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She’s got quite the plan set out for herself! So organized. ❤️🇨🇦

She sure does.

She sure does.

Thanks!

Yes! I like the idea, but need to be practical about my stitching time. I was very happy I only needed to do 23 minutes yesterday with my new minutes amounts, since I was quite busy! :D

I'm getting excited about Castle Homecoming more now that the top scene is almost done! I have it scheduled for a few regular day rotations this month, so hopefully I can make some nice progress. I'd really like to see it finished this year. I know how it can go to get behind on a SAL - definitely looses the joy of the project sometimes. :)

Wonderful! I'm excited to enjoy their mystery SAL and advent box - hopefully I can keep up on the stitching. :)

The Victoria Sampler has scaled back their offerings of physical products as the designers enter into retirement, but they still have most of their patterns available as PDFs on their website. You can find the Heirloom Stitching Sampler here: victoriasampler.com/products/heirloom-stitching-sampler-embroidery-and-cross-stitch-pattern

Good to know!

Oh fun! I'll be sure to go take a look!

Fun! I always like to stitch along with the Olympics - it feels like such a momentous event that's fun to support in my own way. :)

I can only stitch a pattern over 1 when there are no fractionals or specialty stitches. Because there really is no good solution for that. If a design calls for over 1 sections, fractional stitches, or specialty stitches, in addition to regular cross stitch, I need to stitch that design over 2. When a design has only full crosses and no blends, it's a great candidate for stitching over 1, so I often try that with those designs! That's why my Seasonal girls are stitched over 2 on 27 count - there are a few fractionals in some of the sections. :)

I have a playlist where I have all of the "stitch with me" type videos and a few tutorials: ru-vid.com/group/PL54kifyea7N2G56--hvipIY--eftvdUg2. It looks like I'm working on full coverage projects in eight of them. I use WinStitch Premium for charting cross stitch designs.

Because I stitch with a fairly loose tension and use a regular half stitch, the pieces that I've finished with all half stitches are only slightly warped at the end. To correct that before framing, I wash them, then "block" them - which means the damp finished piece is pinned down in a more squared up shape and then left to dry. Once blocked into a proper rectangle, they frame up nicely. :) You can see a few pictures of me undertaking that process when I finished and framed my Knitting Woman for my mom a little while back: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mP7-wGpz45o.html I start talking about this project around the 10 minute mark.