Weekly Workload: February 4 2019

Three pieces on this week's roster. One which will probably be finished today, if all goes well.

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Patch commission. I need to fix the bird because I hate it, but there really isn't much left on this one. I also need to work out some back stitching for the bird and maybe the orange bits. But Mr Bird there definitely blends into the background in a way I really don't like.

Yeen

Conbadge, example and guerrilla marketing. After the Haida badge, I really fell in love with doing them this way. This one is on dyed blue fabric, though I haven't been as quick on it as I'd have liked. Paying commissions take priority, and other stuff around the house got in the way as well. Ideally, I think I can still manage to clear this entire list by the end of the week.

Frostline

Conbadge, trade. Another badge, because they're a quick way to get my work and examples out there. I think I used the wrong brush while drawing the sprite, because some things seem wonky for reasons I can't figure out, but not wonky enough that I felt like it was worth redoing.

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Group Project: Bosch Quilt

This is the Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch. It is my favourite painting in history, because look at it. It's insane. Painted some time around 1500, the Garden of Earthly Delights is a triptych depicting Heaven (or Eden), Earth (or mortal sin), and Hell (or the Last Judgement), depending on one's interpretation of the panels.

Honestly, I just love it because look at it. Is that a man playing a flute with his ass? This is some demented Dutch Where's Waldo.

Why am I telling you about this delightfully horrifying tribute to humanity? Because this is our next group project. We, as a collective, will be stitching this thing. I've wanted to stitch this for a long time, but haven't been able to because in order to preserve all the absurd detail, it needs to be huge. Like, 500 stitches huge. I kind of wanted to make it bigger, but it's already going to be almost 200 pattern pages as it is.

Do you want to participate? Awesome! Here's what…

2019 MadXStitchalong

The 2019 MadXStitchalong is scheduled to take two months this year. Why? Because it's a bit bigger than the ones in the past, for one, and a two-month schedule should hopefully make it easier for everyone to keep up. It's also a drawn design this year, meaning that although the design is bigger, it's going to be much simpler to stitch and count, with a lower threshold for detail.

The 2019 SAL will run from September 1st through Halloween. Also changing this year is the way you will be receiving your patterns. Rather than having to remember to keep checking back at a certain page, there is a form below for you to sign up. Every week, starting Sunday, September 1st, you will receive all your files over email. The SAL will be structured at one page per week, except for the final week, which will be two pages.

Like every year, the design is a mystery. But you do get to know some specifics.

100 x 200 stitches120 coloursColour palette and floss usage - You should only …

Free Pattern: Toothless and Hiccup

Counted Cross Stitch Pattern

102 x 82 stitches
100 Colours
Full Stitches Only
Uses 2013 New Colours

Download includes colour and black and white charts, floss usage, and example image.

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