12/26/22

 I've finished Baa Baa Black Sheep and have moved to Farm Folk.

I've moved over to the border of Farm Folk and I would like to finish this one before the end of the year also but we'll see what happens.

12/21/22

Since the 15th, I've jumped around projects a bit.  

I've finished the border of Baa Baa Black Sheep, added part of the sheep and started the border of Farm Folk.

On 12/17, I started Best Friends from HAED 2x1 tent on 28 ct.  I struggled with this one so I've put it aside for a little while.

Them Chayelaine's Heritage Sampler came out for a couple of nights.  I basically worked in some threads.

Finally, Death By Cross Stitch.  I've pulled new color for the thistle below the unicorn and added more Besmurfed. 

We'll see how far I get.

 

12/15/22

 Last night, I finished Pinewood Farm by Little House Needleworks 

I've added the border of Baa Baa Blacksheep below and started the border to Farm Folk in the center bottom.

12/11/22

 Band 6 of Loara Standish.

This completely final goal of 2022!

12/10/22

 I've just finished pages 5 and 6 of The Loneliness of Autumn from Love Thy Thread.   This page has taken years more than it should have butits now done and I can start page 7 in 2023

12/4/22

 Loara Standish is my last WIP to see progress this year.  Last night, I finished band 5.

I've started band 6 which is the same as band 4, just upside down and am not motivated right now.  I'm going to work on The Loneliness of Autumn for a few days and see if I can't finish band 6 then.

11/27/22

 Page 10 of Sea Witch.

I'm going to work on the black in the next two pages to add to my stitch count for a challenge.

11/21/22

  Chatelaine's Blue Moroccan Lace has been out for about a week and Rhine I haven't made as much progress as I would have liked, it's still moving forward.

I think Sea Witch is coming back out again  next.

11/15/22

 I havent added much to Sea Witch since last post.  Instead I've pulled out a couple of samplers to start.  First up is Ann Grimshaw 1818 from The Scarlett Letter.

I'm stitching her on 46ct Up In the Attic from Fox and Rabbit with HDF OMOT Night. 

Then there's Matilda Isabella Creasy 1852 from Whilst Iris Naps.

I'm stitching her with the called for Weeks on 46 ct Mushroom from Silkweavers 

11/7/22

 Page 9 of Sea Witch

Hopefully I can keep up the same pace with page 10

10/30/22

 So the new start won out with Trick or Treat from Paine Free Crafts

I finished page 1 on 10/30/22.

Then Sea Witch came out and I finally started to feel her.  Hopefully that lasts as my goal on her is two pages.

I think Loara Standish is going on my other qsnaps so I can rotate between them and hopefully meet both goals.

10/24/22

 Progress on Her Private Garden wasn't as much as I would have liked but I decided to try to wash some of the starch out of the fabric to see if it became a little more stitch friendly.

Then Anna Sophia Bircham from Hands Across the Sea  came out and I almost made it across the top border.

I have three goals left to meet for 2022.  I'm debating on pulling one of them or a new start.

10/22/22

I added 608 stitches to Nightshade and completed my goal for this WIP. 

Her Private Garden from HAED is out now so I can meet my goal on it as well.

Before:

10/21/22

I finished page 1 of Dragon Lord on 10/20/22.

I wondered how well the stones of the background would show up.  In at least this picture, they show up pretty well.

Then I pulled out an older WIP, Nightshade ad am working on giving her some love.  Other than a HAED BB SAL, she is my last full coverage piece that is being stitched 1x1.  Here's my starting point.

 

10/16/22

 I completed page 9 of He Came With the Rain from Unconventional XStitch on the 9th, which completes my goal on it for 2022.

After that got put away, I went through the WIPs I haven't touched yet this year and none of them were calling to me.  So, I started Dragon Lord from Paine Free Crafts

And here is my progress on page 1.

The page continues another inch or so down the fabric with the start of the dragon's wing.  This picture looks pretty dark but that is the first two stones in the wall behind the dragon which contain a lot of 3371.  I picked up the colors I was missing for the first stone yesterday so when I head back to stitch on this, I'm going to get those filled in.

I seem to have a major case of startitis of full coverage charts this month.  I'm planning to start Trick or Treat, also by Paine Free Crafts and possibly Promise to Heart from Tilton Crafts.  They're both kitted and ready to go.

 

10/7/22

I finished page 1 of Plague Doctor last night except for the two colors I'm missing.  I hope to get my hands on them soon. 

Then I pulled out He Came With the Rain and am hoping to finish page 9 and complete my goal for it this year

Fingers crossed I can knock this out in the next couple of days.  I'd like to be able to pull another WIP, Loara Standish maybe? Before another planned full coverage start on the 15th. 

10/5/22

On 9/28, I started Pour La Fete from Lindsay Lane Designs on 53/60 Legacy Linen in Sycamore Seed Pod with The Attic's silk conversion to AVAS Soie Surfine 

9/30/22 progress

 On 10/1, I had a new full coverage start of Plague Doctor from Unconventional XStitch. 

He is being stitched on 28 ct Monaco I dyed with black Rit.

9/28/22

 Page 2 of The Forgotten from Charting Creations is complete. 

9/26/22

 Autumn Quakers got a little more progress and I finished several more motifs.

I also added some more stitches to He Came with the Rain; less than 100 though so no picture this time.

Then, The Forgotten from Charting Creations came out.  This one has kept my attention for almost a week trying to finish page 2.  I'm hoping to do that tonight.

Current progress

I also dyed fabric last week for Plague Doctor from Unconvention XStitch.  I didn't want to use plain white to prevent fabric show though from being as obvious.  So my white fabric was dunked in black RIT and should work fine.

9/20/22

 Progress on Sarah Redfearn

I also have He Came With the Rain out, adding stitches here and there, as I still want to finish the page to meet my goal this year.

And Alice Bierton 1885, started 9/17/22.

This is as far I as I got on Alice since she's on 56ct.

Autumn Quakers is out now for some stitches.  

I don't know how long Autumn Quakers is out or what is next.  It will be a surprise. 

9/14/22

 I started Sarah Elizabeth Brooke 1842 from The Scarlett House on 9/10/22.  Those over one stitches got me.  I was making awesome progress then ran into the verse.  If most of page 1 was house or something other than verse, she'd probably still be out. 

For now, she's started and could come out for some love any time.

Sarah Redfearn, also from The Scarlett House came out next.  I wasn't sure how much progress I would make before I moved on, but she's still out and I'm enjoying working on her.

Progress to last night.

I would like to finish the flowers I've started in the border and the vase of flowers.  For now, though, I'm playing it by ear.

I have chosen my next start though.  Alice Bierton from Samplers Remembered is ready to go when I'm ready to rotate.  I made a working copy of the chart this morning.