8/31/26

 I've met my goal for Steampunk Portal with 1132 tent/566 full x stitches and 7.69% complete.

Away We Ride from Autumn Lane Stitchery is out next.  I was debating frogging the black stitches, but when I pulled it out this morning, I think it will be fine.

8/30/26

 I've met a couple more of my 2026 goals.  I think I'm down to two or three annual goals which is awesome.  It lets me start back through my WIPs while I continue working on monthly goals.

I added 1038 tent/519 full x stitches to Catfish Cthulhu from Unconventional XStitch bringing it to 2.71% compete.

I also added 556 stitches to "Richard's Stocking" from Shepherds Bush which is for my husband, eventually.  I converted the coat color to one I had in stash which turns out to be a #8 perle rather than the #5 called for.  I think it turned out fine. 

I'm into my 2025 starts now with Steampunk Portal which was the 2025 HAED SAL.

8/29/26

 It's been a rough couple of days here.  My 12 year old German Shepherd crossed the Rainbow Bridge yesterday afternoon which has been hard on all of us.  I took her to the emergency vet in town since they have a relationship with a pet crematorium and said my final good byes to her there.

She's been my constant companion while I've been WFH the last 6 years and it's going to be more than a little lonely with her missing from the hallway outside my office.  I just took this picture a few days ago while I was grilling supper.

Ok, onto something happy or I'm going to sit here and cry.

I met my goal for Our Path of Light from Uncomventional XStitch with 1042 tent/521 full x stitches and 3.7% complete.

Catfish Cthulhu is out next and I'm hoping to meet it's goal later today or tomorrow.

8/27/26

 Chatelaine's Heritage Sampler has been out for the last few days.  I've added the year in the personalization at the top and I've gotten maybe 2/3 of the beading complete.  Then I hit a wall.

I've charted what I'm going to add on either side of the garden at the bottom so a finish is my goal for next month.

Our Path of Light from Unconventional XStitch is out next.

8/24/26

 I've met my August goal for Warrior Alice with 4074 tent/2037 full x stitches and 90.45% complete.

These two pages aren't quite done, but I was ready to move on.

Beading on Chatelaine's Heritage Sampler has started.

8/22/26

This afternoon, ive finished pages 37 and 43 of Warrior Alice,  she's now 88.58% complete.

Hopefully the picture shows up better for you then what it does for me right now.

8/21/26

 I've met my August goal for Harriet Godherd with 755 stitches.

I was reminded that I can't count, but by the time I noticed I wasn't going to frog and just kept stitching.  The differences make it mine.

Warrior Alice is out next.

8/18/26

I've met a couple more goals for August with  2186 tent/1093 full x stitches and 11.57 % complete for Her Private Garden from HAED.

I've also added 1585 stitches to Pledge of Allegiance from Plum Street Samplers.

Harriet Godhard is out next.

8/11/26

 Yesterday, I finished page 18 of Sea Witch which had her at 45.89% complete.

then, tonight, I finished my stitches for August which ended up being 2100 tent/1050 full x stitches and 46.07% complete.

Her Private Garden is out next.

8/10/26

 Saturday, I met my August goal for Chatelaine's Hawaiian Garden with 2129 stitches on part 7.

And this morning, I finished page 17 of Sea Witch.  Page 18 is also very close to being finished and will probably be complete later today.

8/5/26

 Yesterday, I met my August goal for SS Daybreak with 2346 tent/1173 full x stitches and it's now 5.98% complete.  I had an outstanding stitchy day even though work interfered with my time.

Chatelaine's Hawaiian Mandala is out next.

8/4/26

I've made pretty good progress on Loara Standish.  

She kept me company all weekend.  But, I needed to put her away since this band is kind of slow for me.  She will return again though, maybe later this month or next month.  I do want to complete the current band and possibly the next two. 

SS Daybreak is out now for it's August stitches.

8/1/26

 I've met my goal for Summer Moon from Plum Street Samplers with 674 stitches.

I should have probably finished the roof but, I kept finding myself doom scrolling so I put it away.

Instead of pulling out one of my monthly WIPs, I pulled out Loara Standish who has been calling my name.  When I put her away the last time, I was kind of frustrated with starting/stopping threads on a reversable WIP on 56 ct.  I just decided to keep moving and see what happens.  Here's tonight's progress so far