This fall I've jumped on the Bullet Journal bandwagon along with everybody else. In the past, I've kept various digital and analog planners so trying this method sounding interesting to me. It's been a couple months now and can see some advantages. I've always liked to do hand lettering, draw and of course, I like to write too.
I had an epiphany the other day. Why not make a tracker in my journal where I can note my progress on my WIPs? So as I work on each WIP, I'll note it in the tracker. At the end of the month I'll have a better idea where my time was spent. I'm not going to put any pressure on myself. I'm treating this as a learning experience not a marathon/competition to see how much I can bust out. This is supposed to be for fun dontcha know.
So to kick things off, lets have a peek at where I stand on the ones I want to track in the month of October. Starting with the oldest to the newest.
This is "I Sigh Not for Beauty." I started this one as a SAL with the peeps way back in 2011. I'm fairly sure I'm the only one who hasn't finished. Christie, this one's for you! She's been gently nudging me all year to get crackin' on this one. As you can see from the picture, I could pretty easily get it done if I really tried.
Next up is Heaven Above. I've been working on this here and there this year. I've finally moved onto page three of four! From this point forward it's pretty much all letters with a few motifs sprinkled in here and there. I really love this one and I really like stitching letters!
I haven't worked on this one since the Mirabilia Retreat in the spring. It's one of Nora Corbett's mermaids. It's charted as an "E" but I'm going to lob off a couple legs and turn it into an "L." As anyone knows who's stitched one of Nora's designs, there are a lot of color changes which makes for slower stitching...or at least I go slower. LOL!
Then we have the Watermelon restart. I could easily get this one done. It's a quick stitch. I've been using it as my "car" project this summer when we've gone on a couple trips. That large count really lends itself to stitching while in motion. Although, bridges and overpasses are a wee bit bumpy no matter what count you are stitching.
This one is an oldie from Homespun Elegance. It's called Colonial Santa and it was a kit. I found him when I was doing some recent de-stashing. I'm sure I picked it up in a free box somewhere. Whoever de-stashed it before I got it had started the coat. So far I've only gotten a tiny bit of the beard done. This one is interesting because it uses Medici wool floss. That's a first for me. It's quite springy floss.
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So folks there you are, my current WIPs. Let's see how this little experiment goes. I think it will be fun to see who gets the most attention this month and maybe even who gets done. I'm an optimistic little thing dontcha know. LOL!
I hope wherever you are you are getting to spend time with needle in hand. Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great weekend and a great October!
Until next time,
The Inspired Stitcher
