March WIPocalypse New To You

WIPocalypse is hosted by Measi's Musings

Each month we have to share the projects we want to complete before the End Of The World.  For me, this will be my "18 in '18".  Many of them are part of SALs so I will be working on them each month.

This month I have stitched on 8 of the 18 projects!

1. Just Nan - Summer in the Square - a Finish:

stitched on 32 count Light Mocha Linen

2. Donna Kooler - Zodiac:

stitched on 32 count Millenium Blue linen

3. Jardin Prive - Happy Hallowe'en Night:

stitched on 32 count Cognac linen

4. Just Nan - 12 Days of Christmas:

stitched on 32 count Vintage Grain Linen

5. Satsuma Street - Libra:

stitched on 28 count Black Jobelan

6. Mrs Peggotty - Alice and Flamingo:

stitched over 1 on 25 count blue evenweave

7. Just Nan - Diamond Bouquet:

stitched on 28 count lilac evenweave

8. Lyndisfarne Designs - Discworld Mappe.  This was my focus piece for the month and went from here:

to here:

stitched on 32 count Murano custom-dyed by Sparklies

That really is a particularly large head!

You can see the pages I have worked on so far:

The next time I pick it up in May, the plan is to finish the giant head, work down to page 2 (another pointing finger and some flipper.  Then move across to page 7.  Then after that I will work across the top of the design to the banner in the top right which will be backstitch hell!

Measi always sets us a discussion topic:

March – What newer designers and product creators (fabric or floss dyeing, etc) out there have you discovered and recommend?

My newest designers all come from Etsy, that seems to be the place for newbies to launch themselves. It's cheap and easy to set up and Etsy shop and if you offer PDFs there are few overheads and no postage.

My list of 18 includes a couple of new designers for me but the main one is Mrs Peggotty. Her shop is sub-titled "Where art meets literature" and she has some wonderful colouring pages as well as her gorgeous cross stitch designs. Linda talked me into doing a SAL with her this year, having seen her Mad Hatter I couldn't resist. She is already asking which one we are doing next year!

This is what Alice will look like completed, you can see what I have stitched further up this post:

Finally, this is your final call for the Easter Blog Hop sign up. If you want to have a letter for the Mystery Phrase then you need to email me by Tuesday 27th March as I will be deciding on that phrase on Wednesday. If you just plan to hop around then you have plenty of time, the Hop post will go up on my blog the morning of Good Friday - 30th March and the competition will stay open until my boys go back to school! (17th April)