June just poofed by. I’ll spoil it now, there was not as much progress in June as there was in May.
If you’re still reading after that news, thank you! The biggest thing that made progress take a hit was a work trip. It ended up being longer than expected and I got sick for a bit after.
While it’s not an experience I want to have again anytime soon (or ever), I was able to finish my smallest project. I didn’t trust taking any of the Big 5 with me or my personal laptop.
Below is my completed card for the month. I did use the Cricut to cut out the inside so my lines would be clean.
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.
I lost about 2 weeks worth of stitching in June, so the progress won’t be as noticeable across everything. But stitches have been added to each project. With a big push the last few days of June.
This is my first year really tracking all of this. My best guess for last year was a little under 30k stitches completed across four of the large projects (Mario started in 2026). As of right now I’m nearly 20k in. I am on track to complete more than last year!
Monopoly update
Due to the real life stuff, I skipped two turns this round and put in my extra 200 stitches on Big 5 projects. When it was my turn again I landed on 500 stitches on something with an animal. I chose Disintegration as that one needed some attention and I’m not a fan of Dolphin Family.
As more life happened, I didn’t get to it for several days. And there was a community chest that required stitches from another project (my choice not to do Disintegration).
I did put myself on the waitlist for a second Monopoly board. We’ll see how that goes. I won’t be including a small piece or Dolphin Family for the WIPs on a second board to give more attention to the Big 5.
How did June go?
My estimated completion date tracker has been interesting. Sometimes one day can remove several months from the projected finish. Other times it doesn’t seem to affect things at all.
Here’s how I did in June for chipping away at these: 4,267 stitches across the five.
The Big 5 have a combined stitch count of 1,295,620. I’m 5.05% complete with all five, which isn’t bad considering how many days I had to work overall.
It’s an FFO
I did it again! Please don’t expect this to be a regular announcement. Because I finished Turtle Tower, I also made sure it became a finished object. This time a card. (See the top of this post, it’s the only card I made this month.)
Happy crafting!
