Midweek Report - 2 cats done 3 to go

Hi everyone,

Past week had some successful days with lots of stitchings and other days not so good... with no stitching on Sunday, the weather here has been so good, that I’ve been out as much as I can with the Little Miss, and by the end of the day I’m just wrecked. Good thing is that despite that I’ve finished one more cat and already made a little start on the third one. And stitching wise i’ve over 50% of the full project done. I hope to have it finished some stage in July.

Day 15 - 20.06.18

Day 16 - 21.06.18

Day 17 - 22.06.18

Day 18 - 23.06.18

Day 19 - 25.06.18 - 3rd cat complete

Day 19 - 25.06.18 - Full project so far

Day 20 - 26.06.18 - Start on 3rd cat

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Happy stitches

Sara

1 Cat and one spine done

Hi everyone,

As I shared on my last post I didn’t finish the cat during the official IHSW, but as my weekend only starts on Monday, I was more than able to finish it during the afternoon on Monday and I moved on to stitch the “title” (it says "Recipe Book" in Portuguese) and on Tuesday I stitched the two little motifs on top and below the letters on the part that will be the spine of the binder cover. Today I’m starting the second cat. So expect more photos soon. Also if you want to see my daily progress I started an account on instagram where I’m sharing the photos daily of my progress. If you want to check it out, look for me @Sarascraftsandothers there.

Day 13 - 18.06.18 - 1st cat complete, Back side done. 

Day 13 - 18.06.18 - Full view of the Binder cover with the letters in

Day 13 - 18.06.18 - Close up on the front (just missing the 4 cats)

Day 14 - 19.06.18 - Cover spine complete

Day 14 - 19.06.18 - Close up of the cupcake (from the cat pattern on the back)


Day 14 - 19.06.18 - Close up of the broken egg (from the pattern of one of the cats that will go in the front)

Thanks for stopping by,

Happy Stitches,

Sara

IHSW result

Hi everyone,

So this weekend Was IHSW and I was hoping to stitch to my delight throughout it... but of course because I set myself an easy goal, I had to fail it completely, barely did any stitching on Friday evening, since I was too tired for anything (after only sleeping 2hours from Thursday to Friday) and then Saturday I was flooded with work calls (I work during the weekends) so had to focus on work and of course the Little Miss was demanding more attention, so almost nothing done. Sunday I set myself to at least do something worth to share and I did stitch a bit. Didn’t finish the cat, but only a little bit of white to go and the backstitch so I’m forcing myself to finish it today since today and tomorrow are my “weekend”.

Day 10 - 15.06.18

Day 11 - 16.06.28

Day 12 - 17.06.18

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Happy Stitches,

Sara

Pre-IHSW

Hi everyone,

First of all thank you for the comments on my previous post, I’m trying to figure out how to reply them, as I used to just reply the mail I’d get.

So this weekend is IHSW. And considering I’ve been good and have been stitching a little bit every night (wowwww) I want to have the first cat finished and the second started by the end of IHSW, to do a before and after posting I’m sharing my progress so far, since last week until yesterday... and few times I got myself a little helper, as my daughter sits next to me and asks to “help me make the cat” and I’m letting her pull the needle up and down on the fabric... who knows, in a few years there will be another  stitcher. 

And now the daily photos for the “before”:

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

Day 10

Day 11
Pre-IHSW photo

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy stitches
Sara

Return to the Stitching World

Hi everyone,

So after another very long hiatus of no crafts whatsoever, I've made a return to my cross-stitching (thanks to the will of knitting another dress for my daughter).
I finally decided to stop being lazy and just play around with the phone and now I actually get some stitching done... and hopefully this time I'll be posting more than on my last return... not going to say more so I don't jinx it.
Anyway, I've been stitching a little bit every night this past week, but this time i decided to pick another project to work on (I think the all greys from the No words needed was sort of putting me off from stitching, even though I love it, I needed some colours) and what better to return than pick the Culinary Cats, a "small" project so it ill be finished quicker so it gives me an extra boost to work on it.

Now enough talking and to the pictures of one week of stitching:

As it was left back in... don't even remember...

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5 (bottom is now all finished with backstitching and all!)

And if you are curious about the dress I knitted for my girl, this was it...

If you still follow my blog, a big thank you for staying with me.

Happy Stitches,

Sara