Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Out of sight, out of mind....and a change of attitude!

In order to resist the temptation of stitching  the more colourful lighthouse project, I decided that the 'out of sight, out of mind' approach was the only one that would work for me....in reality it's more a case of it being out of reach rather than out of mind...but hey, it's working! So, the lighthouse project is packed away out of sight (but not out of mind) in another room so that I'm not tempted to pick it up and do "just one length of that lovely pink in the sky" ...which never happens, because just one length of thread then becomes two lengths, then three lengths and then...well you know how it goes!!!

Anyhoo, this is what Twilight Silhouette looked like last week.....


...and the thought of stitching hundreds and hundreds of little black x's on to navy fabric really wasn't all that exciting, as I'm sure you can imagine! I really didn't want to stitch all that boring black, but changed my attitude when I realized that since there was sooooo much black to do, it meant that for great big chunks of the design I didn't have to do any counting and didn't really have to concentrate too hard, soooo, I could really watch a move (not just listen to it) while I stitched....yayyy!! (and yes, I'm enjoying the italics today!!!)

So after a couple of movies (no popcorn though!), this is how these sweet fairies look now....



Quite a change!

Sadly for me though, since most of the black area is done, it means that now I'm back to having to count my stitches and just listen to movies again!

Until next time...happy stitching!

Rhona

10 comments:

CathieJ said...

When I cross-stitch I put a CD on and listen or sing-along. It doesn't really interrupt counting and totally relaxes me. Love the fairies. I really do like when I get big swaths of one color to stitch because there is very little counting. Keep stitching. It looks like you are getting so much closer to being finished.

Heather said...

Wow great progress!

Jill at emeraldcottage said...

Wow it's beautiful! I also listen to movies whilst crocheting, keep having to get hubby to rewind, it drives him mad!
Jillxo

Stitching Noni said...

Fantastic progress! I am so glad that the out of sight process is working!
Hugs xx

Le trame della Galaverna said...

This design il fantastic.
It is a great great work.

Ariadne said...

Yes but the end result will be absolutely great!AriadnefromGreece!

Annie said...

This is coming along beautifully! You're really motivating me.
Mine comes up again in next week's rotation. I'm still working the top left page, and I'm looking forward to getting down to all that black stitching. Most of my other projects are HAEDs with lots of confetti stitching so big (boring) chunks of one color are a welcome relief.
I do like how fast the half crosses stich up:)

Caitlin @ Naughts Cross Stitches said...

Sometimes it does help to put it away for a while. Good work on your stitching and that blue is awesome. You will get it done

Preeti said...

Wow!! That's a lot of progress!! Your idea of 'out of sight' worked. I also like stitching boring bands of single color sometimes because of the same reason.

Justine said...

This is such a beautiful piece Rhona, you've really got lots done too. I love the effect of the ripples and shadows on the water.