Counting Stiches

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Do you count your stitches? I never did until last month after joining The Ultimate Cross Stitch Group on Facebook.  Which is quite surprising since I have always been a numbers gal. I was a bookkeeper for most of my working life and I always want to know how many km I walked or biked.  I also wear a Fitbit.

I am not counting all my stitches.  That would be too much for even me but I do enjoy having 1 or 2 focus pieces and seeing how much progress I can make on a chart just by adding 50 - 200 stitches daily.  As I mentioned before, last month I focused on Welcome Santa (a piece that had been sitting on my WIP pile for a few months) and just by following the daily stitch calendar provided by the Group I managed to get over 3000 stitches in and the next time I pick it up I can start on the border and the backstitching.

This month I am doing 2 counting challenges within the group.  I am once again doing the Every Day Counts S@L and my focus piece is Five Little Pumpkins by Petal Pusher.  I am 544 stitches as of today.

They also have an October event called Spooktacular Boo Go.  Every day from the 1st to the 24th a stitch count is revealed on "Boo Go" card and you have to stitch that amount on chosen piece and post a picture.  My chosen piece is Away We Ride by Blackbird Designs which is also a SAL and part of my Dark October stitching.

Yesterday was #witchywednesdayxs so I pulled out Early Witches and since I am so close finishing I worked on it again today.   All I have left to do is the border at the bottom and a little on the side.

Finally, I think somebody wants me to finish the Stoney Creek Halloween charts because when I spinned the wheel this morning, guess what?

Since the Early Witches will be done soon I will be moving it to work on Wednesdays.

Take Care and Happy Stitching!!!!!

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Friday Off the Grid Party

One of the many Facebook groups I belong to is Friday Off the Grid - a weekly stitching party every Friday with Off the Grid Needlearts  - a Flosstube Stitch With Me video.

Today I stitched along with Caroline on the following:

Seasons in Chalk Art: Fall - Hands on Design (Artwork by Priscilla Blain) - Just Cross Stitch - October 2016

I also completed the Every Day Counts S@L for September - 3294 stitches.

This was my starting point on September 1st.

Welcome Santa - Debbie Mumm (Dimension)

And I added a few more stitches to Halloween Cat (Satsuma Street).

Even managed a bit of housekeeping and a few loads of laundry.😁

Ran out of time to post yesterday (my bed was calling me) but this is what I stitched on as decided by the Decision Roulette app:

These are a collection of 4 Pattern of Month charts from the Stoney Creek Collection released in 2015.  I am currently working on the 3rd chart.

They can be stitched separately or all together (which I am doing).  I plan to make it into a wall hanging with this for a hanger.

Well that is my update for today.  Good Night!!!!!!!!

Take care and Happy Stitching!!!!!!!!!

DUCJFC2016 - Day Three

Day Three's choice is the set of Halloween themed charts from Stoney Creek. They were the May 2015 to August 2015 Pattern of the Month Series.

I am stitching all 4 charts on 1 piece of fabric (28ct Cashel linen - Tarnish from Picture This Plus) and will be hanging it on the following fabric holder.

 For the rest of the week I will be working on a combination of Christmas and Halloween ornaments.
See you tomorrow.

Take care and happy stitching!

Thank you for visiting!!!!!

 

Day 51, 52 & 53: DUCJC2015 & IHSW

Busy, busy weekend.

I continued on with Debbie's Ultimate Crazy January Challenge 2015 (DUCJC2015) which tied in nicely with the International Hermit & Stitch Weekend (IHSW).

On Friday night (Day 51) I worked on Main Street Station, the 2nd chart in the LHN Hometown Holiday Series.

On Saturday (Day 52) I pulled out another LHN design - Patience - Little Sheep Virtues #7.

I also managed to finish up a couple of more Christmas Ornaments:

Pouty Owl © 2013 Stoney Creek Collection,Inc.

Mini Christmas Stocking Cat © Lynn B 

And finally today (Day 53) I worked on another UFO/WIP - Monopoly © 1984 Parker Brothers, Inc (C&L Crafts & Co.)

(Just noticed but the first picture is a truer depiction of the fabric colour.)

I am very happy with what I managed to get done this weekend and very excited that we are now in the homestretch of the DUCJC2015 - just 6 more starts to go.  For the rest of the week I will be working on the LHN Little Sheep Virtues and on Saturday I will be starting a Lizzie*Kate Halloween freebie called All Hallows Eve.

Take care and happy stitching!!!

Thank you for visiting!!!!!

 

Day 26: DUCJC2015

Well, yesterday I stated that I would start stitching on one of the LHN Sheep Virtues however, I came across this chart and decided to start on it instead. It is called Pouty Owl @ 2013 Stoney Creek Collection,Inc. 

I think he is adorable.

Tomorrow, I will definitely start a Sheep Virtue.

Take care and happy stitching!!!!

Thank you for visiting!!!!!!!!