#flosstube 23. [EN]. First week of August - my awesome results. ❤️

Summary AI

In this episode of Crafts Journey, Axana shares her first week of August stitching progress, starting with an update on her summer rotation wheel. She talks about her focus wheel and the challenges of managing her stitching budget, including a frustrating experience with a college account payment mix-up. She shows her current project, a honeycomb design, and explains that the remaining empty areas will be filled with beads. She also discusses another project featuring a horse, where she made a mistake in May that affected her progress, and mentions her plans to continue with her Dimensions Gold Collection piece and a holiday village project.

• Axana shows her honeycomb project, noting that all cross stitches on the honeybee's wings are complete and the remaining areas will be covered with beads.
• She discusses a horse project where she stitched more than 1,400 stitches despite not finishing the designated area due to a mistake made in May.
• She talks about her rotation wheel system, keeping 12 projects per season, and explains that she won't add new starts to her summer wheel as it's already full.
• She mentions her plans to stitch a black border piece using DMC 310 from a cone for a project, and discusses the challenges of stitching large designs.
• She reflects on her budgeting for cross-stitch supplies, mentioning that she missed buying some Dimensions kits that are no longer on sale.
• She ends by saying she hopes to show more visible progress next week, especially on a piece where she'll add a black section.