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I finished a page on Rapunzel last night!
It was cool to see the moth emerge on her sleeve.
My randomizer chose The Sistine Chapel for my next project to work on. I haven’t touched this one in a while. I did have to roll my scroll frame for it which always makes me feel like I’m accomplishing something.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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I finished page 16 on God Speed from HAED. Because it’s been awhile plus I had to roll it on the scroll frame, here’s a photo of where I was when I started this time:
…and here is the page I just finished:
I’m really happy with my progress but also glad I’m taking a break from it for a while. I’m doing it 2x1 full crosses on 25ct and it’s rather hard on my fingers. I’ve been wearing a bandaid on my right hand middle finger because that’s what I use to push the needle up from the back and the poor thing is really tender!
I think I’m going to start a new, very small, project next: Shamrock Heart from The Sweetheart Tree.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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Since I finished the SAL, I get to go back to my “normal” projects. I’ve decided to make Rapunzel (Dawe) my featured project since it’s the one furthest along. I did finish a page on it a couple of days ago.
She’s got a bit of yellowing in the white areas, but I’m fairly confident that it will wash out when I finish her.
I’m using my randomizer app to choose the in-between projects and it landed on God Speed. This is the only HAED that I’m doing using 2 strands of floss (on 25ct)—I can say it will also be the last. I find that I prefer 28ct and higher with 1 strand.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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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
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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:
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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
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).
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Last night I finished page 7 on my HAED SAL!
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I just finished the top row of my Glistening Wings HAED SAL!
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I just finished the 4th page on my HAED SAL Glistening Wings!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
“ Fiddlesticks, boy! Feed the birds and what have you got? Fat birds!” — from Mary Poppins
This quote was going through my mind while I was working on this page of Birds on a Wire [retired] from HAED:
Next up, I’ll be working on Floral Finesse from The Heart’s Content.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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After I finished my page on Rapunzel, I said my next project was going to be a new start called PTP Hummingbirds. Well, that's what it's called but the birds in it aren't actual hummingbirds, at least not ones I'm familiar with. Here's what it will look like...eventually:
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I have an update on Rapunzel from Heaven and Earth Designs! Apparently, the last time I worked on this one was back in 2021! Wow!
The photo is not the best as I used my iPad camera, plus the poor girl could use a bath…but not until I’ve finished.
Next up will be a new start—PTP Hummingbirds also from HAED.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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I just finished page 15 (partial page) on God Speed from Heaven and Earth Designs!
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I just finished pages 9 & 10 (10 was a partial page) on my Sistine Chapel from Heaven and Earth Designs! Next time I get near the end of a row on this one, I’ll do the partial page by itself. Doing more than one full page at a time made it feel never ending!
I haven’t figured out what cross stitch I’ll be doing next, but I will be working on the quilt that’s currently on my longarm a bit. Right now though, I’m going to go clean a few dishes before I do any more craft stuff.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
