September WIPocalypse

 Question of the Month:  How did you learn to stitch?

My Great Aunt gave me stamped pillow cases and dresser scarves for my 8th birthday.  My Mom showed me what to do and away I went.  I moved onto crewel work after that and finally started counted cross stitch in the 80's.

This month I participated in ABCingo with the Magazine Monthly Cross Stitch Group.  I tried to put projects I wanted to make alot of progress on more than once Crane Paradise was on five times.  

Crane Paradise before I started ABCingo

 

Crane Paradise after 5 days and 1,681 stitches added.

Autumn Sampler worked on for one day.

Dandelion Fairy Kingdom nearing completing page 24

Funky Cat 273 stitches added

Gnomes 148 stitches added

Hedge Hog I worked on this one twice.  

Butterfly Fairy Night.  Worked on twice.

Princess & the Dragon was worked on twice.

QS Magic Island I continue to work on page 2

Jolly Snowman by Joan Elliott was worked on twice

HC Anderson SAL by Cloudsfactory.  Finished the September part.

Unplug &Go Outside added 276 more stitches.

We went camping twice in September.  I took my HC Anderson SAL to work on.

August WIPocalypse

 Question of the Month:  Do you belong to any stitching groups or guilds (either in person or virtual)? If so, tell us about them.

I belong to Hoosier Stitchers on line and they have monthly meet ups but they are too far from my home to attend.  I also belong to Facebook groups - Full Coverage Fanatics and Magazine Monthly Challenge.  I participate in different stitching challenges in both groups.  Of course I also participate in WIPocalypse.  I have been participating since 2012.

Here is what I worked on this month:

Crane Paradise.  I added 590 more stitches.  I have now taken it off the scroll rods so I can stitch on the bottom.  I will go back to using my hoop.  I want to really work on this one alot in the remaining months of 2024 to hopefully get it finished.

HC Anderson Fairy Tale SAL.  I finished the August installment - the Emperors New Clothes.

Hedge Hog Kit.  Working on the greenery.  I enjoy working on this one.  I just worry I will run out of the acrylic threads.

Joy Seasonal  Heart.  I left off the word border and finished this one on 8/9/24

Folk Reindeer.  I think I have all of the reindeer stitched.  I just need to do the border and backstitching.

Butterfly Fairy Night.  More stitches added.  I will have to fudge the arm as I got off on the lower butterfly wing.  Now I am on track and doing ok stitching on the evenweave I just have to make alot of adjustments to make up for prior stitching issues.

Spent some time on Autumn Sampler.

Bright Owl Quintet.  This is Owl #7.  I started it on 8/13/24.  I stitch one of these every time a new great niece or nephew is added to the family.  I attended my first gender reveal party this month and I will have a new great nephew in December.  I also found out that another great niece or nephew is due in April of 2025.  So once I finish this one I will start on the next one.

Unplug and Go Outside.  I am almost done with page one.

Gnomes.  I worked on this one 3 times this month.

Jolly Snowman by Joan Elliott.  Added 203 stitches

Funky Cats.  Lots of block stitching in this one.  321 stitches added.

Homestead Harvest.  I worked on this one for 2 days.  I am thinking about just doing the farmhouse panel and leaving off the bottom quilts etc.  I was drawn to this one because the farmhouse reminds me of my grandparents farmhouse.

QS Magic Island I am working on page 2.  I hope to put this one on the scroll rods in 2025 once I finish Dandelion Fairy Kingdom.

Dandelion Fairy Kingdom  I made good progress on page 24 my last full page.  I work on this one almost every day during the day.  My other projects I stitch on at night in bed while watching tv.

August was a hot month with no camping.  So I did spend alot of time stitching and made good progres on my projects.

September I will be participating on ABCingo with the Magazine Monthly Challenge group.  I have twelve different projects on my  board.  We are also back to camping this month as my husband has recovered from surgery. We have 2 camping trips planned.

July WIPocalypse

 Question of the Month:  Which of your current WIPs do you consider your most difficult piece to stitch?

Butterfly Fairy Night is the difficult piece for me because it is on evenweave.  Early on I got off and now I am trying to make it all match up.  I did stitch on this piece this month.  Here it is:

 

I took part in Tour de France thru Full Coverage Fanatics.  I used Dandelion Fairy Kingdom.  This month I put in a total of 4,758 stitches.  I finished page 23 and started on page 24.  Page 23 had a large block of color that I saved for the Tour de France event.  Page 24 is my last full page.  After page 24 I have 6 partial pages to finish this project.

 

I also stitched on the following projects as part of the Magazine Monthly Acrostic Challenge:

Unplug & Go Outside I put in an additional 529 stitches

Jolly Snowman I also worked on this one for Christmas in July.  877 stitches added.

Princess & Dragon by Teresa Wentzler added 549 stitches

Autumn Sampler 409 stitches added

Crane Paradise added 522 stitches

I also stitched on the following projects:

H C Anderson Fairy Tales SAL I finished the July part.  It was a much smaller part and I got it finished early in the month this time.

Joy Seasonal Heart added 667 stitches

QS Magic Island I finished page 1 and started on page 2.

Hedge Hog Kit from Riolos.  I have been working on the greenery around the first hedge hog. 396 stitches added.

Funky Cats  This one has large blocks of color and does move pretty fast.  515 stitches added.

Homestead Harvest I finished page 1 and started on page 4

July was a good stitching month.  I only missed 2 days of stitching.  Plans for August - stitch the August section of HC Anderson SAL, work on the August Acrostic and keep pushing on Dandelion Fairy Kingdom.

June WIPocalypse

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

I have had 5 finishes and made good progress and the pieces I want to see finished this year.  So I guess I am doing ok.  5 no stitching days for me in the month of June.  Here is what I worked on:

HC Anderson Fairy Tale SAL by Cloudsfactory.  I finished the June installment.  These parts seem to take me all month to finish.  It always comes down to the last few days of the month.

 

Crane Paradise  I put in another 569 stitches.  I tried to move the scroll rods and just don't have enough fabric on the bottom to keep it tight.  I think I will have to take it off and finish it up with a hoop.

Unplug &Go Outside got another 505 stitches

Dandelion Fairy Kingdom - I tried to fill in alot of confetti stitches so that I would have large chunks to do for the Tour De France challenge in Full Coverage Fanatics.  It started on 6/29 and so far I am up to date.

QS Magic Island by HAED.  I am getting close to finishing page 1.  Maybe it will happen in July.

Autumn Sampler 518 more stitches.

Joy Seasonal Heart.  This one was my travel piece since it was one color.  3 days of work.  I might get this one finished this year.

Folk Reindeer most of his head is completed.

Hello Autumn I began working on the red truck

Homestead Harvest got 100 more stitches.

I also fully finished two pieces that I finished stitching in 2023.  Abominable Bundle and Bigfoot Bunch.  I framed them with no glass and gave them to my sister for her birthday.

For July I will be working on keeping up with the Tour de France challenge and the July Magazine Monthly Acrostic.