It has been soooooooo long since we have had a good, solid and true IHSW! Even though I felt I had lost my stitchy bug, I managed to get a little bit done over the weekend and am pretty pleased.
Thanks to Jo and Joyce for getting this up and running again!
So this weekend's project was my Fire and Ember SAL and I'm STILL on page D2. A little back story on the page names...I have a grid. I'm nerdy and geeky and a grid had to happen. Oh but wait! It gets worse!
I'm not going to bother stitching top left to right and go row by row or page by page..NO. I'm going A1, B1, A2, C1, A3, D1, A4 and now am struggling to stitch D2.
And there's more! Each page also has a corresponding month! A1 was July 2016. Page D2 is actually February 2017. Technically speaking (I mean let's get real, it is ALL technical here) I am 12 months behind!
To continue with the madness, I will stitch all of the outside pages first and then hit the middle....I mean...if I EVER get done with D2.
This is my first medium/large full coverage piece and it is pure joy to stitch...when I actually stitch on it. It isn't the pattern that is the issue. It's how I overwhelmed myself with projects and had to sit back and just calm down. I do this all of the time...normal behavior, but things end up getting done in the end.
The before and after shots of D2. Maybe today will see the end of D2 and the start of A5? Who knows!
Until next time.....KEEP ON STITCHIN'!
You’re sooooo right, Carla. It’s been ages since we had a good IHSW and the feeling of great stitching camaraderie. Feels guuuuud!! LOL at your stitching pattern, but it seems to be working out great!!!
ReplyDeleteYour WIP is looking great...just take your time in doing your stitching...I stitch when I want to and I stitch on what I want. I take my time with my stitching. I am in no hurry to get them done.
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Linda K, Buttercup
I agree with your method and for some reason I end up doing it wrong when I try and plan things out! HEAVY SIGH here :D
DeleteThat's what I keep telling myself and I promptly DON'T listen :D
ReplyDeleteYou made great progress still :) I think the pages with the actual scaly bits of the dragon do take longer. I felt like that with what would be C2 on your grid and it's the same with C3 on which I am stitching right now. Lots of the pages, you do one or two colours, then only fill in some stray stitches. On there, there are five+ dominant colours, and there's a lot of counting and it just takes forver, but it just looks SO good in the end!
ReplyDeleteI am so envious of you and Jody for having so much done!
DeleteGood luck with finishing D2 - not quite sure that I follow your logic but I am sure that it works!
ReplyDeletehaha, there is no logic here, I was trying to make it fun hahaha!
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