May 2016 - Christmas Contest Suteki

I apparently haven't stitched on Suteki since the end of March, and then not a lot. March was vacation month, April was The April A to Z Blogging Challenge, and I really have no excuse for May other than it's taken me a while to get my stitching mojo back. I left off here:
And worked on her approximately two hours on the 31st so that I'd have some progress to show:
I'm trying to get my routine back on track, but it hasn't been easy after so long a break, so I can't guarantee June will be much better, but I'm gonna try!

May 31st--- ALREADY?

My, my the days are whizzing by!  I have done some work on my piece.  9 1/2 motifs finished.  I know the corner deer isn't stitched yet--thinking I might put something smaller in that space and add my name and date there.  Just thinking about it.  I have been doing most of the stitching on this piece while we watch (I listen) to the KC Royals baseball games.  We started watching early last season and was so impressed with the team.  They show such great emotions--remind me of 11 year old boys when they are winning!  LOL.  A lot of joy in the way they play.  And haven't seen ANY diva antics from any of them.

I am keeping up with the Randje per Week.  I really do find a lot of pleasure in stitching the letters and numbers.  I think it will be a great piece to have for reference when I want to find an alphabet to use! Another 4 weeks and we will be 1/2 way done.

I hope you had a great Memorial Day!  We attended the small ceremonies at a couple of our local cemeteries.  Our oldest son and 2 of his daughters,my sister and one of her sons and his family.

Keep stitching!
Dede

Renee's Fractal White Tiger May Update

Over 2,000 stitches were added to my Charting Creations Fractal White Tiger cross-stitch (based on artwork by Ricky Barnard) this month.

This included a page finish - page 1 is done!

 This was how it looked last month. (The colors in the first photo are more accurate.)

I am eager to finish page 2 and then move down to page 6 so I can see the blue eye appear.

8,042 of 174,3000 stitches have been added and the project is 4.61% complete.

If I meet my goal of adding 900 stitches a month, I will have over 5% of the stitching done with my June update.

Happy stitching, everyone!

Finally...some progress!

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
★ Ana Cristina ★

Check in....

HI everyone how's it all going. I have been reading your posts on my email. I still have no want what so ever to stitch but I have been crocheting.

My fil has been really sick as of late and I need a vacation from work too. Going to take a week at the end of June and just have some fun with my son.

Just thought I would stop in and check up on you guys. So the stitchers that have not posted in a while let's hear from you and what you are up to.

Tammy

Paradise :)

Hey everyone I still haven't made much progress.  My birthday was this month so I took a week vacation for it and I'm currently stitching for the HAED challenge on Facebook.  It's only a page though so it should be done soon and I can get back to paradise.  I'm 67% done and have 15 pages to go.

Last time:

Now:

I thought I had more progress but oh well at least I reached the bottom of the column.  I'm itching to get back to it so that's a good sign.

See you all next time with hopefully another column finish!

Renee's Fractal White Tiger April Update

This month, I only managed to add 796 stitches to "Fractal White Tiger" from Charting Creations which is based upon artwork by Ricky Barnard.

I took it out of town and was SO excited to make great progress while my husband was in meetings, but I forgot to pack my floss... Luckily, I found some time the past 2 days to work on it.

5,954 of 174,300 stitches are done and the project is 3.42% complete.

This is how it looked last month. I hope to make more progress in May!

April, the month of shame

I did almost no stitching in April! All I managed to do was 1/2 a small card chart.

So Letting Go is right where I left her last month. I hope to get back on track in May.

April--I have progress!

I had no stitching on my piece for about 6 weeks or longer--hanging my head.  So at the beginning of April I was determined to get some stitches into His Eye.  I completed the border and it matched!!!!!  I was thrilled that I met up correctly.

Once I got that accomplished I went back to stitching on a few other projects.  I am currently working on a spool.  If you haven't seen them go look for them.  I had seen a fellow stitcher on facebook--she has bunches of old spools that she has made bands to put on the spools--so cute.  I have collected wooden thread spools for a long time...most come from my mom's stash.  None of my sisters do handwork nor sewing so I asked for them.  Anyway I plan to cover some of them.  I ordered a kit so that I could learn how to put them together.  The kit was released this spring from Milady's Needle " Rabbit Run".  I have it stitched just need to complete the edging then put it together. Here is a picture of Jancie Wright Greene's (a member of All About Smalls facebook grroup) spools.  I recognize several of these patterns from freebies.  No need to pitch those little strips of material!

I want to complete a little pillow for a Mother's day gift for one of my DIL.  I had made 3 little pin pillows from a freebie pattern several years ago.  One for 2 DIL's and for MIL.  So time to get one done for the latest new mother in the family. The heart buttons were some that my MIL had saved from baby cloths.

Hope you all are stitching away! I enjoy reading about your progress.  This month seems to have flown by....
Dede

Love with a Capital L March progress

This update is late, but I figured I'd better post before I work on it again for April.  I traveled in early April (for a stitchy retreat!) and the beginning of the month was crazy.  Previously:

Now:

I finished page 7 and started page 8.  At Keepsakes LNS in Cincinnati, I found something for the big capital L (at top left).  Next time, I'll see if that works out.

March progress--none.

I didn't touch my project all month.  I was working on BBD Christmas Garden.  Yesterday I did pick it up and put about 100 stitches in it.  Hoping I can do more soon.  Will have to start working outside to keep weeds at bay in the flower garden.
Keep stitching!
Dede

Not a Ton of Progress but Some :)

hey everyone I'm back with another update!  Between moving and vacation planning I didn't have much stitchy time but here's where I am:

Last time:

Renee's Fractal White Tiger March 2016 Update

Here is my 3 month update on the Charting Creations "Fractal White Tiger" chart, featuring artwork by Ricky Barnard, I have 5,158 of 174,300 stitches completed. (My goal was at least 900 stitches a month, so I am 2,458 stitches ahead.)

Here is how it looked last month. (The colors are more true to life in this photo.)

Although it does not look like a tiger yet, I just love the way the colors are coming to life on the fabric. I caught a view of it from across the room and have no doubt it is going to be incredibly impressive when it is done.

March - Letting Go update

I worked hard on my HAED chart this month.

Feb 29, 2016

And now I'm here....

March 28, 2016

I'm so glad to finally be working on her. I know I still need to fill in some of the sky to the left, but it will get done sometime lol.

March 2016 - Christmas Contest Suteki

Thanks to vacation, it's kind of hard to tell where my progress is, but at least there is some (well, two nights worth to be exact, but every little bit counts, right?). I left off here:
And finished here for the month and I'm now at a total of 86.9 hrs:
April will be even worse due to the April A to Z Blogging Challenge, but things should be back to normal in May (unless I decide to work on vacation pictures, then another month will bite the dust).