Reposting from Yesterday...

 After drawing the grid lines yesterday, we began stitching our sashiko piece. First we did the dashes in one direction

then in the other direction, creating little boxes.

Because we stitch through both layers of fabric (except when changing rows) the back looks like this:

The email with the instructions in .pdf format comes in the morning accompanied by the corresponding video. Later on in the day, there is a live Zoom event for folks to ask questions. I mostly do stitching and listen during these Zoom sessions. Tomorrow we'll start the diagonal stuff I think or maybe the crosses. So I'm all caught up with the over 1000 people from around the world who are working on this project.

I send Poppy frequent texts with comments from the instructions or videos and photos of my progress. She's working so I hope it doesn't interfere with what she's doing for her job.

This evening I finished Clovis' shoes and the dots on their dress. That completes the stitching. 

I emptied out a few project bags and have a bunch of floss to re-integrate with the rest of the stash. One of the bags I emptied had this finished project in it.

It was my second time doing this one - the first went to my awesome neighbour who minds my house and garden when I am away. The finishing will be easy; it's just a matter of doing it.

Today I tackled a clutter project in my laundry room that had sat and mocked me for over a year. Garbage day is this week so I wanted to organize the mess and throw a bunch of stuff out before Thursday. I am such a procrastinator - having trouble tackling jobs like that, in spite of how good it feels and looks when the job is done.

Also this Thursday, my range hood may finally get installed and my two floor tiles grouted. That should be the end of my kitchen renovation that started at the end of April. It's going to be a while before I contract another job, though. I need a new back door to my garage and would like to get the broadloom in the living/dining rooms replaced with hardwood. Now that the heavy piano is out of there, it will make moving the stuff much easier.

I checked the tracking for my Persian Tiles yarn and it's supposedly getting delivered tomorrow. It will be fun to get started on that project. So many pretty colours...