WIGSP

Work in Glacially Slow Progress

I've been doing a lot (for me) of hand stitching lately, on a project that's been in work since before Feb. 2008. This is a project that my Piecing Group friends have helped me with, but now it's in too few sections to hand out any more so I need to finish it.

Last week my guild had a UFO-themed social meeting. I knew some of the girls from Piecing Group would be there, so I wanted to show them how much progress I've made.

I need good light for hand piecing. I have a nice bright light on a flexible stand that I can move over my sewing table, which gives me good light for stitching.

Here's what the project looked like on the design wall back in 2015 so you can get an idea of it. Since this photo was taken, the rows have been sewn together in pairs, black pieces have been added to the ends to create side borders, and black rows have been stitched for the top and bottom borders. It will be queen size when finished.

As of last week, the bottom third is together, and the top four rows are together. Our meeting motivated me to keep pushing on this.  As long as my hands aren't too painful, I'll keep on stitching a little each day. I can only hand stitch for about 20 minutes; that's about one thread length, about 1/5 of the way across a row. When my hands flare up I'll take a break, but at least I can make some progress in the meantime. I will persist!



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