WIPocalypse End of Year Round Up

WIPocalypse thanks to Measi of Measi's Musings

Part 1 of the WIPocalypse was my "12 in '12" which were 12 charts I wanted to stitch in 2012 (following on from my "11 in '11" - 11 charts I wanted to stitch in 2011).  Can you guess what next year's will be called?

Final 12 in '12
  1. Dark Alphabet SAL
  2. Joan Elliott's Green Goddess
  3. Gift of Stitching My Lovely Sewing Tools SAL
  4. Home of a Needleworker (PIF from Nicola)
  5. Blackbird Designs (came with Madame Muriel from Margaret)
  6. Ed Hardy - Skull & Roses (for a friend)
  7. Wedding Sampler (for a friend)
  8. Baby Sampler (for a friend)
  9. Baby Sampler (for my cousin)
10. Yiotas Coffee Fairy
11. Papillon Around the World in 80 Stitches
12. Nora Corbett Trick or Treat Fairy - this was replaced by Prairie Moon Thine is the Trick and the Treat (it's a similar name so that's ok!)

I actually did really well with it this year, certainly better than 11 in '11.  I learned from my mistakes and included my obligation stitching and some smaller projects too.

So here are pictures of the 12 -

 

1. Dark Alphabet by A Note of Friendship - Finished

2. Green Goddess by Joan Elliott - WIP

3. My Lovely Sewing Tools by Marie Suarez - WIP

4. Home of a Needleworker by LHN - Finished

5. Bluebirds by Blackbird Designs - Finished

6. Skull and Roses by Ed Hardy - not even started.

7. Every Time Triple Hearts adapted by me - Finished

8. Baby Sampler by Elissa Hudson - Finished

9. Noah's Ark by JBW - Finished

10. Coffee Fairy by Yiota - WIP

11. Around the World in 80 Stitches by Papillon - WIP

12. Thine is the Trick and the Treat by Prairie Moon - WIP

Then there's the Part 2 - 

Just Nanathon - I have so many of these I want to try stitch as many as possible over the next year or two (or three or four).

Here's the Just Nans I did stitch this year:

Spring Peepers

Burgundy Stocking and Evening Star

for Kathy's Round Robin

Dewdrop Rabbit

Frightful

Part 3 is the Theme-a-licious and you'll have to wait until the 31st for that update!

I've been going through my stash piles to decide on the "13 in '13" I want to stitch.  I have four main WIPS I want to focus on and the other 9 designs will be charts and/or fabric that I have received from other bloggers. 

  1. Papillon - Around the World in 80 Stitches

  2. Joan Elliott - Green Goddess

  3. Marie Suarez - My Lovely Sewing Tools

  4. Prairie Moon - Thine is the Trick and the Treat

  5. Nora Corbett Cottages - choose one out of three

  6. Lizzie*Kate Seasons - (from Sarah)

  7. With my Needle - April Word Play (from Jenny )

  8. Andree Langhorn - Fairy (fabric from Mouse)

  9. Stitchers' Hideaway - Hear the Sea Call (from Riona)

10. Snapdragon (from Lesley)

11. Beehive Needleworks - Sunflower and Acorns (from Linda)

12. Double Double (from Gracie)

13. A Mon Ami Pierre - Noel Blanc (from Kathy)

I've actually got more charts than those that I've won over the last year and plenty more from magazines!  But these are the ones that made the list of 13.  The four WIPS are pretty big projects, ATW80 won't be finished because it's a part-work continuing into 2014.  The cottages, Snapdragon and Noel Blanc are medium sized projects and the others are all smaller.

Part 2 of the WIPocalypse is going to be the monthly stitching challenges including the Ornament Challenge from Silver Lotus Reflections in the Pond.  I have chosen two series of designs for this - the Dragon Dreams 12 Dragon Days of Christmas (from FB) and the JBW cat from JCS mag which I want to stitch 12 times in different colours.

I'm part of a SAL on FB for the Joan Elliott 2013 Diary designs.  The diary is the cover gift with World of Cross Stitching issue 198.  There are 12 designs with a monthly theme.  Joan herself is stitching along with us for her favourite design - September, my birth month.  I wonder if she'll make it into a card for me?

We'll be celebrating Nicola's Scarlet Letter Year throughout 2013 with our Scarlet Letter Samplers.  I'm stitching the English Transitional Sampler and I'm thinking that will keep me busy for the whole year.

I also have 10 more of Brooke's Books Cake to stitch!  I want to stitch these and send as e-cards for Birthdays.
And Christine is continuing the Needlecraft Haven Freebie Challenge each month.
And the Italian Earthquake Charity Fundraiser booklet, there's several designs I'd like to stitch from that.
And the entire back catalogue of Gift of Stitching magazine I got for Christmas.  I notice there are some ornie specials in there.  I haven't even loaded the CDs onto the computer yet!!

Is half the fun actually writing these lists?  I certainly enjoyed going through my Giveway bag and re-reading the notes sent with the prizes!