Truly, don't worry about it. Things happen.
And I do have Stitches in one of my towns already, its just that town is frozen in time, and will have to continue so for several weeks yet or even longer, and poor little Stitches is stuck in his house with a cold and can't come out to play. Has been that way for several weeks, as long as my town has been frozen. So I was just trying to get Stitches for my other town, where he could walk around and be my friend, and then eventually I would have passed him on to someone else.
But like I said, I do have a Stitches, I just have to be patient until I can move that town forward again.
So don't worry, be happy, lol.
With so many people trading dreamies, we can all enjoy them.