Not that anyone cares …. but here is the Twin Peaks owl I was working on framed and ready to gift.

A&A really liked it. Like, liked it to the point that it was hung on a wall in their house immediately. That made me smile.

I have been debating what to stitch next and decided to drag out the kit I bought back in 2004. When I started having really bad anxiety attacks, I bought this kit because I thought it would give my brain something to focus on other than being anxious. I worked on it for a few weeks and then got distracted by life. It stayed on the shelf for a few years, and I eventually did some more work on it. Then life happened again. It’s been on the shelf for the better part of 15+ years now, so I figured it was time to finally finish it. The fabric had become discolored where the hoop had been on for so long. So, I ended up soaking it, which pretty much took care of the issue. Now, the piece is dry, ironed, and back in the hoop for completion.

It should be interesting to finish this because the pattern calls for A LOT of backstitching and some cording (which I have never done). You can expect the occasional progress photo.

And just like that, it’s done. I got inspired a few weeks ago to do a cross stitch project. After digging around on Etsy for a while, I found a Twin Peaks-inspired owl pattern that caught my eye. I was on my way after a supply run to Michael’s for fabric and thread. I started with a standard wood hoop but upgraded to a bigger plastic one so that I could just stitch and not have to move the hoop around.

I gotta say that I was super happy to be done with the black thread and could start filling in the color sections. I got mostly done with the rusty red color when I somehow managed to break the actual fabric on a row. What the hell?! It meant I couldn’t stitch along that section anymore because the corner holes of the squares were now obliterated. Panic ensued! After some thought, I came up with a patch by cutting some unaffected fabric and layering it behind the ruined section. It was a tedious fix, but it seemed to have worked pretty well, all things considered, and, from the front side, you can’t really tell that there was a major issue in this area.

Then all I had to do was add the final two colors.

And, here’s the finished piece!

Fabric disaster aside, this was fun to do. All I need to do now is iron and frame it for gifting (if Amazon will ever ship the frame I ordered!). A&A had better love this! Ha, ha.

The big question now is if I should find another pattern to do or should I go back to doom scrolling TikTok for hours every night.