October WIPocalypse

 Question of the Month:  What retreats or stitching events would you love to attend someday?

I have not been to any stitching retreats.  I would like to find one not to far from home and not too expensive.  Maybe someday I will look into finding one.

This month I did not get as much stitching done.  My Mother-in-law was here for a few weeks and we also took her to southern Indiana to visit her daughter and grandkids.  So we spent a week away and I took a travel piece to work on.

At the end of September I looked at my list of WIPs and at which projects I had wanted to finish in 2026.  I had 3 at the beginning of the year that I wanted to finish - Jolly Snowman, Princess & the Dragon and QS Porthole of Fantasy.  So I decided to focus on these projects in October to move them closer to being finished by the end of 2026.

October stitching:

Queen of the Sea I was close to finishing the backstitching in September and kept it out to finish it on 10/2/26.

QS Porthole of Fantasy I finished up page 6 on 10/12/26.  2 finishes in one month.

 

Jolly Snowman.  I worked on this one alot in October.  I have finished up all the cross stitching and will start on the backstitching  and a few beads in November.

 

Princess & the Dragon.  I have been adding the backstitching.  One page is done and just one to go.  I do enjoy backstitching.  Even though it is hard to see in this picture it does make the details stand out.

Owl Faces I took this one to Southern Indiana and stitched on it at night in the hotel room.  Made some good progress on it.

My daily stitch is QS Magic Island.  I am halfway done with page 13.

When looking at my list of wips I found 2 other wips that could be finished before the end of 2026.  

 Hello Autumn put in a day of stitching.  It will be back out in November to see if I can push it towards a finish.

Harvest Corn  I have a little more cross stitching and then the rest will be beads.  Another one that could be done by the end of 2026.
 

 

If I manage to finish Jolly Snowman, Princess & the Dragon, Hello Autumn and Harvest Corn by the end of December I will be down to just 10 WIPs.  I like to have around 20 wips.  So I will be planning 6-10 new starts for January (depending on how many I finish).  I have 6 pulled so far and will pick more as the spots open up.