The beginning of August was the opposite of July. By the 6th I already had over 1,000 stitches in on my Big 5. By the 10th I was over 3k in and needed to put in something on Cats Library again.
I’ve been taking some marketing classes that will expire soon and figured out a way to watch the classes and cross stitch. Extra motivation to get both done. I’ve also been able to keep just ahead of Chat with my stitch count for the first time since implementing that incentive. (in case you missed it, I won!)
The big 5 update
If you would like to read the origin stories, you can find that here. Follow my Instagram to see official progress photos when they are released.
Monopoly update
I started August off by rolling my first doubles. I owed 500 stitches on a full coverage and chose McGonagall’s Library for that one. My second roll resulted in a property trade.
I also landed on Luxury Tax and had to relinquish a property. Not much stitching for the game. I did start Baby Bear on my own though.
How did August go?
August brought about more stitching than I thought possible. While my card making is still lacking in volume, I made some good progress on my Big 5. Including a finish on page two of McGonagall and the first island finish on Mario.
Here’s how I did in August for chipping away at these: 7,524 stitches across the five. This was my highest monthly total for the year so far, beating out last month’s record.
The Big 5 have a combined stitch count of 1,295,620. I’m 6.11% complete with all five.
It’s an FFO
Does making my one card a month count, again?
Happy crafting!