The 4th! annual challenge is coming to a close.
Bask in the glory for a moment. And marvel at the magic power of a small daily practice. Congratulate yourself for showing up. And then consider, what do you do with your new insight and the strength of your habit? How can you carry it forward and continue to grow?
don’t lose the connection
I so get being ready for a break after this 100 day experiment. I always feel a mix of happiness and sadness when it’s over. I also see an opportunity to harness the momentum.
The bridge to your imagination, your most creative self, is built with intention and habits. A creative habit, even a very small one, makes space for connections. It creates favorable conditions for ideas-to show up. Ideas are funny like that, so particular.
100 days is a solid chunk of time and definitely enough to truly integrate something into your life, to create a habit. I think there are a lot of ways to carry that forward and continue to strengthen the creative muscle and connection to your imagination, to keep crossing that bridge.
“Creativity is not a talent. It is not a talent, it is a way of operating” John Cleese
Maybe commit to 10 or 15 minutes of writing, or doodling or collage or daydreaming. What’s key is that you continue to have a regular (daily) appointment with your imagination. It’s also a good time to try expanding your practice – if the short practice produced benefits start to play with bigger chunks of time.
stephanie – stitch book
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- rhonda – stitchbook page
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- mary – stitchbook pages
barbara- stitch book pages
Pam -stitch book page
The pages above are work by stitch club members and you can also find lots of pages on instagram – #stitchbookchallenge2025
what happens next
Assemble your book! Find the tutorial here.
I’ll show you the beginning of the process here – none of what follows will make any sense to you unless you’ve reviewed the assembly pages linked above. I started putting my book together yesterday and I’m assembling a little differently from the tutorial- leaving the edges raw.
It’s easy to do but hand stitching all those pages takes forever. If you’d like raw edges just follow the book assembly instructions and at step 11 in the slot section you place the wrong sides of the pages together. And again for the tab section in step 9 you place the wrong sides together. All other instructions are the same.
First you need to number the pages in the order you want them to appear in the book (pro tip- if you use tape don’t iron over it…). 1 is the front cover and 20 is the back cover.
Then arrange the numbered pages according to the chart.
What did I learn? That I totally over-think the process! The end result? I don’t like what I’ve done as compared to your pages that are GORGEOUS! I need different fabric scraps and learn to loosen up.
I love the ” 100 Days of Stitching ” challenge it seems by the time it ends I’m really ready to begin! There were so many pages I completed without really loving them. It didn’t matter each page pushed me forward! I made the book pages in advance so I would be ready to assemble!
Gosh, it’s so cool to see all the different art expressions in the pages you shared from the group.
Je suis loin d’avoir terminé : c’est un projet commun avec mes deux soeurs et nous ne nous verrons qu’à Noël prochain … nous prenons donc un peu plus que 100 jours (mais les autres jours sont aussi destinés à de la créativité).
J’avais coupé toutes mes pages dès le début et puis je me suis rendu compte que les choses évoluaient différemment et que c’était très agréable de se laisser porter.
Grand merci pour ce projet… j’ai hâte de recommencer.
Your pages get more vibrant and eye catching with each book. The high contrast solids really made it pop. I found the pages I did sticking with solids versus prints were more satisfying. I need to work more with basic shapes. Having said that, your fish and two still life designs were very interesting.