Showing posts with label one stitch a day project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label one stitch a day project. Show all posts

2.03.2014

365 Project updates

I've been working on a few different 365 projects.  I had never done one before so I guess I'm making up for lost time.


1. #Stitchaday


This is mainly on instagram and I blogged about it here.  As someone that deals with depresson I'm curious about the patterns of it.  January was a bit rough, but it's also winter in Chicago so really everyone is depressed right now.  :)

Every few days I add my progress on Instagram.  


Doing only one stitch doesn't bother me.  It's changing the floss color that bothers me.  :)



3. Mom's One Line a day.


This I have only missed once.  Before cross stitch there was crochet, before crochet, embroidery, before embroidery there was journaling.  It's very good for me. 




3. Cranes


I started the cranes as a way to bring a bit of luck and color into our home.  The legend says that the person that makes 1,000 cranes in one year is grated a wish by a crane.  I always wish on stars, eyelashes, (especially baby ones, I'm convinced those have extra special innocent wishing power) and 11:11.  I started on 1/18 and I need 3 a day.   I did 10 one night and the next day I won a giveaway on Instagram.  (Have I told you how much I love Instagram?)  That was proof enough for me. 


 In those days that you see a gray stitch above I likely didn't do any cranes.  As of today I have 29.  





4.  Wreck this journal.


I want to do exercises to be more creative.  That seems to always mean drawing.  I don't draw as much as I'd like to, I never took an art class in my life, although I do consider myself an artist.  Is that weird?  I'm intimidated by this project, which is why I got the book, but I can't just pick it up and do it.  :shrug:

Do you have any 365 projects or resolutions?

How are they going?

1.01.2014

One Single Stitch. Every Single Day.

I'm jumping on the bandwagon with Becca and Molly and joining in the 365 day project a day fun.

I'm adding a small twist.  I tend to over generalize and over analyze.

I'm going to pick 5 colors and each color will represent a different mood of the day.  I'll pick a color at the end of the day and do my single stitch.

At the end of the year I will have a 12 by 31 (or so) cross stitch that is an accurate representation of my general moods each day, week, and month.

Too bad my therapist didn't think of this when I was 15.  :)

Mood/Color/DMC number

Neutral/Green/3851
Happy/Purple/333
Depressed/Gray/414
Frustrated/Orange/3854
Angry/Red/326



1/1/2014.  Frustrated. I spent too long on a pattern and never got it just right.  Ugh.


Updates monthly. Instagram updated daily.  Wish me luck!