🌲

#andaforestgrewsal #andaforestgrew #rosewoodmanor
February 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Ok, I think I see what happened here—pretty sure 315 and 316 are swapped. Lesson learned: If your floss stash is thrifted, find a way to double check colors before you stitch
February 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I’m almost 100% sure that bobbin of 316 is mislabeled or ild enough that the dye lot is significantly darker. It’s just not looking right 😕 I reeeeeally don’t want to frog it, so I might just see how it goes

#crossstitch #stitchsprout #rotwithme
February 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I’m determined not to stitch any of the pink until the end 🖤💖

#crossstitch #stitchsprout #rotwithme
February 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Love love love the vine 🍃🍃 ~70% done.

#crossstitch #stitchsprout #rotwithme
February 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Caught up on January #motifaweek tonight. Grateful to Elizabeth from the Thread Gremlins for talking up the single strand front loop start—I took the time to learn it and it really helped me get more comfortable starting motifs.

#andaforestgrew #andaforestgrewsal #rosewoodmanor
February 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
my daughter asked for a “round bag” so I did my best 😅 at least the fabric is really cute 🐉
February 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM