HAED SAL progress

Hey Everyone!

I finished page 2 on my SAL!

I might take a tiny break before plunging into page 3…I’ll see what I feel like doing tomorrow.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Finished Diamond Painting

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Last night, I finished a 3-D diamond painting kit that my hubby got me for Christmas.  He bought me 4 in total and this is the 3rd one I’ve finished.  I stored the other 2 before I thought to take pictures…I’ll photograph them next Christmas.

It took me about 8-10 hours (I wasn’t paying attention to the time).  This one had 21 different colors/sizes of diamonds.  I’m not sure where he got them, but here’s a similar one on Amazon:  Christmas Tree diamond painting kit.

Now I’m going to go back to my SAL.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

HAED SAL page finish

 Hey Everyone!

I finished the first page on my SAL Glistening Wings.

I’m taking a short break to watch the Rams/Panthers game (NFL) ‘cause the winner plays my team the Seahawks next week.  I’ll be sticking with my SAL pattern for the foreseeable future since I really want to finish this one this year.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

HAED SAL 2026 progress

 Hey Everyone!

Just this once, I’m going to share a partial page photo.  I chose Glistening Wings for this year’s SAL.  At the moment, I have a little bit of a wing showing (the blue area).  I’m doing this on 40ct. linen, in true half stitches.

The main reason that I’m doing a progress post before I finish a page is to explain the progress meter showing on the right —>.

I’m “old school” and stitch from paper copies, highlighting stitches that I’ve finished.  I can’t get an accurate total stitch count that way, so I only count totally completed 10x10 sections of the pattern.  So the progress meter shows that I’ve done 4,000 stitches which is about half way through the blue area horizontally.  Obviously by the photo you can tell that I’ve done more than that, but I’m not going to count all those random stitches.

I’ll probably update the meter after every stitching session, but I won’t be doing more progress photos until I have page finishes.  

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Farewell to Anger progress

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Belated Merry Christmas, Everyone!

I had a nice Christmas Eve (with the in-laws) and a quiet Christmas Day at home.  Hubby got me some great, yet simple, gifts.  Craft-wise, he got me four small diamond painting kits.  They are printed acrylics that you accent with the diamonds and the diamonds are round or teardrops.  Well, the kit I opened has the two shapes.  He also got me wooden Quilting Dice which look like they’re going to be fun and helpful.

Now for the progress I promised in the blog title:

I just finished the 5th page on my SSMC Farewell to Anger.  I’m now just over 5% finished.  Yep, it’s a big’un.  I really wanted to get this page done before January 1st as that’s when HAED releases the charts for the 2026 SAL.  I’m going to try for a complete finish of this SAL, so I didn’t want to be distracted by an incomplete page on an existing WIP—that would drive me nuts!  Since it was asked, I’m doing Glistening Wings (dragonflies) in the SAL.

Happy New Year and Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Another small finish

 Hey!

I’ve had another small finish!  This is from The Sweetheart Tree and is called How Do I Love Thee.

I started on Grizz from Heaven and Earth Designs last night.  Hopefully, I can finish the first page (it’s not a full coverage pattern) before the HAED SAL 2026 starts.

Happy Stitching! 

Stacy

Small Finish

 Hey Everyone!

I have a small, but lovely, finish!

This is Hearts & Roses band sampler from Cross Stitch & Needlework magazine, May 2007.  I had it finished a few days ago, minus the heart at the top.  I had to wait for my order from 123stitch to arrive; it got here today.  The charm is not specifically what the pattern called for, but it is close enough.

I had my smallest scroll frame (9” wide) empty once I took this off, so I am working on How Do I Love Thee from The Sweetheart Tree.  I have a bunch of their mini sampler patterns nd this is the first one I’m doing.

I also received the few threads that I needed for the HAED SAL 2026.  Well, I had all the threads, but these were the ones that were already allocated to other projects.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy