Charlie's Falling Star (Charlie's Ark) - Finished and framed

[~threadbear~]

Oh wow Kell, this has come out great. You can really see him taking shape.

[Lisa]

youve done quite a bit there havent you

[agi]

This is really lovely. So cute but at the same time not one of those too sweetie things. I love it.

[kell]

I don't know how you can stand to stop working on him I would just want to keep on with it. Do you have a set amount of time you work on each project?

Yup. My stitching schedule looks like this:
* 1st – 7th of each month: UFO week
* 8th – 14th of each month: Biscornu week
* 15th – 21st of each month: Whatever takes my fancy
* 22nd – 28th of each month: Xmas card week
* Remaining days of each month: Whatever takes my fancy

I didn't finish my Xmas card last month, so I have that one to finish and also this month's one to do next week.

I also have a "morning project" (Charlie is my evening project) which is usually something that has a time limit on being stitched, so I reserve that for things like exchanges, but at the moment my morning project is the two jingle cubes I've been asked to stitch for twin girls (a friend of mine saw the cubes I'd made for Xan and one ohis little buddies and thought they'd make an unusual gift). They need to be finished for the end of March. I've finished the lettering on one cube (4 letters) and have the two end designs to complete, then I have the faces of the 2nd cube to stitch, then all the edgings and the assembly to do.

It breaks my heart to leave Charlie, but I know I'll finish him next month and will not be stitching him any more after that anyway, so I suppose it's a way to keep enjoying stitching him for longer, really.

[Rose]

Oh wow Charlie is looking so good!!!!

[meerkat]

Lovely stitching Kell

[Play Outside]

Great progress! I love the rainbows - they must be fun to stitch.

[Nachstenliebe]

Your focus is amazing! I can see he's so close to finishing I can taste it myself lol..A t least you can be excited that he should be completed next rotation.
Faith

[pamelam]

Your gallery is full of very lovely projects Kell

[maggs]

Just caught this thread what a cute design. Your progress is great Can't wait to see the next instalment.

[kell]

Thank you, everyone. And Maggs - there'll be another progress pic tonight.

[kell]

And here's how Charlie looks tonight after a couple of hours of stitching:

[Rose]

So much work and yet you are going to set him aside.......

[kell]

I know - I'm sad too, but it means I get more time to work on him next month and I will have him to look forward too. I'm going to miss stitching him when I'm finished!

[karen4bells]

fabulous progress!! Charlie is coming along very nicely, Kelly!!

[K1nS]

[meerkat]

[kell]

Here's Charlie for the last time this month - he has to go to bed now, but he'll be back in a about 3 weeks time.

[Busy_B]

[charmagne_capalad]

Lovely progress, Kell.

I really admire your organized xstitching time schedule...mine has been eaten a lot by my new office works....But I'm hoping that once I become fully adjusted to it I'll be able to organize my xstitching time as well... I'm really looking forward to this as I'm missing my xstitching a lot!