Steph's Spooky Character

Does a bat count as a spooky character?  Well, I say it's a vampire, shapeshifted, so I'm going with it.  Spooky House only got one evening this month, but that was enough to finish the (partial) page and even do most of the backstitching.

Happy Haunting friends!  

Steph’s January Haunted House

It was great to pick up Spooky House after it was on hiatus for a few months.  I did a lot of backstitching on the bottom and started the top half, from the left side.  The backstitching was extensive but it also re-energized my mojo for  this piece.

I loved stitching the black bat flying across the moon.

Steph's Free Choice - Boo Club finished!

Hello friends, I'm popping in to share my Boo Club which I finished December 26th with a few buttons (as included in the charts) and brass charms (my addition).

Here's a close up of the bottom section.  That bottom border was a lot of fun to stitch!

It's been lovely participating in this SAL.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Steph's October Monster

I had so much fun stitching this piece at my retreat, StitchFest, last weekend, in Virginia, USA.  If you ever get a chance to attend a retreat, please do.  There's nothing like enjoying the camaderie of stitching friends when you have nothing to do but relax and stitch.  The WDW Guacomole floss stitched up nicely in Frankie's face.


He looks a little funny without eyes; those will be black buttons attached later.  Happy stitching everyone and enjoy a spook-tacular Halloween!

Steph's Witch

I love Witches!  This little piece took 2 days to stitch and it was lots of fun.

Boo club is getting close to finished...

Steph's Haunted House(s)

I definitely have a thing for haunted houses... so I'll share 2 pieces today.
The Boo Club Fright line took a few days to stitch this month.

The larger piece in my rotation is Spooky House, by X's and Oh's.  This is a major project with all the good stuff (blends, fractionals, metallic, backstitch etc).

Happy haunting friends!

Steph's Pumpkin

Hi friends, it's July and I'm feeling like stitching Christmas, not Halloween, but I'm staying on track with my spooky rotation.  Pumpkin turned out pretty cute, though the jack o'lantern is missing his eyes (tiny black buttons, I will sew on later).


Next month is the haunted house, I'm looking forward to that!

Steph's Creepy Tree

Hi friends, I'm back to share my creepy tree.  Creepy took a day to stitch, not bad.  The little detail in this piece is so fun.. the gravestone and the owl turned out super cute.  I also went searching for brass charms to embellish this piece and found some spooky ones.  I will use some of the buttons as included with the charts, but I like charms as well. 

I'm pleased to report Boo Club is now half finished!

Steph's Green Frog

May was a super busy month with Maynia, visits, travel, etc, but luckily I was able to squeeze my Boo Club piece into one day.  The frog was a fun stitch and I like that you can see the variegation of the Weeks floss in the frog's belly.

Hopefully this guy will keep all the bad frogs away!  

Stephanie's Spiders

Here's my update on Boo Club... only took 1 day this time.  Though, I nearly lost motivation when backstitching the spider legs!   Those are a lot of tiny stitches, some over 1.  And the "empty" spiders will be filled in with black buttons.

Boo Club remains a fun diversion from some of my BAPs.

Stephanie's Black Cat

Here's my March Boo Club stitching... cute little black cat, it will have tiny white buttons for eyes but I'll add that later.  Black cats are my favorite, btw.  It took 3 days to stitch this, because.... life.  We booked a vacation for later this year and I got sucked into the vortex that is Disney trip planning. And I lost one of my DMC's... (the purple).  Quite maddening because I had it in hand last month.  Oh well, hopefully next month will be better!

Stephanie's Candy Corn

"Treats" by Lizzie Kate, a super fun & fast stitch

I do wish the hand dyed thread (GAST Tomato) was a bit more variegated!  Oh, well...
~Stephanie / Ms. OhSewCrafty

Stephanie's Winged Creature

Hi, I'm Stephanie, aka Ms. OhSewcrafty on my blog, YouTube, and Instagram.  As it's my first time posting here (thank you, Jo, for the invite), here's a brief intro: I'm a longtime stitcher and crafter, jack of all trades.  January's stitch was super fun and it became apparent that I will love stitching Lizzie Kate's Boo Club, it is a nice break from my BAPs.  The bat silhouetted against the moon is pretty cute.  I am using a mix of overdyed threads (the ones that seemed variegated) and the DMC subs, on Dirty belfast linen.