I did not touch the wave ball stitching at all last week because I was absolutely wrecked after days of being in the office. It was all I could do to sit slack-jawed at my computer watching the youtubes.

On the weekend I finally assembled the $4 scroll frame I bought at the Sewing Basket, attached the fabric to it and wow – it’s made a huge, positive difference to my experience.

I’m not using it entirely as designed. Ordinarily, you’d pull that fabric as tight as a drum, but I like a bit of give and flexibility. This is fortunate as there was no way I was going to get that stubborn fabric to play nicely.

I still need to optimise stitching position, because I’m sure I could be more comfortable. I am definitely not looking at expensive scroll frame stands!

I think it would be realistic to give myself two years for this and extend the expected completion date to 2025. I don’t want this to be all consuming, but I fear it might become so!