#330 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 82.62% completed

 

Amazing progress.

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Kay xx

#329 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 81.63% completed

 

I’ve incurred into page 10, and going gang busters at the moment. The only problem is that I don’t know if I can replicate the pace next year. Currently,  I’m 13,000 and change over the year to date stitch rate for 2021.

Working on an average rate of 500 stitches, I think I have about 27 days left to finish if I don’t miss any days at that rate, or less days if I keep above 500 stitches each day.  It’s possible, but you ever know what gets in the way.

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Kay

#328 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 79.50% completed

 

.… and despite being busy in the garden, I have just finished lines  241 to 250.it won’t be long before 80% is reached too, not sure if it will be today as we have another heavy session in the garden, but I’m going to give it a go before the darling one gets up.

Hugs

Kay xx

#327 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 77.41% completed

 

I’m happy to say that lines 231 to 240 were completed early this morning, and a total of 1,150 stitches today has seen awesome progress.

I’m on the downward slide now, and with a following wind should manage a finish next month.  After that, I will be starting a limited rotation of my active HAED WIPs.  I am hoping that I can make the most of the youngest kid’s weekend away to use my webcam that seems to have migrated to his handy dandy powerful computer to film a little parade of them, and discuss the rotation.

Hugs

Kay xx

#326 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 73.24% completed

 

… after an excellent day spent with my Mother-in-Law (and a supreme lunch) I’ve rounded today off with a line finish on 221 to 230.

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Kay xx

#325 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 72.61% completed

 I’ve also completed lines 211 to 220, and am nearly finished with lines 221 to 230.

I did make a quick video, but am having trouble uploading it, and as it’s so long sine I used YouTube, I have forgotten how to upload, or need to put an app on my iPad to do it.

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Kay

#324 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 69.60% completed and a quick photo opportunity

 

I had to roll up again after completing lines 191 to 20 and lines 201 to 210 yesterday. I’ve also made great progress today as I’ve had to wait indoors for a delivery … 70% may be achievable today!

I was mentioning to Belusi Stitches on YouTube about my DMC storage, and realised that I probably hadn’t shown you the second trolley that I added a little time ago.  I love the fact that the Wham Boxes fit securely in the top trays and I have the additional storage (including the tray tops on the middle trays) for a convenient place to pop things like my notebooks, etc.

The trolleys sit in arc to the side of my frame and push easily out of the way if I need to move, or have finished stitching.  They don’t take up much in the way of footprint.

I do still have to finish making the remaining fabric envelopes, so there are a few paper wage packets peppered throughout the system.  By the way of full disclosure, adding replacement skeins to the master set has not happened for some time and I have a pile to add on to Annie’s Keepers and file away.

As is usual with the Universe the mere fact that I mentioned my delivery saw it turn up.  Positive thinking and gratitude at its finest.

Hugs

Kay xx

#323 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 68.60% completed

 

TAH DAAA … lines 191 to 200 after several days of phenomenal stitch counts.

I have my son’s partner popping over to finish her baby quilt for an expected arrival, and as it is pouring with rain I am hoping that I can get on with the next set of lines - as you can see there is not t.of much to do on that.

Hugs

Kay xx

#322 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 67.79% completed

 

I’m on a roll this morning, with 400 stitches already done, and a whopping 760 yesterday,.

I should get another set of lines completed today, and the next step tomorrow if I keep this punishing pace up.  Although, I am aware that I am seriously biting myself in my padded bottom for next year to keep up out-stitching previous year daily totals.  I do have a whole week or more no stitch days that may help that though, it is a bridge to be thought about then and not worried over now.

I am taking a break now to do chores, and maybe watch something, I was given the heads up for a Netflix series, I think it is called Pentabulous or some such thing.  Forgive me if this is a series that is old news to the rest of you, I do not as a rule watch too much tv.  Having said that, Five Bedrooms on British BS Corporation has been excellent(although strictly speaking it was I think made in Australia).

By for now, and have a most exceptional day.

Hugs

Kay xx

#321 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 65.42% completed

 

I’m about half way down page 7, but good grief Batman, look at that confetti ...

Still, it’s a temporary situation, I am nearly through it.

The last previous days I have managed 1000 and 707 respectively, which has put me up by 6,071 above the 2021 11th May stitch total.  Colour me every kind of happy.  I am sitting at YTD 58,782 as at last night.

I did a calculation last night, and had 24,981 to go on this WIP.  In the scheme of things that is a handful left, well if you have giant hands, but at the rate I stitch it is not far off. I would love 1,000 a day, however,  I have other things to do, so it’s going to be about 2 months.  I did not use StitchPal as it is a super-clunky app, but I now wish I had as I could know a day on day predicted finish date.

Talking of other things, I will be reaching the daily target for today of greater than 230 stitches (I am in at c. 180 as I take a break for breakfast), and then change into my work gear and finish steaming off the remainder of one of the ground floor hall walls.  Once that is done, I have the other hall ... it’s a T shape configuration ... walls, or at least most of them to also steam off.  I am not kidding you, there are at least of 4 layers of wallpaper and paint on the top to get through.

I would like to get in the garden, too, but that is a distant hope today and probably tomorrow.

Hugs

Kay xx

#320 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 62.74% completed

 

Plus Lines 181 to 190 and Page 6 completed.

There are three full and three partial pages left to do.

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Kay x

#319 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 61.79% completed

 

 

Plus lines 171 to 180 completed as well.

#318 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 61.28% completed

 

Also lines 161 to 170 completed.

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Kay xx

#317 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 60.30%

 

Also, page 5 completed.

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Kay xx

#316 - HAED Mini Bouquet - 60.05% completed

 

… and less than 200 stitches to complete page 5 … awesome!

Hugs

Kay xx