WIPocalypse June Post

Since I started feeling better and still had lots of time on my hands while recovering I became a stitching fool  I started a modified Margie rotation (so named for the woman who inspired me :D).  I work on a different project every three days.  So far it seems to be going well.  I have six projects currently in rotation. I added a new one after all this progress and at the end of June I'll be adding two HAEDs.  Yes, you read that right, I will be adding TWO HAEDs to my rotation.  It'll probably take me 10 years to complete just one of them with this rotation but I'm enjoying the different projects.  Now for some progress pictures...
First is the monogram that I've been working on for February.  Here is what it looks like when I finished this round of stitching:

Then I worked on the Spring Sampler. The color changes are still making me crazy but I feel like I'm making some progress on this.  Here is the current status of it.

I've also started four new projects.  The stocking is an old WIP, so old that I can't even remember when I started it.  Here's what it is suppose to look like when it's finish.

Stocking:

Current Status:

Tigers when finished:

Tigers now:

Shells when finished:

Shells now:

Somehow this last WIP has lost the finished picture and to be honest it is sort of bothering me that I don't know what it is suppose to look like when it is finished.  I do remember that it is suppose to be a cat curled up sleeping on a quilt. This is what the Cat looks like now:

All of the projects are going well and I'm enjoying stitching on them and am looking forward to posting my progress in July.  I'm a little nervous about starting the HAEDs but I love the patterns.  The rotation seems to be working out well too.  I never get bored with a project and in the case of the Cat when I start getting frustrated with it it is time to move on to something else.

Happy Stitching!!!

WIPocalypse #5

I haven't made much progress for the fifth post as I was getting ready for surgery. after my hysterectomy I wasn't up for much more than sitting on the couch watching movies. I hope to have a lot of progress for the sixth post since I've been feeling better and up to stitching more.

Happy stitching all!!!

WIPocalypse April 2012 - With a FINISH!!!! YAY!!

I have a FINISH!!!! YAY!!!  I finished the Donna Kooler All Creatures Great and Small Sampler for the Best in Show charity fundraiser.  Here is what the sampler looked like when I posted for March.

And here is how it looked when I took it to the framers.  I'll make sure to post a finished framed picture on the Yuku forums. I really hope that someone likes it and bids on it during the silent action.  I think it is adorable!!

The other project I worked on was the pink monogram.  Here is how it looked when I posted in March.

I decided that I didn't like the way the medium and dard pinks were looking so I frogged all of those stitches and reversed the colors.  I'm much happier now with the way the colors all go together in this configuration.  Here is how it looks now.

I feel that I made much more progress this month, it might just be because I can say that I finished something.  I'm hoping to have the pink monogram done by next post.  Wish me luck!

Thanks for stopping by and happy stitching everyone!

WIPocalypse March 2012

Ahhhh, the sweet feeling of progress!!!!!  I focused almost all of my time on the Donna Kooler All Creatures Great and Small sampler.  I need to get this finished in the next week to week and a half so I can have it professionally framed and ready for the fundraiser on April 22nd.  I hope that someone in the silent auction loves the piece as much as I have loved working on it.

Here is what it looked like from the last update:

I did all the back stitching on everything below the row of cats.  I also backstitched a couple of the cats but am missing a color to finish the second and fourth cat.  I know I should go and get it but I'm sure I'm going to run out of at least one other color so I figured I'd just make a note of where I need to finish some stitches and keep on going.  I then started stitching on the top half of the design and ended up here.

I did work a little on the monogram but not much.  Here is how it started:

And here is where I put it down to concentrate on the sampler:

I know, I know...you can hardly see any progress.  This is a quick stitch and as soon as I get the sampler done and off to the framers I will be able to focus on this and several other projects.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stitching!!!!



WIPocalypse February 2012

I put the Janlynn's Spring Sampler away and thought I would work on some other items just to feel like I'm make some progress.  The Spring Sampler with all the color changes had me feeling like I stitched and stitched and stitched but just wasn't getting anywhere. 
So for February, I decided to work on the Donna Kooler Animal Sampler that I am doing for a fundraiser that benefits an animal shelter her in Las Vegas and a monogram design that I designed myself for my half bathroom. (One of these I'll get around to actually decorating my house). :(

The monogram started out like this:

Here is how the monogram looks as I finished work on it for now:

The Animal Sampler started out like this:

Here is how the Animal Sampler looks as I finished work on it for now:

I feel like I made pretty good progress but I really think that I could have done more.  I had a little over a week this month where I just couldn't bring myself to pick up the stitching at all.  Life had other plans for me.  I am hoping March will be more productive and could possibly bring a finish.  Here's to hoping any way.

Happy Stitching All!!!

WIPocalypse January 2012

I've been stitching on Janlynn's Spring Sampler since the start of the year.  I remember now why this is a WIP.  There are so many color changes.  It is a really cute design, but I have a feeling that it is going to take some time to actually get this done.

Here is the way it looked when I started it on the first of the year:

Here is how the Spring Sampler looks as I finished work on it for now:

Progress wasn't too bad, but I think I'm going to work on some other projects until February's post to make myself feel like I'm actually accomplishing something.

I'm ready for the WIPocalypse!!!!

I've made my list for the WIPocalypse and am ready to start stitching.  It a very ambitious list and if I get a quarter of the items finished this year I'll be very very happy.  

Happy New Year and happy stitching!!!!