June WIPocalypse

 Half-year recap:  How are you doing with your goals so far this year?

I didn't set too many goals but there were certain projects I did want to finish this year.  So far I have finished 5 pieces one of which I had wanted to finish this year.

This month I had my 5th finish.  Hedge Hogs by Riolos.  

Here is where it was at the end of 2024 and here it is now finished

I enjoyed stitching on this one.  It did have the wool acrylic threads.  I didn't mind those as I did alot of crewl embroidery in the 70's.  My biggest concern was that I would run out of thread.  I finished with plenty of left over threads:

 

Snowflake was a small start and finish for a challenge prompt.

 

Owl #8 was finished in February

Unplug & Go Outside was finished in May

 

Dandelion Fairy Kingdom was on my list to finish this year.  It was finished in April.

I also want to finish this year Crane Paradise.  Here is the progress I have made so far this year.

Progress as of 12/31/24

 

And here is where Crane Paradise is now.

The next project I want to finish is Butterfly Fairy Night

Butterfly Fairy Night as it started out in 2025

 

And here is where it is at now. Slow progress

Here is the progress on my other projects:

Jolly Snowman at the start of 2025 and now

 

Homestead Harvest at the start of 2025 and now:

 

Princess & Dragon at the end of 2024 and now:

 

Gnomes at the end of 2024 and now:

 

Hello Autumn at the end of 2024 and now:

 

Autumn Sampler at the end of 2024 and now:

 Funky Cats at the end of 2024 and now:

 

Jolly Jingle Bell Pals Elf was a new start in January 2025 and here it is now:

 

Suncatchers was a new start in January 2025 and here it is now:

 

Queen of the Seas was a new start in February 2025 and here it is now:

 

Owl Faces was a new start in March 2025 and here is how it looks now:

Country Crow Teapot was a new start in April 2025 and here it is now:

 

Owl #9 was a new start in May 2025 and I have not worked on it since.

 

QS Magic Island at the end of 2024 and now:

 

QS Porthole of Fantasy by HAED was my new start for June.  Here is my progress:

It looks all black but there is some dark blues and greys.

I did get some stash in June:

I found this kit at Cracker Barrel 70% off.

 

Got these patterns from a destash group.

 

For the first 6 months I have done a total of 60,583 stitches about a 100 stitches less than last June.

For July I will be participating in  Tour De France with the Full Coverage Fanatics Facebook Group and the July Acrostic with the Magazine Monthly Challenge Group.

 

 

May WIPocalypse

Question of the Month:  How do you personally distinguish between a Work in Progress (WIP) and an Unfinished Object (UFO)?  A WIP is a project that is actively being worked on, maybe not daily or weekly but still has stitches being put in.  A UFO is a project that has been banished and the thought of putting any stitches into it never crosses your mind.  I do not currently have any UFO's.  I have never abandoned a project.  Even if it takes me years (many many) I do eventually finish it.

I had another finish this month.  Unplug & Go Outside by Emma Congdon.  I finished it on 5/4/25.  I enjoyed stitching this one and will do more from her Cross Stitch for the Earth book.

This project was also on my May Magazine Monthly Challenge Acrostic.

Here are the other projects from the Acrostic that I worked on:

 

Hello Autumn

 

QS Magic Island.  Halfway done with page 4 which is mostly background so large chunks of color.

 

Autumn Sampler

 

Homestead Harvest

 

 Owl Faces I almost have the first face done

 

Gnomes

 

 Butterfly Fairy Night still plugging away so it is not an UFO even though it has many mistakes

 

Then I also worked on the following projects:

 

 Country Crow Teapot is the piece I work on
when we are camping.  I made alot of progress this trip.  Maybe I will finish it during our June camping trip.

 

 

Crane Paradise

 

 Hedge Hog

 

Funky Cat

 

Queen of the Sea

 

 

I did have a new start.  Owl #9 for the next Great Niece/Nephew who will be born in June.  Changing things up again putting this one on black as I want to make it a white snowy owl.

 

 

I find that by the 15th of the month my stitching energy/mojo is waning.  I stitched for 29 days in May but not twice a day and sometimes not very many stitches.  

 

 

June is my birthday month.  I am planning a new start.  All kitted up except for the fabric.  I just need to cut a piece from my stash.