Cross stitch progress May 11 to May 17

Last week I didn't get as much stitching done as I would have liked. Towards the end of the week, I was preparing for a camping trip. On Friday afternoon, my 19 year old daughter and I drove 2 hours away to Bowdon in South Georgia. We camped 2 nights and left Sunday afternoon. I did a little bit of stitching Saturday morning. Here's my progress on Perception by Elizabeth Almond.

Perception by Elizabeth Almond 

I'm kind of getting frustrated with this Perception, so I think I'll switch back to the Green Flip-It Series by Lizzie Kate. Last time I worked on it, it looked like this... 

Green Flip-It Series by Lizzie Kate 

Hopefully I can get a good bit of it done this week.  On Friday, I'm going to go to Jo-Ann and stock up on floss. Regular price is about 40 or 44 cents per skein. They are having a 2 day Memorial day sale, 3 for 99 cents and I hear that there will also be a coupon for 20‰ of your entire purchase. This will make them about 26 cents per skein! Woot woot!

Last week's progress (May 4 - May 10)

This week I finished up my May flower of the month, Lily of the Valley. I did the border first and forgot to leave spaces where the leaves overlap into the border. Instead of ripping out all of those border stitches, I just stitched over them with the green. I don't think it's very noticeable.

Also, up until this month, I had been using three stands of floss, as recommended in the pattern. I decided that three strands looked too messy. This month I switched to two strands. I think it looks so much better! I wish I had used two from the beginning!

May flower of the month designed by Ellen Maurer Stroh

Flowers of the month designed by Ellen Maurer Stroh 

Last week's progress (April 27 - May 3)

For the last few weeks, I've been rotating projects on Monday of each week. Last week on Monday, I wasn't ready to give up on "Perception", so I just kept in going until May 1st, which is when it was time to start on the May flower of the month.  This month's flower is Lily of the Valley. I forgot to take a picture of my progress on Monday morning. Below is my progress as of this morning. (Wednesday - I'm a couple of days behind this week.)

"Perception" by Elizabeth Almond 

Flowers of the month by EMS Designs

Last week I bought a cheap scroll frame and lap stand from Jo-Ann's. I had a text for 60‰ off one item. I made my husband go in with me so that we could each buy one part. It ended up being only around $15 for both. That was a great deal if it worked! It seemed very flimsy and I couldn't get my fabric nice and taught. I took those back for a refund and ordered an all purpose floor stand that will clamp onto a scroll frame, q-snaps, regular hoop, etc. (I currently use q-snaps.)  It was only about $20 on Jo-Ann's website. I also ordered a magnifying floor lamp. They both arrived today and I'm happy with both so far! I'm trying to get used to doing two handed stitching now that I have my stand. :)