Weekly Update - 8/6/2020

 The weeks seem to go by so fast lately, it seems as if I just did an update and it's time for another one.

The Peppermint Purple SAL is currently on week 32.  I stitched this one using DMC Variations 4245 and it took 44 minutes.

 

 

Tinkerbell is my project for stitching at least 30 minutes a day and I've been keeping up with that without and problems.

As of 7/31/2020 after an additional 58 minutes

As of 8/6/2020 after an additional 5 hours 16 minutes

Wednesday Update - 5/15/2019

I had a really good stitchy week this time and got quite a bit done on all of the projects I worked on.  I stitched on three projects each day which hasn't happened in quite a while. My mindset has changed  to I only have to do one stitch for it to count.  I've never done only one stitch though and usually managed to stitch for about a half hour to an hour on each project.  .

I had two finishes this week  My first finish was the April Owl from Leslie Teare's free Owl SAL on Facebook.  It's stitched on 14-count Lite Oatmeal Aida with the called for DMC.  The leaves were supposed to be striped, but it felt too busy to me, so I changed them to be solid colors using the green floss in the umbrella.  This will be sent to WOCS with the rest of the owls when completed.

Started: 4/18/2019  Finished: 5/9/2019

My second finish was Dashing through the Snow by Lucie Heaton in the 2018 JCS Ornament Issue. This is my April ornament for the JCS Ornament SAL on Facebook.  This isn't the chart chosen by the group, but I had trouble enlarging that chart so I chose this one as a wildcard instead.  It's stitched on 14-count gold dusted Aida as charted, except that I used all different colors.  It was charted to be all in red and white on a pale blue fabric.

Started: 5/7/2019  Finished: 5/12/2019

I continued stitching on my Monogamous Monthly chart, Tinkerbell from the Art of Disney. Since I didn't want to take it off the Q-Snaps just to take a picture, I'm only showing the current week's stitching instead of the whole project.  The color is truer in the second picture.

As of 5/87/2019

As of 5/15/2019

I also started two more projects that should, hopefully be finished next week.   After finishing my April Owl, I immediately started on the May Owl.  I really like this one.

May Owl - Leslie Teare

And immediately after finishing Dashing through the Snow, I started my May ornament for  the JCS Ornament SAL  This is Red Borders by Elizabeth's Needlework Designs from the 2018 JCS Ornament Issue.  It's being stitched on 14-count gold dusted Aida with DMC 4518.

WIP Wednesday - 3/21/2018

I spent this week working on Tinkerbell - Spring Blossoms as part of the Spring Forward SAL for Cross Stitch Frog Busters.  I didn't reach my goal which was finishing the current quarter that I'm working on, but there's always next time.

As of 2/28/2018

As of 3/21/2018

For some reason, the color is better in the first picture. 

I've been doing a kind of rotation for the past few weeks with my "big" projects and it seems to be working.  I'm currently rotating Tinkerbell, Santa Quintet, Big Trees and three new projects, one of which will be added this week.  My rotation currently goes from Wednesday to Tuesday so that I can take advantage of WIP Wednesday.  All three new projects have deadlines so they may appear more often if necessary to finish them on time.  The other three I want to have finished by the end of the year.

I also work on a smaller project at they same time.  These are usually ornaments, cards, small quilt squares, pillows, etc.  I work on these one at a time until finished. 

WIP Wednesday - 2/14/2018

I can't believe it's Wednesday again, but I have two projects to show you this week.  First is my progress on Big Trees.

As of 2/7/18

As of 2/14/2018

 

 At this point I switched to Tinkerbell Summer Blossoms which is my project for Cross Stitch Frog Busters Spring Forward SAL (work on an old WIP and try to finish it.)

As of 1/1/2018

As of 2/14/2018

This is what it will look like when finished.  The color is closest in the picture directly above.