Sew Dance

Finished the top row of pages on Triptych. A close up of the panel I worked on. And I did some re-organizing of my cross stitch stash. This is what I started with. The last two pictures are still the same, but I did decrease that pile of papers by half (tackling my crochet/knit patterns are next). But this is what I ended up with. All my (printed) patterns in one drawer. It weighs about 40 pounds. My HAED's are in alphabetical order, followed by all the patterns with no background so I can match them up with the pretty fabrics I have. Then GK, and the rest are sorted by subject. All my kits that have not been started but have working copies of the chart (or crewel/needlepoint) These two drawers are started projects. I still have some organizing to do to get rid of the plastic bags. I am having trouble finding one project bag. It was sitting near my computer for the longest time. I hope it just got mixed in with some of the stuff I se...

Finished another ornament. And picked Fantasy Triptych back up. Also did some organizing. All the projects I had kitted up myself were in plastic bags. Transferred them to expanding folders. Next Amazon order I'll get another set of these and one of a slightly bigger expansion for a few (including Insanity) A little bummed two dragons I ordered came broken. The one on the left is getting replaced, but the one on the right was the last one... Hello from Clyde. And I couldn't resist the HAED sale... Other stash is on it's way... Currently searching for the piece of paper with my fabric layout...

So I finished page 3 of the Triptych. Pulled this one out next. Didn't get very far. I seem to have down with a cold, which is impairing my concentration. (Ending up starting a plastic canvas tissue box holder today as it seemed an appropriate item and concentration level.) Picture does not do the sparkly-ness from all the Kreinik justice. And I may have to change my blog update day as my new schedule for the foreseeable future is Wed-Sun. Thus this post on Monday.  Currently debating whether to press purchase on my current Herrschners cart.

I made all the parts for the cat afghan and meant to sew them on this weekend so I went ahead with the next rotation piece. Timing didn't work out for the cat as I was out most of Saturday and today was just not in the mood to work on it. Next days off I'll sew it together. In the meantime, I hope to manage a page finish on the Triptych before all the beige drives me nuts.

So I switched projects to Fantasy Triptych, but didn't get much stitching done as I was at the Yankee wild card game on Tuesday and was displaced from my apartment Thursday and Friday due to the contractor fixing the wall that got wet from the leak. Spent that time at my parents making working copies of all the kits I have. I'm currently bouncing between projects trying to decide on my next one so I don't have much progress on anything else.

Although I haven't really finished anything this week, I do have "finishes". I have finished page 2 of Fantasy Triptych. I have finished page 3 of Insanity. (I know it's still the top of a tree) And I have finished sewing the heptagons to the afghan. But in reference to the title of the this post, I have finally caved in regards to Stitch From Stash. I may have gone a bit overboard with the combination of gift money plus Joann's sale on DMC. It started off with knowledge of the sale and 'innocently' browsing the clearance page at abcstitch. Which led to the following purchases. Peacocks   Holiday Tree V   Watergarden   Cirque Des Cercles   Dragon's Eye   Looking Glass - Black  Sleepy Hollow   Blue Dragon Fairy   The peacock and Looking Glass are kits, and the last one is the only non-sale item. I then made a list of thread for the following: (Oriental, Leopard in the Grass, and Friends) ...