Where did September go? I think many people are asking this. It started off ok, then just whooshed by. Even so, I was able to get my one card made due to it being my mother-in-laws birthday month and managed to stitch more than expected at the end of the month.
This month I don’t have update photos to accompany the stitch counts. It’s been too much mentally with other things going on to also take photos and edit them. Hopefully next month will be better. But know, progress has been made and you can see official updates on my Instagram and live stitching happens twice a week on my Twitch channel.
Thanks for your understanding and continuing to read the blog when you can. 🙂 It’s appreciated!
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.
Cats Library, Heaven and Earth Designs.
+1,478
Disintegration, Heaven and Earth Designs
+1,387
Universal Monsters, Witchy Stitcher’s SAL from 2019
+1,371
McGonagall, Cross Stitch Studio
+1,524
Super Mario World Map, Box Cat Shop (Etsy)
+1,270
Monopoly update + new game in October
My first roll of September landed me on Safari. I don’t remember the last time I picked that one up, but it now has over 800 stitches completed.
After that Monopoly was pretty slow. There was a community stitch that required 200 stitches and I happened to have McGonagall’s Library on the frame, so that’s the pattern I worked for it.
Baby Bear is started and I’m on the moon. After that it’s backstitching and I guess turning it into a finish! I’m not sure there’s enough left if I do land on it for Monopoly, which I should have a turn again come October.
I also signed up for new Discord stitching game called “Stitch Manor.” It’s a murder mystery where you earn Investigation Points by submitting stitching each week. There was a pre-game period the last week of September to get the hang of everything. It only runs for the month of October and there is a limit to how many points you can obtain each week.
How did September go?
My total stitching in September went better than I expected. I reached over 7,000 stitches on the Big 5 for the second month in a row. Which should put me at finishing all 7 projects (even though I say 9 – I don’t know what those extra two are…) within the next 25 years.
I also briefly tried Markup, which didn’t solve the problem of partial stitches as promised by the internet so I decided not to persue that as a paid thing at this time.
I also downloaded something called StitchWIP, without paying I could add 3 projects. While I haven’t uninstalled it, I’m not actively using it since I have my spreadsheet set up for all the game tracking and when I’ll finish guestimates. StitchWIP also offers an estimated completion date when you log stitches/time against a project, but I’m not sure how accurate it is. I have mine set based on overall elapsed time since starting the project. Mine is showing about 20 more years needed than the app. In the end, I’ll finish when I finish.
Another small update, I was accepted as a vendor on Fybe. I haven’t started anything yet, but I may be switching the shop over to there since there are search features and may result in some card sales.
Here’s how I did in September for chipping away at these: 7,030 stitches across the five. This didn’t quite match August, but I came much closer than expected.
The Big 5 have a combined stitch count of 1,295,620. I’m 6.68% complete with all five.
It’s an FFO
No new finishes besides the one card. I have started Baby Bear which could result in a finish at some point.
Happy crafting!