August WIPocalypse

 Question of the Month:  Do you prefer to stitch on a rotation or one project at a time?

 

I started out as a one project at a time stitcher.  But my projects were always large and took forever and I got bored.  Then I found the blogging community and rotations.  I started out with a weekly rotation switching projects every Sunday.  I only had 4 wips so that worked.  Then my wip count went up with the discovery of Floss Tube.  Now I don't really have a strict rotation.  I stitch on my large full coverage piece during the afternoons Monday - Friday.  Different projects at night and I pick them using the Magazine Monthly Acrostic or monthly bingo game.  On the weekends I stitch on another focus piece in the afternoons and a different focus piece at night on the weekends.

Here is what I stitched on this month:

Autumn Sampler worked on twice.  It is also on my ABCingo board several times for September

 

Funky Cats was worked on for the Acrostic and I took it camping with us.

 Owl Faces came out twice this month.  Almost finished with face #5.

 Worked on Southern Magnolias for the Acrostic

Queen of the Sea worked on once for the Acrostic.  This one is also on my ABCingo board several times.

Suncatchers was worked on for the Acrostic

Jolly Snowman started working on the base.  Still hoping to finish this one by year end.

 Moonlight Laguna Mermaid I had to dog sit for 2 days and nights at my daughter's house.  Took this one to work on while I binged watched Ride & Drive and Bridgerton

Homestead Harvest.  I had a big mistake in the white house.  I thought I could fudge it but it got worse.  So I had put this one aside.  I finally brought it out and did a massive unstitching.  Back on track now and did a little on the porch roof.  Hope to continue working on this one now that it is fixed.

 

Harvest Corn.  I also took this one camping.  Still working on the cross stitching.

Princess & the Dragon I work on this one on the weekends.  It is moving along towards a finish

QS Porthole of Fantasy almost finished page 5.  75% complete. 

QS Magic Island working on page 12 58% complete
 

 

 

In September I will be participating in ABCingo with the Magazine Monthly Cross Stitch group.  Hoping to make progress on my different projects.  We do have 2 camping trips planned in September.

 

July WIPocalypse

 Question of the Month:  What is your comfort zone regarding the number of projects to have kitted and in progress at any one time?

My comfort level for the number of WIPs I am actively working on is 20.  Right now I am at 16 so I have room to add more starts.  I have 30 kits/kitted up projects ready to start.  The number of ready to start projects does not bother me.  I enjoy the kitting up process. 

Here is what I stitched on this month:

Gnomes.  I pulled 3 different gnomes from this leaflet and stitched it on 14ct coffee/tea dyed aida.  I finished it up by adding the wording and I am calling it done.

Penelope Pig Teapot.  I took this one to Florida did all the stitching and then brought it home to do the backstitching.  I will need to find a new travel project.  That is 2 finishes for July.

Queen of the Sea.  I also took this one to Florida as I did not want to get caught without something to stitch on.  I put in 560 stitches and just have the eye, top of fish and background to do.

Southern Magnolia.  Getting ready to start the first large magnolia.  I really enjoy working on this one.

Moonlight Laguna Mermaid.  My first Nora Corbett.  Making progress

Autumn Sampler added more stitches.  Still working on the center motif.

Funky Cats finished the top border over the next cat.  Still more black to go before I get to the 2nd Cat

QS Porthole of Fantasy.  This is my weekend stitch.  Still on page 5 but I am at 70%.  This one will be done this year.

Follow Mum added more stitches.  This picture better shows the colors than last month's photo.

 

Harvest Corn still working on the background stitching.

Princess & the Dragon.  Just have the Dragon body and a little of the Princess's dress to finish.  Then backstitching and beads.  Hope to finish this one this year.

Summer Pig added his hand and almost finished the second hand.

Owl Faces still working on face #5.

Hello Autumn  Making good progress on this one.  Could it be another finish this year?

 

Added more to Suncatchers

Jolly Snowman  I have finished the snow globe.  I just have the base to do, finish the border, a little backstitching and add some beads.  Still hoping to have this done by the end of he year.

QS Magic Island.  I used this piece for the Tour de France challenge in Full Coverage Fanatics.  I finished page 11 and made a good start on page 12.  I am on track to finish this one in 2028.  That will be the fastest I have completed a large full coverage piece.  I guess retirement does have its benefits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June WIPocalypse

 The monthly prompt from WIPocalypse is Half-year recap:  How are you doing with your goals so far this year?

Besides making good progress on my pieces I only had 3 goals to finish these 3 projects:

Jolly Snowman at the beginning of 2026

 

And now after 6 months of stitching.  I still have alot to go.  Not sure I will get it finished in 2026.

Princess & the Dragon at the start of 2026

 

After 6 months of stitching I have this small section left.  But it is full of blends.  Still alot of backstitching and beading.  

 QS Porthole of Fantasy at the beginning of 2026

And here it is at the end of June.  I need to finish page 5 and do the partial page 6.  I know I can finish this one by the end of the year.

And here are the other projects I stitched on this month:

 

Harvest Corn by Mill Hill.  Added more background stitching

 Autumn Sampler still working on the center motif.

Moonlight Laguna Mermaid still working on the tail

 

Funky Cat working on the border over the second cat

 Owl Faces working on owl #5

 For the Magazine Monthly Cross Stitch Group there was a pop up challenge - June Bug - to stitch 500 stitches on a piece you put off stitching on.  I picked Hello Autumn.  This one is getting close to a finish and I still have no urge to work on it.

 Penelope Pig Teapot.  I stitch on this one when we go camping.  We had 2 camping trips in June.  I have a trip to Florida in July and will take this one.  It might get finished in July.

Added more stitches to Queen of the Sea.  I will take this one to Florida also.

Then I had a new start for my birthday.  Follow Mum.  It is a kit I bought at an antique mall for $2.50  It came with the pattern and fabric.  It is a DMC kit so I was able to pull floss from my stash.

 

 

This is the start the previous owner made.  I pulled out most of it as it was off by 2 stitches.

And here is my progress.  The picture is showing more yellow.  The colors are different shades of cream and white.  It is slow going as I am railroading to get my white stitches to look nice.

 

Gnomes.  I finished backstitching the third gnome.  Now I just need to add the wording and it will be done.  I pulled 3 different gnomes from this leaflet to make this one.

Added more to Suncatchers

Summer Pig finished the head and started added some background color.

 

QS Magic Island still working on page 11.  But closer to finishing this page.  Hope to finish it in July

In July I will be doing Tour De France with Full Coverage Fanatics group.  Will be using QS Magic Island for this challenge and hope to complete the yellow jersey for 3,333 stitches.  I will also be doing the July Acrostic with the Magazine Monthly Challenge group.