WIPocalypse April Check In

Each month we check in on all the projects we want to finish before the end of the world, and answer a question about our stitching. This month’s question is about our oldest WIP/UFO. I’m not sure which of the WIPs I’ve listed is the oldest. These two (no. 29 and 4 on my intro post) both date from workshops at a stitching show in 2011 - they are the oldest I can date for sure.

My oldest UFO is this: 

 It’s a collection of very unfinished small designs I started as a child (early 90s probably). I don’t think I can ever finish them! The tree was from a set of seasonal charts in a magazine (likely early cross stitcher or Needlecraft?) of my Mum’s. The blue border was my own design done on graph paper. It was going to be a horse. I remember being excited about it, I’m now sad this is as far as I got. I don’t even remember what the rainbow was...


Now for this month’s update. Pooh is finished!

Here’s where I am with Canadian beauty (bad picture sorry):

I also finished off a couple of my cover kit projects. Christmas houses:

Soldier Fridge Magnet:

I also have a tiny new start, guess what it’s a another cover kit and it’s for Lucy:

It will make up into a necklace for her.

I did a mini review of what I have achieved so far. I started out with 33 projects, and added 2 new starts. I have completed 9, which is over 25% so I’m pretty happy with that. My goal for May is to complete a couple more nearly finished cover kits and to make significant progress on Canadian Beauty. If I do that, I think I’ll deserve a proper new start or two in June.