Monday, January 1, 2024

2023 Review

2023 was a productive year for me.
57712 full x stitches
178612 tent stitches
37 full coverage pages completed
4 sampler pages completed
2 full coverage designs complete
2 samplers complete
7 other designs complete

I started 2023 with 52 WIPs
+11 starts
-11 finishes

=52 WIPs to carry into 2024

Here's my progress through 2023:

SK Rose On Fire from HAED.  Started early 2009
Stitched 2x1 tent on 28 ct
Goal:  Add stitches

Goal met 5/24/23 

Mermaid of the Deep SK. Started early 2010
Stitched 1x1 full x on 28 ct
10.14% complete
Goal:  Finish

1/17/23 - added 849 stitches - 19.84% complete

2/14/23 - added 867 stitches - 29.73% complete

3/26/23 - added 652 stitches - 37.18% complete

4/24/23 -642 stitches - 44.51% complete 

5/23/23 - 683 stitches 52.32% complete

6/19/23 - 737 stitches - 60.74% complete

7/16/23 - 629 stitches - 67.93% complete 

8/15/23 - 716 stitches - 76.10% complete

9/11/23 - 626 stitches  - 83.26% complete 

10/11/23 - Goal met 576 stitches - 89.84% complete

10/29/23
Finished!


Loara Standish started 1/1/13 stitched 1x3 50 ct Kingston with a HDF silk conversion 
Goal:  complete band 7 and start band 8
Amended goal:  Band 7

Goal met 7/2/23

The Master (Tilton Crafts)
started 5/5/13
2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco
Starting Point - 22.17%
Goal:  finish

Page 7 - 1/13/23 - 26.68%

January Goal met 1/16/23 - 9162 tent stitches = 4591 full x, 28.82%

Page 8 - 2/6/23 - 31.58%

Page 9 - 2/11/23 - 35.92%

Page 10 -2/12/23 -35.67%
February Goal complete

Page 11 - 3/19/23 - 41.38% complete

March Goal met 3/23/23
9098 tent stitches = 43.28% complete

Page 12 - 4/16/23 - 46.09% complete

Page 13 - 4/22/23 - 49.52% complete

April goal met 4/22/23, 9090 tent stitches = 49.87% complete

Page 14 - 5/9/23 - 53.24% complete

Page 15 - 5/11/23 - 54.44% complete

May goal met 5/15/23 - 9058 tent stitches- 56.4% complete

Page 16 - 6/11/23 - 58.59% complete

Page 17 - 6/17/23 - 62.43% complete

June Goal met 6/17/23 - 62.98% complete

Page 18 - 7/9/23 - 66.48% complete

July Goal met 7/14/23 - 69.67% complete

Page 19 - 8/2/23 - 70.30% complete

Page 20 - 8/2/23 - 71.2% complete

Page 21 - 8/9/23 - 75.64% complete

Goal met - 8/11/23 - 76.27% complete

Page 22- 9/6/23 - 79.55% complete

Goal met - 9/10/23 - 82.75% complete

10/2/23 - page 23 - 83.89%

Page 24 - 10/8/23 - 87.35%

Page 25 - 10/8/23 - 88.19%

October goal met 10/10/23 -9076 tent stitches  = 4538 full x - 89.34% complete

Page 26 - 11/7/23 - 90.96% complete

Page 27 - 11/11/23- 94.06%

Page 28 - 11/12/23 - 96.33%

Pages 29/30 - 12/11/23 - 100%

HAED's Nightshade
started 10/31/13
1x1 full x 28 ct Monaco
Goal: add stitches

Goal met - 6/24/23 - PK says 89.56% complete since it's counting the black background..

Love Thy Thread
Lonliness of Autumn
started 9/6/14
2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco
Original goal: page 7
Amended goal:  add stitches

Goal met:  7/31/23

Eclectic Bloke Designs Warrior Alice started 5/10/15
2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco
Original goal:  finish 2nd row of pages
Amended goal:  add stitches

Goal met - 9/23/23

Page 12 - 10/18/23 - 23.3%

Page 11 - 10/21/23 - 25.38%

Page 10 - 11/17/23 - 28.18%

Page 9 - 12/18/23 - 30.14%

12/25/23 progress - 31.83%

Started 6/1/15
HAED's Her Private Garden
2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met 10/13/23


Chatelaine's The Heritage Sampler
started 7/25/15
2x2 28 ct Monaco
Original Goal:  finish 
Amended goal:  add stitches

Goal met - 2 central bands 1/31/23

10/22/23 progress

HAED's SS Daybreak
started 10/31/15
2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met 6/25/23 - 1.59% complete

Sea Witch by HAED
started 1/1/16
2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco
Goal:  pages 11-12

3/31/23 - Page 11 - 28.86% complete

Goal met 5/3/23 - Page 12 - 30.91% complete

Chatelaine's Hawaiian Garden Mandala
stitched on 28ct black Monaco with my HDF conversion
started 7/31/16
Original Goal:  part 5
Amended goal:  add stitches

Goal met - 6/3/23

12/31/23 progress



Tilton's Feathers in the Wind
started 10/1/16 on 28ct white monaco
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met 6/17/23

Started 1/1/17
The Forgotten by Charting Creations
2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco
Goal add stitches

9/12/23 - Goal met

Started 1/1/17
He Came With the Rain by Unconventional XStitch
2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco dyed by me
Original goal:  1 page
Amended goal:  add stitches

Goal met 8/31/23

Chatelaine's Blue Moroccan Lace Mandala
stitched on 28 ct monaco in Raspberry Beret from Colour Cascades with my HDF conversion
Started 7/5/17
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met 10/29/23

Chatelaine's Polar Mandala
started 1/1/18 with my HDF conversion for the silks
28 ct white monaco
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met 8/17/23

Renato Parolin's The Bengtsson forest 
Started 9/1/18
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met 6/19/23

Chatelaine's Evening in the Park
started 1/1/19
32ct Belfast in Cobblestone in called for fibers
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met - 8/27/23

Game of Swannes - Long Dog Samplers
2x1 on 36 ct Putty from Silkweavers with a conversion from my stash
started 7/7/19
Goal:  add stitches 

Goal met 10/25/23


Louisa Coulimore from Hands Across the Sea
1x2 on 46ct Egyptian Sand from Silkweavers
HDF superfine OMOT Heart
started 7/15/19
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met 5/16/23

Death By Cross Stitch by Long Dog Samplers
1x2 on 36ct Legacy Linen in Examplar in HDF Besmurfed with more blues to be added
started 7/17/19
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met 7/16/23

Celtic Snow from Northern Expressions Needlework
2x1 on 36ct Midnight Sky from XJuDesign with charted silks
started 7/18/19
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met - 10/21/23

Chatelaine's Convent Herbal Garden
on 28 ct Monaco I dyed
started 7/20/19
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met - 9/26/23


Autumn Quakers from Rosewood Manor
on 40ct Toffee from Silkweavers
started 8/17/19
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met 9/23/23

M. Woods 1759 from Milady's Needle
on 46ct from xJuDesign with a custom HDF conversion
started 10/6/19
Goal:  add stitches 

Goal met 2/21/23

Sarah Brezier - Hands Across the Sea
2x1 with DMC on 46ct custom dyed fabric from xJuDesigns
Goal:  finish row

Page 6 - 9/16/23

Goal met - Page 7 - 9/18/23

Jane Fiddes 1835
stitched on 46 ct Lambswool from xJudesign with called for 100.3 silks
started 7/4/2020
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met - 9/18/23

Growth Rings from Ink Circles
started 10/15/20 with called for HDF silk on Silkweaver's 40 ct French Vanilla Swirl
Goal:  add stitches 

Goal met 8/30/23

12/21/23 progress 


Ann Bowers from The Examplarery
stitched using the cotton kit on 35ct
Started 10/27/20
Goal:  add stitches 

Goal met 9/23/23

Anna Sophia Bircham 1871 from Hands Across the Sea on Silkweaver's 46ct Solo with HDF conversion 
Started 12/31/20
Goal:  Add stitches

Goal met 7/29/23

Cider Dragon from Paine Free Crafts
stitched on 28ct Monaco dyed by me
Started 1/9/21
Goal:  page 3
Amended goal: add stitches 

Goal met - 9/28/23

Come into my Garden by Blackbird Designs
40ct Grandpa's Sleeve by xJUDesigns with charted cotton
started 5/23/21
Goal:  add stitches 

Goal met:  7/30/23

Sarah Redfearn 1826 from The Scarlett House
stitched on 46ct Little Dove by xJudesigns with called for Belle Soie and Gloriana silks
started 10/24/21
Goal:  Add stitches  

Goal met 8/13/23

Ann Tong Uffindell 1835 from Hands Across the Sea.  I'm stitching on 46 Vintage Sampler from Victorian Motto with  HDF silk conversion
started 1/1/22
Goal:  page 2
Amended goal:  add stitches 

Goal met 8/20/23

Un Ricamo per Rinascere from Mirabilia on 32ct Cercei from Hand-Dyed by Stephanie with all the called for DMC started 4/26/22
Goal:  finish

Goal met 5/30/23

Margret Croft from Needlework Press on 40ct Weeks Corn Silk with charted overdyed cottons started 5/8/22
Goal:  finish page
Amended goal:  add stitches

Goal met 8/28/23

Airships and Floating Castle from Tilton Crafts 2x1 tent on 28ct rose monaco
Started 6/30/22
Goal:  page 2

Goal met 1/25/23

The Castle by Teresa Wentzler 
Started 7/18/22
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met - 7/2/23


Playing with Jax from the Cross Eyed Cricket
stitched with DMC
started 9/1/22
Goal:  finish current gourd/pumpkin 

Goal met 6/21/23

Unexpectedly finished 6/30/23

Ann Roberts from Hands Across the Seas
46ct with called for 100.3
Started 9/5/22
Original Goal:  finish page
Updated goal:  add stitches

Goal met - 4/26/23

Sarah Elizabeth Brooke 1842 by The Scarlett House on 40 ct Dusty Road by Seraphim with called for Belle Soie 
Started 9/10/22
Goal:  finish page
Amended goal:  add stitches

Goal met - 9/13/23

Alice Bierton 1885 from Samplers Remebered
stitched on 56 ct Weeks Parchment with AVAS Soie Surfine
started 9/17/22
Goal:  add stitches 

Goal met 5/17/23

Pour La Fete by Lindsay Lane Designs on Legacy 53/60 in Sycamore Seed Pod with the Attic conversion to Avas Soie Surfine.
Started 9/28/22
Goal:  add stitches 

Goal met:  8/22/23

Plague Doctor from Unconventional XStitch on 28 ct monaco I dyed.
Started 10/1/22
Original goal:  add 2 pages 
Amended goal:  add stitches

Goal met 8/23/23

10/24/23 progress

Dragon Lord from Paine Free Crafts on 28 ct monaco I dyed.
Started 10/9/22
Goal:  page 2

9/30/23 progress

10/15/23 - Goal met - 7.39% complete 


Trick or Treat from Paine Free Crafts on 28 ct Monaco I dyed
Started 10/25/22
Goal:  page 2

2/19/23 progress

Goal met 4/2/23 with 6.34% complete

Ann Grimshaw 1818 from The Scarlett Letter on 46ct Up In the Attic from Fox and Rabbit with HDF OMOT Night 
Started 11/8/22
Goal:  add stitches 

Goal met 6/22/23

Matilda Isabella Creasy from Whilst Iris Naps on 46ct Mushroom from Silkweavers with called for Weeks Dye Works
Started 11/13/22
Goal:  add stitches

Goal met 7/17/23

Best Friends Max Color from HAED started 12/17/22, 2x1 tent on 28ct Monaco
Goal:  add stitches 

Goal met - 9/27/23

Farm Folk from Little House Needleworks started 12/15/22
Goal:  finish

Finished 1/2/23


Winter Rose Manor by Brenda Gervais started 12/31/22 on 46 ct Weeks Confederate Gray with the HDF conversion 
Goal:  page 1
Amended goal:  add stitches

Goal met:  8/20/23

Jane Charlotte Wynn by The Scarlett House on Weeks 40ct Straw with the called for Weeks overdyes
Started 12/31/22
Goal:  add stitches 

Goal met - 8/26/23

Steamy Blue from Crossstitch4everyone on Etsy
stitched 2x1 tent on 28 ct I dyed
Started 12/31/22
Goal:  page 1

January progress - 1.41%

Goal met 4/23/23 - page 1 - 2.02% complete 

Cock a doodle doo from Little House Needleworks started 1/1/23

Finished 1/4/23



Ruth Gibb from Hands Across the Sea
Started 2/25/23 with HDF Rubbed Dark Red on 40 ct Tumbleweed from Silkweavers 

3/7/23

Finished 4/10/23

Lady of the Flag by Mirabilia
Started 7/4/23 with called for fibers on 30ct Constitution fabric from The Primitive Hare


Harriet Gobey 1849 from Hands Across the Sea
stitched on 40ct PTP Shale with HDF Rubbed Black
Started 7/18/23 
Finished 7/24/23


Serenity Harbor from by The Bay Needleart 
Started 8/11/23 for World Cross Stitch Day
Stitched on 40 ct HDF linen in Pearled Barley

8/12/23 progress 

11/28/23 - part 1

11/30/23

No Place Like Home from Unconventional XStitch
Stitched 2x1 tent on 28ct monaco I dyed
Started 11/1/23

11/1/23 progress

11/25/23 progress- 0.66%

Ornament #1 finished  12/3/23


Ornaments 2 and 3 finished 12/13/23 and 12/14/23


Sarah Rickwood from Running With scissors and Thread started 12/26/23 on 46ct Prairie Land from Atomic Ranch with called for HDF 

12/30/23 progress






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