November WIPocalypse

 This month's WIPocalypse question is: Question of the Month:  Which specialty stitches do you find easy? Which ones do you find extremely difficult or are too nervous to try?

I don't like specialty stitches.  I have a hard time looking at how to diagrams.  I am left handed and can never get my stitches to look like the charted ones.

Here is what I worked on this month:

 

For the Magazine Monthly Acrostic I worked on:

  

Suncatchers

 

 Stock Car #3

 

 Raccoon Teapot and I also took it with me to Michigan for a quick overnight trip

 

Funky Cat

 

Butterfly Fairy Night and I kept it out until I finished it on 11/21/25.

I started it on 9/11/14 and I am glad it is done as I struggled with it.  I think because of all the mistakes

I will eventually make it into a pillow.  I have the Day one done and that one only took 2 years.

 

Then I worked on the following projects:

 

QS Porthole of Fantasy working away on page 2.

 

QS Magic Island top of page 7

 

More of page 7 after I moved the scroll rods

 

Hello Autumn

Autumn Sampler

Queen of the Sea

Magazine Monthly Challenge had a pop up event - 2025 Turkey Trot.  You had to stitch on a piece with a bird on it and put in at least 500 stitches.  I chose Owl Faces and made good progress on it.  Added 1,061 stitches

 

I also bought 2 patterns from Pigeon Coop Designs.  They had a sale.

 

 

For December I will be working on the Magazine Monthly Acrostic, my two full coverage pieces and whatever else I get the urge to stitch on.

 

 

October WIPocalypse

 Question of the Month:  What retreats or stitching events would you love to attend someday?

Someday I would like to go to StitchCon.  So far I have not attended any retreats.

I did the October Acrostic with the Magazine Monthly Challenge group.  I stitched on the following projects:

Gnomes was worked on twice.

Butterfly Fairy Night was on 4 times and I kept it out and worked on it several more times during the month.  I managed to finish all the stitching on the Fairy.  I just have a small amount of backstitching to do.  I have to corners left to stitch and this one will be done.  I will keep it out in November in the hopes of finally finishing it this year.

 

Autumn Sampler was also worked on.

Then I stitched on the following projects:

 

I put more stitches in Stock Car #3.

Raccoon Teapot I ended up taking this piece to Florida to work on.

More work was done on Owl Faces

 

I added more stitches to Queen of the Sea.

Jolly Snowman filled in more background

 

Homestead Harvest still working on the big white house.  But I did add a window this time.

Porthole of Fantasy.  Started on page 2.  I work on this one during the weekends.

QS Magic Island.  I finished page six and have a good start on page 7.

 Princess and the Dragon.  Working on the Princess's dress.  Slow going as lots of blends and quarter stitches.

 Then I had a new start - Mill Hill Harvest Corn.  There will be lots of stitching and beads in this one.  It is bigger than I thought.  Here is what it will look like when done and then the start I made on it.

 In September I participated in ABCingo with the Magazine Monthly Challenge Group on Facebook.  I had two bingos and my  name was drawn for a prize!  I got a $40 gift card to Garon Stitchery.  I got a pattern and a project bag

Then Stitches So Beautiful was having a sale and I bought 2 patterns.  

 

I also did some finishing this month.  Here are two that I got fully finished.  I have 3 more that are almost finished and I will show them next month.

 Faces of Faery 90 by Jasmine Becket Griffith/HAED. Finished 6/7/21.

 Gathering Honey by Better Homes & Garden CSCC May/June 1987. Finished 10/19/2009

 

 

 

September WIPocalypse

 Question of the Month:  Do you have any sort of record for your finished pieces? Tell us how you record their information.

I have an excel spreadsheet where there is a tab for all of my finishes.  When I finally frame a piece I also write the info on the back.  My excel spreadsheet also has a tab for wips, projects ready to start and project to kit up.

This month I participated in ABCingo with the Magazine Monthly Challenge facebook group.  I worked on alot of projects and made some good progress.

Suncatchers.  I worked on this one 3 times

 

Gnomes was worked on once.  I finished backstitching the second gnome.

Autumn Sampler was on my board the most times.  I added alot of the smaller repetitive motifs.  Even started backstitching in an area that has all of the cross stitching done.

Princess & the Dragon was worked on twice.

Hello Autumn was called once.

 

Queen of the  Sea was called twice.  Love the bright colors in this one.

Funky Cat was worked on one day.

 

Butterfly Fairy Night was worked on twice.  This one will be a focus piece in October.  Hoping to finish it before the end of the year.

Owl Faces was worked on once.  I will also take this one with me to Florida to work on.

 

Jolly Snowman saw one day of work. This one will go on the to be finished in 2026 list.

 Homestead Harvest was worked on one day.  More white house.  I am using a laying tool trying to get my white stitches to look nice.

Then I had a new start on my board.  Raccoon Tea Pot from Cross Country Stitching 2012.  Here is what it will look like when done and how much progress I made with one day of stitching.

 

QS Magic Island was called twice and I also work on it daily during the week.  I am halfway done with page 6.

 QS Portal of Fantasy was called once and I continued to work on it on the weekends.  I finished page 1.

I had a random new start Stock Car #3.  Here is what it will look like when finished and where I got to.

This is being stitched on 18ct Joy Lynn fabric from Rogue Stitching 1x1 full cross.  It is very soft and a loose weave.  I am having to use magnifying glasses to stitch it.

I also worked on Owl #9 and finished it.  In October I want to fully finish Owl #8 and Owl #9 that means adding the babies names and birth dates.

I found some stash while out going to Antique Malls.  2 floss boxes full of DMC, some Aida and a Mill Hill Kit for $3.50.  I am thinking about starting that kit in October.

 

October looks to be a busy month with travel and lots of stitching goals.