All Caught Up

I totally forgot about doing yesterday's Day 6 of the Why Not Stitching Academy stitchalong until this afternoon.

This is the Wheatear stitch - a combination of a fly stitch and a beaded chain stitch,

It looks complicated but it really isn't. It called for 4 strands of the floss but to get a needle thin enough to go through the beads, I just used a #28 needle and two strands doubled. I also anchored the bead a few threads away from where I came up at the point of the chain stitch. It lay flatter that way.

Then I used 4 strands again for the final buttonhole stitch. It's bit wonky but perfection is not something I strive for, especially on a 'learning piece' like this.

Tomorrow will be the finishing video. I'm still not sure I'll turn it into a pincushion.

I washed all my bedding today: duvet, cover, pillowcases, pillow cover, fitted sheet, mattress pad, and hung them all out to dry in the sunshine. It's going to smell so good when I climb into bed tonight.

Registration for music camp opens tomorrow evening at 8pm. Jen1 and I have been texting back and forth about class selections, dorm information, stuff to pack, etc. I have picked out the classes I want to take. One of them is very low enrolment - only room for 10 - so I hope if I sign up as soon as registration opens, I'll get it as my first choice. None of the other classes have size limits. I'm REALLY bummed out Vocal Jazz isn't offered this year. I'll probably sign up for a madrigal class or a small woodwind ensemble instead as well as Choir for All, the ukulele singalong, and Concert Band.