9/30/24

M. Woods 1759 from Milady's Needle was out this weekend and had 912 stitches added to finish off the top two pages of the chart.  I also added just a little of the next alphabet to start the next pages.

Louisa Coulimore from Hands Across the Sea came out next for some easy monochrome stitching.

 

9/28/24

 1026 tent / 513 full x stitches added the The Forgotten.  14.16% complete

M Woods 1759 from Milady's Needle is out next. 

9/26/24

 Last night, I met my September goal for Elizabeth Hall with 718 stitches.

I got started on her name and then I was over stitching 1x1 on 46ct for now.

Next month, I'll just need to finish her name and school, all over one, and she'll be done.

The Forgotten from Charting Creations is next.

I'm also looking at what I want to do for the rest of the year.  I've been working through my WIPs again but there isn't a chance that I'll be able to work through all of them, again, before the end of the year and trying to actually meet that goal is going to push some burnout.  

So, I'm thinking about finishing the goal on The Forgotten since it's already out and I've added stitches this morning.  Then, I'm going to take all my WIPs, other than the ones with monthly goals, put them all back in order so I can find whatever takes my fancy and just pull whatever I want to stitch.  Will I keep the 500 full x goal?  Probably, it seems to work pretty well for me.  Maybe I'll pull a sampler and just see how close to finishing I can get it?  Dunno.  

Since I should be finishing He Came With the Rain in October, I'm also thinking about increasing the monthly stitching I'm doing for The Loneliness of Autumn and Warrior Alice in Nov/Dec just to make the 2025 goals to finish one or both of them easier to accomplish.

9/24/24

 I met my goal for Loneliness of Autumn this morning with 1058 tent stitches/529 full x and 28.34% complete.

Elizabeth Hall is out next.  Most of what is left is over one so I'm not sure if she'll be finished this month or if I'll split what's left and finish her in October.

9/22/23

I haven't gotten as much done stitchy-wise as I would have liked but I have made some nice progress this weekend.

I've met my monthly goal on Sea Witch with 1056 tent/ 528 full x stitches and it's now 34.49% complete.

Sarah Rickwood from Running With Needles and Scissors came out next.  I've now met my monthly goal for her as well with 826 stitches,  59.47% complete.

Loneliness of Autumn is next.

9/19/24

 Yesterday, I started Summer Moon from Plum Street Samplers with a friend.  I'm stitching on 40ct Prairie Grass linen from Seraphim with all the charted colors.

I've added 515 stitches.

The moon is filled with DMC Ecru which doesn't appear as bright on my fabric as it does on the picture from the chart, but I think I'm ok with it and it should look better as I add colors around it.

9/18/24

 Nightshade has received another 520 stitches.  Sadly, that still doesn't see the cropped portion finished.  Maybe next month.

Today, I have another new start with a friend.  We're starting Summer Moon from Plum Street Samplers.  I love this series!

9/16/24 #2

I've got a finish!

I added another 501 stitches plus a couple to sign my finish

Nightshade is out next as she creeps along for her finish too

9/16/24

 After slowing down for a couple of days after meeting my goal on He Came With the Rain, Warrior Alice got 1410 tent/705 full x stitches and is now 39.22% complete.

Then I had a new start with a friend.

Mary Gypson 1828 from Whilst Iris Naps with all the called for overdyed cotton on 46ct Thornfield from Needle and Flax.

I started with 516 stitches.

Out now, is Stitch.  I'm hoping to finish the last couple rows of text tonight.

9/12/24

Last night, I finished pages 29 and 37 of He Came With the Rain from Unconventional XStitch.  It is now 92.49% complete with only 2 full and 4 partial pages to go.  In September, I added 7060 tent/3530 full x stitches in just 8 days.  A friend asked if I'm going to finish this month and no, I need a break from it.  It will be a finish in October with just 6130 tent stitches to go.

Warrior Alice is out now for another 1000ish tent stitches.

 

9/10/24

 Pages 28 and 36 of He Came With the Rain, 90.15% complete

I've got approximately another 1467 tent stitches to go to meet my goal of 6633 tent stitches this month to be able to stitch 6633 tent stitches in October to finish.  Since I'm out of most of the confetti of earlier pages in this row, that should happen soon.

I added a quarter to the unstitched area when I took this picture because I found it very interesting that all this detail is visible without needing the stitched area to be huge.

9/7/24

 Pages 27 and 35 of He Came With the Rain are done and I'm at 87.28% complete.

I've got about another 3000 tent stitches left to meet my goal so maybe another couple page finishes?

9/3/24

 To start Sampler September, I have a new start with two, possibly three more planned.

On 9/1/24, I started Sarah A Sanderson 1872 from The Scarlett House.

I didn't have a huge start, but I've added 574 stitches to my giant piece of fabric.

The remaining starts will come later in September.  In the meantime, I've picked up Together We Stand from HAED and have added 1162 tent/581 full x stitches and it's now 1.06% complete

Next up is He Came With the Rain from Unconventional XStitch.  This one is so close to being done with only 13222 tent stitches left.  I've pretty consistently been adding 5000 plus tent stitches per month so I've decided to make my goal this month half of the remaining stitches and add a minimum of 6611 tent stitches.

8/31/24

 It looks like I didn't update IL Bosco di Bengtsson.   I've added 587 stitches

Then I pulled out Loara Standish for 537 stitches.  I really wasn't looking forward to those flowers so I moved to the next band.   I'll come back to them next year.

Then I pulled out Chatelaine's Heritage Sampler and added 501 stitches.

Since September is also known as Sampler September,  I'm starting a few Samplers or sampler-ish pieces with a friend, so there will be some new starts.  I'm hoping September is also when I see the first of several 2024 finishes.