9/29/25

This weekend, I met my 2025 goal for Ann Grimshaw with 656 stitches

and Matilda Isabella Creasy with 522 stitches.

I've picked Loara Standish back up to try and finish the band I've been working on.

While I was looking for something else this weekend, I discovered I have finished the other two Paragon kits  - Summer Berry Patch and Winter Quilt and Patch.

Once I have them all done, they're going to be visiting with some Oxyclean, I think to see if I can get the discoloration out.

9/26/25 the second

 I've met my 2025 goal for Dragon Lord from Paine Free Crafts with 1104 tent/552 full x stitches and 9.13% complete.

I think Ann Grimshaw from The Scarlett Letter will be out next.

9/26/25

 I'm still plugging away on Dragon Lord but I wanted to show a super old WIP I recently found in my home office.  I've had this set of kits forever and I've finished at least 2 of them. 

Here's the one that's on the wall.  I think the other one is in with the rest of my finishes.

 I remember having this with me at one of my oldest kid's early t-ball games which means the WIP is 18 years, or so, old.  The aida a couple of discolored spots, but hopefully that will come out when it gets a quick bath after it's finished.  If not, well, it is kind of old.  Age spots aren't totally unexpected.

And her is where the WIP currently sits

It's barely started but I put it into a bigger q-snap and set it up in a lap frame so it's a little easier to just add a few stitches when I have a free moment during a meeting or something.

9/25/25

 I've met my 2025 goal on Trick or Treat from Paine Free Crafts with 1064 tent/532 full x stitches and 8.22% complete

Dragon Lord, also from Paine Free Crafts is out next.

9/24/25

 It might be a challenge to see where I've added them, but I've added 1040 tent/520 full x stitches to Plague Doctor.  It is now 2.2% complete.

I do have to note that I seem to be a fan of confetti heavy charts.

Trick or Treat from Paine Free Crafts is out next.

9/23/25

 I've completed the other half of my goal for Warrior Alice with an additional 1014 tent/507 full x stitches for a total of 2160 tent/1080 full x stitches in September.  She is now 64.83% complete.

Plague Doctor from Unconventional XStitch is out next.

9/22/25

 Over the weekend, I added two more flowers to my current band of Loara Standish.  I wish I could have managed the last one, but it will wait until the next time I pick it up and hopefully be able to finish this band.

Warrior Alice is out next.  When I had her out earlier this month, I forgot that my goal is 2000 tent stitches instead of the 1000 that most of my WIPs are supposed to get this year.  

9/20/25

I didn't quite meet my original goal for Loneliness of Autumn this month.  But my stopping point resulted in only having 15,152 stitches remaining with means I only have to add about 5051 tent stitches in October, November and December to see a finish.  While I'm excited to see a finish, I'm ready to take a break since I've added 5394 tent stitches already this month and I've only got about 300 left to actually meet my goal.  I'm going to call it a win and move on.

I was debating picking up Loara or Alice again since I haven't actually met my goal on either one of them this month.  I spun a wheel and pulled Loara.  So she's out now and I'd really like to get at least another flower stitched if not all of them and all the other bits and pieces in this bank in the next day or so before I put her away.

 

9/17/25

 I've finished pages 25 and 31 of Loneliness of Autumn which brings it to 85.81% complete.  Ive also passed 100,000 stitches into this project. 

I have another 2000ish tent stitches left to meet my stitch goal for this project.

9/12/25

 This month, I added 2216 tent/1108 full x stitches as I work to catch myself up to meet my goal for SS Daybreak.  It's now 2.87% complete.

Loneliness of Autumn is out next.

9/9/25

 I've met my September goal for Sea Witch.  I could have kept it out and finished of the page, but I was done and it was time to rotate.  I added 1080 tent/540 full x stitches and this is now 39.10% complete.

SS Daybreak is out now for it's 1000 tent stitches this month.

9/7/25

 I've met my  September goal for Warrior Alice with 1146 tent/ 573 full x stitches for 64.15% complete.

Sea Witch is next.  Ishould be getting very close to a page finish.

9/6/25

 Ive met my September goal for Her Private Garden with 1060 tent/530 full x stitches and 5.95% complete.

I had hoped to complete page three this month but there are way more stitches left in page two than I thought.  I did however find the edge of a wing and the edge of the page so I have a better idea how far I need to go for page three.

Warrior Alice is next.  I'll probably spend my 1000 storches on her right striped stocking.

9/5/25

 I've made a little bit of progress on Loara Standish, not nearly as much as I would like but every little bit counts.  That first partial flower on the left took two days for the stitch path to click since this is being stitched reversibly.  Then the second full flower took just a couple hours last night.

I do plan to pick this back up later this month to keep working on this band.

Her Private Garden is next.

9/2/25

 I've added another 2340 stitches to Heritage Sampler.

I would really like to pull this out again this month and maybe finish that central garden.

Next is Loara Standish.   I would like to get the flowers in band 8 completed.