Welcome back my Stitchy Friends! We have had lots of sunshine here in the Pacific Northwest. I am totally enjoying every moment. How about you? My evening stitching time has been abbreviated this week due to life. I missed one night altogether because I was finishing a book. 📖
Starts & Finishes
I ended up with no new starts or finishes. Although I did spend a day going through all of my projects I had pulled for January to figure out what comes next. I have a total of 4 friendstitch projects from December. I have decided to start three of them this month. Two are quite small and can be finished fairly quickly. They may rollover to February.
I was also organizing projects because I need some project bags for all these new starts this month. I have had so many in November & December that I finally switched over to a new system that I was thinking about. So far everything is working like I imagined. It allowed me to pull potential stitches for February and March. I just set those aside for now.
WIP Updates
Now on to the real meat of the week.
WIPGO Project #2: Shabby Winter Calendar by Cuore e Batticuore
I finished up Day 19! I have Day 20 (another small square) and then that leaves Day 21 (which takes up the whole bottom of the project like a footer. I thought the little heart was a nice touch to these white hothouse flowers. This square gives me Beauty & the Beast vibes. Love it.
WIPGO Project #7: 2025 SJ Temperature Moon Phases by Climbing Goat Designs
While my intentions are still to work on this everyday in January, there have been days I am just not feeling it. I should have finished all of July yesterday. I am ready to start July 22nd. Close, but slightly off target with my goal. Still more progress than I have had in the past couple of months. Gonna keep plugging away.
Fieldguide to Dragons by Climbing Goat Designs
I hit my 400 stitch goal For January. This green dragon is coming along nicely!
Snowman Collector: The Postman by Cottage Garden Samplings
Wow! This bike is fun to work on. I love how the spokes make spirals. Just so cool! Believe it or not, I hit my January goal of 400 stitches already. Loving it.
2011 Santa by Prairie Schooler
I had wanted to finish this one this month. I not sure if I will hit that goal but these Santas are a joy to stitch. It felt cool to finish his jacket and start on his legs.
Snowballs for Sale by Lori Holt’s Bee in my Bonnet
I have not seen this one for a while. I had so many Christmas stitches that I did not work on this one in December. When I picked this up last night, I was pleasantly surprised when I realized I could easily finish this one with one more night. All the big items are done, all the words, and even half of the snowflakes. Sooo very close.
Plans & Reflections
When I reviewed all the January starts, I realized that most still have a little prep work to do and others have a lot of prep work to do. This week that will happen.
Plans for this Week
- Finish July 2025 on SJ Moon Phases
- Do Day 20 of Shabby Winter Calendar
- Start my 2026 WA Temp Solar System
- After setting up the 2026 excel file to keep the temps in
- Pull together the floss needed for Ocean Wonders SAL. I have the first pattern drop, fabric, and speciality floss.
- Winter Camper
- Fruit of Plenty
- Crescent City Velaris
- Start Fabulous House: Castle
- Start July Sq Dance
Go big or stay home. 🧐 Might be too much for this week yet I know I could do it if I have about 4 hours every night to stitch. We shall see.
Reflections
You ever feel like you bite off more than you can chew. The goals themselves are doable. I just have so many creative things I am working on right now including my quilting and art. I did my first watercolor painting this week
It was fun. I now have ideas about how I would do it if I did it again. It didn’t feel random enough. Too much negative space. ButI loved all the bright colors. Rainbow is so my vibe.
Here is my favorite Zentangle from this week. It took about 90 minutes to complete. Zentangle is like mediation in an art form. I am still learning how to shade. I felt like it still had a 3d vibe.
Everyone have a great weekend. Please be safe and have fun!!!
Peggy Stockwell in Vancouver, Washington