January 2023 first post

 Hello stitchers! 

Welcome to my first post of the new year!

Let's start with SQ, that's got some well deserved attention and love in the last few days of 2022.
I started this cross stitch project the 1st of January, 2017 and it has a long way to go before it will be finished, but that's not so important at the moment since i always enjoy stitching the Queen, never feeling the burn out.
Let's only hope that soon she will be finished, washed, ironed and then framed and hung on the wall.
What follows is the most recent pic I took of this colorful wip, that's filling with varing pink and red hues. 

For WWAVMC, let's just say that, while SQ was out of the drawer, the main focus project of the last year was a bit overlooked on. Don't worry! The stitching will be finished hopefully in a short span of time. I'm assuming at worst the first days of the coming February.

I completed more than 243000 stitches and completed 141 colors out of 234. Not bad, if i say so myself...

Last but not least, i got happy mail! I oredered and present myself the 35 skeins of the "newest" colors that DMC put on the market in 2017. I got the package from a great deal on AliExpress, amd i'm not scared to say, or write, it.
The colors are lush and shiny and match the originals; the softness of the skeins are incomparable to those of the French brand. I'm quite pleased with what i received.
Have a look at these beauties: 

Well, that's all for now!

                            See you soon, 

Less than 5%!

 Hello fellow stitchers out there!

It's been quite a while since i last update my blog.
As we near the end of this eventful 2022, i can only watch the past months and see what i've accomplished, not only stitching-wise. It's beeen new, hectic, fun at times and other tiring and hurtful, but nonetheless it's was of growth.

 As per this post's title, I've almost completed my third big HAED, but not quite. I had to slow down and i fell a little behind on my time plan, but that's ok. If I'm lucky, I'll have time to stitch in the coming year.
I'm looking forward to next week, when i'll have four, yes, 4 days all by myself and WWAVMC! 

Now I'll show you what, or better, where I am at the moment wit this wip:

The most left part of the chart is fully completed, the book is done and what's left (sorry for the play on words!) are the remaining windowsill, the two little confetti-filled flowers, the vase and the right curtain. Ok, that may seems like a lot, but it's only less than the 5% of the overall progect. I've surpassed the 240000 stitches mark and completed 130 colors out of 234. That's amazing, right? In less than 11000 stitches there are still so many different hues and colors to use. Who knows which one will be the next color that will be completed? 

Have a wonderful December. I'm closing this post wishing you and your dearst ones happy Holidays and... I hope to post soon, so we all can see this piece fully finished. 




As always, see you soon!     

October small update.

 Hello stitchers!

I'll be short with this update.
I'm here today to show you my most recent pic of my wip.

As usual, it's Window With A View MC that gets the spotlight.

I really, really like how the water reflects the trees and the castle... The swan and duck too! Near the seagull (i think it's one of them) there's a brown animal... What do you think it is? A cat? A big one? 

Oh! I've finished the 8th color of the project. Many more colors are still new on the bobbins, waiting impatiently to be used. I don't know if i'll finish some other color while stitching the current diagonal because i forgot to search the pattern for the little-numbered colors before starting it... It will be a surprise!



What are your thoughts and your stitchy plans? Let me know!

                                See you soon, 

Start of September update.

Hello stitchers, how have you ben this summer?
Was it strange like the last one?

I've got some free time to dedicate at my main focus project, WWAVMC.

In the last days a diagonal has been completely stitched.
The book on the windowsill is taking shape as more colors were added. Aren't the pages cute?
And then I've started another diagonal right away, finishing the boat at the centre of the picture.
Then i was on a roll and had a good amount of stittches done in a couple of days. I'm amazed at what i accomplished despite the confetti stitching slowing me down a bit. I have a love/hate relationship with those little crosses representing the flowers but when i look  at the pics i take, i keep liking them more and more. 

I'll show you some pics now...

I can't wait to see more of the design coming to life, i need to speed up my pace and getting some good stitching done in the upcoming weeks. 


Lastly, Spiders Queen also came back out and were added some colors on it.
It may looks like not much was done, but it was only one stitching session and a progress, no matter how small is better than nothing.

I don't have other stitchy plans at the moment in regards of the Autumn-Fall/Winter season. What about you?

As aslways, take care of yourselves.
                                                   

                                                                  See you soon,

    

 

End of June.

Hello stitchers!

I'm back with another update... Yes, so soon since the last because i don't know when i'll be able to post again in the upcoming month.

I'm going to show you the progress on WWAVMC.

Here there's the wip with a finished diagonal.

I've reached 151.030 crosses on this wip and i still have today to add some other crosses and colors.

If you look closesly, you can see the slope of terrain that enclose the water stream. I can't wait to stitch it. 

That's all for today. 


I hope to see you soon, until then take care, everyone!

One down.

Hello stitchers!

Since the last post many things have changed and many others are still the same.

I've been MIA and had to take a month-ish long hiatus from stitching (that's sad, i know), but now i'm back at it and i feel better.

You may think what the title means, right?
Well, while stitching in the first days of this hot June, I've come across the last stitches of a beautiful DMC color, 3814 and thanks to PK i know now that I have my first "0" on the first Max Colors of my stitchy life.

I'll show you one of the most recent pics i took of WWAVMC, with other diagonals completed:

 

Not to brag, but i think that's coming along pretty well. What do you think?

This is where i'm right now, with 149930 stitches completed.

The flower bush (or bushes?) are full of confetti stitches as flowers of varing dimensions colors and brightness. It's slowly going but what i didn't relize was the size of said bushes. They look pretty big overall.

 

Now i have to go, i want to stitch for a bit while i can. I need to make up for lost time on this wip.

I hope to see you all soon, take care of yourselves!                        

Bits of progress.

 Hello stitchers!

I'm here today to show you my overall progress for the month of March.
I stitched a bit less than what i would have liked, but there is still some more crosses than there were before, so it's alright.

Le's start once again with WWAVMC, my main focus project that is still screaming at me for attention. 

I stitched 300 crosses on seven diagonals going right because i felt i needed a change from all the greens, grays, browns and pinks. I took this little detour from the classic diagonals and was fully immersed in a world of colorful flowers (it's confetti filled but the beauty of the result was so worth it, in my opinion). 

In the pic above it was the end of last month, a week later I'm here, with another diagonal completed and a new one started:

As for Spiders Queen I've got nothing much to show, but a very small progress pic.

Added some of oranges for the hair, pink and dark colors to fill the empty spaces in the mask.




Do you have stitchy plans for this Sring?

STAY safe out there!

                                                        I'll see you soon,