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. 

Fully Finished Gallery April

On the 10th of each month we post our finished objects for Rachel’s SAL aimed at reducing our bag/box/drawer of shame. You can see all the other lovely finished items here. I am a late of course as it’s the 18th already, but oh well. I have two finished items this month, one I am happy with and one not so much. 

First, I have this happy little bunny ornament on our Easter tree! I had stitched it years ago and actually started to sew some backing fabric on to make a pillow ornament. But then I stopped, presumably I missed Easter and then lost interest. I missed Easter this year too but I managed to get it finished off in time to did a picture before we take the tree down. It was my first time ruching ribbon for the edging and I’m very pleased with the results. 

Second is Baa Baa Black Sheep, which I finished stitching a year or so ago. I am not so happy with this one. I had ordered the mount with the wrong dimensions again, so I had to take a craft knife to it. I can also still see creases in the fabric. I may redo it eventually but I wanted to give it to Lucy for Easter so I rushed it through. I do love the pattern though, it’s from the Historical Sampler Company. 

March WIPocalypse update

I’m late for my update this month, because I don’t have all that much to show so I haven’t felt motivated to do it. Lockdown isn’t terrible, but with a three year old I don’t get any more time to stitch and I guess my mind has been on other things!

I have only worked on two projects this month: Pooh and Canadian Beauty.

Pooh is really coming along, and I think he’ll likely be finished this week. The plan after that is to make him up into a cushion case with some Pooh and friends fabric I’ve bought. Here’s my progress over the month:

I’ve only done a small amount on Canadian Beauty but at least she has half a face now:

Measi’s question for this month was about if we have ever adopted WIP from someone else. I can’t think of any time I have really done this. I did have a half complete project in my stash for years (given to me in a bunch of stuff found at a sale) but it didn’t grab me enough to work on it, particularly as the stitches were the opposite way round from the way I normally stitch. I passed it on a few months ago via a RAK Facebook group and hopefully the new owner will love it more than I did.