December WIPocalypse Annual Review

    

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.

Since 2011 I have chosen a number of projects to focus on that year, starting with my "11 in '11" and increasing to "23 in '23" for this year.

1. Joan Elliott Faces SAL (1 block) - Goal Met
2. Kustom Krafts Little Snapdragon - Finish
3. Chatelaine Gardens of London - WIP
4. Bothy Threads 12 Days of Christmas - WIP
5. Carriage House Samplings Halloween at Hawk Run Hollow - Finish
6. Mirabilia Fairy Idyll  - WIP
7. Hands on Designs Spider Legs - Finish
8. CCN Halloween Village Flower Shop - Finish
9. CCN Halloween Village Art Gallery - Finish
10. CCN Halloween Village Gazebo - Finish
11. Nora Corbett Taurus - Finish
12. Cottage Garden Samplings Year in the Woods The Fox - WIP
13. Mani di Donna Halloween Stitching Basket  - Finish
14. Art Inspirate 31 Potions
15. Nicole B Hicks Discworld Objectiva  - WIP
16. Just Nan Halloween  Smalls x 3 - Finish 
17. Stitch it Picasso Temperature SAL  - WIP
18. Circle Cross Blackwork Tarot  - WIP
19. Amanda Butler Harrogate House - Finish
20. Amanda Butler London Houses - Finish
21. Amanda Butler Belfast Houses - Finish
22. Amanda Butler Cardiff House - Finish
23. Amanda Butler House 6

13 finishes from the list this year (but one was a triple finish) plus one Goal Met.

My big focus piece was Halloween at Hawk Run Hollow which went from here:

to here:

stitched over 1 on 25 count Cassia Rose evenweave from Chromatic Alchemy

The other long-awaited finish was Little Snapdragon which went from here:

to here:

stitched on 32 count Evening Sky Murano from Crafty Kitten

Here are the other BAPs:

Chatelaine Gardens of London

from here:

to here:

stitched on 32 count Cotton Clouds from Crafty Kitten

I'm still thinking it would be nice to finish this one on it's 10th Anniversary in 2027.

Mirabilia Fairy Idyll

from here:

to here:

stitched on 32 count Vinyard Murano from Crafty Kitten

Bothy Threads 12 Days of Christmas

from here:

to here:

I achieved my goal of another blockson the Joan Elliott Faces SAL.   The 2024 goal is to add the final large block and maybe even finish it.  The large block took 16 days and the previous small block took 7 so it is possible.

stitched on 28 count Snapdragon Jazlyn from Crafty Kitten

There were only two projects that didn't get touched.  The Amanda Butler houses were my bath-time projects and they lost out to Turn, Turn, Turn which I didn't even own at the start of the year!  The Art Inspirate Potions lost out to my new love of blackwork, in particular the Circle Cross Art Nouveau Tarot Cards.

Here are the 13 (15) WIPocalypse Finishes - I did have more finishes this year, these are just the ones from my "23 in '23"

I've been putting together my "24 in '24" for next year and also my WIPGO Board which is a FB group where you make a Bingo Board for 25 of your projects.  The Admin calls 2 numbers each month and you reward yourself for completing rows or columns.  And just for added fun, I'm doing the 24:24 in the WIP Warriors group (formerly No New Starts).  For that challenge, I have to keep my WIPs below 24.  I currently have 15 so I can start 9 new things but after that I have to finish something before I start another thing.

Finally, I do hope you are all enjoying this time of year - the planning for the New Year, when everything is possible!  The fun of going through our stash and working out what we would like to start.  The promise to work on those older projects and keep up with the SALs too!