Finished Two More... 15 and 16 for 2022

Band Sampler - Historical Sampler Company.  Finish #15 for 2022.  Done on a white evenweave 28 count something, one over one, using the suggested dmc flosses.  Not my usual stitch, not my favorite color combination, but that was kind of the point.  Do something that is not your usual stitch. 

This is where it was when I picked it back up again.  Last worked on it December 2021, so a finish a year later, it's lovely to have it done. 

La D Da - Marion the Librarian.  Finish #16 for 2022.  Done on Colour and Cotton 32 count Yellow Cake jobelan, one over one.  The fabric is much more yellow.  Used dmc floss, switched the red to a darker cherry red.   My camera isn't very accurate at photos and details on something this size.

Just a photo to show the scale and that the finished thing is crazy small.  It finished at 2 by 3.5 inches, with a stitch count of 61 x 126.  Last worked on it April 2020.  This maybe shows the fabric is more yellow.  It also shows where it was when I picked it back up again.

Didn't grab either of these for a reason, just grabbing random from the already started stuff.  But the pile is huge, so getting things that were close to done is just random.

Another Finish for 2021

A Finish! - Prairie Schooler - All You Can Eat.  Finish #12 for 2021.  Done with the suggested colors. Below is what it looked like as I picked it back up again.   

Band Sampler by Historical Sampler Company.  Below is what it looked like when I picked it back up again.  I am finishing the border flowers, finished the grape row, and the two border bands above the grape row.  Filling in the top row to get me all the way across.  I was kinda hoping for it to be the 13th finish, cause it's not my favorite, but it does get closer every time.  I picked it to stitch because it's NOT really my usual stitching project.  But I STILL picked it to stitch.  It was a choice.  It's not frustrating, it's just different.  One project like that is fine, several projects like that would not be fine. 

Filling In

Kinda weird to work on this one when it's not a favorite or pretty even.  But sometimes something just is easy to grab and make progress on.  My goal was to finish lines, fill in.   And I got it completed from the numbers line down to the bottom, except the date and initials.  Worked on the border, and other rows are filling in.  But it feels like it's time to switch again.  Below is where it was when I picked it back up again.

Here. There. And everywhere...

Ink Circles = Modestly Sized Red Ship.  Two more pages completed.  Used almost 4 skeins of dmc at this point.  Below is what it looked like when I picked it back up.  8 of 12 pages completed.  And the border lines up on that left side,- I checked. 

I wanted to break up doing that top border all at once. 

Blackbird Designs - Our Lasting Friendship.  My new start.  I got the border and the box done.  Called for fancy flosses on 28 count PTP Legacy, one over one.  When the flosses arrived - Caramel and Straw Hat look exactly alike.  I don't mean they are close, I mean - exactly.  So I reordered those two again from a different vendor. 
 

Band Sampler - Historical Sampler Company (I think).  This is just an odd one for me, but it's is different from the other things I stitch.  Below is what it looked like when I picked it back up again. I was just trying to get rows from side to side.  But I also only got a couple of days before I'm wanting to move on.  And oh, that outside border is gonna be miserable to do.

Progress - and back into the Started Pile...

Band Sampler by Historical Sampler Company
Got about a day of stitching on it, and I'm tired of looking at it.
It's going back into the started pile. 
Below is where it was when I picked it back up again.

I just had the lower right corner started.  I got to the left side with the numbers, and I got to the top.  Well, my border vines are still missing at the sides and the top, but hey, for just over a day of stitching, you can tell I tried.  The encouraging part is - it's not as big as I thought. 
I can't say that I bought this because I loved it.  I bought it because it was different than other things I was stitching at that time.  It's still different than what I stitch now. 

The Winter Is Past - Blackbird Designs.
This got two days before tossing it back in the pile.
This is one that I like the pattern, but when I started this - I started it on 32 count Oatmeal Floba fabric.  I was willing to try new things, it's an evenweave...  I stitch one over one on 32, it also comes in a 25 count, but again, I knew nothing about it yet.  I knew it was cheaper than hand dyed fabric.  It should have been fine - I felt the color / texture would work.  Using suggested fancy flosses.
And then I stitched on it.  And I kinda hate stitching on it. 

This is where it was when I picked it back up this round.
I think it has to do with the threads are thicker, the holes you stitch into are smaller.
The stitches lay fine.  I thought, maybe it's something wierd like not a 32 count, and I'm just feeling the fabric is smaller than I think - but I marked off exactly an inch and counted threads,  and it's a 32 count.  And it's not going to be a large piece, so  I decided to power through it.  I think it took me two rounds to get to this bottom photo point, because I do not find it relaxing at all.  And I stitched on it a couple days this round, and obviously filled in much more. 
It does look fine on the Oatmeal fabric - and I think I even bought some of the 25 count of this - and maybe over two threads - it's a whole different experience.  I do like the fabric - I think it would work greatfor many patterns - but it's like a slow grind to work on it.  I had thought maybe I was just in a mood when I worked on it before.  But nope, two days this time was enough. 

Progress.  I'm making progress.  I started with almost a 100 things started.  It's not gonna be a finish or something I just stick with every time.  The goal is fewer if I counted again, and to enjoy stitching.