Sunday, June 9, 2019

SK Effects of Caffeine - SAL Update 8

Saturday morning began with two of my favorite things: coffee and cross-stitch. We splurged on some of McMenamins Coffee Roasters Black Rabbit French Roast coffee beans in April when we stayed at the Edgefield Hotel. Yum! 

Over the past 3 weeks, 784 stitches were added to my Heaven and Earth Designs Storykeep Effects of Caffeine cross-stitch project. You may see an image of Randal Spangler's artwork that this chart is based upon here.

This finished another full row of the chart. Progress through June 8th is pictured here. 

In 4 more rows, I will begin the dragon!

Page 2 is now 41.47% complete. (It was 28.81%.)

The project is now 37.75% complete. (It was 34.44%.)
This is how it looked in my last update.

The spine of the book reads:
INVESTIGATING
THE EFFECTS OF
CAFFEINE ON
THE MIND
I. M. DRAGGIN

Joining the Stitch Along (SAL) organized by Avis at Sewing Beside the Sea has been a great motivator for making progress on this piece. If you are interested in joining, there are more details on her blog. See the first link below.

I do hope you will visit the other bloggers participating - links are listed below. We are all working on different projects. We are also in different time zones, so if a SAL update has not been posted yet, please check back in a few hours.

Thank you for visiting! 
Renee

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16 comments:

Anonymous said...

oooh looking forward to seeing beginnings of dragon for next time!
claire93

K Reeves said...

You must be so excited to make a start on the dragon! Excellent progress this session, Renee.🙂

Pyros & Patch said...

Hi Renee! Good stitching and good summer!
Carmela

Christine B said...

It's looking lovely Renee! I am excited to see the dragon!! Hope you're enjoying a lovely weekend! Christine xx

Sewing Beside the Sea said...

Coming along very nicely. I bet you can't wait to start the dragon.

Susan said...

Great progress! Any time I can see a difference with my untrained eye, I think you have done well. =)

jenny Ginger Ninja Crafts said...

Yay, looks great Renee and I can't wait to see that Dragon growing! x

Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana said...

Yah for getting this close to working on the dragon. That will be your reward. Lovely stitching, Renee.

Gun said...

Great progress and looking so good!

nwpaintedlady said...

I am so intrigued by this project. I want to see this Dragon :)

Queeniepatch said...

Delicious coffee and cross stitch is a great combination for a relaxing time.

Lindashee said...

The details of this design are so intricate, little happy dance for when the book is done :D you're making so much progress !

Katie said...

Gorgeous progress! Can't wait to see that dragon of course.

Magpie's Mumblings said...

Great progress! I'm anxious to see the dragon evolve!

Renee said...

Thank you Claire, Avis, Jenny & Jocelyn! I am very excited to see the dragon appear. His hat (sleeping cap?) should show up in my next update!

Renee said...

Lindashee, thank you!