This year I decided to invite FB friends to join me live as I posted and several people did so. Quite a few are stitching today as it is the actual Solstice today. I was out of town so I had to do it a day early. Kaye in the Southern Hemisphere stitched on just one project as it is their Shortest Day.
So where did I start? By getting all the projects out and putting them on the bed:
You can see that I like to keep my fabric rolled in tubes, the long ones are wrapping paper tubes.
The first project was my 10-a-Day, Just Nan's Spring in the Square:
Followed by my 30-a-Day, Just Nan's Royal Blossoms:
Then I moved onto my 30 minute rotation. Each 30 minute slot included getting the project out, photographing the before picture, stitching, photographing the after picture and loading onto Facebook. So there's less than 30 minutes of actual stitching on each one.
Here we go with Project 3 at 9.00am:
Happy Hallowe'en by Imaginating
Stitched the L
Project 4 at 9.30am:
Witches by Oberlin Samplers
Started the W
Project 5 at 10.00am
The Stitcher's Alphabet by Brooke's Books
Stitched the border for X
Project 6 at 10.30am
The Enchanted Alphabet by Lavender & Lace
Started the M
Elevenses!
Project 7 at 11.00am
Gardens of London by Chatelaine
Stitched some background
Project 8 at 11.30am
The Discworld Mappe by Lyndisfarne Designs
Stitched some land!
Project 9 at 12.00 noon
Little Snapdragon by Kustom Krafts
Stitched some wing
Project 10 at 12.30pm
Dragon of the Winter Moon by Dragon Dreams
Stitched some Kreinik spines
Lunch
Project 11 at 1.30pm
Mermaid by Joan Elliott
Stitched an arm
Project 12 at 2.00pm
Gathering Eggs by Nora Corbett
Stitched more sleeve
Project 13 at 2.30pm
Memories by Just Nan
Stitched some pink flowers
Project 14 at 3.00pm
Faces Mystery SAL by Joan Elliott
Stitched more ribbon and some leaf
Project 15 at 3.30pm
My Lovely Sewing Tools by Marie Suarez
Stitched some cream border
Project 16 at 4.00pm
Coffee Fairy by Yiota
Filled in some coffee
Project 17 at 4.30pm
Art Nouveau Head by the Craft Collective
Stitched some brown
Project 18 at 5.00pm
Bande des Dragons by Dessins DHC
Stitched some red scroll
Teatime, forgot to take a photo!
Project 19 at 7.00pm
Spring Sampler with motifs from The Samplermakers
Stitched some green leaves
Project 20 at 7.30pm
English Transitional Sampler by The Scarlet Letter
Some Holbein Stitch
Project 21 at 8.00pm
Around the World in 80 Stitches by Papillon Creations
Stitched some green border
Project 22 at 8.30pm
NOEL by Ernie Bishop
Stitched some more of the O
9.00pm - Storytime with The Large Boy, reading Science of the Discworld III
Project 23 at 9.45pm
Autumn Tree from an old Yahoo Group
Stitched five eyelets just to say I worked on this one!
Project 24 at 10.00pm during the Small Boy's bath
12 Days of Christmas by Joan Elliott
Stitched some green leaves in the border
Apologies for the poor quality of some of the photos. Some were from my iPad and some were just "point and click, move on to the next one".
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Today is the posting day for Kerry's Theme-tas-Stitch too, which is:
Jardin June - Venture outdoors and put some stitches in a piece which has a garden or floral theme.
Several of my projects fit this theme. Project 1, 2, 7, 9, 13, 19 and 21 to be precise! I have also completed and framed a beautiful garden design since the last Theme-tas-Stitch post and gave it to my friend today.
Gathering Honey by Jannlynn Designs!
My friend loved it and said she hadn't forgotten she'd asked me to stitch it for her but thought I had! So she was really pleased to see that I hadn't.
Finally, I really enjoyed the Stitching Marathon and it was lovely to have people stitching and commenting along with me. It was so nice to get some of the older projects out again. Some are mammoth pieces and will take years to finish while others could be done in a week or two. But then there are my active WIPs already in the rotation! So much to think about and plan. I will definitely be doing this again next year anyway. So make your plans now to join me!
The sewing marathon has begun! I like everything!
ReplyDeleteHugs!
I just wasn't coordinated enough this year to participate, but I will definitely try next year. It was fun to see all your pictures of your pretty stitching. Thank you for sharing. --Andrea
ReplyDeleteThanks for inviting me to join in. I cleaned out my WIPs and uncovered some projects that really need some attention. I also got rid of a few things that I know I will never finish.
ReplyDeleteWhen I got to project 18, I thought "wait a minute, 18 projects" and then I went on to find 6 more. Wow, you have a lot of WIPs. What a great stitching marathon. I don't think my hands would hold out. Your projects are so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI just loved seeing all the wonderful things you are stitching. For me, a one project at a time stitcher, it was amazing!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIncroyable marathon ,j'en suis émerveillée et bravo !
ReplyDeleteTant de projets en cours,c'est admirable,il y en a quelques uns qui me plaisent particulièrement,
Bonne broderie pour la suite.Merci pour votre visite
Belle journée
Oh my, you were so busy. I am amazed by how much you got done, i don't think my poor hands would have led out all day. x
ReplyDeleteYour longest day rotation is great fun.I do not have many WIPs so if I join you all next year I will perhaps stitch for 30 mins on each one and maybe start a new project a few days before the longest day which would see some major progress on the day.
ReplyDeleteI loved following your updates on FB and put some of your WIPs on my ever-growing list (I`m a one-at-a-time kind of girl so it`ll probably be the second half of this century by the time I get round to them). The Gathering Honey pic is gorgeous too, I`m sure your friend was over the moon! xx
ReplyDeleteWonderful progress on all your projects Jo. I tuned my SAL to the Longest Day Stitch-a-thon and will be working on my projects through Saturday.
ReplyDeleteLinda
Looks like you had great stitching fun!!
ReplyDeleteWell done Jo! I might have to plan to have a leave day for next year... Although there is our longest day coming up in December!! Hugs x
ReplyDeleteJo, YOu certainly have lots of ongoing projects, it must have been rewarding to get something stitched on each one. I hope to participate next year, it looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteWow....you got loads done!So many gorgeous projects and I love how you had two cups of tea each break :)
ReplyDeleteEverything came out absolutely beautiful! I love all the pieces but I think my favorites so far are 9, 18, and 23!
ReplyDeleteJo, what a day of marathon stitching and I was fascinated to see your UFO's ...so many lovely designs.
ReplyDeleteWow, so many lovely projects at once! Lovely work on them, every stitch counts =)
ReplyDeleteI couldn't do it. Wish I could have, but I am too hyper. Love seeing all your lovely WIP's!
ReplyDeleteJo, so many wonderful projects!!
ReplyDeleteOh man Jo! Sorry I missed it! It would have given me a good excuse to take a "mental health day"! This sounds like a brilliant plan for next year though (although hopefully my WIP pile will be smaller than it is now!).
ReplyDeleteWhoa Jo I had no idea you had this many wips. Some of them I haven't even seen before! The variety of fabrics alone is incredible. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself and very happy to see that you got your Elevenses in, very important! I hope you get to work on Autumn tree alot more. I find that one really striking and can't wait to see how it turns out!
ReplyDeletexo Alicia
Oh my oh my oh my - twenty four different projects! So much fun for us to see all you did, but I'll be your head was spinning by the end of the day! Thanks for taking us along on the whirlwind ride.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed following your day and having my own new start SAL day. Thanks for the fun. Love all your progress. So many beautiful projects!!
ReplyDeleteOh my that was a ton of stitching!!! I can't believe you stopped for lunch. LOL! You really worked on a lot of stitches and did a great job. Congrats! RJ @ stitching friends forever
ReplyDeleteCongrats on completing the marathon successfully!
ReplyDeleteWell done! I enjoyed following along on FB even though I didn't comment much.
ReplyDeleteBy the way I love the Dark Side of the Moon coffee mug
You have some serious stitchy stamina! Such a lovely assortment of projects, and you made progress on all. Brava! The dragon is adorable and the framing on gathering honey is perfect.
ReplyDeleteLove seeing all your projects Jo! Little snapdragon is so adorable and autumn tree is very interesting.
ReplyDeleteA fantastic selection of projects Jo. It was great fun to see it all in real time on FB. I love the Autumn tree too. Thanks for organising
ReplyDeleteYour projects are amazing. I can't believe how many you have going at once and yet you're still able to keep track of them all! I am definitely going to try to do this with you next year. Sounds like so much fun!
ReplyDeleteWow! That was amazing and I bet fun as well, to see some wips you haven't seen in awhile. Your finish and framed piece is so beautiful and I am glad your friend was surprised.
ReplyDeleteVery nice framing choice. Looks great with the piece. Also love the marathon pieces. Very nice variety. I'm not sure I'd be disciplined enough to stop after only a half hour.
ReplyDeleteWow what a lot of lovely projects!!! How nice to be able to visit with each of them for a little while :-) Happy stitching,
ReplyDeleteHelen
So glad it went well! Maybe if next year works out well I can figure out a way to join at least part of it with DD's help. I think my Autumn Tree is stuck in about the same place. :) Only mine has different colours.
ReplyDeleteAmazing marathon stitching! You've got way more stamina than I do, that's for sure. Glad you had fun! :D
ReplyDelete... and you did it! Stitching on all your WIPs during one day, not bad at all. Last year when I was joining you on the stitching marathon I found that the hardest thing was to stop after 20 or 25 minutes in order to prepare the next project. I hope that I will be able to join you next year again.
ReplyDeleteYou were so good putting in so much progress. I took the day off that day and I was soooo lazy I didn't do anything at all lol
ReplyDeleteFantastic! What a fun day it was - thanks for sharing. Like Kerry it really helped me to focus on what I want to stitch and I reduced my UFO pile by 3! And stitched on all the others too.
ReplyDeleteYou have a great variety of projects started and I'm looking forward to seeing more of them in the future.
How lovely to see your marathon stitching! For some reason I could not join your facebook event (it just kept saying 'This isn't working at the moment'), but now I got to see everything here so that's okay. Lot's of lovely projects - I think I had forgotten some since last year already!
ReplyDeleteGosh, Jo! You are so very organised!
ReplyDeleteYesterday, inspired by you, I quickly picked up an old UFO to stitch while travelling.
It wasn't until I was on the return journey I realised I was only supposed to be stitching with 1 strand of thread and I had been using 2! Duh! I won't undo it, as it happens it looks sort of intentional.
It was great seeing all the projects you stitched on the marathon, but I know I couldn't do that!!
Barbara x