Keebles World

I have been SUPER busy the past couple of weeks...Disney planning, trying to loose weight, walking (to help loose weight and to "train" for Disney), cleaning around the house, reading books (to hit my 55 in my 55th year) and, of course, stitching. The first ones are going well, but the stitching, not so much. I can really only stitch on the weekends since I spend the week doing the other things. I'm walking with a co-worker who is perpetually late (although I am able to walk by myself now, when I can get myself out of the house). By the time all that's done, I don't feel like stitching anymore. Thankfully, I can read books and watch TV at the same time, or else not much book reading would be done either. I'm keeping up with my books over on Insta, if you're curious (I think I just finished book #15). But, on to the stitching. I've only worked on A Girl in a Red Dress at the Castle. Last time I left off here: Now I'm here: It's no...

I didn't stitch a lot (more on that later), but I did get some done! I finally started A Discovery of Witches by Modern Cross Stitch. I STILL don't have my modification equipment for my stand (and I'm starting to get upset about that, it's been almost 2 1/2 months now), but I did my best with the stand the way it is. It's probably why I didn't get very far because it was a juggling act. In case you forgot, here is what the image looks like: It's not my largest project (it's the second largest), but it is huge! It's hard to tell here how big it actually is, but it's in a 48" scroll rod, so I'm sure you can imagine it. I only worked on it for one day (3.87 hrs) because it was uncomfortable on my stand, but I got 1278 stitches out of 499,999 total and I'm at 0.26%. Because it's so long, I also did a close up picture, but because it's just one color, it's kind of boring. I'm still kind of shocked at this, but ...

As you guys can imagine, my brain has been in overtime Disney mode. I've been planning, finishing the picture edits from the last six years of photos (and I managed to do it before the free trial of Lightroom wore out, so yea me), watching DisneyTube, and walking every afternoon to build up my strength. By the time I eat dinner and settle, it's either too late or I'm too tired to stitch. In two weeks time, I managed one single day of stitching, last Sunday (and even then I was having issues with ADHD). I decided to go back to Snow White, she's the one I'm the closest to finishing (even though I'm still pretty far off) and I think it would probably be wiser to make her my finish for this year instead of Alice and the B's. I left her off here last time: As far as giving you stats, I kind of dropped the ball on that. One thing I've discovered from Markup-RXP is that it doesn't automatically save your results. I really should have been hitting ...

Let's get the stitching out of the way first. My ADHD is in high gear right now. I'm having issues focusing on any piece for very long, so I was all over the shop this week. I stopped working on Amour et Vengeance and moved back to Belle of Bonaventure, which is what I wanted to do anyway. I left off on her here last time: I'm not digging her off white face (she's a bit Wednesday Addams) but, I'm hoping it will all work out in the end. I managed another 10.58 hrs and 2675 stitches for a total of 68.22 hrs, 17,705/1118,000 stitches and 15%. Next up, I went ahead and started Garden Path from Monet by Yiotas. I'm fighting with the large paper pattern, but I'm just not feeling it either, so it got one whole night. It's not big, that marked square in the middle is the size of the whole thing, but I think the confetti might make it take a long time. I also can't give complete totals since it didn't cross into Markup RXP right, but by the p...

It's literally getting to where I can't tell anymore. I did find out that the trailer park people are going to charge WAY too much for new skirting and a new deck, so that's off the table. And the pups were both quiet this week, so I'm taking my ups on that front. Stitching-wise though, I did make a significant amount of progress...for the three days I stitched. I started one of the new WIP's on Tuesday, Amour et Vengeance by Dailen Ogden, charted by GeckoRouge. Surprisingly, I got 4616 stitches done (out of 183,366) and made it to 2.52% done in just 15.45 hrs! Yeah, even I'm impressed by that, but it has a lot to do with the fact that I'm just stitching one color and it's all block. This pattern is dithered, I'm just not there yet. And, this is probably the first time ever I've focused on just one color at a time. I can't say it will last throughout the entire project, especially when I get out the "frame" area, but it...

Stitch-wise, it wasn't a bad week, it was just the rest of the world that fell apart, but more on that later. I did actually progress with The Bride Doll Making (I really need to make sure I do that title right, half the time I say "Dollmaker" which is the artist's name, but you guys know what I mean). I left off last time here: I worked on her for three days, although each day I did less and less. I got another 1566 stitches in an additional 9.02 hrs, for a total of 47,583/107,269 stitches, which is 44.36% and a total of 248.63 hrs. I moved on to a new start, the 40 year-old kit, The English Garden. I remember why I never started it (I was scared of the 18ct fabric, which is hilarious now), but I don't remember why I purchased it in the first place because it's not my style. Maybe it was a gift? I really don't remember, but here is what it will look like: I had replaced the fabric with another 18ct but, my goodness, is the new fabric stiff! S...

I'm not sure if I just wasn't feeling it, or because I was setting up for the new starts, but I had very little stitch progress this week, really only stitching on Saturday and Sunday, and even Sunday was a bit of a bust. I didn't touch Everest at all. I'm not sure why. But I did move on to Happy Haunts by Neni Designs (and I'm not that's still even her store name anymore, she changes it like every five minutes). This has always been one of my least favorites and now, I'm not sure why. I did OK on it this weekend, all things considered. I did have to reload it in Markup-RXP, again, not sure why I didn't do it right the first time, but a lot of symbols and colors were missing. Then, I had to remark off all the progress so far. This was a project I haven't touched since 12-31-2023, again, probably because I hated it. The colored patterns are just too hard to work from and I really don't like 18ct Aida anymore. I really should have done th...