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 "24 in '24" for this year.

1. Sweetheart Tree - September Strawflowers  - Finish
2. Shepherd's Bush - Halloween Trifles  - Finish
3. Rainbow Hunter - Alice Bottles - WIP
4. Drawn Thread - Spot of Summer
5. Drawn Thread - Spot of Autumn
6. Lizzie*Kate - Sampling Christmas  - Finish
7. Shannon Christine - 12 Days of Christmas  - WIP
8. La Broderie - Quiet Hour Sampler  - Finish
9. Shepherd's Bush - Amaranth - Finish
10. Full Circle Designs - Moonshadow Mini - Finish
11. Hands on Designs - Nevermore  - Finish
12. Living on the Rainbow - Haunted House  - Finish 
13. Joan Elliott - Faces SAL  - Finish
14. Stitchy Princess - Alice in Wonderland - Finish
15. Life in Stitch - Aslan  - WIP
16. Tra La La - Couer de Sorciere  - Finish
17. Cottage Garden Samplings - 1st Day of Christmas   - Finish
18. Nora Corbett - Claire - Finish
19. Nora Corbett - Capricorn  - Finish
20. Maria Brovko - Evening in the Shire  - Finish
21. Cottage Garden Samplings - Year in the Woods - WIP
22. Primitive Hare - Hocus Pocus Cabinet - Finish
23. Cricket Collection - Spring - Finish
24. Cottage Garden Samplings - Halloween Sampler  - Finish

18 projects ticked off from the list this year (but one was a triple finish, three were parts of a series which makes 23 individual finishes).

There were only two projects that didn't get touched.  The two Drawn Thread Spots both got bumped in favour of seasonal projects, my Just Nanathon in May and Dark October.  The two December picks are both WIPs but close to a finish.  The final two are both ongoing series where I finished some of the designs but not all.

Here are the 23 WIPocalypse Finishes - I did have more finishes this year, these are just the ones from my "24 in '24"

I've been thinking about doing a  "25 in '25" for next year and have decided not to pick 25 projects out.  I really want to try focus on my oldest WIP and on one larger project.  I have put together 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. 

So I do have "25 in '25", it's just that there are 2 projects with 6 numbers each, 6 projects with 2 numbers each and 1 Longest Day Marathon.

My evening project will be a lovely chart I received for Christmas, the 12 Days of Christmas Stocking by Annie Beez Folkart because clearly I do not have enough 12 Days designs in my rotation...

I've got a list of Smalls I will stitch if I finish each stocking before the end of the month.

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!