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).

Love with a Capital L February progress

Hi, BAP stitchers!  "Love" was my focus project for February; why not, given the subject matter?  So I did work on it quite a lot.  I have 3 colors in play now- all Gloriana Silk- crimson (main), pumpkin (border and motifs), and copper (second color in the text).  I am happy with these choices but I still need something more variegated for the big capital L that will be at the top left.
Previous progress:

Currently:

In March I will try to finish the berry vine band (work across to the right side) and work on the next page.    Honestly, I got pretty tired of this project in February, so I don't expect to make as much progress in March.  I do want to finish this year, however.

Yay Leap Day!

I needed this extra day to get as much stitching in as possible.  I definitely have slacked off a bit this month as I only got 2 pages done.  Part of the problem is I've been working out pretty consistently and another part is that I've had a couple of nights where I've been too busy to stitch and to top it off I'm moving this week and it took a lot of time to shop for a new apartment.

But here's what I have so far.  Last time:

Now:

My goal for next month is smaller because if moving but my goal is to finish  this set of pages which is basically 2-1/2.  April won't go well either because of my birthday but we'll climb that mountain when we come to it :).

Renee's Fractal White Tiger February 2016 Update

After 2 months of progress on my Charting Creations "Fractal White Tiger" chart, featuring artwork by Ricky Barnard, I have 3,618 of 174,300 stitches completed. (My goal was at least 900 stitches a month, so I am happy with the progress!)

Last month, Dede asked if I could add a coin to the photo so you could have a better idea of the scale of this piece. All of the stitches in this photo fall within a 3 x 3 inch square.

The photo to the right shows my progress last month. 

This month, I added 2,107 stitches.

I think this is one of my favorite cross-stitch projects to date. It does not look like a tiger yet, but I just love seeing all of the colors coming together. 

February 2016 - Christmas Contest Suteki

Well, I didn't do so well in February. I only worked on Suteki for two weekends of the month due to finishing up rows on other WIPs. I left off last month here:



And, after 83.63 hrs total, am now here:
I really wanted to have this row finished by the end of February, but oh well. Due to other commitments, I won't be stitching much on her in March or April either...looks like I'll have some making up to do in June!

February Letting Go Update

January 29, 2016

February 29, 2016

Just a little bit of progress, not much.

~Sarah

February - Unspoken

I hope I am not posting this at the wrong time!

Here's my 'Unspoken' for this month - if you see the purple arrow at top right, that is the middle of the top row! :D :D :D  Only a couple stitches are there, but I'm still happy to have reached it :D

Tama

No progress.

Hello my darling friends! No progress here on January and February, sorry.
But I will be here on March.
See you letter!
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
★ Ana Cristina ★

February Update

Nada, zip, zero--no progress.  I have not picked up the needle and thread on my bap (His Eye is on the Sparrow).  I had several other things I worked on.  first our Kansas Stitcher group had a challenge to stitch something for Kansas Day --which was Jan. 29th.  I stitched a sunflower biscornu. Then I stitched for me! Started on my birthday (2nd)--something that has been in my to do pile for 5 or 6 years.  Fell in love with these little birdies and darn it --they have been calling for a long time.  So I heeded the siren song and got with it.  Valerie Pfeiffer Trios. I plan on taking it to the framers this week.  I also started a Black Bird Design--Christmas Garden.  I belong to a group on Facebook that loans out of print BBD patterns.I put my name on the list for this one and low and behold it was my turn!  Because it is a lone I am devoting all my stitching time to it.  I want to be able to pass in on quickly.  I pulled threads from my stash of Victorian Motto Sampler.  Working on 40 ct Picture This Plus "Doubloon".

We had a nice tease for spring--upper 70's on Saturday (20th). Was wonderful to spend time outside without winter clothes and gale force winds.  Just soo pleasant.  Back to 40's but that is OK cause spring isn't that far away! Daffodils are poking thru!

That is what I have been up to--lots of stitching!  Keep stitching!  Dede

Love with a Capital L January Progress

Hello!  Here is my January start on Love with a Capital L.  While I love how the colors work together in the border and decorative elements, I felt the pumpkin was too pale in the text (see Patient and Kind).  So I skipped around the chart, until I could find a better color.  And I skipped the big capital L (top left) because I want a highly variegated thread for that.  I am considering Caron Waterlilies "Hot Peppers".  Is anyone familiar with that colorway?

I'm happy with my new start; I worked on the first 3 pages though none are complete.  Eventually I did find a better color for the text: Gloriana Silk in Copper.  This will be a focus piece for February since it is all about Love.  

I'm Back!

Hi everyone I'm back with another Paradise update!  I didn't post last month because we were told not to.  I was going to anyway but I forgot lol.  Anyway I've made a lot of progress after not much progress over the holidays.  

Last time:

Now:

The colors are pretty true the first one was in daylight the second at night.  But in the two months I did about 4 1/2 pages.  The second pic is an official page finish with a bit of the next one.  See you all next month!

Renee's Fractal White Tiger January 2016 Update

This month I managed to add over 1500 stitches to my Charting Creations cross-stitch "Fractal White Tiger" featuring artwork by Ricky Barnard.

Page 1 is almost 30% complete. I cannot wait to see how it looks for my February update!

Happy Stitching,
Renee

Unspoken

More little bitty progress!  I think I have stitched a soft-focus branch, though.

Tama