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2016 is half over.  My little guy is almost 2.5.  Where does the time go?  Before I get all maudlin, let’s get to stitching.  Anyway, quite a few projects received attention during the last lunar cycle.

 I worked on Maiden & Unicorn for 5 days.  Previous progress:

Currently:

I finished the bottom border, extended the dark blue a little bit on the border’s left side, and finished the maiden’s skirt.  There were a lot of color changes, with some of the shades being very close.  My goal for the year is to finish the bottom half of the chart, so I will need to come back to it, stitch the rest of the unicorn and that left border up to the midpoint.  If I manage to accomplish that, I should be able to finish next year.  There’s less stitching on the top half, plus I’ve also stitched the maiden’s chest, the unicorn’s head, etc.

After that, I worked on my Mask of Colors QS. About two days later, I happy danced!

For the rest of June, I worked on my Summer Bellpull.  Previous progress:

Currently:

I did accomplish a fair bit during the week.  The U block was a challenge, lots of white on white.  When the M block is complete, the project will be half done. 

The first week in July, I worked on my 12 Days of Christmas, progress is blogged here.  I planned to work on Dancer the second week.  I traveled part of the week, lost my stitchy mojo, but picked him up again a few days later and finished him quickly.

Then I worked a few days on my Mill Hill Angelina ornament. Previous progress (2 days) from May:

Now, the cross stitching is finished; she is ready for back stitch and beads.  When I stitched Gabrielle last year, I detested the perforated paper.  For Angelina, I affixed some velcro to the top and bottom edge and found a scroll frame with side bars the same height as the paper.  You can’t roll perforated paper, but you can certainly mount it.  2 handed stitching makes all the difference; I’m really enjoying Angelina.

My original goal was to spent a week on this project and finish it.  But, time was short and I wasn’t inclined to push for a finish so soon after Dancer.  I do plan to finish her this year and only another day or two should be required.

Then I realized the 3rd weekend of the month had slipped by without notice.  So I spent 2 days working Love with a Capital L. 

I finished page 11, and did a bit of page 12, excluding the bottom border.  I’m at the bottom of the original chart.  Now I need to chart my personalization (new section). 

Question of the month: If you are participating in the Olympic Challenge, tell us about your plans – which type of challenge you’ve selected, the pieces you’ll be stitching on, etc. 

I accept the rotation challenge, concurrently with the Stitch Maynia Summer Olympic Challenge on Facebook.  Every day is a different theme, and I will attempt to work on everything I have, excluding UFOs.  My WIP count is currently 9.  My focus pieces include Siren & Shipwreck, Earth Goddess, Celtic Autumn, and Summer Bellpull.  I am planning to finish Siren and start another reindeer, Donner, during the challenge.