Here's where it was at the start of the weekend:
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Friday 29 March 2024
Easter Treasure Hunt Blog Hop 2024
Here's where it was at the start of the weekend:
Monday 25 March 2024
Extra Weekend!
There are five full weekends in March this year. Last weekend was IHSW and next weekend is "End of the Month" and time to post WIPocalypse, Pie and Stitch From Stash so this weekend feels like a bonus weekend.
So what did I stitch for my bonus weekend?
My focus piece has been Hocus Pocus Cabinet - Focus Pocus? but progress has been a little slow due to being so busy in the week.
I managed to finish all the colour and now just have the black surround and the lettering to do. I changed the colours to a mixture of Anchor and Jodyri. The original used GAST and WDW.
Here's where I am now:
On Sunday I caught up with two weeks of leaves on my Temperature Tree from The Steady Thread:
I completed Aquarius and have made a good start on Pisces:
Finally, it's time to sign up for the Annual Easter Treasure Hunt. If you would like to take part this year, just leave a comment here. The week before Easter I will send you a letter of the alphabet which will form part of the mystery phrase. On Good Friday you will post that letter along with a photo of something seasonal that you have stitched (could be Easter or Spring or just something cheerful and sunny or floral). We all hop around like little bunnies to find the Mystery Phrase!
Here's a link to last year's hop so you can see how it all works - Easter Treasure Hunt Blog Hop 2023
Monday 18 March 2024
March IHSW
IHSW or International Hermit and Stitch Weekend always starts on the third Friday of the month. It's a chance to lock yourself away and focus on your stitching for the weekend. You can take part on your blog or via the Facebook page - IHSW on Facebook.
This year I am trying something different for IHSW - an A-Z Challenge! These usually take place in April and people stitch one letter every day except Sunday. I don't want to swap projects daily so thought I could do 2 or 3 letters per IHSW instead.
March is E and F. I wasn't working Friday again so I started there with E for English Transitional Sampler from Scarlet Letter.
I went from here:
As a general rule, I want to choose the oldest project for each letter.
Finally the next IHSW will be 19th - 21st April so make sure you note the date in your diary or come and join us in the Facebook Group - IHSW on Facebook. If you don't do Facebook then you can check in here by leaving a comment on my post.
Friday 15 March 2024
Gifted Gorgeousness March Link-up Post
Welcome to the March Gifted Gorgeousness link-up. The link-up date continues to be the 15th and I will keep the link-up open until the end of each month so you have plenty of time if you are late posting.
The format remains exactly the same, there is a list of rules on the main sign-up page if you want to check what is required but basically anything connected to the word "gift" is allowed, whether it was a gift TO you or is a gift FROM you.
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Finally, it's time to sign up for the Annual Easter Treasure Hunt. If you would like to take part this year, just leave a comment here. The week before Easter I will send you a letter of the alphabet which will form part of the mystery phrase. On Good Friday you will post that letter along with a photo of something seasonal that you have stitched (could be Easter or Spring or just something cheerful and sunny or floral). We all hop around like little bunnies to find the Mystery Phrase!
Here's a link to last year's hop so you can see how it all works - Easter Treasure Hunt Blog Hop 2023
Sunday 10 March 2024
Finally Fully Finishing Fun for March
Tuesday 5 March 2024
March Plans
At the start of the year I made a list of 24 projects I want to stitch this year for my "24 in '24". The order I stitch them in is going to be determined by the WIPGO Board. Jessie-Marie calls two numbers each month and those will be the two projects I stitch that month. One small and one medium.
In February, the numbers 3 and 24 were called. These related to the collection of Alice in Wonderland Bottles from Rainbow Hunter and Spring by Cricket Collection. I completed one of the Bottles in February and the other one today.
Here's the Cheshire Cat:
For March, the numbers are 1 and 10. These relate to September Strawflowers from the Sweetheart Tree and Hocus Pocus Cabinet from Primitive Hare.
Hocus Pocus Cabinet is a PDF I've had for quite a while (2018) and it's easy to forget about PDFs compared to paper charts. So when I compiled my list I went through all my Paid For PDFs and added quite a few to the "24 in '24".
I decided to use a nice piece of 32 count Vintage Country Mocha for this design. There are only a few dark, muted colours in the design and I'm using my own conversion rather than the charted GAST and WDW. Because "Stitch from Stash".
I started with all the black outline of the bottles and the brown labels so now it's a case of filling in the middles.
The variegated brown is from Jodyri Threads and is called Cafe au Lait. I'm really pleased with how this is turning out.
There are two designs included in the PDF. If I finish the main one in plenty of time, I will start the smaller one.
My Small for the month will be this one from The Sweetheart Tree. I'll be starting this one tonight.
It's only tiny, 3 x 2 inches, and I do have the nice charm.
Finally, it's time to sign up for the Annual Easter Treasure Hunt. If you would like to take part this year, just leave a comment here. The week before Easter I will send you a letter of the alphabet which will form part of the mystery phrase. On Good Friday you will post that letter along with a photo of something seasonal that you have stitched (could be Easter or Spring or just something cheerful and sunny or floral). We all hop around like little bunnies to find the Mystery Phrase!
Here's a link to last year's hop so you can see how it all works - Easter Treasure Hunt Blog Hop 2023
Thursday 29 February 2024
February Stitch From Stash and Pie
Have you enjoyed your extra day of stitching time? I know a lot of people were doing a Leap Day start but I managed to resist that temptation.
Here's what I did stitch over the whole month:
The plan is to finish this one off if I complete March's piece before the end of the month.
I couldn't resist so instead of a Leap Day start, I had a Leap Day purchase!
So here's my actual spend:
Sunday 25 February 2024
February WIPocalypse SALs
Mary comments
Finished Alice
Measi always gives us a topic to discuss:
February – What stitch-a-longs (SALs) are you participating in this year?
Obviously, WIPocalypse! My other SALs are
Fully Finished Gallery - show anything you have FFO'd on the 10th
Gifted Gorgeousness - post anything gifted on the 15th
Smalls SAL - last Friday of each month
The TUSAL - post on the New Moon each month
The A-Z Challenge is a sort of SAL with Rachel where we're working through the Alphabet with our WIPs.
I don't tend to SAL actual designs as I have my rotation planned and it rarely fits in with other people's plans. But if you are stitching anything that I am stitching do let me know and we can call it a SAL!
I also tend to avoid Mystery SALs having been bitten once or twice. I wait until most of the piece has been released and then see if I still have FOMO and want to start it!
Finally, a Mary has been leaving lovely comments here. But Mary is "no reply" and does not have a blog listed on her profile so I can't respond to her direct. It's not Mary from Le Couer Celtique, or Mary from Mary's Thread or Mary from Mary's Stitching Spot! So if you are Mary, please drop me an email and I will save it so I can reply to your comments.