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Continue reading →: 2025 WIPocalyspe: January update
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…
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Continue reading →: 2025 wipocalypse Intro
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…
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Continue reading →: 2024 Wrap up
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…
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Continue reading →: Stitching HD: Winter Robin
Design by Lesley Teare / Cross Stitch Collection #229 Materials: White Belfast linen, DMC Size: 5 x 7 inches Time to stitch: 12 days of winter/spring 2024 Presenting my second finish in the Lesley Teare’s seasonal bird series! (charts available on her website). Spring bird finish is here. The pattern…
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Continue reading →: 2024 WIPocalypse: March
Hello, friends! March wasn’t the greatest stitchy month, but I managed to address most of my goals. Let’s begin with my focus WIPs. The month started with Fairy Wind, which had 4.5 days love and 4,000 stitches added. I would have liked to start backstitching, but I needed some new…
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Continue reading →: Stitching HD: Christmas Angels
Design by Sandy Littlejohns / Cross Stitch Collection December 2005 Materials: White Cashel, DMC, Gold Kreinik #4 braid, Gold and Silver Petite Treasure Braid, Mill Hill Beads Time to stitch: 15.25 x 8.5 inches Time to stitch: 18 days, March 2022- December 2023 Here is my last finish of 2023,…
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Continue reading →: HD: Happy Haunting
Pattern by Maria Diaz in Cross Stitcher October 2019, also on designer’s website Materials: Ale opalescent Cashel by Picture this Plus, DMC, RG Petite Treasure Braid, Kreinik, DMC Diamante Size: 8.5 x 12.5 inches Time to stitch: 7 days since November 2023 Presenting my first sizable finish of the year!…
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Continue reading →: 2024 WIPocalypse: February
February was a cracking month, despite being a little short, the leap day helped! I started with my ornament finish goal, Polar Night Sighting by Stitch Sprout / JCS, with a bit more than 1 day, 395 stitches, and I finished! I admit the beads are not the “proper” ones,…
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Continue reading →: 2024 WIPocalypse: January update
Hello friends, I have some stitching to share. I didn’t get to all my goals in January, as I made them without consideration to being away for a week, plus some health issues. But I still learned that concentrating my effort on certain pieces seems to be working out! …
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Continue reading →: 2024 WIPocalypse: Intro
Hello again, it’s 2024 and time for yet another WIPocalypse! My name is Stephanie and I like to think of myself as a “serial finisher”. Indeed, I finished so much stuff as the year waned, that my wip count is rather anemic at present. However, there are a great many…

