There’s only a week to go until my art retreat, which coincides with my deadline for the cross stitch project as well as a lot of work-at-work to get ready for being away. So I’m already tired and ready for some shut eye but got some good progress in this weekend on the cross stitch.
I’m regretting my choice to bust my thread stash for this because I didn’t have enough of some key colors, which slowed things down. Plus I didn’t always guess right (proven by a run to the thread store for extras – I forced myself to compare each thread color to see how far off I was). There are only a handful of colors that don’t match the pattern palette, but I think my choices will work out. We’ll spend just one sentence talking about how much stitching and unstitching I did on Sunday. (That was it.) I learned not to work too far ahead with a color just because it’s on the needle. I can only count so far on blank aida cloth apparently.
But a fuzzy ducky head feels like progress indeed. Maybe I’ll get up early and do tonight’s stitching in the morning (…prolly not…).
Art by Annabellaboobop 
Lookin’ good. Can’t wait for you to tackle that sewing machine.
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Thanks! Me too on the sewing machine – I’m on the waiting list for best lessons in town!
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Thanks mom – me too on that sewing machine! I’m on the waiting list…
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Love the dimension added by the outlining! I have threads in two colors that I want to use up, and I think I’ve finally come up with a pattern that needs just two colors. Stashbusting is definitely hard work, isn’t it? 🙂
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Thank you Anita! I like your idea of stash-busting a few colors at a time – especially for patterns of your own making. I look forward to seeing what you make next with those two colors! 🙂
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