Some progress again this week

Dice Bag - August 17

 Here it is another week is over, and I have to admit that I am not too sure where the entire week went.  I had a lot of things that needed my attention in the last week, so that meant that stitching didn't get a lot of attention, but that's ok.  I will see what this week has in store and then go from there.

Dice Bag - August 24

Dice Bag - I was able to finally pick up this piece and work on the border for the second side.  The border doesn't take too long to complete if you can sit and focus on it, but that wasn't something that I was doing, so it took a few days to get around the border.

This project is now going to be sitting for a little while as I finish deciding what I will be adding to the rest of the second side of the bag.  I have a few ideas, so now I am going to work on other things and let this sit and see what the final decision ends up to be.

MAP - August 11

Mysterious Adventure Project (MAP) - Last Monday another part was released of the pattern, and this part was the nameplate.   Now the decision started with what do I name my map and how to stitch it and where to place it.  I had been working on the border of the section that I thought was going to be the bottom of my map, but after figuring things out and looking at the entire project I flipped the MAP and now what was the bottom is currently the top of the MAP.

MAP - August 24

The charting of the nameplate, as well as the name of the MAP, took some time and as you can see I wasn't able to get a lot of the stitching done this week.  I hope that I can find some time to continue to work on the nameplate as I would like to have at least one part of the pattern completed before another section is released.  I am behind on the coastline and the border, but that doesn't bother me because I am finding that not being totally caught up has it's advantages when some decisions in another section need to be made.

I am in some ways enjoying this project, but in some other ways, I am frustrated with it.  The descriptions of the various sections need some improvement, and the key to the colours needs a lot of work.  The colour key doesn't match the charted examples we are given, so that means a lot of decision need to be made.  Sure I understand that each MAP is going to be different and the colours are our choice but at least knowing that colours were used in the example would be nice.

Heaven and Earth Designs - of course, this week Heaven and Earth Designs have another sale on their site, so maybe I need to check my wishlist and see if I pick up another pattern. I love having my wishlist on their website as it means that I can always show people some of the patterns that I want. 


I have a few more things that I would like to work on this coming week, and I know that Linen and Threads will be releasing the September section so that means something else that will need to be stitched.  I would like to see a bit of progress on at least a couple of my projects, but I am not sure which projects will get the attention this week.

It is now time for me to try and get the work done that is currently waiting for me.  Hope everyone has a great week and you find a bit of time to do the things that you enjoy doing each day.

A bit of progress

Dice Bag - August 11

Dice Bag - August 17

Here it is Monday morning, and I have to admit that I didn't get a lot of time this last week to sit and do something.

Dice Bag - I have been able to make a bit of progress on the dice bag but still haven't got it done.  I know that making sure that I can get some of the dice bags finished up would be nice, so that is going to be some of my focus when I have some spare time this week.  I have the border to finish on the second bag and then add a few more details once I figure out what I will be adding.

The dice bag got most of it's attention when I met with some friends for our monthly stitching get together.  Other than that time I was able to find the time in the evenings to do much stitching this last week, so all of the projects had to wait for a while, but I hope to get back to working on some in the next little while.


I have a bunch of projects that I would like on, and the next part of MAP was released this morning, so that means that I need to try and get back to making some progress on that project as well.  I have some projects that need my attention today, and then I will see if I can find even a bit of time this evening to add a few more stitches to the border of the dice bag.

Not a lot to say this week and now to see if I can get the stuff done that I need to get done so that I can have some evenings where I can add a few stitches in on a project.  Hope everyone has a good week and you find some time to do the things that you love even if it is a few minutes each day.

Moving projects forward

MAP - August 4

 Here it is the start of another week, and I am happy to say that I was able to get a bit of stitching in last week.

Mysterious Adventure Project (MAP) - this project did get a bit of attention this week as I was trying to finish stitching all the coastline.  I finished the first colour on both of the coastlines but have to admit that they took quite a while to stitch.  Sure the piece is only 200 stitches high but considering all the twists and turns the coastline takes it meant for a lot of stitching time.

MAP - August 6

Once the first colour of the coastline was completed, I decided to try and see if I could start to add a bit more colour to the border. I started working on the rope section and have added one colour to about a quarter of the rope so yes it is going to take a while to get all the colours in the border, but at least I am moving it forward even if it is slow.

MAP - August 11

The coastline got a little bit more attention yesterday as I started to work on getting the next colour in.  The coastline consists of four colours, so it will take some time to get them all completed.  The aim of the last three colours to try and smooth out some of the areas, so that takes a bit longer as you are looking at the different sections and figuring out where to add the additional stitches.   I hope to have more of MAP done this week as the next section is released on the 19th of August.

Dice Bag - August 11

Dice Bag - this project is the result of buying dice for MAP and then figuring out I needed my dice bag. There wasn't a pattern that I liked available, so I decided to make my design and stitch it up.  I have at least one side of the bag mostly stitched and now to figure out what to add to the second side.  There are a couple of ideas already designed, but I think I need some time to figure out what I want my bag to look like.  Before stitching any more on the inside section of the second side, I will finish the border and then see what I feel like adding.  My dice bag is around 6 inches square so not large but big enough for all the dice that I have.


That is all the stitching that I was able to get done last week, but at least I was able to make a bit of progress on a couple of projects. This week I hope to be able to add some stitches in on MAP as well as on the Dice Bag.  I also think it is time to try and work on another project for a little while but not sure what I will dig out to work on.

Hope everyone has a great week and you find the time to do some of the things that you love to do. I am now off to get the work done that is on my list for today and then maybe tonight I will try and spend a few minutes doing something I like doing.

A small finish and some progress

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL'19 - Aug 4

 Here it is the start of another week and yes I have been able to find a little bit of time to do some stitching. Things are slowly moving forward, which is great.

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL '19 - the August section was released early last week, and that meant it was time to try and get some of that stitched up. This month I did a lot better, and I was able to get the entire section stitched in the first week.  It feels wonderful seeing that I have been able to get it finished and it also means that I can focus on some of the other projects that I want to work on until the September section is released at the end of the month.

The grapes that were part of this month were fun to stitch, and the entire section didn't take long to complete. This piece is now tucked away again and will make it's appearance once the September section is available.

Mysterious Adventure Project - July 24

Mystery Adventure Project  - this past week, I decided that it was time to try and focus on getting the rest of the border outlined so that I could work on stitching in the coastline.  The border didn't take long to do once I sat down and actually focused on it instead of just looking at it and not doing the stitching.

Mysterious Adventure Project - August 4

After getting the border completed, I was able to start working on the different coastlines.  I completed the smallest coastline on the right of the MAP, but the other coastline is taking a while to complete.  The left coastline does go to the top of the piece, so considering it weaves its way up to the top it takes some time to get it stitched.
I am looking forward to seeing what the MAP looks like once I have completed the coastlines. I haven't had a lot of time to stitch this past week, so I will see what happens this week.  I would like to see if I can get the coastline outlined on MAP as there are still three colours involved there and I do need to try and spend some more time working on the border as I need to get it completed.

Hope everyone is enjoying the summer weather we are having.  I now have some work that I need to do so hope everyone has a great week and you find a bit of time to do something that you enjoy doing each day.

Some progress

MAP - July 20

Here it is the start of another week, and I have a bit of progress on some of my projects.  Work has kept me busy, so there isn't as much time to stitch in the evenings, but at least I have made some progress.

Mysterious Adventurer Project - MAP - now this project got a little bit of time this week but not as much as I would have liked.  I was able to get some more of the outline of the border done, and that makes me feel good.  I would have liked to get the remainder of the outline done, but that is going to have to wait until this week when I hope that I can find some time to work on this piece again.

MAP - July 24

Last Monday, the next section of the pattern was released, and that was how to determine our coastline for the map.  The coastline is going to be stitched from top to bottom on the piece, so that meant figuring out how it was going to look.  This took some time to determine as it meant rolling dice and flipping a coin to determine in which direction the coastline went.  I love the outcome that I got so now to work on getting the border at least outlined so that I can start stitching the coastline.

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL ' 19 - July 10

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL'19 - I finally picked this piece up again and got a few more stitches in on it.  I haven't finished the July section yet, and the August section should be available on Wednesday morning, so I better get moving on this piece.

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL '19 - July 28

I don't have a lot more of the July section to finish so I hope that before too long I will have this done and then can work on MAP again while I wait for the August section of this design to be released.  I tried to get the rest of the backstitching done that I needed to do yesterday, but the heat and humidity were a little much, so it wasn't a time where stitching even sitting outside was enjoyable.

With the new section being released this week, it will mean that we are getting closer to having the entire design done.  There are three sections to fill in and then the border left to stitch, and I am looking forward to seeing what the next section is going to be that we stitch.  I think it might be the bottom middle section, but I am not sure, I will see on Wednesday what it is.


The heat and humidity have returned here for us, and it has meant a few days of not wanting to do a lot.  The forecast is for the humidity to finally ease tomorrow, but I will wait and see if that happens.

I now have to go and get some work done and will see how much stitching I can do this week in the evenings.  Hopefully, the weather will be a little cooler, and I can enjoy some stitching time even if it is just a few minutes.

Hope everyone has a great week and you find the time to do something that you enjoy each day.

A finish and progress

Mikros - July 14

Here it is another Monday morning, and I was able to get a bit of stitching done but not as much as I thought I was going to be able to do.  The heat and humidity were really bad this last week, so it resulted in a lot of evening of just sitting and relaxing and not doing anything.

Mikros -  I am very happy with the progress that I was able to make on this project this week, and it is now finished.  I know that some of the colours aren't showing up as well on the picture, so a couple of my boats look like they are missing something and one of the buildings looks a little od, but they are fine when you see the piece in person.

Mikros - July 17

MAP - July 14

MAP - July 20

This was a fun piece to work on, and it gave me some ideas for the larger piece, which is one of the reasons why I stitched this one first. The biggest help this gave me was helping in deciding on some of the colours that I wanted to s in my project.  I know that I could change the colours on the big project at any time, but this helped me see what worked on the fabric and what didn't work so well.

I now need to frame this piece, and then it will be totally complete, and I hope to be able to do that soon as I already have the frame for it.

Mysterious Adventure Project (MAP) - now this project got a bit of attention over the weekend but again not as much as I would have liked. I was able to get some more of the border finished up and even get a bit of one of the colours added.  As this project is rather large, it is going to take some time before any real progress can be seen.  The border measures 11 inches x 17 inches, so it is again another large project that I am working on.

I was trying to get all of the inner lines of the border completed before last night as the new part of this pattern was to be released this morning, but it was released last night.  The next part of the MAP is the coastline that I will be generating.  This is going to involve plotting out the coastline that will help establish the rest of the piece.  Before I stitch the coastline, I am going to be graphing it to ensure that I know how it is going to turn out before I put the stitches onto the fabric. 

I am looking forward to seeing some more progress on this piece over the next week or so.  I also hope that I can finish up the July section of the Linen and Threads Mystery SAL 2019 so that I can start up to date on that piece as well.

It is now time for me to get some work done and I hope that with the cooler weather that is in the forecast that I can enjoy some stitching in the evening this week.  I will have to wait and see what actually happens as I never know when work will need to be done in the evenings.

Hope everyone has a great week and you find some time to do the things that you enjoy even if it is only a few minutes each day. 

Some progress this week

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL '19 - July 10

Here it is another Monday morning, and I have to admit that last week was a different week, so the stitching was also a little all over the place.

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL ' 19 - I have finally started to work on the July section of this piece.  It is coming along ok but have to admit that I would love to get this section done so maybe this week I will try and focus on it for a bit longer than I did last week.  It isn't a big section, so if I could sit and focus on it, I think I could get it done pretty quickly.  I love this overall project so now to get back to getting each month done.  I will have this finished before the August section comes out as I don't want to get behind on this project.

Mikros - July 6

Mikros - here is one of the projects that got a little more attention this week but again not as much as I would have liked.  This project is only 3 inches by 5 inches so it shouldn't take me too long to finish, but it has been a bit of a challenge to work on.

Mikros - July 14

The pattern hasn't been a challenge as I love it but it is some of the emotions that I have had to deal with over the last week, and it impacted some of my stitching, and this was the piece that bothered me to work on.  I have now got over the issue with a person, so I am now back to working on it and am looking forward to seeing what it looks like when it is completed.  This past weekend I was able to show it to a couple of friends, and they loved how it was turning out, and that motivated me to get back to working on it and not let the other issue bother me any longer.

I know that if I could sit and work on this project for an evening or two, I should be able to get it finished and that is going to be one of my goals for this week.  I would like to have this finished as there isn't a lot more to go on it.

Mysterious Adventure Project - July 7

 Mysterious Adventure Project - here is a project that also didn't get a lot of attention this past week, but at least I was able to get the first round of the border completed.  Last night I finished the first round of the border, and it met up so now I am going to start to work on getting the rest of the border at least worked on.  I don't think I will get all the various sections of the border completed by next Monday when the next section is released, but I would like to make some progress on it.

Mysterious Adventure Project - July 14

Now that I have the outline of the border completed, it should be easier to get some of the other sections completed.  I have a lot of work to go on the border, but if I can work a bit at a time on it, I think I should be able to see some good progress on it over this next week.


Roses, etc. - now these projects have been given a bit of a break while I work on these three projects and I will see once Mikros is done what will make an appearance.  I know that getting projects moved forward makes me feel good, and right now I am trying to focus on a couple of projects at a time, so I will see how things go after this week.


Here it is Monday, and I have quite a few things that I need to work on so I am now going to go and get that work done.  I hope everyone has a great week and you find a bit of time to do the things that you enjoy doing.  If you are in the middle of summer like we are, please try and stay cool.