Thanks to the motivation provided by The Stitching Hour Challenge hosted by Ambitious Stitches on Instagram from June 1st - August 1st, I made a fair amount of progress in July.
I opted to park my threads along the way. About 4 blocks in, I nearly stopped and worked the parked threads in - I figured I could work the challenge on a project without as many colors. But I decided to keep going.
I will likely continue working the chart in a diagonal pattern. There is a lot of black in the bottom row that I do not want to become bored with. Working some of the darker colors below and then some of the brighter colors above should prevent that.
If I could keep up this pace, this piece would be complete within 3 months. I do not know how likely that would be, but I am aiming finish as many projects as I can this year.
The project is 59.62% complete. (It was 44.67%)
Pages 1-3: 100%
Page 4: 97.36% (It was 28.22%)
Page 5: 21.46% (It was 7.12%)
Page 6: 7.26%
Page 7: 14.77% (It was 0%)
Page 8: 0.04% (It was 0%)
Thank you for stopping by!
Renee
8 comments:
For some reason I get very confused when I park my threads. I am much more comfortable finishing one area at a time. I think that challenge would have really frustrated me. I love the progress you have made on QS Red Hearts though. She is very beautiful.
GREAT progress. It is nice to see more of her body and costume. Yes, the black part will be a bit boring so it is good to have some other areas to work at the same time.
Great stitching! It is nice that you have a group that motivates you to stitch.
Wow, this project has seen a lot of progress. I can't imagine doing such a challenge, must be very difficult.
Wow - there's a huge difference between the before and after pictures! Don't know how you manage to work around all the parked threads without getting a tangled up mess (that would be what *I* would do....but obviously you're better at it than I am!).
Lovely to see your progress Renee... her costume is going to be amazing!
I think it's within the realm of possibility that this will be finished by Dec. 31! She is lovely, and it's nice to see her emerge from the blank canvas.
WOW!! You've made amazing progress on this beautiful pattern. It's cool that the challenges are helping you to work towards your goals of finishing projects.
Thanks so much for linking up to last week's Stitchery Link Party and for the link back. Aloha hugs!
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