I know I'm a day late with my WIPocalypse post, but it has been a hectic week and a stressful day (car trouble! ugh!). But on with stitching!
Still can't cross off any more goals this month, but I have made good progress on a few projects. Since last month, I've worked on Flora:
Got a few more leaves on my Tigers:
I'm also happy to say I again exceeded my stitching goal for March with 12,098 stitches! For anyone that's curious, that was 63 hours of stitching (it's practically all I do outside of work). For the year, I'm up to 41,473 stitches, which was close to my yearly total just a couple years ago. Still really mind boggling (for me, at least).
This month's question is: What do you listen to while stitching?
Mostly, I only listen to music. I'm a bit of a music fiend. I listen to just about any genre, and I love finding new artists. I've got a good eclectic radio station, The Bridge, that rarely gets old (listen online, it's awesome!). I also pay for Rhapsody, so I've got endless options when I want to hear something specific, or Google Music (which stole Songza, drat it) for neat playlists when I want variety. (Pandora has too many commercials these days.)
In the evenings, when my mother is home, we watch the news while I stitch, though it can be distracting. I'm the type of person who has to give my full attention to anything I watch for entertainment, so I usually stick to music. I have done audiobooks in the past, but now I can listen to those at work, which is much better. :)
Again, music is a topic I could discuss ad nauseum. If anyone has suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them (I really love listening to new stuff). For me, I think my three favorite artists this week have been Hey Marseilles, Shearwater, and Nathaniel Rateliff (though that is the tip of a very large, gargantuan iceberg).
That's all I got for now. Until next time!
Great progress! I absolutely love the colors in Flora.
ReplyDeleteWow congrats on all your progress!!! Do you work exclusively on HAED projects? If so I might have to hit you up for some tips. I'm starting my first one as soon as I get the floss.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jan! I don't work exclusively on HAEDs, but I have a definite preference for large projects. :) Good luck with your first HAED! Don't know how good my advice is, but any questions you have I'll be happy to try and answer. :)
DeleteWow great progress so far! That's a ton of stitches this year!
ReplyDeleteWonderful progress on all your beautiful projects! I love the side by side progress photos.
ReplyDeleteI love your work on all your projects =) I am super impressed that you did over 12 000 stitches this month. 2016 seems to be a very productive year for me, too. A few years back I managed less than 40 000 stitches per year and if I continue stitching like this I will easily stitch twice as much :D That's really motivating :D
ReplyDeleteEach one is coming along so nicely. Great progress! And good tips on the music you listen to. I will have to take a look at them.
ReplyDeleteWonderful progress on all your projects. I love to listen to music as well as watch TV/Movies when I stitch. Here's something different for you, I love Film scores and have a free account with Spotify if you are interested here is one of my playlists.
ReplyDeletehttps://play.spotify.com/user/hookedonstitches/playlist/7nLQmYrITOEoKtqv52Tlcv
Thanks so much for the playlist! I gave it a listen during my afternoon stitching. I will have to listen again soon, and I think you may have rekindled my interest in film scores. :)
DeleteAwesome stitching!
ReplyDeleteNice progress! I'm like you I only have time to stitch after work and on weekends but I don't think I could have progressed that much.
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