March WIPocalypse Favourite Designers

        

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 last year.  For 2025 I have decided not to attempt this.  I want to focus on 2 larger pieces and then spend the rest of my stitching time on the series I have started.  This month I stitched on 2 of them.

First up was Fairy Idyll from Mirabilia, her first outing for this year.  I worked on this portion:

stitched on 32 count Vinyard Murano from Crafty Kitten

The purple bedfrills are a conversion to co-ordinate better with my fabric.  The charted colours are shades of pink.  You can see the large rabbit appearing too.

After her I moved back to my oldest WIP, the Art Nouveau Head by Custom Crafts which has been called four times so far this year:

stitched on 14 count white Aida

I'm working away on the golden colours in her headpiece at the moment.

Finally, Measi always gives us a topic to discuss:

March  – Which are your favourite three designers?

According to my Happy Dance blog, Just Nan is by far and away the top designer for finishes, over 110 to date.  Joan Elliott has 31 entries and Mirabilia/Nora Corbett 27 combined.

I think I would agree they are my Top Three.  When I first started this blog I listed those three plus Lavender & Lace and Teresa Wenztler as my favourites as well as my ambition to stitch a Chatelaine one day!

I would possibly add Circle Cross for her blackwork, maybe to replace Joan Elliott as I haven't stitched so much of her newer designs.

Here are my favourite finishes from my Top Three:

Mirabilia - Sleeping Beauty

Joan Elliott - 12 Days of Christmas

Just Nan - Scream House