The Girl that Stitches

This year I am participating in the HAED BB SAL (Heaven and Earth bulletin board stitch a long). At the start of the year I set the following goals for 2015: Treasure Hunt: pages 3, 4, 5, 6 ( have currently completed pages 3 & 4) Nocturne: pages 4, 5, 6, 8 (have currently completed pages 4 & 5) Iris: page 2 and 3 (have currently completed page 2 and about half page 3) Even though I’m about halfway there I still feel there is lots of stitching remaining! Especially on Treasure… One page of treasure seems to take forever! I really want to meet these goals and have been trying to work out a rotation that meets them and also introduces the new pieces I’ve started… but from my calculations I’m being a bit ambitious.  So the plan is to focus on the goals I originally set and to also get the mystery chart completed by the end of the year so it can be gifted.  That’s going to be a challenge in itself as that mystery chart is the most detailed pattern I’ve ever attempted.

I’ve made a spreadsheet document for keeping count of floss stash.   I have found this template great for keeping my projects organized.   It may or may not be of interest to you depending on how you like to organize your projects.  The spreadsheet document has formulas which automatically update the total floss count page according to what is entered into the project tabs.  The template has 20 project tabs! If you have more than 20 projects I would suggest "saving as" on the document and renaming it, so you have multiple documents i.e. Two different documents for a total 40 project tabs, or 3 different documents for 60, etc.  (I suggest this because If you add more tabs yourself this messes the formulas up). The project tabs are located at the bottom of the spreadsheet and can be easily renamed without this effecting the functioning of the formulas (just click on the text and type in your chart title).  If you have lots of projects it may make it easier to order