Twilight Duel Update #29

Now that QS Red Hearts is finished, I put a little bit of time into my Heaven and Earth Designs "Twilight Duel" cross-stitch.

Less than 300 stitches were added, so the progress is tough to spot.

Most of the stitches filled in part of the white dragon's right wing.
192 of those stitches were added during IHSW this month.

This is how it looks now. I realize it is not quite December 30th, but this project has been set aside until January.

Percent Complete: 

Project:       38.9% (It was 38.7%)

Pages 1-2: 100%

Page 3:        41.51%

Page 4:      100%

Page 5:          1.83% 

Page 6:          0%

Pages 7-8: 100%

Page 9:          5.06%

Page 10:        0.25%

Pages 11-12: 0%

Page 13:    100%

Page 14:      64.99% (It was 61.19%)

Page 15:        3.2% (It was 2.95%)

Pages 16-18: 0%

Page 19:    100%

Page 20:        3.72%

Pages 21-24: 0%

Last weekend was International Hermit & Stitch Weekend (IHSW). This event takes place the 3rd full weekend of the month. It is a personal challenge to set aside as much time as you can to stitch. 

You may learn more about IHSW here. 

The Facebook Group is here. 

The next IHSW will be January 18 - 20, 2019. 

SK Effects of Caffeine - 47 Days Progress

In July, I began working full-time. 

Stitching time has been trickier to fit into my schedule since then. 

However, I have been trying to work on my Heaven and Earth Designs "Storykeep Effects Caffeine" cross-stitch project for at least few minutes during my lunch break. 

I love this artwork (that you may see here) by Randal Spangler. 

In 2019 I hope to make better progress on this piece.

The photo above shows how it looked in October. 

The project is now 18.16% complete. (It was 13.77%.)

Page 1 (of 4) is now 67.46% complete. (It was 51.13%.)

Thank you for visiting!

Renee

Upcoming Crazy Quilting and Embroidery Events

If you want to learn how to crazy quilt:
I believe registration for Kathy Shaw's next Basic Crazy Quilt Course 101 (BCQC 101) will be open January 5th - 7th. This is a free course, but you do need to purchase your own supplies. More details may be found at Shawkl.com. 

HERE, you may find more details and links to Kathy's course descriptions and the calendar of course registration dates.

You will need to visit Kathy's website - HERE - on January 4th or 5th for directions on how to register.

HERE, you may find close up photos of the block above that I created in 2015 through BCQC 101.

If you are interested in creating a crazy quilt:
Registration is open for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2019 (CQJP2019) through December 30th, 2018. This is a personal challenge to create one crazy quilt block a month, measuring at least 8-inches square. By the end of the year, you would have 12 blocks to assemble into a crazy quilt. HERE is a link to the CQJP 2019 Challenge Rules. You will want to read the rules, the Use of Photos page, the Questions & Answers page, and then follow the directions on the How to Register page by December 30, 2018 in order to participate. Registration closes on December 31st.

This year, one option for CQJP is to work on blocks that we did not complete in previous years. If I sign up, my goal will be to finish the remaining 8 blocks from this year's challenge.

If you are interested in learning new embroidery stitches, or challenging yourself with some stitches you already know:
Sharon B. of Pintangle.com will be hosting a new round of Take a Stitch Tuesday (TAST) and Beyond TAST in January of 2019. TAST is a personal challenge to learn a new embroidery stitch each week. You may learn more about it HERE.

You may find some of my work from TAST 2018 on Pinterest HERE.


Please note, I am not affiliated with any of these events. In the past, I have enjoyed participating with them and thought I would share this information in case you might be interested.

Wishing you a wonderful week!
Renee

QS Red Hearts Finish!

The last stitch went into "QS Red Hearts" on December 3rd!

I fell in love with this piece of art by Ching-Chou Kuik

It was beautifully charted by Heaven and Earth Designs.

I began on June 24, 2015 and finished December 3, 2018.

168 days of cross-stitching went into this piece.

It took roughly 499 hours. (498 hours and 56 minutes - according to the spreadsheet I created to track my progress.)

More than 3,000 stitches were added in November. 

741 of those stitches were added during IHSW.

Rotating 3 large cross-stitch projects felt a little overwhelming in 2017, so finishing this piece was my biggest crafty goal for 2018.

I am thrilled to see her complete!

I want to thank all of my blogging friends that cheered me on as I worked on this beauty.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

Renee

IHSW stands for International Hermit & Stitch Weekend. This event, which originated at Random Ramblings, occurs the 3rd full weekend of the month. There is an IHSW Facebook Group that you may find here if you would like to participate. 

December 2018

Photo of part of my first crazy quilted Christmas stocking.

Yikes... In November, I only managed two blog posts. To be fair, almost every free moment I had was spent working on my Heaven and Earth Designs "QS Red Hearts" cross-stitch project. That time was well-spent, as I put the final stitches in last night! Photos coming soon...

December Goals:

1. Work on my Heaven and Earth Designs "Storykeep Effects of Caffeine" cross-stitch project during my lunch hour. This is how it looked in August. I will share an updated photo soon.

2. Work on my Charting Creations "Fractal White Tiger" cross-stitch project over International Hermit and Stitch Weekend (IHSW). Wow. It looks like I have not worked on this since May. The last update may be found here.

3. Work on my Heaven and Earth Designs "Twilight Duel" cross-stitch project 2-3 nights a week. I have not touched it since July. This is how it still looks.

4. Work on my next Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2018 block. You may see better photos and links to posts for each of these four blocks here.

5. Piece 12 crazy quilt blocks to work on for both Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2019 and 1 X-mas Item a Month. (I would like to make 3 to 4 snowman themed crazy quilt wall hangings for Christmas gifts next year.)

6. Blog at least once a week.


Upcoming Events:

Take a Stitch Tuesday (TAST): Sharon B. will begin a new round of TAST in January. You may read more about TAST on Sharon's blog, Pintangle.com, here.

Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2019 (CQJP 2019): Registration for CQJP 2019 is open through December 31st. The rules are similar to those listed this year on the CQJP 2018 blog (here). There is a Facebook Group this year and it may be found here.

Thanks for visiting!
Renee