And we have a finish!

 Hey Everyone!

I finished Glistening Wings this afternoon!  To recap, it’s stitched 1x1 half stitches on 40ct linen.

I’m thrilled with the finished project, and thrilled that it’s finished! 

I’ve already put a few stitches into my next WIP, Rapunzel by Dawe, also a HAED pattern.

Tomorrow, I do have to do some real work (it pays the bills!), but I’ll also be adding to Rapunzel or the jigsaw puzzle I started.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

One left to go!

 Hey Everyone!

I finished page 14 on Glistening Wings a few minutes ago.

That just leaves the smallest page left to do!  I’ve already started on page 15. Theoretically, I will finish the entire project this coming week!

Happy Stitching 

Stacy

Another one bites the dust!

 Hey Everyone!

Sorry, not sorry if I gave you an ear worm with this post’s title.  😉

I just finished page 13!

I really love the colors on this dragonfly’s wings!

Tomorrow, I’ll start on page 14.  For now, I’m done stitching for the night.  I might have some work to do for my job early tomorrow, but the afternoon and evening are my stitching time.

Happy Stitching! 

Stacy

One more down!

 Hey Everyone!

I just finished page 12 on Glistening Wings!

I’m going to start on page 13 in just a couple minutes.  I’ve hit 90% complete on this now.  Even as hot as it was here (88°F), I braved the heat in my craft room to work on this.  Having a room upstairs that is minimally insulated results in a sauna like environment, especially with 68% humidity. 🥵

Happy Stitching (and a bit of melting)!

Stacy

First of the Last done!

 Hey Everyone!

I just finished the first page on the last row of Glistening Wings!

I’m loving stitching this but I am looking forward to finishing it.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Getting Closer…

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I just finished the 10th page of Glistening Wings!  I now only have 5 partial pages left.  Each of those is only 38 stitches high, so they should go fairly quickly.

I have actual work I have to get done tomorrow (awards don’t engrave themselves), but afterwards I can start on the final row.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Page Finish!

 Hey, Everyone!

I just finished the last full page on my Glistening Wings!  This was page 9.  Page 10 is close to a full page (which is around 77 x 94), but it’s only 69 wide.

I’ll probably take a short break before starting page 10…might only be a few hours tomorrow, but still a break.

I have a jigsaw puzzle that I’ve been spending a few minutes on here and there.  I’m crazy for doing it.  It’s a 1500 piece puzzle which is not what’s crazy about it.  This photo should explain it.

The pieces aren’t “normal” either:

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Another page finished

 Hey Everyone!

I just finished page 8 on my HAED SAL Glistening Wings!

I have just 1 more full page left and 6 partials. I’m enjoying stitching this, but do want to finish it as soon as I can.  If I’m really focused (not typically me), I’d love to have it done in time to show it at our local fair (early August).  I’m going to try, but I’m not going to stress about it if I don’t.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Seven pages done!

Update:  I was asked if this meant I earned all of the charts offered in this year’s SAL.  Yes, this gives me 6 full pages finished and all the other charts.  I’m planning on trying to finish the entire chart before the end of the year, which will earn me one bonus chart (3 to choose from).

Hey Everyone!

Last night I finished page 7 on my HAED SAL!

I also fixed a boo-boo on page 6.  I had some out of place dark stitches along the bottom of the wing.  They should have been 436, not the 939 that I’d used.

I took a small break from this to work on a diamond painting kit I got from Hobby Lobby.  I’ve got about 50 rows done on that now.  

I did start on page 8 on the SAL this afternoon.  Not too much time spent on it, but progress is progress.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Another page finish!

 Hey!

I just finished page 6 on my Glistening Wings!

Even though there are 15 pages in the pattern, I’m over the halfway point.  The bottom row of pages are partial pages which is why I’m so far along with only 6 pages done.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Top row finish!

 Hey Everyone!

I just finished the top row of my Glistening Wings HAED SAL!

I have enough room on my scroll frame so that I don’t have to roll it to continue on with the next row.  I’m going to stick with this ‘cause I’m making great progress (for me) and I’m enjoying seeing it “come to life”.

Happy stitching!

Stacy

Another page done!

 Hey, Everyone!

I just finished the 4th page on my HAED SAL Glistening Wings!

I’m going to head straight onto page 5, though I may take a short break in the next couple of days to work on a different craft project for a few hours…depends on if the mood strikes or not.  😉

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

HAED SAL page finish

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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

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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

New Progress Pic

Hey Everyone!

For those in the US, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Hubby and I went to his nephew’s home out of state for overnight.  It was fun getting to be with his family. The holiday is why I didn’t post a WIP Wednesday update this week.

Apart from gifts for hubby, I’m ready for Christmas.  I’ve had all my decorations up since the 13th.  That includes all 5 of my Christmas trees.

I do have progress on a cross stitch piece:  Rapunzel.  I got some stitching time last night and finished a page!

I used my randomizer app (called Daily Decisions) to pick my next project.  It’s a new start called Hearts and Roses.  It’s a small band sampler from Cross-Stitch & Needlework magazine, May 2007.

I’ve also pulled most of the threads for the 2026 HAED SAL. I will be doing Glistening Wings (dragonflies).

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

WIP Wednesday

 Hey!  

I remembered to post today.  Yea me!

Here’s my progress on my current WIP, Jelly World:

I’ve also made some more crocheted snowflakes, but I haven’t starched them yet so no photo…for now.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

WIP Wednesday

 Hey All!

I thought I’d try doing a weekly WIP Wednesday post.  Hopefully, I’ll stick with it—it’s meant to motivate me to post more.

So this is my progress as of today:

This is Jelly World, one of the patterns in this year’s HAED SAL (there were twelve to choose from, I chose this one).  I’m currently on page 7.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

HAED SAL progress

 Hi!

I finished page six on Jelly World last night!  I’m really liking the looks of this pattern!  Can’t wait to finish it even though I can pretty much guarantee that I won’t get it done by the end of the year.

I’m taking a short break from it to work on my Sweet Pea Gazebo band sampler.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Floral Finesse Progress

 Hey Everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving to those in the US!

I just finished a page on Floral Finesse!  

This was chart “G” in the pattern.  

Next up?  Not quite sure if I’m going to rotate right now or if I’m going to work on a quilt that’s on my longarm.  The reason I might not rotate to another cross stitch project is because I signed up for the 2025 HAED SAL.  The SAL starts Jan. 1 and I don’t want to stop working mid-project to switch to the SAL.  For anyone considering joining this SAL (or if you’re just curious), I’m going to be doing Jellyworld.  I have my floss pulled and my fabric prepped already.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

HAP SAL 2015 Update

Hi Everyone!

I hope this SAL helped motivate you to make progress on your big project(s).  I know that I've made strides on mine.

Here are my projects from this SAL with before and after pictures.  You can click on any of the photos to see larger versions.

God Speed from HAED:

This one only had 1 extra page but it went from 23.07% to 26.87% done.

Next up is Rapunzel (Dawe) from HAED:

She got 2 whole pages added.  That took her from 30.3% to 39.78% done.

The Sistine Chapel from HAED:

This one only got a partial page finish.  It went from 8.73% to 9.83%.  Every little bit helps.

Floral Finesse from The Heart's Content:

This went from not even started to 11.75% done.

Last, but definitely most, La Belle Dame Sans Merci from HAED:

The first photo is pages 1-13 done, the second photo is pages 1-19!  Yes!  I got 5 full pages and 1 partial page done this year.  I went from 41.67% to 59.55% on this one.

Now I'm not hosting this particular SAL again in 2016 but I am hosting 2 events.  You can read about them in this post.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy