January Check In Post

Oh my, I was certain that I already wrote up a January check in post and published it, but I do not see it here, so starting again...

Hello, fellow WIPocalypse Stitchers, and anyone else who's following along as we continue from the 2012 WIPocalypse Challenge into the 2013 WIPocalypse Challenge!  I have been working on L&L's "Sweet Dreams" off and on for years now, and my main goal this year is to finish her up.  Below is my most recent update photo.  Even though she looks close to being done, I have very little stitching time in my life because of work and school (full time on both accounts), so it may well be the end of 2013 before she's done.  But I *WILL* finish her!

That being said, the ladies over at "Cross Stitch Crazy" on Yuku are having a month long stitchathon that goes from February 10th until March 10th (I believe, those dates might be slightly off.)  In order to get the most stitching done in that time, I am setting aside "Sweet Dreams" just for the stitchathon and will be working on another of my WIPs, preferably one that has a lot of blocks of color to be filled in, since that results in the most stitches in the least amount of time for me.  On my next post, I will update which one I chose to work on.  See y'all soon!

Last Post for 2012 WIPocalypse

Here we are, the end of the 2012 WIPocalypse challenge.  Did I finish anything this year?  Nope.  But I stitched.  And that's better than I did in 2011, so I am VERY happy!  Here is where I leave off on "Sweet Dreams" in 2012, and also where I am starting on it for the 2013 WIPocalypse challenge!

November WIPocalypse check in post

Hi, all!  I can't believe the year is almost over!  Unfortunately, between the last post and now, I have barely stitched a thing.  Sorry :-(  Better luck with the rest of the year, I guess. 

October Check In Post

I have been rockin' and rollin' on "Sweet Dreams" this month.  Of course, I'm the slowest stitcher on the planet, so rockin' and rollin' for me may not look like much to many of you.  But I'm THRILLED with the amount of time I've been able to put in and the progress I've made.  Here is a pic of where I'm at now:

September Check In Post

I know this is incredibly late being posted, but I wanted to wait until I had an update.  I spent most of September in a double class load at school, so got ZERO stitching done.  However, my double load went back to a regular load at the end of the first week of October, yay!  To make things even better, Cross Stitch Crazy (at yuku) had their monthly "Stitchathon" last week, and I stitched every single day.  Double yay!

So, without further ado, this is my latest progress picture of "Sweet Dreams" by L&L.

August Check In #2

I thought I would have one update for y'all, but unfortunately, I messed up and ended up ripping out all of my progress since the last post. I was so irritated about it, I ended up switching projects from Celtic Christmas back to Sweet Dreams. Hopefully, I'll have a great progress pic of Sweet Dreams for you in the Sept post! See you then.

August Check In Post

Over the last month, I have been able to do more stitching than I have all year, which I'm so happy about (especially because I know that September will be super busy and I may not get to stitch at all!)  One thing that has really helped spur me on is the "Stitchathon" that is held monthly over on the Cross Stitch Crazy yuku board.

The three projects I am currently working on are "Celtic Seasons" by Mike Vickery, "Celtic Christmas" by L&L and "Sweet Dreams" by L&L.  "Celtic Seasons" was started as a round robin years ago and has been sitting in a to-do pile.  I've added a couple hundred stitches to it in the last month.  "Celtic Christmas" only had about 25 stitches in it (total!) at the beginning of July, so it's got a pretty good start now.  And "Sweet Dreams" is my pet project right now.  It is definitely the piece I've added the most to, and I am really hoping to finish it in 2012!

Without further ado, here are my update pix from July/August:

"Celtic Seasons" by Mike Vickery

"Celtic Christmas" by Lavender & Lace

"Sweet Dreams" by Lavender & Lace