WIPGO – Quilts & Adventures

Floss Friday #180

Welcome back for some cross stitch goodness! Last week we went in depth on my Cross Stitch WIPGO results for April (and past month goals) as well as to diving into the May WIPGO projects. I was pretty focused this week and went with finishing a goal before moving onto the next project goal. I know..a little unusal for me. It is just where my head was this week. I feel good with the results.

Let’s jump in.

Starts & Finishes

I had planned a few starts this week. In particular I had wanted to start my Make Today Count as this is part of SAL. Well I didn’t like the shape of my fabric and I could not remember what the count was (16 or 18). I felt like I needed to cut it down and start in the middle instead of a corner because my fabric wasn’t going to be wide enough for my usual 2.5 inch border. Finally got it up to the sewing room today to cut down and zigzag the edge. Still need to bobbin up the floss, then I will FINALLY be ready to start. LOL! So instead, I have a finish to share.

FINISH: MAY WIPGO #15: Spring Stitching Season by Stitching with the Housewives

It took me 3 nights to finish this one. It felt good putting in the last stitch and finishing my first WIPGO goal for May. Once again, Stitching with the Housewives amaze me with their ability to put together such cute projects with just 5 or 6 colors.

WIP Updates

Since I was so focused on finishing my monthly goal for each project I picked up this week, that means not a lot of projects were worked on.

Fabulous House: The Castle by Cottage Garden Samplings

The goal I usually pick is what has been my norm number of stitches in an evening. Past couple of months, I haven’t been spending 4 or 5 hours stitching in the evening. It has been 2 or 3 hours instead. So, it took two nights to finish up my 400 for May on this fun project. I ended up leaving the door half stitched as I focused in on filling in the lightest color (darkest already done) in the main part of the castle. Then I will just need to fill in with the medium color. Almost done with the main (middle) part of the castle.

March Month 2 Month Barn by Stitching with the Housewives

My goal for the month on this was to do 400 stitches. I got most of them done the first night and really only had a little to do on the second night, but I lost track of time and before you know it I had almost finished the rest of the chart (not my intention). There is literally only 64 stitches left, but I put this away at midnight when I could not keep my eyes open anymore. I will be finishing it up today! It will be an unplanned finish. This is always a welcome outcome.

Plans & Reflections

This Wednesday I will be flying out to Michigan to attend my first Cross Stitch retreat. While I have asked questions, I am still not sure what to expect. I know there will be a smalls exchange, but I have no idea what is expected so I am not bringing anything, therefore will not participate in the exchange. I will watch and learn baby! They also mentioned bringing small gifts for your tablemates. Once again, I have no idea what those “small” gifts should be, so will just be observing, not participating. This is going to be a learning experience.

Since this is not a workshop, there is no prestitching. I understand there will be some finishing demos throughout as well as fun and games.

My plan is to bring 3 or 4 projects to work on:

Fieldguide to Dragons
Fruit of Plenty
Crescent City Velaris
Mystery project – Maybe Make Today Count as the sponsor of this SAL is the same one hosting the retreat

The rest of the week before the trip

Mr. April
Kit up The Scarecrow (Snowman Collector #5)
Start Make Today Count
Start Light the Way (HOD Merry Moments ornament #2)
maybe Shabby Winter Calendar (just not feeling that winter vibe but needs to get done)

That should keep me busy. Hope you saw some eye candy. I am not making any promises that I will post next Friday. I have no idea how the day will shake out at the retreat. The last time I thought I would post at the retreat, I was having to much time to write up the blog.

Have a great weekend stitching my friends,

Peggy Stockwell in Vancouver, Washington

Floss Friday #179

Welcome back to Floss Friday where I share my cross stitch projects. It has been another busy week with life happening left and right. I ended up missing getting any quilting done (until today) as well as missing my To Do Tuesday blog. #sigh. I had nothing to share. Days went fast and before I knew it, it was evening. Still needed to cook and eat dinner, so even my stitching time was abbreviated. I did work on projects.

Let’s start with a WIPGO update.

Results of April WIPGO

April was a WIPGO heavy month but short on time to complete those goals.

Floss Friday #178

Gorgeous sunny day here in the Pacific Northwest. I was outside enjoying some of that sunshine with the cats who were cracking me up.

Went for a walk in the neighborhood today. First thing that happened was being greeted when I walked out the front door by two birds. It took me a minute to figure out they were chattering at me because I was standing by their nest.

Floss Friday #177

It has been two weeks since I posted. Check out my quilting post for all the fun I had at the quilt retreat here.

I was very optomistic about how much cross stitching I would get done. Surprise! Yet I still managed to get a wee bit of stitching from time to time. I did take one of my WIPGO projects.

Starts & Finishes

There were a lot of down days this past two weeks. I would like to say they were all while I was at the quilt retreat but that would be a fib. Yet I was able to finish one of my projects.

Floss Friday #176

After days of rain while the sun is shinng, today is all sunshine! It is nice so see such blue skies. Loving this spring weather. Busy day today so getting this one posted late. Let’s hope to it!

March WIPGO Results

Floss Friday #174

Hello Stitchy Friends! It has been another busy week. How about you? Lots of appointments and I have two online classes that are keeping me busy! I was thrilled to almost finish my to do list for this week! Let’s check out the cross stitch projects for the past week.

Starts & Finishes

No new starts or finishes this week.

Floss Friday #173

Hello Stitchy Friends! It has been a very busy week and the next week looks to be just as busy. Let’s take a peek at what I have been working on this week.

Starts & Finishes

Just one new start for this week.

START: August Square Dance by Heart in Hand

I got a good start on the next in this series that I am working up as one yearlong banner. The theme is beehives. 🐝.

WIP Updates

The rest of the week I worked on my list of WIPs. I only got to stitch 6 out of 7 nights and some nights it was for only an hour. Progress is progress.

Floss Friday #172

Hello Stitchy Friends! Another update on what I have been up to this week on my cross stitch projects. Felt like a good week!

Starts & Finishes

I had a couple of starts and one finish this week. Hard to believe we have transistioned into March already!

FINISH: July Square Dance by Heart in Hand

To Do Tuesday #173

Wow this week flew by! I can’t believe it is already Tuesday again. My calendar has been packed with “doing things”. Still attending a number of live Zoom seminars on various subjects which are interesting as well as meeting with vendors for my home as I gear up to do some sewing studio basic upgrades such as wiring and lights. Plus some shades for each of the sewing rooms. PNW is an interesting beast with the darker winters and the very light summers. When the sun shines, it is unbelievably blue skies. When it rains, we have some many shades of gray that nature provides that it could teach fabric & quilt designers a thing or two about color.

I will be linking up with Carol’s Schmilt To Do Tuesday again this week. Just click on Blog Post at the top of the page to find the link to To Do Tuesday for this week.

Floss Friday #171

Welcome back my stitchy friends! It has been crazy busy week as I have spent time indulging my inclination to learn. I just love to learn! I haven’t learned any new things about cross stitch this week, just enjoyed the process on making little “x”s.

Starts & Finishes

I only had one new start this week. Starting is always the hardest thing for me. This is one of the reasons I have recently been starting projects that have been on my bucket list.