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.

May WIPocalypse

 Question of the Month:  How do you personally distinguish between a Work in Progress (WIP) and an Unfinished Object (UFO)

If a project is not in my pile that I pick from to work on regularly and involves a feeling of dread, it is a UFO.  I have all WIPs at this time.  No UFO projects.

This month I worked on:

Autumn Sampler.  I worked on this one 3 times in May.

 

Crane Paradise.  Added 525 more stitches.  I did have to frog quite a bit in the white flower as I kept making counting mistakes.

Dandelion Fairy Kingdom.  I try and stitch on this one every afternoon. But I do find myself falling asleep while I am stitching it.  In between naps I did manage to finish page 22 and started page 23.

Funky Cats.  I worked on this for 2 days. Lots of black stitching.  I did go and buy more black floss as I didn't have any more in my stash.

Gnomes I put 2 days into this one.

Homestead Harvest.  Added 394 more stitches

Hedge Hog kit from Riolos.  Finished the first Hedge Hog and have started on the greenery.  using the acrylic threads in the kit which makes me nervous that I will run out.

I finished Moonlit Owl, a Mill Hill kit on 5/3/24.

Butterfly Fairy Night 241 stitches added. Slowly making progress.

Folk Reindeer added 156 stitches.  This will be my travel project in June.

QS Magic Island by HAED getting closer to a page one finish.

Jolly Snowman added 418 stitches

HC Anderson & Other Fairy Tales SAL by Cloudsfactory.  I finished the May installment which was the Three Little Pigs.  This one seems to take me all month to finish the monthly installment.

Unplug & Go Outside I got to add some different colors.

My husband and I like to go to Antique Malls and Thrift Stores.  I found a few stitchy items:

I found this kit.  The thread colors in the kit look much brighter than the picture

I got this small frog kit for 50 cents and a package of mill hill beads and some other beads.

June will be a busy month, 2 camping trips, and a hiking trip with my sister.  We slow down in July as my husband will have surgery and we will stay home while he recovers.

I had one day of no stitching in May

April WIPocalypse

 WIPocalypse question of the month: Which designers have you discovered lately? Etsy has alot of cute patterns by people I have not heard of.  But I have not bought any as I am on a pattern diet.  So far I have not had the urge to buy anything.  I have plenty of patterns in my stash that I want to stitch.

Here is what I worked on this month as part of the Magazine Monthly Challenge:

Crane Paradise.  I am down to the last 2 pages.  I moved the scroll rods and put in 730 stitches.  This is one I would like to have finished this year.

Folk  Reindeer.  Took this one camping.  3 days of hard rain so I got alot of stitching and reading done.

I put 168 stitches into Moonlit Owl by Mill Hill.  I hope to finish this one in May

Princess & the Dragon was worked on for one day.

Butterfly Fairy Night I worked on twice in April for 401 stitches.   I wanted this one finished this year also  I need to get a move on

Unplug & Go Outside worked on for one day.  It goes pretty fast since I have just been stitching one color.  Getting ready to add another color.

Autumn Sampler 230 more stitches put in

Hello Autumn I have finished the flowers/pumpkins and started on the truck

I also stitched on the following projects:

I worked on the Hedge Hog kit by Riolos with the acrylic yarn.  I finished the face.  It makes me nervous stitching with this floss/yarn.  I am hoping I do not run out.

Sari Doll I finished this one on 4/28/24.

I finished the April installment of the HC Anderson Fairy Tale SAL by Cloudsfactory.

I worked on the Joy Seasonal Heart.

Funky Cats started the ear of the first cat.

QS Magic Island by HAED. 792 more stitches added.

Dandelion Fairy Kingdom is my focus piece and I try to stitch on it every day.  I am close to finishing this page.

In April I stitched 28 out of 30 days.  My stitch count is down as I am spending more time outdoors.

March WIPocalypse

 WIPocalypse  Question of the Month:  What colors – and brands – of floss do you love using? Do you have a particular color that you absolutely love?

I use DMC.  I love the bright colors - red, purples, greens, blues.

I stitched on the following projects for the Magazine Monthly Acrostic:

Crane Paradise I put in 766 stitches.  I would like to have this one finished by the end of the year.

Butterfly Fairy Night 369 stitches added

Autumn Sampler 438 stitches added

Funky Cats  still stitching the border 242 stitches

Give Thanks to God Sampler.  Magazine Monthly Challenge had a pop up challenge to put 5 hours or 500 stitches into a wip that was close to a finish.  I picked this one and put in 764 stitches to finish it.

Close up of the bottom

 Close up of the top part of the sampler.  The fabric is kind of an olive green color.  The colors pop and I love the bright colors.  That is what drew me to this project.

Unplug & Go Outside by Emma Congdon 240 stitches

Moonlit Owl 203 stitches

Gnomes I finished the backstitching and will start the next Gnome.

Here are the other projects that I worked on that were not part of the Magazine Monthly Acrostic:

Dandelion Fairy Kingdom.  I work on this one in the afternoons during the week.  I finished page 21 and got a good start on page 22.  5,714 total stitches in March

Homestead Harvest I worked on this one twice to finish the fall tree.  556 stitches

Hedge Hog kit by Riolos.  I worked on this one and the hedge hog now has a face.

Sari Doll 170 stitches added

QS Magic Island b HAED.  I have been stitching on this one on the weekends.  Still on page 1.  I have added 2,025 stitches this month.

HC Anderson Fairy Tale SAL by Cloudsfactory.  I finished the March installment.

I got a total of 13,148 stitches in March.  Not sure if I will get as much stitching done as the months get warmer.  We have one camping trip scheduled for April.  And I am walking nice days on my own and any kind of weather with my sister.  Usually Mondays we do at least 5 miles.  Tomorrow we head to Pokagon State Park.  It is supposed to be rainy and colder.  I have been getting my hiking gear together as we will do more than 5 miles. All of this is conditioning to get ready for a 20 mile timed hike the end of June.