Mini's Indian peacock May 2020 update

Hi Stitchers,

Another month has gone by , can't believe half of 2020 will soon be over. Well, I'm sure we cant wait this year to pass...
So for May, I did a personal goal of stitching every day which I shared end of last month. I'm happy to report that I was stick to my goal for almost all days except 2 when I was too tired to stitch.
I added 3711 stitches, a combination of full and half cross stitches.Here is how the WIP looks like:

This is giving me hope that I can finish this project this year. I'm going to start a new project today so that I cant get bored of this one.

Hope you are staying safe and indoors wherever you are.
Happy Stitching

Mini's Indian peacock April 2020 update

Hello Stitchers,

Remember me? Indian lady who started a project named Indian peacock as part of new year new start in 2017.
I know I have not posted here since a long time, 2 years to be exact.
Well the reason is -I have hardly stitched on this project-3 days in 2019 and 17 days in 2018. I would certainly like to improve that and may be finish this project this year.
Without further ado, I show you my progress on the project. Here is at end of April 2020.I stitched on this for 10 days and added 1261 stitches in it.

Here it is when I picked it up. I'm trying to stitch color wise , trying to finish all stitches of colors I have started . One of the reasons I was neglecting this project was that I was finding it difficult to stitch it in Q-snap. Now , I'm trying to stitch it in hand, which explains the wrinkles in the top pic.

For the month of May, I'm doing a personal challenge called "Stitch Every 'Day' in 'May'". See the details on my blog here and join me if you like.

Happy stitching.

Mini's Indian peacock March 2018 update

Hello Stitchers,

Here is March update on Indian peacock, my new year new start in 2017.

I think I stitched it for 6 days , the stitchy bug has been hiding ....

End of March 2018

End of Feb 2018

Mini's Indian peacock February 2018 update

Hello Stitchers,

Its been a while I posted an update on my new year new start 2017 here. I stitched on that piece for 26 days in 2017 with last stitch put in August.

However, I have picked it up on 13th Feb after finishing some priority gifts .This is how it looks after 6 days of stitching.

Before

I'm travelling today and not taking this piece with me due to its size , so I thought I will post an update today .

Dimension Indian Peacock update for 2017

Hi Friends,

Here is an update on the project I started for this blog.I stitched this piece for 26 days in 2017. If this blog continues I will use the same piece for 2018.

Wishing everyone a Happy new year filled with lots of crafting time.

Mini's January update

Hello Friends,

Its time for a monthly update. I'm very happy with my progress on this project , I think I have completed 15% of the total stitches. I worked on the top left corner of the pattern.

I have fallen in love with this project and its hard to put it down. However it's time to pick my second WIP for Focus Finish February as part of  Theme-tas-stitch 2017 SAL. Don't know what I'm talking about , head over to Kerry's blog for details .

When I started this project , I had few apprehensions after reading about stitcher's trouble with kits- how the floss is bad, how they ran out of floss, the aida is of poor quality.

So far I don't have any complaints with this Dimensions kit, being a newbie stitcher with limited stash it helps when the fabric and floss is provided  . I may be weird but I like working on stiff aida as it helps to keep my stitches neat.I'm also enjoying working with first time with blended threads and variety of half stitches and how fast the half crosses stitch.

Will see you in March when I will pick this piece again for stitching.

Have a great February.

Mini's Introductory Post

Hello Friends,

My first post on this blog.A little introduction-My name is Mini, I have been cross stitching since I was 7 years. However, I took a break from it for 10 years and have restarted since Jun 2014. I have a blog http://minizdiary.blogspot.com/ where you can read more about my cross stitching journey.

This Friday (and Saturday) I worked on my New year New Start. Here are progress pics:

My humble start on 1st Jan 2017

Progress on Day 4

Here is how the finished piece will look like

Dimension kit-Indian Peacock

I started the kit while I was on vacation in Dubai and forgot to pack the instruction sheet in the luggage. Yesterday I read the instructions and I think I will have some some troubles with half cross stitches. We will see when I come to that part, right now I'm enjoying stitching the peach stitches.