April WIPocalypse

 This month's question that Measi gives us for WIPocalypse is: What is your oldest WIP? Tell us a little bit about it.

My oldest wip is Jolly Snowman by Joan Elliott.  It is from Cross Stitch Gold December 2010.  I started this project on 12/26/21. This is what it will look like finished.

I do want to get this one finished in 2026 and have been stitching on it each month.  Here is where I got to this month

Magazine Monthly Challenge Group had an April pop up challenge Fools Gold pop up challenge.  You were to stitch on a piece that had bling - beads, krenik, sparkly fabric and stitch either 5 hours or 500 stitches.  I used Moonlight Laguna Mermaid which has alot of beads and added 917 stitches

I also worked on the following projects:

Stock Car #3 and I finished it

 

Harvest Corn by Mill Hill.  Plugging along

Summer Pig starting on the head

 

Gnomes worked some more on the 3rd gnome

 Queen of the Sea working on finishing the fish body.

Suncatchers I think I have finished this page.

 

Owl Faces still working on face #4

Southern Magnolias Swag II finished page 1 (which was a small partial page) and started on page 2

 

Princess & the Dragon.  I am trying to work on this one each weekend.  I would like to finish it this year.  But it is slow going with alot of color changes.

 

QS Magic Island I finished page 10 which was a partial page with lots of background.

QS Porthole of Fantasy.  I finished page 4.  One full page and one partial page left.  I should be able to finish this one this year.

Autumn Sampler worked on this one 3 times this month.  There is alot of backstitching on this project.

 

Funky Cat 1st cat is done.  Will start on Cat #2 in May

I feel I made alot of good progress on my WIPs in April.  But my total stitch count is down from previous months. 

 

Camping season is starting and I will be starting a new camping piece Pig Teapot.  Will post my start and progress in May

Also in May I will be participating in SPRINGO with the Magazine Monthly Cross Stitch group

 

March WIPocalypse

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

I don't really have any difficult pieces to stitch.  Just finding the time is the most difficult part.

Here is what I stitched on this month:

 Working on the 4th owl face.

Jolly Snowman I worked on this one quite a few times this month.

 

Suncatchers worked on filling in background to try and get page 1 finished.

Queen of the Sea finished the tail and back to adding more scales.

 

Autumn Sampler still working on the center motif.  Grapes and leaves full of quarter stitches.

Harvest Corn finished the border and starting on the inside.

For the Magazine Monthly Challenge Group they had a pop up event Spring into Action.  You had to put in 500 stitches or 5 hours in your project closest to a finish.  I picked Owl #10 put in 890 stitches and finished it.  I have also added my great niece's name and birthdate.

 

Southern Magnolia I added some more leaves.  Getting ready to move to the next page.

 I finished Country Birds.

 First cat done on Funky Cats.

 QS Porthole of Fantasy working on page 4

 

Added more stitches to Stock Car #3.  This one could be my next finish

Princess & the Dragon.  Finished her body moving up to her head.  I already have my next Wentzler picked out for when this one is finished

 Summer Pig finished his flannel shirt

QS Magic Island I finished page 9.  Did this page in a month and a half.  It went quickly because it was mostly large blocks of background.  Page 10 is a partial page and will also go quickly because it is mostly background.

March was a good stitching month for me.  I got more stitches in than I did in January.  April brings with it the start of out door yard work and camping with 2 trips scheduled.  My smaller projects might get more work on them as they travel better.

 

 

 I found this kit while out at the antique mall.  It had the pattern and fabric.  I pulled my own floss.  It comes with a pretty blue 16ct aida.  The directions call for different number of strands to be used.  One color calls for 9 strands to be used.  I think I will start with 2 strands and if the colors do not show up well move up to 4 strands.  Not sure I could get 9 strands to go thru on 16ct.

 

 

February WIPocalypse

 The WIPocalypse question of the month is: Question of the Month:  What stitch-a-longs (SALs) are you participating in this year?  I am not participating in any SALs this year.  I do enjoy seeing others progress in their SALs.  There is such a wide variety of stitch alongs.

This month I got off to a slow start.  I think I stitched too much in January with all of the cold and snowy weather.  It did warm up a bit in February.  So here is what I stitched on in February:

 

 Stock Car #3.  This one shows the fabric color.  I do need to use magnification which gives me a headache so I only stitch for an hour at a time.  It is nearing the finish line.

 

Country Birds I added more leaves and another bird.  A few more flowers and some backstitching and this one will be done.

Jolly Snowman  I worked on this one quite a bit this month.  It is a focus on a finish project for this year.

 

Owl #10.  My new great niece was born 2/12/26.  I will try to finish this one up in March as I have a feeling another baby announcement is coming.

Princess & the Dragon is also another focus on a finish piece.  It is slow going with blends and quarter stitches.  I am stitching this on 14ct aida and using a sharp needle.

 

Second turtle is done.  working on some background and log so I can move onto the next page.

 Autumn Sampler working on the center motif.  It is slow going stitching the grapes and leaves.  So I took a break and worked on the plaid area next to the cherries.  Backstitching will bring this piece to life.

Funky Cats  I am almost finished with the first Cat.  2 more to go and lots of border.

 Summer Pig I added more stitches.  Still can't tell what it is.

Froggie kit that I bought for  fifty cents was finished.  I popped it into the small plastic frame that came in the kit.  First finish of 2026.

Added stitches to Moonlight Laguna Mermaid

More stitches put into Southern Magnolia

Worked on Harvest Corn

Owl Faces working on Owl 4 hoping to fit Owl 5 on this row

 

Queen of the Sea working on the tail.

And here is the progress on my two full coverage projects:

QS Porthole of Fantasy finished page 3 and got a good start on page 4.  Only six pages in total.  Would be nice to finish this one this year.

 

QS Magic Island finished page 8 and started on page 9.  Lots of background on this page.  This one will be a few more years before it is finished.  Total of 30 pages.

I had 3 projects I did not stitch on this month.  Maybe I will try to work on them in March.