How did I do for "Stitch every 'Day' in 'May' " ?

 Hello Friends,

Hope you are doing well.

My personal goal was to Stitch every 'Day' in 'May'. I'm very happy to report that I was able to stitch/craft on 29 days out of 31 days of the month. I'm realizing that setting this personal goal helps me come out of my comfort zone(read laziness) .
My main focus was to finish creating gifts for my colleagues . I had a deadline as I had asked one of colleagues in Mumbai to carry the gifts with him. You see I don't trust the postal system to send handmade stuff by mail.  

Here is what I made for them :

For Ms. J -Blackwork version of  a Italian motif  to celebrate her recent vacation to Italy and a wash cloth with her initial

For Ms. K -Cross stitched version of a Indian motif to remind her that she always has a friend in India and a wash cloth with her initial.

Happy to report I managed to finish a gift for a friend's 40th birthday. The gift is late only by 1 year 5 months 😀

Meanwhile , I was chatting with a fellow Indian cross stitcher on Instagram and we agreed to do a SAL from 1st June...details to follow .

This gave me a chance to pick my oldest WIP, Indian Peacock by Dimensions .I started this piece on 1st January 2017. I last stitched it on 31st May 2020.Here are the progress photos.

Progress as of 31st May 2020

Progress as of 31st May 2025

I will make separate posts for these finishes with details.

I hope you had a productive month, doing what you enjoy.

Stitch Every 'Day' in 'May'

Hi dear Friends,

                          Happy May! 
Ideally I should have posted this yesterday , however I was busy hosting a meetup for deltiologists and philatelists (read people who still send old style letters and postcards) . It was a holiday yesterday in our state -State formation day, a good chance to host a meetup.

I love to host meetups, I have been doing that since 2015 ...however they are a lot of work mainly because human beings are not easy to please and with the world under influence of social media , people don't find any value in meeting in person  .

After a lot of anxiety and frustration, I can say we had good time yesterday , hence the late post.

I know for many of you stitching every day is a way of life , however I tend to get distracted easily by social media and watching online series that's why I took this challenge. The idea is to stitch at least for 15 mins everyday.

I have done this personal challenge called "Stitch Every 'Day' in 'May'  in 2020, 2018 and 2016. As I'm returning to crafting this year, I would like to bring back this challenge.

I will be knitting alphabet wash cloth and cross stitching a gift for a friend's 40th birthday during this month.

Image from Designer's website

The last few times when I did this challenge some of you joined me, join me this year too if this is something you would like to do .

I'm not going to make it a SAL or any compulsion to post on blog. Just use #stitcheverydayinmay if you post pictures on Instagram. I will post an update on the challenge at the end of month.