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Pattern: by Passione Ricamo (Laura Lattuda) Materials: Porcelein Belfast linen by Silkweaver, DMC, Petite Treasure braid, Mill Hill beads Size: 17.2 x 15.2 inches Time to stitch: 27 days since January 2021 Presenting a bucket list piece, finished!   I’d had this pattern in my stash for ages, I just…

So I’d like to share a few projects beyond my original WIPocalypse goals. Minecraft by Olga Knyazeva is 16 pages and I want to have it finished and framed for Christmas.  So, by the end of May, it had about 8.5  days and 6,272 stitches.  Page 6 is almost done,…

Hello again friends, this entry covers two months since I lost my stitchy bug after the first week of April.  Thankfully it came back for Maynia!  This post will cover only my WIPocalypse pieces and other pieces will be shared in a future post. My oldest WIP Alice, had a…

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…