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I will try to keep doing monthly updates at least. And I have made some decent progress. Work has been stressful so getting to sit, stitch and listen to audiobooks in the evenings has been a much needed form of therapy.

Thanks for the info on removing stains. I decided to start of simple, I soaked the work in water that was laced with dish washing soap. It helped a little. Definitely with the more obvious stains that were spills from a drink. Little less with the finger grease. But to be fair, I left it to soak overnight but didnt really move it around much to encourage the grease to come loose. I think I will give it another go soon.

I actually looked into Q-snaps when I first started this project and decided that I didn't want to use a hoop. They seemed nice but as they would have taken weeks to ship then I was not going to wait for that. One question I still had was that while they look more forgiving than hoops, what sort of an effect does it have if you have to snap in an already stitched area?

The pictures below were taken right before I washed the piece, so apologies that its a bit dirty.