9/14/22

 I started Sarah Elizabeth Brooke 1842 from The Scarlett House on 9/10/22.  Those over one stitches got me.  I was making awesome progress then ran into the verse.  If most of page 1 was house or something other than verse, she'd probably still be out. 

For now, she's started and could come out for some love any time.

Sarah Redfearn, also from The Scarlett House came out next.  I wasn't sure how much progress I would make before I moved on, but she's still out and I'm enjoying working on her.

Progress to last night.

I would like to finish the flowers I've started in the border and the vase of flowers.  For now, though, I'm playing it by ear.

I have chosen my next start though.  Alice Bierton from Samplers Remembered is ready to go when I'm ready to rotate.  I made a working copy of the chart this morning.

9/9/22

 Along with a lot of other stitchers, I've been thinking about 2023.  Since I use this blog as kind of a diary to see how far I've come on any particular project during the course of a year or since I started it, it's not hard to look back and think about what I want to accomplish in the coming year.

Right now, I'm thinking of pulling some of my oldest WIPs to focus on.  Loara Standish was started in 2013 as was The Master.  So, that's a sampler and a full coverage piece.  The Heritage Sampler is my oldest Chatelaine and I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  If I leave the rest of my WIPs goals as just to be touched, I may be able to finish or make some very big progress.

I've joined the 2023 Focus on a Finish event with Full Coverage Fanatics on Facebook with The Master.  It's currently at 22.17% with 107170 stitches to complete.  This means, I would have to add at least 8931 stitches per month.  Since I'm stitching this one tent, that means only about 4466 stitches.  Totally doable, right?  That would leave me time to work on the other three WIPs.

Loara was started as a reversible sampler.  I've gotten hung up on trying to keep my pin stitches invisible on 56ct fabric.  I think I've decided to keep the front neat but not worry so much about the back since I don't even know how I'd frame it to show off the reversible stitching.  I think finished and on the wall is a better goal.

Right now, I'm still working on meeting my 2022 goals.  Will I meet them?  I think most of them.  I want to add 2 pages to Sea Witch and have only managed 21 stitches on it this year.  So that one is a maybe.  The rest of them are mostly to at least touch the WIP and add some stitches which is totally doable.  I have 9 WIPs that have that goal.  Wolf Totem has a goal of 500 stitches which is at worst just a few night's work.

I'm currently working on the last page of my goal on He Came With the Rain.  Hopefully, I can manage that in the next week or so.  Here's where I am now.

On 8/5, I started Ann Roberts from Hands Across the Sea.  She'd been whispering to me for a while so I'm not sure why we stalled out but here's my start

I'm working backwards here, but on 9/1 I started Playing With Jax by The Cricket Collection.  I had most of the DMC and borrowed a few I was missing from some other kits.  I'm still missing a couple even after a trip to Michaels.  Once I got to one of those colors, I kind of stalled on Jax too.  One of the colors, I substituted with one of the other called for DMCs.

Jane Fiddes has been out for a little love recently.

I have a few more starts planned for September.  And They Sinned by The Samplar Dames is kitted and ready along with The Smith Sampler, Sarah Elizabeth Brook and Jane Charlottle Wynn all by the Scarlett House.  Pour La Fete by Lindsay Lane Designs, MH 1656 by HATS and Alice Bierton by Samplers Remembered are in the same pile along with Promise To Heart from Tilton Crafts.  Best Friends from HAED is out too but that is slated for a December start.  I don't know what will or won't be started or worked on right now since making plans is a good way to not want to work on a particular project.  We'll have to play it by ear.

8/31/22

 Celtic Alpha is a quick stitch and I'm very pleased how it turned out.

I've pulled Jane Fiddes from HATS to work on for the rest of my evening.  I'm hoping to make some nice progress and meet my goal for her this year.

8/30/22

 I made some great progress on Il Bosco di Bengtsson.   This is about a page and a half but I think I pushed too hard to get that last tree done Sunday night and just didn't want to stitch it anymore, for now.  

Chatelaine's Convent Herbal Garden was next and I added another color.  I pulled the next color s and they were both dark green.  I had been enjoying the bright green so I put it away.

While I was going through my stash looking for a chart for  SAL starting 9/1, I pulled Celtic Alpha from the Courtney collection.  I'll be stitching it on 40ct Tobias from Seraphim with BeRedded from HDF.

8/24/22

 Page 5 of Sarah Braizear is done.  I had considered working to the end of the row but couldn't do it so she was put away.

Il Bosco di Bengtsson came out next and I've made a little progress but 46ct navy is a bit of a challenge.  Here's my current progress

I did have to frog a little of that bush since I was half a stitch off and it was pretty obvious up next to the tree.  I'll come back to it after the tree is in

8/15/22

 M. Woods 1759 from Milady's Needle came out last week.  I'd struggled with the lightest color in this conversion because it just didn't show up on my fabric.  So I ordered the called for AVAS 100.3.  When I tried it, oy worked so I kept stitching and ended up meeting my goal for this year plus some.

Friday was the start of a challenge with Full Coverage Fanatics on Facebook so Sea Witch came out.  Sadly, I only added 21 stitches.  

 I moved onto Sarah Breazier from HATS.  I felt this one.  Page 4.

8/7/22

 It kind of feels like I've had a productive weekend.  Stitch counts don't really show that but the pretty pictures do.

Yesterday, I finished page 6 of The Master from Tilton Crafts. 

I've recently noticed that this WIP turns 10 next year so it will probably be more of a focus in the near future.  Oddly, Loara is a little older and I don't feel the need to finish her, for now.

Tonight, I've finished Dairy Darlin from Little House Needleworks so five out of 9 parts of the full piece are done.  Debating the border...

I moved the qsnaps on this fabric to start the next one and am not feeling it.  Maybe a separate new start instead?  I've got And They Sinned out and fabric chosen to go along with the HDF conversion.  Next weekend will be Sea Witch so for now, I'm still undecided.