December WIPocalypse Annual Review

WIPocalypse is hosted by Measi's Musings

Also linking up with 17 in '17

Each month we have to share the projects we want to complete before the End Of The World.  At the beginning of the year I chose my "17 in '17" which were the 17 projects I want to focus on this year.  Here is how I did:

1. Chatelaine Designs - Gardens of London - WIP (Feb focus piece)
2. Lyndisfarne - Discworld Map - WIP (Jun focus piece)
3. Imaginating - Hallowe'en Happiness - Finished
4. Oberlin - Witches  - Finished
5. Joan Elliott - 12 Days of Christmas - Finished
6. Brooke's Books - Stitcher's Alphabet   - Finished
7. Lavender & Lace - Enchanted Alphabet   - WIP - SAL
8. Nora Corbett - Letter M Fairy - Finished
9. Teresa Wentzler - Byzantine Ornaments x 3
10. Jannlynn - Gathering Honey  - Finished
11. Kustom Krafts - Snap Dragon
12. Dragon Dreams - Dragon of the Winter Moon - Finished
13. Joan Elliott - Mermaid - Finished
14. Drawn Thread - Spots of Seasons - 2 finished
15. The Workbasket - Fox Forest - Finished
16. Just Nan - Spring in the Square - Finished
17. Dam Good Crafts - Dracula Book Cover - WIP

A total of 10.5 Finishes, plus 4 more active WIPs.  2.5 projects not worked on this year.  A much better result than many previous years.

I started 2017 with 19 WIPs and completed 6 of them.  I then started 36 new projects over the course of the year and completed 22 of them (there were a LOT of smalls!).  So that leaves me with a final total of 28 finishes and 27 WIPs.

So let's have a look at those finishes!

January to August

September to December 

Just Nan Smalls

I couldn't quite squeeze the last Just Nan ornie in today as I was stitching 12 Days of Stitchmas.  It will be the First Finish of 2018 instead.

Here's my Pie for the month:

A month of focusing on just a few projects.

Here's how the year looked:

It was definitely Joan Elliott's year (94 days) with Just Nan and Brooke's Books on almost the same number of days (29 and 30 respectively).

Stitch from Stash wise we have reached the end of the accounting period.   Here is this month's expenditure:

December
JN Peacock	£10.00
Black Jobelan	£13.60
Mill Hill beads	£2.20
Satsuma St	£4.13
Total	£29.93

I need the black Jobelan for the next Satsuma Street chart and the Just Nan was on half price sale at SewandSo.  Nan is discontinuing a lot of her sampler charts as the charms are no longer easily available so when I see a bargain, I buy one.

I totted up my expenditure for the whole year.  Magazines are my weak point with subscriptions to 4 different publications - Just Cross Stitch, Cross Stitcher, Cross Stitch Crazy and Inspirations.  I'm going to drop Crazy next year.  I spent an equal amount on charts and fabric.  I bought the tin of the new DMC colours but other than that I only spent £12.30 on Kreinik, Crescent Colours and Waterlilies for Mary.

Magazines	£129.99
Charts	£79.37
Fabric	£73.60
Threads	£36.80
Other	£11.77
Total	£331.53

Which seems like a lot but there is my Birthday and Christmas money in there too.

I mentioned the 12 Days of Stitchmas earlier, and here is Day 7:

Just Nan - 12 Days of Christmas

stitched on 32 count Vintage Grain linen

Measi has asked us to do an introductory post at the beginning of January so I will save my "18 in '18" plans until then.

I have got the new Gifted Gorgeousness Sign-up Page done, so you can click on the tab at the top or the new photo on the side to access that.  If you have the linky on your blog, don't forget to update it as the 2017 link will no longer work.

Finally, 

Have a very Happy Old Year's Night

and a very Peaceful New Year's Day