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Showing posts with label Little Sheep Virtues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Little Sheep Virtues. Show all posts

Monday, April 30, 2018

WIPocalypse 2018 - April update

WIPocalypse is hosted by Measi's Musings
The object of the WIPocalypse is to stitch on projects that you want to complete before the end of the world, or the end of the year - whichever might come first! WIPocalypse is run by Melissa over at Measi's Musings and is now in it's 7th year.  

For 2018 I am going to try and work on 18 projects (ie 18 in 2018!).  The full list of my projects can be found on my WIPocalypse 2018 page.

April was a brilliant month for my WIPocalypse projects... I managed a finish! 😁

Finish #14/2018
"Moutons de Saisons - Ete" - Collection Tra La La
Started: 9 January 2015
Finished: 2 April 2018
Fabric: 28ct Cashel "Fairy Forest" Stitches & Spice
Threads: DMC as charted

The other projects that saw some progress are below:

12 Days of Christmas - Little House Needleworks
Started: 25 December 2017
Fabric: 28ct Brittney Opal "Celebrations" Jodyri Designs
Threads: DMC

Quaker Christmas II (Songs of the Season) - ByGone Stitches
Started: 1 January 2018
Fabric: 28ct evenweave "grey"
Threads: DMC 816 & 895

Boo Club - Lizzie Kate
Started: 1 January 2018
Fabric: 28ct Lugana (studio session -Wicked Garden) Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: DMC & Weeks Dye Works

Happily Ever After - Frosted Pumpkin
SAL Started: January 2017
August Block (Aladdin)
Started: 18 April 2018
Fabric: 32ct Belfast "Dark Fantasy" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: DMC, Dinky Dyes, Jodyri Designs

Eiffel Quaker - Jardin Prive
Started: 2 September 2017
Fabric: 32ct Belfast "Antique Ivory"
Threads: DMC Black & B5200, Weeks Dye Works Sky, Weeks Dye Works Liberty

Little Sheep Virtues - Little House Needleworks
"Love"
Started: 25 February 2018
Fabric: 32ct Belfast "Sept 2017 Mystery" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: DMC

Dog Park - Satsuma Street
Started: 17 January 2017
Fabric: 28ct Monaco "Carmel Macchiato" - Hand Dyed by Stephanie
Threads: DMC

Coffee Saves Lives - Heartstring Samplery
Started: 17 June 2017
Fabric: 28ct Belfast Opal "Gold Digger" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: as charted fancy flosses...

Question of the month: Talk to us about your longest-running WIP or UFO
Now which of the long running WIPs / UFOs should I admit to that I have and can talk about?  If I focus on what is on my WIPocalypse list, then the oldest WIP would be Lizzie Kate's "Jingles".  I started this one way back in April 2014 as a SAL with some bloggers (start post is here)... and 4 years later it is still not finished!  I love these cute charts but for some reason I just haven't finished the series, and now I have hit a wall with it as I have made a big boo-boo and I don't feel like kissing the frog!!  

I thought that I had taken a photo of my stuff up... but I can't find it... essentially I used the wrong colour for the bell in the 2nd last chart - the "Joy" chart (ie I have stitched the white bit with a green thread instead of using the white - goodness knows how I did that!!)... I am so close to finishing that I really should just put my big girl pants on and deal with it!!! Stay tuned! 💁


So a great month of WIP stitching for me - most of the projects that I stitched on fitted in with the Stitch Maynia "Coffee Stitcher Birthday SAL" - bonus!! 


Fingers crossed that May is another good month, although it is Stitch Maynia so watch out for all the new starts that will come up in next month's update!

That's it for this month - til next time, happy stitching

Thursday, April 5, 2018

WIPocalypse 2018 - March update

WIPocalypse is hosted by Measi's Musings
The object of the WIPocalypse is to stitch on projects that you want to complete before the end of the world, or the end of the year - whichever might come first! WIPocalypse is run by Melissa over at Measi's Musings and is now in it's 7th year.  

For 2018 I am going to try and work on 18 projects (ie 18 in 2018!).  The full list of my projects can be found on my WIPocalypse 2018 page.

As I mentioned in my extremely late February update.... I am behind in all of my posting so far this year... so you are going to be a bit inundated with updates today!!!

Onto my March WIPocalypse stitching 😁

Quaker Christmas II (Songs of the Season) - ByGone Stitches
Started: 1 January 2018
Fabric: 28ct evenweave "grey"
Threads: DMC 816 & 895

Boo Club - Lizzie Kate
Started: 1 January 2018
Fabric: 28ct Lugana "studio session -Wicked Garden" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: DMC & Weeks Dye Works

Happily Ever After - Frosted Pumpkin
Fabric: 32ct Belfast "Dark Fantasy" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: DMC, Dinky Dyes, Jodyri Designs

Shimmering Mermaid - Mirabilia (Nora Corbett)
Started: 6 October 2017
Fabric: 32ct Opal Belfast "Oceans" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: as per chart - DMC

Little Sheep Virtues - Little House Needleworks
"Love"
Started: 25 February 2018
Fabric: 32ct Belfast "Sept 2017 Mystery" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: DMC

That's March done... I didn't get anything done on my 12 Days of Christmas during March so I will need to focus on that one during April.  Hopefully I will be able to post on time for April!

That's it for this month - til next time, happy stitching

WIPocalypse 2018 - February update (very late....)

WIPocalypse is hosted by Measi's Musings
The object of the WIPocalypse is to stitch on projects that you want to complete before the end of the world, or the end of the year - whichever might come first! WIPocalypse is run by Melissa over at Measi's Musings and is now in it's 7th year.  

For 2018 I am going to try and work on 18 projects (ie 18 in 2018!).  The full list of my projects can be found on my WIPocalypse 2018 page.

Oh my goodness I am so late with this post.... I had ever intention of posting the pics in March (the wording was practically done!) but my brain has really struggled with working lately and the last thing I feel like doing when I get home from work is typing... sorry 😞😢

So here we go... a quick update on everything I stitched in February that related to my listed WIPocalypse projects....

12 Days of Christmas - Little House Needleworks
Started: 25 December 2017
Fabric: 28ct Brittney Opal "Celebrations" Jodyri Designs
Threads: DMC

Boo Club - Lizzie Kate
Started: 1 January 2018
Fabric: 28ct Lugana "studio session -Wicked Garden" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: DMC & Weeks Dye Works as charted

Henry VIII & his Wives - Cloudsfactory
Started: 6 March 2017
Fabric: 32ct Opal Belfast "Lapis" Under the Sea Fabrics
Threads: DMC

Little Sheep Virtues - Little House Needleworks
"Hope"
Started: 1 January 2018
Finished: 25 February 2018
Fabric: 32ct Belfast "Sept 2017 Mystery" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: DMC

Little Sheep Virtues - Little House Needleworks
"Love"
Started: 25 February 2018
Fabric: 32ct Belfast "Sept 2017 Mystery" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: DMC

Eiffel Quaker - Jardin Prive
Started: 2 September 2017
Fabric: 32ct Belfast "Antique Ivory"
Threads: DMC Black & B5200, Weeks Dye Works Sky, Weeks Dye Works Liberty

Dog Park - Satsuma Street
Started: 15 January 2017
Fabric: 28ct Monaco "Carmel Macchiato" Hand Dyed by Stephanie
Threads: DMC as charted

Right so that is February done.... onto the March update post 👀

Til next time, happy stitching

Friday, March 2, 2018

Smalls SAL February update

The Smalls SAL is hosted by Stitching Lotus

Smalls.... well sorry... not a lot of Smalls to see for February!  I did manage to finish a couple of things which I would class as Smalls - one you have seen already in the previous post... but here's a recap:

Finish #5/2018
"I am Home" - Hands on Design
Started: 10 February 2018
Finished: 11 February 2018
Fabric: 32ct Belfast "Camofudge" Stitches & Spice
Thread: Jodyri Designs "Maypole Ribbons" (May 2016 Ltd Edition) & "Winter Frost" (March 2017 Ltd Edition) 
Source: 2018 Anniversary Freebie from Hands on Designs Blog


The other Small finish that I managed in February was one of my Little Sheep Virtues by Little House Needleworks

Finish #6/2018
"Little Sheep Virtues - Hope" - Little House Needleworks
Started: 1 January 2018
Finished: 25 February 2018
Fabric: 32ct Belfast - Sept 2017 Mystery Fabric - Colour Cascade Fabrics
Thread: DMC as charted


I did also finish the first two blocks of my Boo Club but I will show you those in my WIPocalypse Post tomorrow. 😉

So that is it for another stitching Smalls month!


Til next time... happy stitching!