7/20/26

I've met my July goal for Harriet Godhard with 781 stitches

and last night I completed page 36 of Warrior Alice.  She's now 85.69% complete.

I have about 3000 stitches to go to meet my July goal so lets see how much of pages 37/43 that completes.

 

7/18/26

 Yesterday, I met my July goal for Her Private Garden with page 5, 2550 tent/1275 full x stitches and 10.99% complete.  I knew I'd met my stitch count goal and was done otherwise; I should have just added enough stitches to get to 11%.

The brown shape at the bottom of the page is the angel's (is that what she is?) head.  So maybe, next year I'll come back and start filling that in.

Two more pages to go to complete the first row.  Will I manage to get them done this year?

Harriet Godherd from HATS is out next.

7/16/26

 I've finished the last horizontal row of personalization on Heritage Sampler with 611 stitches..

I need to finalize/chart the remaining personalization for either side of the bottom garden and "26" for the top garden to complete the year there.  Then all I'll have left is all the beading.

Her Private Garden is out now.

7/13/26

 I'm met my July goal for Sea Witch with 2066 tent stitches/1033 full x stitches and 45.34% complete.

Chatelaine's Heritage Sampler is out to finish another line of personalization.  I'm still debating what I'm going to add to the last bit around the bottom garden but I think I've settled on "Family is...Everything".  But should that be in script or the same font as the rest of the personalization?  Not sure yet.

7/10/26

 I've met my July goal for SS Daybreak with 2330 tent/1165 full x stitches and 5.67% complete.

Sea Witch has come out next to work towards the next page finishes.

7/6/26

 I've added another 2303 stitches to Pledge of Allegiance as I work toward a finish this year.

SS Daybreak is next.

7/3/26

This morning, I met my June goal for Hawaii with 1930 stitches and I finished part 6.

Pledge of Allegiance from Plum Street Samplers is out now since the Fourth of July is tomorrow and it just seemed appropriate.

7/2/26

 On June 30, I met my goal for QS Voodoo in Violet with 1006 tent/503 full x stitches and 3.32% complete.

Yesterday, Chatelaine's Hawaiian Garden came out so I can work on finishing part 6.  I'm hoping to do that today but I have 600ish stitches and lots of backstitching to go so it may be tomorrow before I get it finished.

I think I'm going to pull out Plum Street Samplers Pledge of Allegiance next and work on that through at least Saturday since that is July 4th.

6/30/26

 I've just finished page 2 and met my 2026 goal for No Place Like Home from Unconventional XStitch.

I've added 1124 tent/562 full x stitches for 1.24% complete.  This one is big!  I'd like to pull this one out again later this year to make a big dent in the 939 at the top of page three.

QS Voodoo in Violet is out next.

6/28/26

 I guess this weekend is the weekend of Mirabilia WIPs.

I've met my goal for Lady of the Flag with 533 stitches.

Snow Queen is next to work on catching up the stitches it is owed for each day it snowed last winter.

I've added 389 stitches.

then Serenity Harbor from By The Bay Needlearts came out and I added 550 stitches.

No Place Like Home from Unconventional XStitch is next.

6/27/26

 Today's goal met is for Steamy Blue from Crossstitch4everyone.

I added 1042 tent/521 full x stitches which completed page 2 and a good bit of page 3.  It's now 4.74% complete.

Mirabilia's Lady of the Flag is out next.

6/25/26

Goal met for Jane Charlotte Wynn with 550 stitches

Steamy Blue from CrossStitch4Everyone is next.

6/24/26

 I've met my goal for Winter Rose Manor from Brenda Gervais with 509 stitches.  This is so much smaller on 46 ct than I thought it would be.  I had to double check the border when I pulled it off my qsnaps.

Jane Charlotte Wynn from The Scarlett House is out next for some more border.

6/23/26

 I've met my June goal for Warrior Alice with 4002 tent/2001 full x stitches.  She's now 84.94% complete.

Winter Rose Manor has come out for some stitches.

6/20/26

 I've just finished page 35 of Warrior Alice.  She's now 84.17% complete.

I've got just over 1000 tent stitches left to meet my June goal so lets see how far down page 36 that gets me.

6/19/26

 Last night, I met my June goal for Sea Witch with 2020 tent/1010 full x stitches.  This is now 44.62% complete.

The confetti is real in the bubbles and the witch's hair!

Warrior Alice is out next.

6/14/26

 I've met my June goal for Heritage Sampler with 788 stitches.  One row of personalization to go.

I think I've figured out what I want to use in the remaining space where Martina had a poem.  

"Family is not an important thing.

It's Everything"

-Michael J. Fox

6/14/26

 I've met my June goal for Her Private Garden from HAED with 2268 tent/1134 full x stitches and 10.3% complete.

I think Chatelaine's Heritage Sampler is going to come out next with my oldest son's name.  It's getting so very close to being done.  I've got both my sons' names charted, they just need to be stitched.  I'm debating on whether or not to add anything in the remaining spots.  Martina had a poem or something there.  Then, I just need to add the year and all the beads.

If you have thoughts about the remaining personalization, let me know.

6/13/26

 I've completed my June goal and page 5 of SS Daybreak from HAED with 2542 tent/1271 full x stitches and 5.36% complete

Her Private Garden is out for it's June stitches next.

6/10/26

I've met my June goal for Harriet Godhard with approx, 624 stitches.

SS Daybreak is out for it's June stitches now.

6/8/26

I've met my goal for Chatelaine's Hawaii plus some.  I've completed about half of part 6 with 2194 stitches. 

I'm hoping to be able to keep this pace up with these little windows.  Thankfully, they do go into Pattern Keeper to make stitching them faster.

Harriet Godhard is out now.

6/5/26

 I've met my goal for Best Friends MC with 5128 tent/2564 full x stitches and 3.43% complete.

Chatelaine's Hawaiian Garden Mandala is out next.

6/1/26

After three years and some tears since this chart reminds me so much of my Dad, I've finally finished page one of Best Friends MC from HAED.  It's now 2.85% complete.

 

5/30/26

Goal met for Matilda Isabella Creasy from Whilst Iris Naps with 534 stitches.  I didn't add anything interesting, just the second color of the border/stems of the flowers along the top.

Best Friends from HAED is out now.  My goal is 5000 tent stitches so it's going to be a minute.

 

5/28/26

 Over the last three days, I've added 870 stitches to Pledge of Allegiance.  I would have liked to add more but I struggle a bit to settle down and stitch on the days I have to work in the office.

Matilda Isabella Creasy is next.

5/25/26

 Ive had a good weekend even all the normal weened stuff.

Ive met my goal for Trick or Treat from Paine Free Crafts with1056 tent/528 full x stitches

I could quite bring myself to finish the page so if I have time yet this year, I'll have to pull this one back out for a bit for that page finish.

I also met my goal for Ann Grimshaw from The Scarlett Letter yesterday with 555 stitches

She's another one that need to come back out since it was late and I didn't finish the motif when I met my goal last night.

Pledge of Allegience from Plum Street is out today since it seems pretty appropriate for Memorial Day. 

5/23/26

 I've met my goal for Dragon Lord from Paine Free Crafts, art by Anne Stokes.  I think this one is out of print.  I've added 1078 tent/539 full x stitches and it's now 9.97% complete.

Trick or Treat, also from Paine Free Crafts, is out now.

5/22/26

 Goal met for Plague Doctor with 1056 tent/528 full x stitches and 2.49% complete.

Dragon Lord from Paine Free Crafts is next.

5/21/26

 I've finished page 2 of Plague Doctor from Unconventional XStitch.  It's now 2.36% complete.

I've got about another 500 stitches to meet my goal.

5/18/26

 I've met my goal for Pour Ta Fete with 531 stitches.

I've struggled with this one since it's on 56 ct but no problems this time.

Plague Doctor from Unconventional XStitch is out next.

5/17/26

 Oh what fun I have when I'm home alone with nothing that needs to be done.

Yesterday, I finished page 34 of Warrior Alice with 81.67% complete

And today, I've met my May goal with 4112 tent/2056 full x stitches and 82.25% complete

Pour Ta Fete from Lindsay lane Designs is out next.

5/13/26

 Dang!  I've missed updating a couple of WIPs!

First up is Harriet Godhard.  I met her May goal with 582 stitches.

Next up is Chatelaine's Hawaiian Garden.  I met my May goal with 1251 stitches and completed part 5.

And finally, I've met my May goal for Chatelaine's Heritage Sampler with 461 stitches

Next up is Warrior Alice to complete my monthly WIPs.  Then I get to move onto more annual WIPs!

5/9/26

 I've met my May goal for Sea Witch today with 2112 tent/1056 full x stitches and 43.92% complete.

At this point I'm stitching over pages 17 and 18 since once I finish the black in page 18, it'll pretty much just be the witch's hair left and that going to be all the same colors.  I'm really excited to see her stitched.

Harriet Godhard is next.

5/5/26

 May goal met for Her Private Garden with 2048 tent/ 1024 fullx stitches and 9.7% complete.

Sea Witch is next.

5/3/26

I've had a good weekend and have met my May goal for SS Daybreak with 2154 tent/1077 full x stitches and 5.02% complete.  June should see page 5 finished which is exciting since this has been a WIP for so long.

Her Private Garden is out next.

5/2/26

 I pulled out Alice Bierton late last month to work on it's goal stitches and finished them up this morning and met my goal with 552 stitches.

HAED's SS Daybreak is out next.

5/1/26

 Happy May Day!

I've met my goal for Sarah Elizabeth Brooke from The Scarlet House with 670 stitches and am starting to finish the over 1 verse at the top of the sampler.

Alice Bierton from Samplers Remembered is out next.

4/28/26

Goal met for Ann Roberts with 508 stitches.

Sarah Elizabeth Brooke is next.

4/27/26

 Goal met for Theresa Wentzler's The Castle with 552 stitches

Ann Roberts from HATS is out.

4/25/26

I've met two more of my 2026 goals

Margret Croft from Needlework Press with 558 stitches

and Airships and Floating Castle from Tilton Crafts with 1120 tent stitches/560 full x stitches and 4.6% complete.

Theresa Wentzel's Castle is out next.