3/23/25

 I've met a couple more goals this month.

I've added 665 stitches to Convent's Herbal Garden

and 686 stitches to Heritage Sampler to complete another line of personalization.

Autumn Quaker from Rosewood Manor is out now.

3/19/26

 I've met my goal for Celtic Snow from Northern Expressions Needlework with 680 stitches.  I've finished the top border less the corners.

Chatelaine's Convent Herbal Garden is out next.

3/17/26

 March goal met for Her Private Garden with 2144 tent/ 1072 full x stitches and 8.59% complete.

3/15/26

 March's goal met for Chatelaine's Hawaiian Garden with 1259 stitches.  I've also completed the bottom quarter of part 5.

While I realize it's probably going to take the at least another month to two month to get the last quarter of part 5 done, I'm starting to get excited to start the landscape panels.

Her Private Garden is out next.  I should be able to see another page finish with this month's stitching on it.

3/14/26

 March's goal is met for Sea Witch with 2184 tent/1092 full x stitches and 42.46% complete 

Hawaii is going to come back out to meet the remaining 500 stitches of its goal. 

3/11/26

 I've met my March goal for SS Daybreak with 2074 tent/1037 full x stitches.  It's now 4.44% complete.

Chatelaine's Hawaiian Garden Mandala is out next.

3/9/26

 And here's another page finish.  This time its page 4 of SS Daybreak.   Its now 4.33% complete.

I need to add another 800-ish stitches into page 5 to meet my March goal.

3/8/26

 I've met my March goal and completed 4038 tent/2019 full x stitches for Warrior Alice which brings her to 76.77% complete.

SS Daybreak is out next.

3/6/26

Monday, I met my March goal for Harriett Godhard from HATS with 683 stitches

Today, I've completed page 31 of Warrior Alice with 74.31% complete.

3/1/26

 Yesterday was a very productive day.  I met up with the Cornhusker State Stitchers for some stitchy fun.  We've made plans for some new starts with the upcoming Nashville releases.  I think we're planning to start Plum Street Samplers Pledge of Allegiance first and I've asked Vicki at Hand-Dyed Fibers if she would convert everything to silk.  Now I just need to go pull some fabric.

Yesterday, I've also met my goals for Louisa Coulimore from Hands Across the Sea with 507 stitches.  I've officially finished the alphabets and have started the second half the sampler.

Today, I've met my goal for Death By Cross Stitch with 597 stitches and Patter Keeper tells me it is now 8.97% complete.  500 stitch goals just doesn't make a huge amount of progress.  This is probably something I should revisit again this year.

Harriet Godhard 1817 from Hands Across the Sea is out now for it's March progress stitches.

2/28/26

 I've met my 2026 goal for Game of Swannes from Ling Dog with 587 stitches and 16.99% complete

Louisa Coulimore from Hands Across the Sea is out next.

2/27/26

 Tonight, I've met my goal for Chatelaine's Evening in the Park with 711 stitches.

Game of Swannes from Long Dog is out now.

2/25/26

I've met my goal for Il Bosco di Bengtsson with 1050 stitches

Chatelaine's Evening in the Park is out next.

 

2/22/26

March's Window view in Stitches from Stitches and Cutz is finished!

I'm so glad to have this one finished.

Up next is Il Bosco di Bengtsson.

  

2/21/26

Last night I finished the remaining stitches to meet my February goal with 2110 tent/1055 full x stitches and 41.7% complete 

This morning, I've picked up March's Window View in Stitches from Stitches and Cutz that I'm stitching for a shop model for Heartland Quilting and Stitching.  We've decided to meet next Saturday so I decided this must be done so I can hand it off to them.

This is what it looked like when I picked it up this morning

I've already added a couple of clouds so I can be sure of the placement of the rainbow and finished off all the hanging threads.  Yay!  With any luck, I'll have this finished this weekend so I can pick up some of my other WIPs and meet some more of my 2026 goals.

2/20/06

 I've finished page 16 of Sea Witch and it's now 41.48% complete.

I love how the dragon is turning out!  The Witch looks dark IRL but in the photo all the colors look great.  I didn't realize she had a nose until I pulled it off the q-snap to take a picture.

2/16/26

 I've met my February goal for Chatelaine's Hawaiian Garden with 1005 stitches.

Sea Witch is out next for it's February stitches.

2/15/26

 I had an awesome stitchy day yesterday.  I added 2440 tent stitches which meant I completed my February goal for Warrior Alice with 4100 tent/2050 full x stitches and 74.06% complete.

Could I have finished page 31?  Yes, I probably could have but it was late and I was ready to rotate to Chatelaine's Hawaiian Garden.

2/13/25

 Page 30 of Warrior Alice.  She's now 72% complete.

2/10/26

 I've met my February goal for Heritage Sampler with the second row of personalization and 391 stitches.

Warrior Alice is out next.  

2/8/26

 Friday, I met my February goal for SS Daybreak with 2324 tent/1162 full x stitches which made it 4.17% complete.

Then today, I've met my February goal for Her Private Garden with  2138 tent/1069 full x stitches, making it 8.02% complete.

I think I'm seeing a couple of page finishes coming in March.

Next, I'm going to work on the next line of personalization on Heritage Sampler.

2/5/26

I've finished stitching the February part of Harriet Godhard with 676 stitches.

SS Daybreak is out next for it's February goal.

 

2/1/26

 The final goal I met in January is for Chatelaine's Polar Mandala.

I added 1171 stitches and milled in the upper left corner.  I need to work on this more or I'm going to be working on the center forever.  After I meet all of my goals this year, this is a WIP I plan to bring out again for some more love.

Harriet Godherd 1817 from HATS is out now to complete the section of the chart assigned from the Facebook group Our Sampler Years - Yesterday's Needlework for Today.

1/29/26

I've met my goal for Chatelaine's Blue Moroccan Lace.  I don't know why I struggle with this one so much.  Maybe because I printed off the central part of the chart from the black and white chart?  I opened the pdf this time on my kindle so I could just have it open and it did seem to go better.  Something to think about next time it's out.

This time, I added 772 stitches.

Polar Mandala is out to try to add 1000 stitches before the end of the month.

 

1/26/26

Yesterday, I met my goal for The Forgotten from Charting Creations with 1082 tent/541 full x stitches.  This WIP is now 15.94% complete.

I don't know if I can tell the difference from my last picture of this WIP since I was mainly filling in some of the missing stitches.

Chatelaine's Blue Moroccan Lace is out next.

 

1/24/26

 

Yesterday, I pulled out the personalization id started for Heritage Sampler and added it to my WIP.  I also started charting the next rows but didn't have it in me to start stitching them.  There's seven rows, room for a couple of lines at the bottom and beads to go.  I don't think I need to push to finish, so I'll probably just work one line per month for now.

I added a couple hundred stitches to Mirabilia's Snow Queen buy its all still just one color in her dress so not really worth showing.

Today, I've met my goal for Feathers in the Wind with 1048 tent/524 full x stirches and 18.93% complete.  It would only take another 200-ish stitches to finish the page, but I was ready to move on.  This one will probably become a monthly stitch next year so it'll get more progress.

1/22/26

It didn't take as long as I thought it would to meet my goal for SS Daybreak this month as I thought it would.  Yay block stitching! 

I've added 2030 tent/1015 full x stitches and 3.84% complete. 

Chatelaine's Heritage Sampler is out next to start the over 1 personalization.

1/21/26

 I've met my January goal for Chatelaine's Hawaiian Garden Mandala with 1003 stitches.  I finished part 5 on the right side and started the same part on the bottom.  In February, I'm debating whether to finish the borders on the left first or just finish the bottom part then moving to the left.

SS Daybreak is out next.

1/20/26

One would think 2030 tent stitches /1015 full x stitches would have gotten me closer to a page finish.  Alas, it was not to be this month.  Sea Witch is now 40.97% complete.

The colors of the witch's face look a little scary right now, but once everything around it is in, it should look more "natural".  This is a witch though.

Chatelaine's Hawaiian Garden Mandala is out for it's January stitches.

12/19/25

 Saturday, I met my January goal for Her Private Garden with 2164 tent/1082 full x stitches and 7.45% complete.

Sea Witch is out now.

1/16/26

 I've finally met my January goal for Warrior Alice with 4002 tent/2001 full x stitches and 71.3% complete.  I didn't quite complete page 30 but it will be waiting for me in February.

Her Private Garden is back out now.  I have adjusted my original goal for this one and Sea Witch.  I was originally planning on 4000 tent stitches per month and I don't think I can add so many and meet all my other goals this year.  Maybe I'll get adjusted to going into the office 3x per week and my stitch counts will go up and I can re-adjust my goal.

1/12/26

 Page 29 of Warrior Alice has been a little slow.  I've worked remote for the last five years which has given me an extra 30 minutes before and after work to stitch.  Now, the powers that be have decided it's necessary to work in the office three days per week and that has definitely cut into my stitchy time along with the whole peopling thing.  It's hard on my poor introverted heart.

But, I've managed to finish page 29 and she's now 70.17% complete.

1/6/26

 Alice was supposed to be what I've been working on this week, but I was distracted by block colors for a shop model.  I'm about halfway done with this one and am looking forward to getting it off my plate.

Alice is out now for some love.

1/2/26

I've met my January goal for Harriet Godhard.  Thankfully the parts are small and very manageable.

Warrior Alice is out now for her January stitches.

 

2026 Preview & Goals

Instead of a ginormous new start for January 1, 2026, I decided on a small-ish sampler that I've had kitted for a while.  When I opened up the fabric to see if it was zig-zagged, I discovered past me had also found the upper left corner starting point.  So, I will be starting Harriet Godhard 1817 from Hands Across the Sea on 46 ct Vintage Cream from Dixiesamplar Hand-Dyed Fabrics with the silks converted to HDF.

Harriet is also a SAL piece in the Our Sampler Years - Yesterday's Needlework for Today Facebook group.  With the breakdown that is planned for the SAL, I'm reasonable sure I can finish Harriet this year.

 Loara Standish started 1/1/13 stitched 1x3 56 ct Kingston with a HDF silk conversion 

2026 goal:  Complete band 11

Eclectic Bloke Designs Warrior Alice started 5/10/15

2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco

46758 stitches to finish

2026 goal - 3897 tent/1949 full x stitch per month to finish

Started 6/1/15

HAED's Her Private Garden

2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco

348605 stitches to finish

2026 goal:  4000 tent/2000 full x stitch per month

Chatelaine's The Heritage Sampler

started 7/25/15

2x2 28 ct Monaco

2026 goal:  finish

HAED's SS Daybreak

started 10/31/15

2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco

721537 stitches to finish

2026 goal:  2000 tent/1000 full x stitch per month

Sea Witch by HAED

started 1/1/16

2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco

172048 stitches to finish

2026 goal - 4000 tent/2000 full x stitch per month

Chatelaine's Hawaiian Garden Mandala

stitched on 28ct black Monaco with my HDF conversion

started 7/31/16

2026 goal - 1000 stitches per month

Tilton's Feathers in the Wind

started 10/1/16 on 28ct white monaco

104620 stitches to finish

2026 goal - 1000 tent/500 full x stitches

The Forgotten by Charting Creations

Started 1/1/17, 2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco

101956 stitches to finish

2026 goal - 1000 tent/500 full x stitches

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

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Chatelaine's Polar Mandala

started 1/1/18 with my HDF conversion for the silks

28 ct white monaco

2026 goal - 1000 stitches

Renato Parolin's The Bengtsson forest 

Started 9/1/18

2026 goal - 1000 stitches

Chatelaine's Evening in the Park

started 1/1/19

32ct Belfast in Cobblestone in called for fibers

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Game of Swannes - Long Dog Samplers

2x1 on 36 ct Putty from Silkweavers with a conversion from my stash

started 7/7/19

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Louisa Coulimore from Hands Across the Sea

1x2 on 46ct Egyptian Sand from Silkweavers

HDF superfine OMOT Heart

started 7/15/19

2026 goal - 500 stitches

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

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Celtic Snow from Northern Expressions Needlework

2x1 on 36ct Midnight Sky from XJuDesign with charted silks

started 7/18/19

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Chatelaine's Convent Herbal Garden

on 28 ct Monaco I dyed

started 7/20/19

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Autumn Quakers from Rosewood Manor

on 40ct Toffee from Silkweavers

started 8/17/19

2026 goal - 500 stitches

M. Woods 1759 from Milady's Needle

on 46ct from xJuDesign with a custom HDF conversion

started 10/6/19

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Sarah Brezier - Hands Across the Sea

2x1 with DMC on 46ct custom dyed fabric from xJuDesign

started 1/1/2020

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Jane Fiddes 1835

stitched on 46 ct Lambswool from xJudesign with called for 100.3 silks

started 7/4/2020

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Growth Rings from Ink Circles

started 10/15/20 with called for HDF silk on Silkweaver's 40 ct French Vanilla Swirl

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Ann Bowers from The Examplarery

stitched using the cotton kit on 35ct

Started 10/27/20

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Anna Sophia Bircham 1871 from Hands Across the Sea on Silkweaver's 46ct Solo with HDF conversion 

Started 12/31/20

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Cider Dragon from Paine Free Crafts

stitched on 28ct Monaco dyed by me

Started 1/9/21

83874 stitches to finish

2026 goal - 1000 tent/500 full x stitches

Come into my Garden by Blackbird Designs

40ct Grandpa's Sleeve by xJuDesigns with charted cotton

started 5/23/21

2026 Goal - 500 stitches

Sarah Redfearn 1826 from The Scarlett House started 10/24/21

stitched on 46ct Little Dove by xJudesigns with called for Belle Soie and Gloriana silks

2026 Goal - 500 stitches

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

2026 Goal - 500 stitches

Margret Croft from Needlework Press on 40ct Weeks Corn Silk with charted overdyed cottons started 5/8/22

2026 Goal - 500 stitches

Airships and Floating Castle from Tilton Crafts 2x1 tent on 28ct rose monaco

Started 6/30/22

335028 stitches to finish

2026 Goal 1000 tent/500 full x stitches

The Castle by Teresa Wentzler 

Started 7/18/22

2026 Goal:  500 stitches

Ann Roberts from Hands Across the Seas

46ct with called for 100.3

Started 9/5/22

2026 Goal:  500 stitches

Sarah Elizabeth Brooke 1842 by The Scarlett House on 40 ct Dusty Road by Seraphim with called for Belle Soie 

Started 9/10/22

2026 Goal:  500 stitches

Alice Bierton 1885 from Samplers Remembered

stitched on 56 ct Weeks Parchment with AVAS Soie Surfine

started 9/17/22

2026 Goal:  500 stitches

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

2026 Goal:  500 stitches

Plague Doctor from Unconventional XStitch on 28 ct monaco I dyed.

Started 10/1/22

352580 stitches to finish

2026 Goal:  1000 tent stitches

Dragon Lord from Paine Free Crafts on 28 ct monaco I dyed.

Started 10/9/22

116318 stitches to finish

2026 Goal:  1000 tent stitches

Trick or Treat from Paine Free Crafts on 28 ct Monaco I dyed

Started 10/25/22

116004 stitches to finish

2026 Goal:  1000 tent stitches

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

2026 Goal:  500 stitches

Matilda Isabella Creasy from Whilst Iris Naps on 46ct Mushroom from Silkweavers with called for Weeks Dye Works

Started 11/13/22

2026 Goal:  500 stitches

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

297073 stitches to finish

2026 Goal:  5000 tent stitches

Winter Rose Manor by Brenda Gervais started 12/31/22 on 46 ct Weeks Confederate Gray with the HDF conversion 

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Jane Charlotte Wynn by The Scarlett House on Weeks 40ct Straw with the called for Weeks overdyed cotton

Started 12/31/22

2026 Goal:  500 stitches

Steamy Blue from Crossstitch4everyone on Etsy

stitched 2x1 tent on 28 ct I dyed

Started 12/31/22

115084 stitches to finish

2026 Goal:  1000 tent stitches

Lady of the Flag by Mirabilia

Started 7/4/23 with called for fibers on 30ct Constitution fabric from The Primitive Hare

2026 Goal:  500 stitches

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

2026 Goal:  500 stitches

No Place Like Home from Unconventional XStitch

Stitched 2x1 tent on 28ct monaco I dyed

Started 11/1/23

733214 stitches remaining. 

2026 Goal:  1000 tent stitches

2024 New Year, New Start

QS Voodoo in Violet from HAED, stitched 2x1 tent on 28 ct monaco dyed by me.

135336 stitches remaining 

2026 Goal:  1000 tent stitches

Ms Gothica II from Tilton Crafts stitched 2x1 tent on 28ct Monaco, started 3/30/24

120232 stitches remaining 

2026 Goal:  1000 tent stitches

Quaker Tiles Flag (USA) started 7/13/24 on unnamed 46ct Be Stitch Me linen with my conversion to change the red and blue.

31883 stitches remaining

 

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Together We Stand from HAED, started 8/1/24 on 28ct monaco I dyed.

206506 stitches remaining 

2026 goal:  1000 tent stitches

Sarah A Sanderson 1872 from The Scarlett House started 9/1/24 with everything called for on 46ct Valley Forge from Needle and Flax.

2026 goal:  500 stitches

Mary Gypson 1828 from Whilst Iris Naps started 9/15/24 started on 46ct and all charted colors on 46ct Thornfield from Needle and Flax

2026 goal:  500 stitches

Summer Moon from Plum Street Samplers started 9/18/24 on 40ct Prairie Grass from Seraphim fabric and all charted colors

2026 goal:  500 stitches

Our Path of Light from Unconventional XStitch started 10/31/24 on 28ct Monaco I dyed.

83862 stitches remaining

2026 goal:  1000 tent stitches

Catfish Cthulhu from Unconventional XStitch started 11/3/24 on 28 ct Monaco I dyed.

114286 stitches remaining

2026 goal:  1000 tent stitches

Richard's Stocking from Shepherds Bush started 12/27/24 on 36ct platinum with #5 perle stash conversion

2026 goal:  500 stitches

1/1/25 New Year, New Start

HAED's 2025 SAL

Steampunk Portal on 28ct Monaco I dyed.

79742 stitches remaining

2026 Goal:  1000 tent stitches

Tonight we Ride started 1/18/25 with the ladies of Cornhusker State Stitchers on 40ct Pumpkin Patch from BeStitchMe with called for DMC

approximately 14470 stitches remaining

2026 goal - 500 stitches

Hagatha's Orange Hat from Just Nan started 10/17/25 on 30 ct Weeks Pumpkin with the Called for DMC

2026 goal - finish

11/30/25 -  Mirabilia's Snow Queen with the called for colors except the Waterlilies which I've converted to HDF on 28ct cashel in Wicked Garden from Colour Cascades Fabrics.  I started this with the intention of adding at least 100 stitches every time it snows. 

2026 goal - 100 stitches every time it snows

12/12/25 - started March's Window View in Stitches from Stitches and Cutz for a shop model.  It is stitched on 16 ct white aida with the called for DMC

2026 goal - finish