The Interminable Cross Stitch Outline Marathon

And the Interminable Cross Stitch Outline Marathon continues.  It just goes on and on and on.  I  am beginning to wonder how it all fits into this confined space.  There is still so much left to do: I am still working on the dark coral.  It seems every time I look at the chart, I see yet another spot that calls for DMC 350.  And then I have to stitch the navy blue and some more olive green.  I had some hope of completing both Band 6 and 7 this month.  I no longer cherish any such naive hope.  Indeed, I begin to think I shall be lucky to complete Band 6 by the end of the month.  It is beautiful, it is a joy to stitch, but, oh, is it ever so dense!  So, my hopes of a first finish for the year in the first month of the year are dimming rapidly.

On a happier note:  I just got an e-mail stating that my sewing machine is ready to be picked up from the repair shop.  My husband will pick it up today between his stint as a volunteer archivist at the county historical society and the meeting of the local Civil War Round Table.  This means, tomorrow morning,  I can zig-zag the edges of the linen for the rest of my monthly goal projects.  So, followers of my blog may be seeing a bit of variety over the next few days.  Maybe a start on Piper's Christmas stocking and a start on Milady's Tea Shoppe from the Town Square SAL.  And, if I am really feeling wild and crazy, perhaps a sewing finish or two over the weekend.  I am beginning to feel the urge to implement rotation stitching again.