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.