Colored Pencil Designs

09/10/2026

Last night was a very unproductive night. I dug out an error which will set me up to stitch the bottom of the wall and backstitch the rest of the dress and the shoes. I will work on that a little tonight, but the Sandwich Fair has started and I doubt much will get done past that. This is why I wanted to have this project done by September 6. I may have a progress picture for you tomorrow, but I will also share some pictures from the fairgrounds.

09/09/2026

09/08/2026

For all intents and purposes, the stitch counter is done. It's onto the backstitching and touch ups. Today, I want to finish the dress, bow and letters. Tomorrow will be the flowers. The castle will be at least 2 days.

09/07/2026

Hello! It was a good night at the ballpark last night. When it was all said and done, I had 108 stitches done, which is the same amount of stitches as are in a baseball. I had a little football stuff to catch up on. By the time I was done for the night, I had another letter done and the entire sky filled in. I would like to complete the letters today, but I have a slight mistake to fix first. After that, I’ll decide if I’m getting more backstitching done or fixing one of the other 2 things on my list.

8,955.75 Stitches
8,178.50 Stitches completed
5 Nights to September 11
155.45 Stitches per night to finish by September 11

126.00 Stitches completed yesterday
126 Stitches completed this week
777.25 Stitches left
91.321% Stitches completed

09/06/2026

I'm very late posting. I was hoping to get some stitches in today but I was working on other things. I'm at Northwestern Medical Field tonight for a Kane County Cougars-Cleburne Railroaders game. I'm working on sky tonight and maybe backstitching.

8,955.75 Stitches
8,052.50 Stitches completed
6 Nights to September 11
150.54 Stitches per night to finish by September 11

53.50 Stitches completed yesterday
535.25 Stitches completed last week
903.25 Stitches left
89.914% Stitches completed

09/05/2026

Let's face it. Yesterday was a stitching off day after it was all said and done. I was surprised to see this morning that I crossed 8,000 stitches. I had a couple other projects to work on when I was home. I didn't finish those either unfortunately. When I sat down to stitch, I was already tired to the point it was time to think about going to bed. Why am I so tired? Instead of posting a stitching update, here's that reason! She's been absolutely relentless the last couple weeks in the middle of the night.

I'm going to a social gathering where everybody knows I'm trying to finish this project. I will take it along and get some stitching done. With a little luck, the sky may get done today. That will just leave letters and back stitching.

8,955.75 Stitches
8,001.00 Stitches completed
7 Nights to September 11
136.39 Stitches per night to finish by September 11

12.00 Stitches completed yesterday
483.75 Stitches completed this week
954.75 Stitches left
89.339% Stitches completed

09/04/2026

Most of what I got done yesterday, I got done at the bowling alley. After getting home from bowling last night, I started some of the pink lettering. I'll work more on that tonight. If I get a chance during the day today, I'll stitch more of that blue fill.

8,955.75 Stitches
7,989.00 Stitches completed
8 Nights to September 11
120.84 Stitches per night to finish by September 11

97.00 Stitches completed yesterday
471.75 Stitches completed this week
966.75 Stitches left
89.205% Stitches completed

09/03/2026

What a day! Not a great day for pure stitching. However, I got to spend some time with a friend planning his project. His project may be a few years up the road, but I hope to get a graph in the next year. When I got home, I noticed I had a loop in my fabric and realized when I did a quarter stitch, I must have caught the needle in the floss again. Unfortunately, that eventually had to be cut out. There were also times tonight I was a cat masseuse. All that being said, I wouldn't have traded tonight for anything. Yes, I fell further behind on my current stitching project, but I feel it was all time well spent.

Tonight is Bowling. I look forward to knocking out some games. It will probably be another low stitch count day again today. I'm glad I didn't schedule the Cars project back to back with this one. Have a great day everyone!

8,955.75 Stitches
7,892.00 Stitches completed
7 Nights to September 10
151.96 Stitches per night to finish by September 10

60.50 Stitches completed yesterday
374.75 Stitches completed this week
1,063.75 Stitches left
88.122% Stitches completed

09/02/2026

Hello on this WIP Wednesday!Even if it's not cross stitch related, let's see what crafts you're working on.

With the migraine I had yesterday, I just worked on sky. Most of what got done was at home after 9:00 when I started to feel better. I'm already loaded up with more blue for the day today. I'm just hoping the migraine doesn't come back.

Let's see what you're working on! Have a great day!

8,955.75 Stitches
7,831.50 Stitches completed
8 Nights to September 10
140.53 Stitches per night to finish by September 10

122.00 Stitches completed yesterday
314.25 Stitches completed this week
1,124.25 Stitches left
87.447% Stitches completed

09/01/2026

I went as long as I could last night, but did not make my stitching goal. Of course, in fairness to my stitching, the cat did have me up at three in the morning so I didn't stay awake that late. I'm hoping today is a good stitching day. We'll have to see as the day goes on. I will have two needles going today. One for blue and one for pink. I need the letters done so I can finish the Os. The letters will involve a lot of detail work. Hopefully I can get all the way through them by the end of the day tomorrow.

8,955.75 Stitches
7,709.50 Stitches completed
9 Nights to September 10
138.47 Stitches per night to finish by September 10

105.00 Stitches completed yesterday
192.25 Stitches completed this week
1,246.25 Stitches left
86.084% Stitches completed