8/1/2020

Page 14

Page 15 and a finish!

7/25/20

Finished page 10 tonight.  Just two more partials to go!

7/22/20

Page 9 is complete!

This was probably my fastest page 1x1 full x, ever.  It was completed in just 17 days.  Gotta li e Pattern Keeper! 

7/20/20

I'm still making good progress on Earth Song and hope to finish page 9 this week.

7/13/20

Earth Song saw some nice progress last week, all of it 939 and 310.

This week will hopefully see the last wolf complete.

7/9/2020

I've made quite a lot of progress over the last week or so.  I finished page 5 of Earth Song

Then I took a short break from it and started Jane Fiddes 1835 from Hands Across the Sea.  My border matched up!

Now I'm back to Earth Song on page 9, hoping for another page finish yet this month. 

6/28/2020

Earth Song has been back out for the last three weeks and today, I finished page 4.  Now, there is one full page and four partial pages until it's finished.  Page 5 is up next to avoid some of the confetti in that wolf for a little while.

1/27/19

Not much happened this week.  I'm working too many hours right now which means I come home and if I do stitch at all, I only manage a few stitches.

I have managed a little though.

Yesterday, I pulled out Cherry Hill Farm and frogged the basket I stitched last year since I managed to orient it the wrong way on the fabric.  I restitched it then started on the fill and added some fruit. 

1/17/20

Sadly, work has been kicking my butt so far this month and stitching has been taking a definite back seat.  BUT, I have gotten a little done on Earth Song.  

12/30/19

Christmas Day I finished page 13 of Earth Song.  There are only two more full pages and 4 partial pages left.

Then, I pulled out and started Thomas's Stocking by Shepherd's Bush.

I almost finished Santa's coat last night. 

12/23/19

Saturday, since my husband had to work I added almost 1000 stitches to Earth Song and finished page 8.  

I'm hoping to finish the partial below it before Christmas Day when I plan to start my son's stocking.  Stay tuned.

12/16/19

I finally got out the confetti planet and mountains this week.  First picture is better than the second picture which is where I am currently.  I'm hoping to get this page done by the end of the week since I want to start another stocking during the week of Christmas.

12/9/19

Progress on Loara Standish, still reversible!

Steve Rousseau's Old European Sampler got a few more stitches this week.

The Earth Song came back out.  I would really like to see this column of pages done by the end of the month.

10/21/19

Earth Song made some good progress over the last week.  I actually added about 1300 stitches over the weekend which I haven't done for quite a while.

I'm hoping to see a page finish in the next week or so which is awesome since I hadn't made much progress on this one for the last couple of years.

I also had a very small new start on Needleworker by Little House Needleworks on the drive to my son's football game.  But since I decided I didn't like my 2x2 coverage and frogged the bit I'd done.  There was only a stitch or two which is not worth showing when we got to the game.  

10/14/19

M. Woods is at a stand still right now.  I'm debating on the color used for the H.  It's also used on the red flowers.  It's not really visible.  I'm debating just leaving it since it is a reproduction sampler, or above that top, green border, I've auditioned three different colors, one in two different weights.  It's just a couple of stitches in each one.  Tell me what you think.

Earth got some love over the last week.  I'm almost to the half page point in the 939.  The rest of the center bit is pretty much all black then there is some more light blues on the right.

10/7/19

I forgot to share progress on a couple of WIPs last week

I've been struggling a little bit to pick a WIP and stick with it.  I don't know if it's because I decided I needed to touch all my WIPs before the end of the year, because I want to finish Earth Song next year or because I've finished kitting up Sarah Braizear and want to start her, or a combination of those.

Anyway, here's the progress I made on Chatelaine's Blue Moroccan Lace over the last couple of nights.

And I've made a little more progress on Charting Creations Wolf Totem

but I've miscounted in a couple places so there is frogging to be done.

I've made progress on Earth Song, but I think I spent more time looking at it over the last week than I did actually stitching on it.  So, it's taking a break.  I have made it to the edge of the page so progress has been made, I just can't stay focused on it.

Yesterday, I pulled out M. Woods 1759 by Milady's Needle.  I've had this kitted with a custom HDF conversion since 2013.  I originally kitted it with three different shade of white in Kingston linen.  Since 46ct linen has hit my radar, I have a piece from xJuDesign that I decided to use.  

Here's how far I got yesterday.

The linen might be a little dark, but I like it.

9/30/19

Not a lot of progress this week.  I've been spending more time with an assortment of books.

But, there was progress

8/12/19

Feathers in the Wind from Tilton Crafts got some love this week.  Not much, but a couple of strands of 3865 across the top of page 3.

And there was a page finish!!

Page 11 of Earth Song

and my son's stocking got some love.

8/5/19 update

I finished page 7 of Earth Song last night!!

I started this page in January 2015.  I must have put it away then and picked it back up for a challenge on the HAED Facebook page in October 2016.  I'm glad I've picked this back up and am looking to finish it within the next year.  I've decided my problem was the confetti of the wolves and my dislike for 25ct lugana.  I'm hoping when I wash it, the weave of the fabric will tighten up and coverage will look better.  With any luck, I'll be able to get the next page done this week.

I've also been working on my son's stocking.  I took a picture last night when I moved the qsnap.

The stocking is my travel piece that sometimes gets attention at the end of my evening.  I would like to get the staff and stack of gifts on the sled stitched this week so I can move to the foot of the stocking and start all the fun little motifs.

7/29/19

I pulled Convent Garden back out for a quick picture.  

Saturday, I pulled my son's stocking back out and added 1500 stitches to it over two days.  This is the last overall picture.  You can almost see the outline of the stocking in Sulky metallic. 

And here is my progress when I put it back in my bag to take to work. 

I'm still making progress on Earth Song too.  I'm moving faster on it since I've moved out of the wolves. 

Yesterday, I started thinking about my goals for this year and the WIPs that haven't been touched.  So I pulled one that I just wanted to add some stitches to and will probably do just that one night this week.

Here's my starting point on Tilton's Feathers in the Wind