Gifted Gorgeousness SAL July

What is Gifted Gorgeousness?  All of the info is on the link on the left but it's basically where we stitch on something gifted to us or that's intended as a gift.  I'm stitching Paradise which is a gift for my cousin for her wedding in October.  It's nowhere near ready for it but hopefully will be done for her by her anniversary LOL.  I haven't made much progress this month because I've been focusing on school but I've made a bit. 

Last time I was only a little bit past Sea and now I've reached the halfway mark and started the next page down.  It's only a page in a half in a month which is really slow now that I'm looking at it but that's okay lol.

Last time:

This time:

Rather than doing one page on the bottom I'm just doing both pages at once.  I'm hoping this makes it go faster.  I also bought some bigger dowels and am currently in the process of sawing them in half (almost all of the way) by hand.  It's hard work but I don't have a power tool.  This will make it so I can insert the fabric in the slit and put it in my scroll rod.  I just hope it works well.  My current dowels are only 24" and my new ones will be 36" which should be big enough for any future projects I have. 

Speaking of which, I have joined a new SAL on Facebook which has 112 stitchers making the largest cross stitch ever.  We're doing an approx. 30'x20' piece of George Washington Crossing the Delaware.  I got assigned a piece which is almost all sky (except a bit on the bottom) and am thrilled.  It's going to be on 18ct Aida and will be around 220,000 stitches.  I'll update you all as I go but so far we're still waiting on our materials to be ready to ship.  It's a 5 year project so I'll definitely have a rotation.

Thanks for reading I'll see you all next time!