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Pattern: by Amanda Butler / Cross Stitcher magazine February 2020-January 2021 Materials: Biscotti Cashel Linen by Colour & Cotton, DMC, Mill Hill as charted, Kreinik subbed for DMC light effects Size: 9.25″ x 15″ Time to stitch: 32 days since January 2021 Presenting my oldest WIP, finally finished!   I…

Well, the second quarter of the year is upon us and how am I doing on my WIPocalype goals?  March wasn’t the greatest month.  I did knock out my large goals, but faltered in the last week.  March Madness fell by the wayside.  Apparently I just wasn’t excited to continue…

Pattern: by Tiny Modernist / Cheryl McKinnon Materials: Seraphim “Peeps” Opalescent Belfast, DMC Size: 8.5″ x 11.2″ Time to stitch: About 20 days since January 2021 Presenting my first but certainly not last Easter stitch!   The pattern is fine, I had the SAL version, which was in 4 separate…

Here’s my first sizable new start for 2023, which I’m stitching for my son who is really into Minecraft these days, having requested a Minecraft birthday theme, and bedroom re-decoration (it was time, he has outgrown the previous enchanted forest theme).  The chart (217 x 324) is by Olga Knyazeva,…

February was a good stitchy month!  Despite being only 28 days, many projects saw significant progress and I even got several finishes!   My first WIPOcalypse goal, Fairy Rain, oldest wip, is now finished!  She is stitched on Hearth Belfast by Colour and Cotton and took only 2.5 days in…

Design by Joan Elliott Materials: Hearth Belfast (Colour & Cotton), DMC, Kreink, Mill Hill beads Size: 10.5″ x 14″ Time to stitch: at least 20 stitchy days since 2020, sorry my record keeping over 21-22 isn’t great Oldest WIP no more!  Fairy Rain is finished, second in the Aerial (or…

Charts: by Glendon Place / Cheryl Granda Materials: Flash Cashel by Picture this Plus, Weeks Dye Works as charted, other hand dyed threads, DMC Size: 7″ x 7″, each Time to stitch: around 5-6 days,each, started in 2021 Presenting my final piece in the Glendon Place 2009 Halloween series!  Here…

Hello friends!  It’s been a great stitchy month.  Despite a few days off here and there, I managed to finish my model stitches and knock out my personal goals as well, so I’m thrilled!   My oldest WIP, Fairy Rain, had 1.5 days love & 1,506 stitches added, much of…

Hello, is this thing on? 😉 After a long hiatus, I finally picked up my needles in the waning days of 2022.  I didn’t stitch, craft, or do much of anything productive, for the bulk of last year.  (I did read a lot, go hiking, “unplug”, get covid twice… ).…