Friday, August 1, 2025

7/31/25

 Goal for Airships and Floating Castle met with 1076 tent/ 538 full x stitches and 4.28% complete.



Tuesday, July 29, 2025

7/29/25


 Goal met for Ann Tong Uffindell from Hands Across the Sea with 776 stitches and the main part of the border is done.  It was off a stitch somewhere, but I won't tell if you won't. 


Margret Croft from Needlework Press is next.


Monday, July 28, 2025

7/28/25

 I'm still behind on my goal for SS Daybreak but I've added another 1006 tent/503 full x stitches


I was hopeful I would be able to finish page two but it wasn't going to happen.  Maybe the next time I pull it out.

Ann Tong Uffindell is out next for at least 500 stitches





Saturday, July 26, 2025

7/26/25

I've been working on more WIPs to meet my goal of at least 500 stitches for the bulk of them again this year.

Yesterday, I met that goal for Come Into My Garden by Blackbird Designs with 610 stitches


And today, I've met my goal for Sarah Redfearn with 578 stitches.


Now, I'm going to back track a little and go back to Day Break which is supposed to be a WIP that gets 500 stitches every month.

Friday, July 25, 2025

7/25/25

 I've met my 2025 goal for Cider Dragon with 1138 tent/569 full x stitches bringing it to 11.24% complete.

I enjoyed adding that pop of green yesterday.


Come Into My Garden by Blackbird Designs is out next.

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

7/23/25

 I've met my goal for Anna Sophia Bircham from Hands Across the Sea with 638 stitches.


I know it's not obvious what was added, but the border, excluding the flowers, is now done and I added a bit to the partial flower in the main field of the sampler to finish off some silk on my needle.

Cider Dragon from Paine Free Crafts is out next.




Monday, July 21, 2025

7/21/25

I made a lot of progress on Heritage Sampler this weekend.  There was some frogging of the outer border since there were changes to the pattern and since I can't count but I got those corrected and the border is complete, except for beads.  I also added most of the interior borders so I can pick a section to work on.


 

Friday, July 18, 2025

7/18/25

 I've met my July goal for Her Private Garden and even though I haven't stitched any sky, I know where it starts.  Yay for colors that aren't brown!

I added 1074 tent/537 full x stitches which brought the percentage complete to 5.3%


Chatelaine's Heritage Sampler is out next.


Thursday, July 17, 2025

7/17/25

 Last night, I finished page 25 of Warrior Alice.  I could have stopped before the page finish, but you know, the page finish seemed important.


I met my July goal for Alice with 2648 tent/1324 full x stitches and 61.84% complete.

Her Private Garden is out now for 1000 tent stitches.

Monday, July 14, 2025

7/14/25

 If I'd only realized I met my goal with page 22, I would have rotated then.  Instead, I added another length of 939 and got started on page 23/24.

My June goal for Loneliness of Autumn was met with 5840 tent/2920 full x stitches and 77.91% complete.


Warrior Alice is out next for her June stitches


Saturday, July 12, 2025

7/12/25

 Page 22 of Loneliness of Autumn and 77.8% complete



Monday, July 7, 2025

7/7/25

 I've met my June goal for Sea Witch with 1136 tent/568 full x stitches.  It is now 38.31% complete.


After Sea Witch, Loneliness of Autumn came out.  Saturday, I finished page 21 which saw 74.04% complete.

And last night saw me make it to 75.54% complete.

I'm almost hoping to finish page 22 with June stitches.






Wednesday, July 2, 2025

7/2/25

Ive met my goal on Ann Bowers from The Examplarery.  


I'm glad I decided to keep Ann last year.  Ive really started to enjoy working on her.

Sea Witch is out next.

 

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

7/1/25

 Growth Rings from Ink Circles has met its 2025 goal with 586 stitches.


Ann Bowers from The Examplarery is out next.

Monday, June 30, 2025

6/29/25

 Jane Fiddes' goal is met with 615 stitches.


I made it though all the colors in the top two rows of alphabets.  The next time this one comes out there's a border and the other I stills to go along with the big "F"


Growth Rings from Ink Circles is out next.

Sunday, June 29, 2025

6/28/25

June goal met for Her Private Garden  with 1282 tent/641 full cross stitches and 5.02% complete.


And goal met for Sarah Braizear with 568 stitches.


Jane Fiddes is up next.

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

6/25/25

 Last night I completed February's goal for SS Daybreak with 1026 tent/513 full x stitches and reached 2.17% complete.


Her Private Garden is out next.


Monday, June 23, 2025

6/23/25

 Last night, I finally met my June goal for Loneliness of Autumn with 5932 tent/2966 full cross stitches and 73% complete

 I thought about just finishing the page but I couldn't bring myself to do it.  It was time to move on.  

SS Daybreak came out next.  I would love to be able to get more than my 1000 tent stitch goal since there were several months I didn't pick it up, but I would be happy with just the 1000 tent stitches since the trees are high confetti.

Monday, June 16, 2025

6/16/25

 Yesterday, I finished page 20 of Loneliness of Autumn and it is now 70.03% complete.



Friday, June 13, 2025

6/13/25

 I hoped to finish the middle of Heritage Sampler, without the personalization, in a couple of days.  Little did I know it would take 6 days and 2921 stitches.  I guess I did start working in the next section down too which is a few of those stitches.  I thought about taking the border all the way around but wanted to make sure I was going to be able to check it is in the right place before I got too far ahead of myself.


Loneliness of Autumn came out next for it's June stitches.


Saturday, June 7, 2025

6/7/25

 Yesterday, I met my June goal for Warrior Alice with 2050 tent/1025 full x stitches and 60.06% complete


Sea Witch came out next and I've met my June goal with 1042 tent/521 full x stitches for 37.91% complete.

Chatelaine's Heritage Sampler is out next.




Tuesday, June 3, 2025

6/3/25

 Goal met for M. Woods 1759 from Milady's Needle  with 535 stitches. 


Warrior Alice is out next.

Monday, June 2, 2025

6/2/25

 Goal met for Autumn Quaker from Rosewood Manor with 520 stitches.



Saturday, May 31, 2025

5/30/25

 I've added 520 stitches to Chatelaine's Convent Herbal Garden which met my 2025 goal.

Next up is Autumn Quakers from Rosewood Manor. 

Thursday, May 29, 2025

5/29/25

 Goal met for Celtic Snow from Northern Expressions Needlework with 590 stitches and 26.07% complete 

Up next is Chatelaine's Convent Herbal Garden.

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

5/28/25

 I've met my May goal for Loneliness of Autumn with 5688 tent/2844 full x stitches and 68.01% complete


Next out is Celtic Snow from Northern Expressions Needlework 


Monday, May 26, 2025

5/26/25

I've finished page 19 of Loneliness of Autumn from Love Thy Thread.   It is now 66.31% complete.



Wednesday, May 21, 2025

5/21/25

 I've met my goal on Louisa Coulimore with 827 stitches and I've complete the top three pages


Loneliness of Autumn is out now for its May stitches.

Sunday, May 18, 2025

5/18/25

 I've met my May goal for Her Private Garden with 1122 tent/ 561 full x stitches and 4.67% complete. 


Next out is Louisa Coulimore from Hands Across the Sea. 

Saturday, May 17, 2025

5/17/25

 I met my annual goal for Game of Swannes last night with 555 stitches added.


Her Private Garden is out next for its monthly stitches. 




Thursday, May 15, 2025

5/15/25

 I've met my May goal for Heritage sampler with 799 stitches.  I so close to having this center portion finished other than the personalization that I will be adding.


Game of Swannes from Long Dog is out next.

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

5/13/25

I've completed my May goal for Sea Witch with  1126 tent/563 full x stitches.  It is now 37.55% complete.


Chatelaine's Heritage Sampler is out next.


Monday, May 12, 2025

5/12/25

 I met my goal on Warrior Alice Saturday.


But, I thought I was so close to finishing page 24, I thought it would be quick to bang out those stitches and move to the next project.  Ha!  1010 tent stitches later, Page 24 is complete.


Alice is now 58.68% complete.

Sea Witch is out next and most of the 1000 tent stitches will probably be in the black background.


Sunday, May 4, 2025

5/4/25

I've met my 2025 Goal for Evening in the Park with 529 stitches.


Next out is SS Daybreak from HAED.  This is supposed to be one of my monthly pieces but I haven't touched it yet this year.  I'm going to see if I can catch up a bit.

Friday, May 2, 2025

5/2/25

 I've met my goal if Il bosco di Bengtsson from Renato Parolin with 530 stitches.  This also saw page 2 finished.


Chatelaine's Evening in the Park is out next.

Thursday, May 1, 2025

5/1/25

I didn't quite get my final goal of April met, but I've completed it this morning with a total of 504 stitches for Blue Moroccan Lace from Chatelaine.




Renato Parolin's Il bosco di Bengtsson is up next. 

Monday, April 28, 2025

4/28/25

 I had a productive weekend and met my 2025 goals for two WIPs.

Sunday morning, I met my goal for Polar Mandala with 1044 stitches


Then, I pulled out The Forgotten from Charting Creations and added 1050 tent/525 full x stitches resulting in 15.04% complete.

Chatelaine's Blue Moroccan Lace is out next.




Friday, April 25, 2025

4/25/25

I've met my April goal for the Loneliness of Autumn with 5840 tent/ 2920 full x stitches which is 63.23% complete


Chatelaine's Polar Mandala is coming out next to add it's 2025 stitches. 


Wednesday, April 23, 2025

4/23/25

 Yesterday, I finished pages 17/18 of Loneliness of Autumn as charted by Love Thy Thread.  It's now 61.81% complete with two full rows of pages and a small partial row to go.


I haven't met my April goal yet but I did make a start on page 19 last night and you can now see the start of the bench.  Most of it is in page 20 but I finished off my thread so I can see where it is.





Monday, April 14, 2025

4/14/25

I've met my April goal for Her Private Garden and then sum.  I finished page 2 and added 1500 tent/ 750 full x stitches for 4.37% complete.


Next out is The Loneliness of Autumn. 

Saturday, April 12, 2025

4/12/25

 Last night, I finished pagr 23 of Warrior Alice and completed my April stitches goal for her with 2684 tent/1342 full x stitches which brought her to 56.62% complete.


Her Private Garden is coming out next for her April stitches.


Monday, April 7, 2025

4/7/25

 I got to spend lots of time this weekend with Chatelaine's Heritage Sampler and added 1573 stitches.


I'd planned on trying to finish this row but hit a wall and couldn't.  It will come out again in May.

Warrior Alice came out for her April progress.  I added 216 tent/108 full x stitches so far.