Thursday, January 1, 2026

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

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