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I felt like my WIPs were getting a little stale, so I challenged myself with a limited Mania, 4 projects x 600 st each.   My first start was Tis the Season by Tracy Richards of Wrought Iron Stitching from JCS Christmas 2024.  I finally purchased the magazine for a…

May was a pretty good stitchy month, all my goals were met though my Maynia starts went through the 11th hour.   First, my priority projects.  Father Christmas had 5 days love and 3,000 stitches done, I cross stitched on the hat, face, dove, and gift, did more backstitching, and…

Hello friends, April was kind of bumpy in the stitchy sense, time flitted by with parties, travel, spring cleaning…. but I did manage to meet most of my goals!   I’m proud to share my finish, well ahead of schedule!  Halloween Train by AuthorEmbroideDesign (etsy), had 2.5 days this month…

January was a a pretty good month, I stitched 21 days and managed to reach all my goals with an intense push the last week of the month.  All my WIPs got some love, and a few were even finished!   Let’s start with my primary goals.  Fairy Wind had…

Another year, hope springs eternal to finish those WIPs, am I right?  I have several specific goals for 2025, and others more general, like to stitch, if not every day, at least every week. 1. Fairy Wind by Joan Elliott was started in August 2023.  She’s getting close, after 20…

Hello, ladies and gents!  It’s been a long time.  Last year had a lot of ups and downs.  My stitchy bug was anemic after the first half of the year.  A long hiatus from social media was taken.  In the end, I picked up my needles in the evening of…