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,

    

 

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,  

End of the year last post.

Hello stitchers! 

Finally we have reached the end of this year. Let's take a deep breath. It was hard, i know that, but i'm sure that We all did good use of all the time spent in hour houses. 
Let's not focus too much on this right now but dive right in the new update.

Let's start with WWAVMC: 

I've finished another full row and started woring on the new one with some diagonals before realizing that i wasn't enjoying so much anymore the sight of all those white, off-whites and light pink colors. So, at the moment the window is on a hopefully short hiatus while i get my mojo back to work on this.
I then switched again to Spiders Queen, that i neglected. I know, i know, i said that i'd work every night on her, but that wasn't the case. I think i'm making good progress on her, nonetheless.

What do you think?

The bright colors in there had cheered me up a bit, even though SQ, as it is like at the moment it's not looking so pretty with all the withe fabric showing through between colors that will be filled in.




I really hope that the new year brings us all some time of calmness, peace and more time to stitch.

                See you soon, 

End of September update.

 Hello stitchers!

Finally the weather is more chill, meaning that the cold will be here soon (I hope). The start of a new seasons has something magical when you can feel it in the air.


I'm here today to show you my latest progress on my haed wips.
Let's start with Spiders Queen:  

This pic was taken at the end of July and shows the first and second row of pages completed.

Here is where SQ is at the moment, with more 310 and 3341, plus a bit of other red and orange colors in between, added.
Those nails, even though they still are in the initial stage of the stitching are quite impressive in size!

Let's now continue with WWAVMC:
 

More partial diagonals have been stitched, with many, many colors and confetti stitches... Totally worth it, if I so myself. 

The flowery bush is a bit slow-going, but the window's frame and the background are a bit less time consuming because there's less colors changes. In the end it's a nice compromise.
(The pic doesn't make justice at the piece, at all).



What are your stitching plan for this autumn/fall season? 
I still don't know if there will be new seasonal start, but for now I'll be stitching and enjoy it at best as I can, for sure.


Be and STAY safe everyone!


                                                                              See you soon,

The Queen is back.

Hello stitchers!

After completing another diagonal on wwawmc, i've decided that it was time to bring backin rotation Spiders Queen.
In the last couple of days i've worked on both wips and i'm happy with how they are coming up.

Eight months has come and gone since the last time i worked on SQ, it was a little "strange" switching from working full corsses to tent half stitches. It's like in the meantime i've lost the habit to tent stitch so i'm not so quick as i would like, but the progress so far is making the process still enjoyable, thus i'm not complaining too much.
I'm filling all the white spaces left and working on adding the colors needed on the second eye.

It's nice seeing some "0" on Pattern Keeper for the first time!


Soon it will be the 5ooth day on working on wwavmc and even though the end is far away, i'm still hoping for a near future finish, (a couple years from now will be good, from my point of view).
After completing the last diagonal i've started the next right away. I still can't put wwavmc away.

Both projects now are at just over 37%, it' interesting.
I'll try to stitch on both my big haed wips, alternating them... If only the want for a quick, nice finish is tormenting my thoughts since last week. Let's hope i can stick to my own rules!

                                               See you soon,       

More challenges completed and news.

Hello stitchers!

It's been quite some time since my last post but i kept stitching and hopefully you did that too.


Let's see what i've been up to:

-Finished the Stitchig Gainz challenge;

-Finished the second part of the #100daysofHAED challenge;

-Finished the #StitchAroundTheWorld challenge.

All three were done on Spiders Queen and here she is at the moment:

Now she will take a nap...

-Finished the 2500 crosses challenge in the "For the love of diagonal stitching" fb group.

-Finished the 2000 crosses for the month of November working on the diagonal on 

WWAWMC.

Both challenges were hosted by the sweet Karen, who you can find also on Youtube here.


Yes, i've converted this project from a sort of cross country to diagonal. This stitching method is now my way to go to face the many changes of colors of the Max Colors chart. Yes, there are many instance of threading and re-threading the needle but working every little row after row (10 crosses wide) down the diagonal without leaving blank holes in the squares is perfect for me and it reduces the risk of missing a stitch.

The other news i want to share with you all is that i'm now using Pattern Keeper to search and mark my stitches. This app is simple to use but it's become a great help. There's also a fb group for support, in case you need it.
If you stitch you must try it, i promise you won't regret spending a little sum for puchasing this app after the two weesk trial.
Sadly, at the moment this wonderful app is only available for Android (after the 5.0 release) or, if you're like me and stitch from a pc, you can download  it after having installed Bluestacks 4.

Let me know what you think!
I'll take my leave now, happy stitching.

                                                                             See you soon,     

    

     


 

Progress on Spider Queen.

Hello stitchers!

After many days i finally finished the first row of pages on Spiders Queen for a total of 39200 tent stitches!

First row of pages completed.

Lately I've slowed down on this wip because WWAWMC was (and still is) screaming at me for attention.
I've resolved to stitch (whenever i can, obviously) on my fourth HAED in the afternoons and SQ after dinner. So far so good, as this is the first time I'm rotating two projects in a day and i still manage to get some progress on both wips.
*Maybe I'm a little crazy doing things this way, but it works for now.*

The #Stitcharoundtheworld2019 #challenge nonetheless is far from over, so wish me good luck...

See you soon,                             

First legs of the challenge.

Hello there fellow stitchers!

As i promised last time, i will show you the progress made on one of my current wip, HAED's Spiders Queen, while stitching for the #StitchAroundTheWorld2019 challenge.

I leave you with some pics of the first legs already stitched.

The start, with the first page complete.

In January I've completed 12140 points on this project and i'm happy with the actual result.
Let's see how many stittches will bring the months ahead...

See you soon,         
   

Still there, still stitching.

Hello there!
I know, i'm bad at updating my own blog, but i'm trying.

Since finishing Leo and Night Moves, i've switched to stitch Window With A View Max Colors (my first MC! Whoohoo!) by Dominic Davison.

This is my fourth HAED start.


Well, after starting that in mid August 2018 and also participating in the 100 days of HAED challenge, and finishing just a bit more than two pages, i've found myself wanting to implementing Spiders Queen in the rotation.
She asked and deserved some attention after two long years and thus i gave in and in 2019 i'm participating in two challenges hosted over facebook:

1. 100 days of HAED with WWACMC
2. Stitch Around the World with SQ 

These challenges are fun and i'm still making good daily progress on both wips.
(Pics to come, after the first 100 days challenge is over).

See you soon,