We all have our way of dealing with the pandemic -- mine has been this project. It began when I came across this awesome shop on Etsy, https://www.etsy.com/shop/WitchyWomansshop. They convert an image into a cross stitch pattern. I sent them a picture of the Big Red Lighthouse I had taken one winter and they sent back a pattern I knew would be a challenge!
I started this project in October 2020. The first image below was taken in November and the second was from December. I was making great progress -- and then I crashed. I normally find stitching therapeutically relaxing, but I just couldn't look at it anymore. I had to put it down.
I finally picked it back up in May 2021.
18 months and 60,000 stitches later -- I completed the pillow!
I think it'll be awhile before I tackle another this size....
