Progress Report: Cat Rotation #1, I Don’t Do Mornings, Part 1

The first piece in my Cat-Themed Rotation is this one, “I Don’t Do Mornings” by Dimensions.

I picked up this kit on my first (and so far only) trip to Michael’s, where I was determined to walk out with a kit of some kind. I am a cat person so I loved cat-themed projects, and I love the phrasing on this since I’m not a morning person in the least, and one of my cats Shyloh essentially does this every morning once you open your door: climbs all over you chattering saying, “good morning, good morning, good morning!” and demanding love and attention the moment you roll out of bed. So I can definitely relate to this poor mother cat!

Of course, once again I had to start out with white stitches on a white background. I have a hard time with that – it’s hard for me to see the white on white aida while I’m stitching and I often miscount because of it, so whenever possible I save the white as the last color for the project. At least when it’s surrounded by other colors I don’t have to worry about messing up because I can’t tell the thread from the fabric. But the project starts with a small section of white, so I started with it and switched to the other colors when I had enough completed. Here is my current progress:

I did most of the stitching on this in a day… it seems like all my time to stitch comes and goes before I have a chance to sit down. I could have done a little bit more on it but I was so busy with school that week I didn’t have the chance. I still feel I got quite a bit done, though, and I look forward to working on it again when the next week rolls around. 🙂

You can definitely tell there’s a cat there now! Already a good deal of the mother cat is done – I still have to do her ears and feet but other than that she is mostly completed. I am probably going to move on to the red kitten on the right next once the mother cat is all finished, I’m getting tired of all the greys!

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Progress Report is an update on all my stitching habits, from the kits to the stitching to the finishing process and more! Right now I am featuring one of my cat-themed projects and several of the mini kits I’m currently working on, along with other pieces I like to pull out and work on at random.

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