more stitch instructions

Firstly, thanks to all who contributed to our discussion last week about needlework fears. I felt it was very interesting and hopefully beneficial to some. It certainly caused me to look at some things differently.

This week I have been steadily plugging away on stitch instructions for the next book. I also added more pages of photos from my trip to the front section of the book – the part that deals with the cultural and historical background of the embroidery style. I just felt that more needed to be included to give a better survey of historical work. And more pictures are always fun because they’re so nice to look at!

My goal is to have the stitch instructions done by the end of November. Not sure that I’m on track for that, but I’m certainly going to keep working towards it! I’d like to get all that over and done with well before Christmas. Being summer in Australia at Christmas, that’s when our schools have a long break. The girls get about 6 weeks off school. I’d like to not have my head buried in a computer the whole time they’re off school! It would be much more preferable to be stitching and finishing projects then. It’s quite a bit more social!

Also, the sooner I have the stitch instructions done, the longer I can leave them to sit before coming back with fresher eyes to reassess and edit them.

What is does mean is that the projects section of the book still looks very empty and sad. I really want to start filling up some of those pages, but I keep reminding myself, “All in good time.” Must stick to the current goal and not be thrown off course!

So all is progressing well. I’d love to show you some photos, but not yet. 🙁