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.

9/9/22

 Along with a lot of other stitchers, I've been thinking about 2023.  Since I use this blog as kind of a diary to see how far I've come on any particular project during the course of a year or since I started it, it's not hard to look back and think about what I want to accomplish in the coming year.

Right now, I'm thinking of pulling some of my oldest WIPs to focus on.  Loara Standish was started in 2013 as was The Master.  So, that's a sampler and a full coverage piece.  The Heritage Sampler is my oldest Chatelaine and I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  If I leave the rest of my WIPs goals as just to be touched, I may be able to finish or make some very big progress.

I've joined the 2023 Focus on a Finish event with Full Coverage Fanatics on Facebook with The Master.  It's currently at 22.17% with 107170 stitches to complete.  This means, I would have to add at least 8931 stitches per month.  Since I'm stitching this one tent, that means only about 4466 stitches.  Totally doable, right?  That would leave me time to work on the other three WIPs.

Loara was started as a reversible sampler.  I've gotten hung up on trying to keep my pin stitches invisible on 56ct fabric.  I think I've decided to keep the front neat but not worry so much about the back since I don't even know how I'd frame it to show off the reversible stitching.  I think finished and on the wall is a better goal.

Right now, I'm still working on meeting my 2022 goals.  Will I meet them?  I think most of them.  I want to add 2 pages to Sea Witch and have only managed 21 stitches on it this year.  So that one is a maybe.  The rest of them are mostly to at least touch the WIP and add some stitches which is totally doable.  I have 9 WIPs that have that goal.  Wolf Totem has a goal of 500 stitches which is at worst just a few night's work.

I'm currently working on the last page of my goal on He Came With the Rain.  Hopefully, I can manage that in the next week or so.  Here's where I am now.

On 8/5, I started Ann Roberts from Hands Across the Sea.  She'd been whispering to me for a while so I'm not sure why we stalled out but here's my start

I'm working backwards here, but on 9/1 I started Playing With Jax by The Cricket Collection.  I had most of the DMC and borrowed a few I was missing from some other kits.  I'm still missing a couple even after a trip to Michaels.  Once I got to one of those colors, I kind of stalled on Jax too.  One of the colors, I substituted with one of the other called for DMCs.

Jane Fiddes has been out for a little love recently.

I have a few more starts planned for September.  And They Sinned by The Samplar Dames is kitted and ready along with The Smith Sampler, Sarah Elizabeth Brook and Jane Charlottle Wynn all by the Scarlett House.  Pour La Fete by Lindsay Lane Designs, MH 1656 by HATS and Alice Bierton by Samplers Remembered are in the same pile along with Promise To Heart from Tilton Crafts.  Best Friends from HAED is out too but that is slated for a December start.  I don't know what will or won't be started or worked on right now since making plans is a good way to not want to work on a particular project.  We'll have to play it by ear.