Peacock Feathers: Happy Dance!

 Not only have I finished, fully finished, but it has been photographed and put on the wall!!!

July1 progress on Peacock Feathers

Making progress

 Took this picture last night. I only have time to stitch approximately 1,000 stitches a week, so maybe I will be able to finish this next weekend?

 Making progress. 

Peacock Feathers progress

 Update. Still stitching!

PhD - Potential Happy Dance (The Cheshire Stitcher)

 Was watching a FlossTube today by Karen, The Stitching Owl. She credited the above youtube with this lovely acronym!

Peacock Feathers

My name is Grace and I love to stitch. The act of pulling thread through fabric is meditative, peaceful, and relaxing. It stills my overly busy mind. It brings me satisfaction. It connects me, however, distantly, to thousands of other people worldwide who also love to stitch. 

I've been stitching for over 50 years. Sometimes I stitched daily and sometimes years passed between picking up my needle due to school, work, divorce, or tragedy. But I always came back back to stitching.

I stitch a bit of everything, using a wide diversity of threads, fabrics, counted or printed. I will be sharing current and sometimes past projects here, for my own records and for the joy of stitching. Sometimes I know where I got supplies and sometimes I don't. Sometimes I know that the title is, and who to credit. Sometimes I don't. 

This is the project I am working on today. I started it in February 2022, completed the center and got distracted by a myriad of other equally delightful things. I've decided that I'm going to finish it over the next few weeks. I love the colors and want to frame it. 

Title: Peacock Feathers

Designer: Caroline Manning Designs

Stitch count: 131 x 131 (17,161 stitches)

Thread: DMC called for colors

Fabric: 14 count Aida

I purchases the pattern from 123 Stitch and the above picture is their illustration of the completed piece.