February WIPocalypse Check In

I transitioned from January to February by pulling out my Moon Phases piece by The Little Stitcher.  It seemed only appropriate to work on for the lunar eclipse on January 31st.  This isn’t one of my WIPocalypse pieces, but I very much enjoyed working on it.

On the first Friday of the month, I switched to a “new” project for #offthegridfridayparty.  I decided to pick up my Anniversaries of the Heart.  I’ve been avoiding this piece since May of last year and I knew that the first thing I was going to have to do when I picked it up was rip a bunch of stuff out.  I had never been happy with the too light colors of the called for threads.  I had pulled new (darker) threads already.

I started off by ripping out the blue and restitching it and then moved onto green vine.  I had originally planned to also rip out the peach color, but once I darkened up the blue and the green, it was fine.  I was able to finish this block on the 9th.  So happy to have this one off my list.

I’ve pulled the chart for the next block but am missing a bunch of the called for threads.  I’ll have to look at that further and see if I can make some substitutions.

After finishing up the block on AOTH I pulled out my Halloween Neighborhood to give it some love.  I started and finished a new “block” on my piece.  I borrowed the tree from a pattern by Praiseworthy Stitches called Trick or Treat that was in the 2013 JCS Halloween issue.  Here’s a photo of that whole piece.

And here’s how the tree on my neighborhood turned out.

I absolutely love it.  I think it really adds to the overall spookiness of the piece.

And here’s how the whole neighborhood looks now (excuse the wrinkles).

I then moved on to working on the model for my first design.  I basically worked on this exclusively until it was finished.  I shared this black & white sneak peek on Instagram.

So, that’s how I spent my February.  I feel really good about having three finishes this month and all three were on WIPocalypse pieces.  Now, let’s see what I can get up to in March!

I am grateful for finishing my first design and moving closer to a personal goal.

4 thoughts on “February WIPocalypse Check In”

  1. I love you Neighborhood, that looks like it would be fun to do and allows you to move to different areas if you get bored with one. Can’t wait to see more, thanks for sharing.

  2. I love you Neighborhood, that looks like it would be fun to do and allows you to move to different areas if you get bored with one. Can’t wait to see more, thanks for sharing.

  3. Nice finishes.Glad you have that “monkey” of unstitching off your back. Always makes me feel better when I buckle down & do it! Congratulations.

  4. Nice finishes.Glad you have that “monkey” of unstitching off your back. Always makes me feel better when I buckle down & do it! Congratulations.

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