It’s time for my end of January wrap up and WIPocalypse check-in post. (but seriously, how is it the end of January already?) So, I’m continuing with my weekly rotation and enjoying that. A week seems to be the perfect amount of time to work on something. I had originally been switching projects on Sundays, [Read More]
2018 – Let’s Do This
This will be my third year of working on whittling down my WIPs. In 2016 I drew names of projects and then worked on each until finished (completed WIPs = 1) and in 2017 I joined the Year of WIPs Challenge and chose 12 WIPs to focus on over the year (completed WIPs = 3). [Read More]
Little White Pumpkins
I think this was the last design of Lisa’s I bought before she died. It was a limited edition release at St. Charles market in September 2010. Even now, a couple months shy of her being gone seven years, it is still bittersweet to stitch her designs and watch them come to life. Lisa offered [Read More]
Salem Notforgotten
Late in 2016, a lovely fellow stitcher posted on Facebook in one of the stitching groups a suggestion to do a SAL beginning in June to honor the 325th anniversary of the Salem Witch Trials. She had suggested we all stitch this beautiful piece by Notforgotten Farm called Salem Village. While I love that piece [Read More]
Summer Vibes
I’m back to share another Year of WIPs finish for 2017. This is Cuisine d’ete by Echevette, a French designer. I bought this pattern and started it back in February of 2008. And before I put it on my YOW challenge list, it had probably been years since I stitched on it? The last blog [Read More]
First I Drink the Coffee
At spring Market, Beth from Heartstring Samplery introduced the second design in her Magical Elixer series, Coffee Quaker. When I first saw it and saw that my Instagram friend Natasha was organizing a SAL, I knew I needed to stitch it. It’s been a long time since I jumped right on a bandwagon, but I [Read More]
