January Topic: What SAL’s are you participating in this year? and If you are participating in the Olympic Stitching Challenge, what challenge are you accepting? What are your goals?

I am participating in a few SALs this year.  I am participating in Measi's WIPocalypse SAL each month.  Sometimes I'll even be on time with my posts. This, however, is not one of those months.

I sort of play along with Stitch Maynia's SALs.  I am not on Facebook so I can't join any events, but their monthly SALs and large events end up on Flosstube somewhere so I get to follow along in spirit.  This year they're doing my favorite SAL, the Winter Olympics SAL.  I love these "scavenger hunt" type SALs because they are fun to match to my WIPs. I will also participate in their Color A Day and Work That WIP challenges.

I joined Cloudsfactory's Mystery SAL for 2018 Legendary Creature Alphabet.  I still haven't finished last year's Fabulous Women SAL, but jumped in head first anyway.  (I did make it further than I thought.  I figured I'd stop in March; made it all the way to July.  Go me!)  

I am going to accept the Rotation Relay Challenge for Olympic Stitching.  It will fit right in with my favorite Stitch Maynia SAL so I definitely have to play along.  

This month I am stitching on Yesteryear by Needle Treasures, China Teapot Tray by Maria Diaz, Snowdome Stocking by Donna Kooler, Too Much Honey by Bucilla, Noah's Journey by Dimensions, Baby's Garden Quilt by Janlynn, Family Frolic by Mill Hill, and Fabulous Women in History by Cloudsfactory.

 

Baby's Garden Quilt

China Teapot

Fabulous Women

Family Frolic

Noah's Journey

Snowdome Stocking

Too Much Honey

Yesteryear

10 Hour Rotation Finished

I finished my 10 hour rotation on Lavender Sampler by Anchor.  It is a pattern from issue 57 (I think) of Cross Stitch Gold magazine.  This was a new start when my rotation began, so all progress was made in the 10 hours.

Lavender Sampler

10 Hour Rotation Finished

I finished my 10 hour rotation on Fish City by Stoney Creek.  I finished a few fish and finished backstitching the seaweed in the bottom left corner.  This one will continue to pop up in the Work that WIP and Full Coverage on the 5th SALs.  But it is time to rotate it out for another WIP.

Fish City before

Fish City after

   

WIPocalypse 2018 Introduction

Topic:  Introduce yourself, your projects, and any goals you have for the year!Hello, my name is Jaret and I am back for my 4th year of WIPocalypse.  I am an elementary school teacher from South Louisiana.  I love cross stitching a variety of topics and themes (really, anything goes with me).  On top of cross stitching, I also quilt, scrapbook, and read.  Last year, I had 8 crafty finishes and FFO'd two cross stitch pieces.  It was awesome and I'd like to do more this year. 

I do follow a rotation, of sorts.  I have a monthly focus piece based on Stitch Maynia's monthly SALs.  I am not on Facebook at all, but I do watch Flosstube and the Flosstubers I watch usually give me enough notice on the theme so I can plan my focus piece.  Then I have a list of WIPs that I rotate through.  

I maintain 28 WIPs at all times so I don't start a new piece until I finish a piece.  This sort of keeps me under control, but I still get enough variety for my stitchy bug.

My goal for the year is the same as last...to stitch.  My finish tally is never very high and I'm okay with that.  So my main goal for cross stitching is just to stitch and have fun.  I would like to FFO more pieces this year since I'm watching a lot of tutorials on how to get some of this done. The Flosstubers and Bloggers I stalk have begun to inspire me!

December WIPocalypse Check-In

December Topic: Recap your accomplishments for the year.  My goal for the year was to stitch.  I am happy to say, I reached my goal.  This year I even started a stitching journal to keep me on target with my stitching.  I was able to touch each of my WIPs this year at some point because of all the challenges I participated in (in spirit because I'm still not on Facebook).  I also had 8 crafty finishes, 4 of those were cross stitch pieces.  And I even FFO'd two cross stitch pieces (Thanks Stitcherista!!!).  I also joined Instagram (@jguidry94) which is a huge social media step for me.  I am calling 2017 successful.  Hopefully, I'll do just as well in 2018.

Christmas By the Letter 

Dickens' Mittens

Wool Applique Basket

Must Be Santa

Wool Applique Gardening Bag

Dolphin's Domain

Wool Applique Pocket

Let's Do Wine (2016 finish, 2017 FFO)

November Focus Piece

My focus piece for this month was Dolphin's Domain by Dimensions.  I couldn't come up with anything creative for NaNoStichMo so I just focused on the piece I wanted to work on.  Next month's theme is Disney December so I'll probably focus on Too Much Honey by Bucilla.

Dolphin's Domain after

Dolphin's Domain before

November WIPocalypse Check-In

November Topic: What finishing style have you never tried but would love to do?  I want to try to make a mounted flatfold using Vonna Pfeiffer's tutorial.  I've pretty much only framed my work or made small ornaments.  Pretty much any other finishing technique would be a reach for me.  But, that is one I've been wanting to try for a while now.




This month I am stitching on Baby's Garden Quilt by Janlynn, China Teapot Tray by Maria Diaz, Dolphin's Domain by Dimensions, Fabulous Women in History by Cloudsfactory, Fish City by Stoney Creek, Lavender Sampler by Anchor, Noah's Journey by Dimensions, and Too Much Honey by Bucilla.

Baby's Garden Quilt

China Teapot Tray

Dolphin's Domain

Fabulous Women in History

Fish City

Lavender Sampler

Noah's Journey

Too Much Honey