Another project off the WIPocalypse list!
Rosemarkie by Long Dog Designs
32-ct Cream Linen
Needle Necessities MacAulvey Manor
This is a phenomenally bad picture, I must say. I started this design years ago as a SAL after it was gifted to me. I’m so very happy to have it done! I still love the colors chosen 
One would think that having a month long work “hiatus” would have resulted in loads of stitching and blogging, eh?
Evidently that is not the case. LOL
I have managed another square on my Stars for the New Millennium. May I present Cary Grant….
And the entire piece:
I have a few more days to go before starting my new job (May 1, woohoo!) and I’m hoping to put a few more x’s in on some other WIPs. I have found a new framer after “auditioning” a few this month and now I’m itching to get more finishes on the wall! The problem is that I went thru most of my finishes from last year in the audition process so now I’ve got to rebuild the pile
This week I added a new square to my Stars by Tony Minieri
That’s Eva Marie Saint, bottom center. Here’s a closeup:
The result is lovely but the process to get there is long!
My first official WIPocalypse finish for 2013!
Lanarte’s Tuscany (kit) – I started in 2006, not long before I left my last company. Given I’m leaving my current company in about two weeks, it seemed a good time to get this one finished up
Picked up two newly framed pieces this week. Both were finished in 2012:
Country Cottage Needleworks Liberty Lane:
Lizzie Kate’s Halloween Mystery:
Very glad to have these hanging on the wall!
JABCo The Boys are Back in Town
30-ct Graphite Linen; GAST/WDW
Started 3/29/2013; Finished 4/2/2013 (23 hours)
I created my own “sweet 16″ list for March and I planned to spend two days on each or at least 5 hours, whatever worked out.
This was definitely the most ambitious plan I’d ever come up with for Heather’s annual March Madness.
I did manage to stitch every day. I only left one piece with less than five hours added. I also netted to the same number of WIPs I started with… I had three new starts and three finishes (two of the new starts were completed).
Here’s what I worked on… (* new starts, # finishes)
For April we have
Amazon April
Dip your needle into the vast swath of fabric dedicated to your BIGGEST projects!
I’ve got a few options here… Sometime this month I plan to pick up:
Thanks to my March Madness, I have now touched all but one of the WIPs I put on my WIPocalypse list….
I guess that means Spring Queen needs attention in April. Wouldn’t want her to feel left out, would we?
I didn’t finish any WIPocalypse pieces in the midst of March Madness stitching, but I did get one or two closer to that state. Here’s a couple of examples:
Lanarte Tuscany – I started this piece in 2006 (it was lunch time stitching at my last job) and given I’m getting ready to move on to my *next* job, this seems a good one to get finished up.
This is the result of 9 hours over three days. I’m guesstimating 15-20 hours to finish it up.
My Mill Hill Clarissa Cow is also close to finishing:
This was 10 hours added on to a small start. Another 10-15 hours should see it done.
Hopefully both will be part of next month’s update as finishes!
With Google Reader going away, I’ve moved on to Bloglovin. So far so good!
Three more WIPs have been hit by this month’s madness…
#4 – Textile Heritage Fairytale Bookmark
Before & After (6 hours):
#5 – Hinzeit Dark Shadows
After (3.5 hours – busy couple of days). I thought I had a before shot, but evidently not! When I picked it up I had the “H” and the spider done, so not bad for the short time
#6 – Textile Heritage Welsh Farm (new start!)
Completed in 5.5 hours:
#7 – Primrose Needleworks LUV Letters
Before….
45 minutes in and I remember why I put it down. There’s a border of GAST Buttermilk on the Magnolia 40-ct linen (part of it is already stitched above the “Letters”) and it’s like stitching white on white…. ugh.
