There hasn’t been much happening front of house for a couple of weeks because I’ve been busy back stage working on some new PDFs. If you subscribe to my YouTube channel, you might have seen a preview of this in my video earlier this week.
I’ve had a lot of messages and social media comments this year from daily stitchers asking for more direction on what to stitch. With over four years of daily stitching behind me, I have more than enough to share.
So I’ve spent the last few weeks developing four themed PDFs, 60 designs in each:
lines/bands/stripes
circles/spirals/swirls
flowers and foliage
little/scatter patterns
I need to work up some more samples for the front covers and find another couple of pages-worth of designs, but I think I’m nearer the end than the beginning.
I’ve had requests for a book rather than PDFs, but there’s no way I have the head space to tackle a book right now. Books can take months, often years, to get from idea to publication; I hope there will be one at some point in the future though. In the meantime PDFs are relatively simple to make, and much easier to distribute.
Also, and this has made me do the hollow gallows laugh, a couple of friends suggested the PDF thing after I’d already started quietly working on it. Responding ‘you’re never going to believe this but…’ is hardly ever convincing but I think I got away with it.
Anyway, for now – more proof-reading/editing, a little more drawing, and some quiet stitching. It’s been really enjoyable rediscovering some previous designs and working them up into samples.
I hope you’re enjoying your creative stitching too.
Have a lovely weekend.
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I’m a new slow stitcher and love watching you stitch. Looking forward to your PDF’s. Very exciting!
Thanks so much, it *is* quite exciting 🙂
Such a great idea, we all need inspiration some days, best wishes
very true! thank you 🙂
I can’t wait. And I am so thrilled that you are doing this.
thanks so much Joyce. It’s quite exciting for me too, it’s been really enjoyable working on these.
I love ?? the flower design ??, in which year did you do these? (I can\’t remember seeing them in the year-design pdf\’s)
I think I like that even more then the daily squares.??
Kind regards, Monique ________________________________
thank you, it’s the July page in the 2023 templates where there are different motifs for each month. If you search through blog posts for 2023 you should be able to find more pictures. The PDF is still available in my online shop along with the others.
I’m so excited about these pdf’s…they will be so helpful for me. I really appreciate all your time and effort. Your talents inspire me! Your creativity has opened a new window of stitching for me. Thank you!!!
thanks so much Marva, I hope they’ll be helpful 🙂
That looks amazing, thank you very much, Karen.
I’ve run out of ideas, and as I’m new to hand sewing, I don’t quite have the creative muscle yet to keep up with my daily challenge. I’m really looking forward to your PDFs being ready – I’ll be sure to get them all.
Thanks and have a lovely weekend.
Kind regards Julie Kiruiru
thanks so much for the cheerleading Julie 🙂 I’ll do another blog post when they’re ready; I would expect maybe another week or two if all goes well.
I’m so excited about the new PDFs!
thanks so much 🤗
I can hardly wait to see the PDF’s, Karen! I can usually come up with something of my own to fill the little square each day; but, it is so much fun and so inspiring to see yours! Thanks so much for giving of yourself to feed my spirit and delight my heart!
that’s so kind, thank you Kay 🙂
Fantastic, started slow stitching this year with your daily stitching calendar and am enjoying every minute, can’t wait for the PDF’s, a whole new rabbit hole to go down, thank Karen
so glad you’re enjoying it Marianne, I hope the PDFs spark lots of new ideas 🙂
I can’t wait. I’ve been in Charleston, South Carolina, for a few days and decided not to take my Stitching. That means, oh joy, that I get to catch up tomorrow. And I see I have two daily videos to watch. #excited!
ha, thanks so much 🤗 have a safe trip home – and how lovely to have some quiet stitching to get back to.
I am so glad you are working on these PDF’s. I love having my grids nicely outlined with stitching but then am hit with the writer’s block of a blank page – what, o what to put in that little box? Don’t want to do X because there’s one just a couple of rows above, don’t want to do Y because the same colors are next door….etc. So I can’t wait!
thanks so much for your support, I hope they turn out to be helpful 🙂 I have the same issue sometimes with similar designs together but once the whole thing is filled, you barely notice any repeats.