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I absolutely love Vanity! It's my favourite from the series.
I can't wait to see more, and hopefully the 20ct is treating you better!

I agree... if it's bugging you then you're not going to enjoy stitching. And if you're not enjoying it, what is the point in stitching?
Faith

For such an important piece of stitching it's vital to get it to feel right -- glad you found the right combination of fabric/threads/stitches for you!

Sorry about all the problems you've had, hope thoses will be solved now.

Great start

I'm glad you find your perfect combo! Now that you know what it is, you will be on a roll for all future HAEDs. When I started my first one I started it three times before I found the fabric and thread count that I was most comfortable with. Can't wait to see your progress on this one! i LOVE the deadly sins collection.

so it has been awhile, i didn't feel like i made progress til i saw my last pic. i'm almost done with this page (page 1), it's at about 75% or so. i'm having a blast with it and getting into a rhythm to stitch it has actually been difficult.

i graduated college in may and in july i started my first ever 'real' world job doing project management. well it is amazing how little free time i have between trying to maintain enough energy after coming home to actual get stuff done. the last few weeks i developed my own 'sanity' rule...at 8:30 (i know, i'm breaking it now, but it's about stitching so i'm covered) i put down whatever i'm stressing over and stitch.

surprisingly, that has had some success. i don't always make it, but i average about a good 1 1/2 hr a night!

anyway, enough rabbling, here's the goodies

Congrats on graduating and on your new job! Nice progress on your stitching

Great progress and thats an excellent rule......I have a similar one.....once the kids are bathed and tucked up in bed my time is my own and I refuse to spend it cleaning etc..... it doesnt always work but the times it does its great

great progress!!!

congratulations on graduating and on the new job

Great progress.

And congratulations on graduating and your new job.

Congratulations on the new job! And lovely progress on the stitching too.

Congratulations on your job! Glad that you can get in a lot of stitching time as well. Really great progress!

Lovely work . Congratulations on graduating and obtaining a new job . Also, big time congrats on making that work/life balance happen. That's something I definitely still struggle with, so I'm proud of you that you've made it happen!

Congrats on both graduating and your new job! I think that's a good rule to live by when it comes to your stitching standards.. Your stitchingis looking great!

Sounds like a good plan! You're coming on really well with this, it's great once you get into a rhythm with stitching especially if you've had a bit of a slump with it.



Louise

Congrats on graduation and finding a job. There was a time when I too had to schedule my stitching time. I do hope this works will for you.
Great progress!!

Great progress I love the 7 deadly sins. I am doing Wrath

Woo, another project manager! That's my day job, too. I get a lot less done at home now because I'm tired after making other people get stuff done all day at work!

Stitching is an awesome hobby for PMs since we can see incremental improvement targeting towards a definite finish.