Before the Great Blog Reset of 2022 (sigh), I had an ongoing list of my Works in Progress (WIPs). Unfortunately any progress reports after 2019 were nerfed since nothing more recent was captured on the Wayback Machine. So… I’m starting from scratch. This will also be cross-copied to the WIP page I keep at the top of my blog (“Stitching Stats”), which is where I’ll keep the updated status going forward.
“Legacy Projects” that I list below are based off an idea that my friend Amy (Gables Stitcher on YouTube) has, where she set a date that stalled her stitching for a while. Anything that hasn’t been touched since before that stall date is a Legacy WIP in her stash. In my case, Legacy WIPs are:
- My inactive Teresa Wentlzer projects – I only keep a couple at most in my active stash rotation at any one time both for sanity and to keep a diverse mix of designers in my WIP pile
- Any project that I haven’t worked on for one reason or another since my son was born in 2013.
- Unfinished Objects (UFOs) for any other number of reasons – I’ve put the project in “Time Out” for frustration, there’s something wrong with it (ex – pieces that have gone missing), or I may just not be “feeling it” for some reason.
My goal is to update this once per month when I do my WIPocalypse check-in.
2023 Stats (Year to Date)
Updated as of September 24, 2023
Start of Year WIPs: 56 (this may increase as I organize)
Legacy Projects/UFOs: 23 (this will increase as I organize)
Completions: 3
Projects Worked: 53
New Starts: 7
Retirements: 0
Completions
- Witchy Washy (Raise the Roof) – July 16, 2023
- You Were Hatched (Teresa Wentzler) – July 24, 2023
- Quaker Hornbooks (Ellen Chester/With My Needle) – September 23, 2023
Current WIPs
Note: Must have been started prior to 2023. Bolded means I have worked on them in 2023.
- ABCs of Parenting (Lizzie Kate)
- And They Sinned (Exemplar Dames)
- Animal Crossing Mystery (Cunning Cross Stitch)
- Apache Wedding Blessing (Kooler Designs)
- Baba Yaga (Autumn Lane)
- Bayun Cat (Owl Forest Embroidery)
- Bird ‘n Berry Box (Barbara Jackson)
- Blessed Be (Plum Pudding Needleart)
- Book of Ink Circles “BoINK” (Ink Circles)
- Celestial Medley (Sudberry)
- Christmas Pin Pillow (Kathy Barrick)
- The Colonial Sampler (Betsy Stinner)
- Coming to America: Women of the Mayflower (With Thy Needle)
- Cowboy Cats (Dimensions)
- Dear Rine 2017 (Rine on FB)
- Deep Blue Sea (Chatelaine)
- Denim Band Sampler (iStitch)
- Down the Danube (Jeannette Douglas)
- Dragonflies, Ladybugs & Bees – Oh My! (M Designs)
- Early Americans Series (Little House Needleworks)
- Egyptian Sampler (Teresa Wentzler)
- Flying Lesson (Silver Creek Samplers)
- From Sea to Shining Sea (Little House Needleworks)
- The Fruit of Plenty – SAL 2021 (Modern Folk Embroidery)
- Ghost Stories (Witchy Stitcher)
- Halloween Candlestick SAL (Lakeside Needlecraft)
- Hugs & Kisses (Blue Ribbon Designs)
- Hyperborea (Owl Forest Embroidery)
- I Love New England (Sampler Needlework)
- I Love USA Stitching Set (Mani di Donna)
- Jade Band Sampler (iStitch Designs)
- Jazz Sampler (Victoria Sampler)
- Kids Leave Handprints (My Big Toe Designs)
- Lavender Potpourri Sachet (Olde Colonial Designs)
- Live on Little (Plum Street Samplers)
- Love to Stitch Box (Jeannette Douglas)
- Musical Harmony (Michele Johnson) – Oldest WIP
- Mute But Not Silent (Amy Mitten)
- Nantucket Sampler (Medeiros Needlework)
- Pandemic (Long Dog)
- Quaker Compass (Rosewood Manor)
- Quaker Halloween Sampler (Cherished Stitches)
- Quaker Mystery 2020 (Fox & Rabbit)
- Smoky Mountain Cats (Janlynn/Pegasus)
- Snowball Fight (Dragon Dreams)
- Snoelle (Linda Jenkins – JCS Ornament issue)
- A Stitch for Sweet Freedom (Lindy Stitches)
- A Stitcher’s Sampler (Primitive Hare)
- Strawberry Zipper Pouch (It’s Fine-ally Finished)
- Supernatural (Witchy Stitcher)
- Temperature Tree 2021 (Stitchin’ Mommy)
- What Remains (Blackbird Designs)
- The Wheelbarrow (The Purple Thread)
- Winter Welcome (Park Hopper Bart)
Legacy/UFO Projects
Note: These are projects, either started before 2013 or that I’ve adopted from others but have not yet stitched on personally, that are in a holding pattern – especially because I have too many of one designer started (read: Wentzler).
- Band Sampler RR 2010
- The Castle – Black version (Teresa Wentzler) – adopted piece
- Cats on a Staircase (Bucilla)
- Celestial Dragon (Teresa Wentzler)
- Earth Angel (Lavender & Lace)
- Fantasy Triptych (Teresa Wentzler)
- Floral RR – 2009(?)
- Freedom SAL (Seba Designs)
- German Band Sampler (The Examplarery) – Adopted piece
- In the Arms of an Angel (Lavender & Lace)
- Jack o’Lantern Scissors Fob (Casey Buonaugurio)
- Legends of the Dragons (Teresa Wentzler/Dragon Dreams/Black Swan)
- Midsummer Nights Fairy (Mirabilia)
- Millennium (Teresa Wentzler)
- Muse of the Midnight Sun (Heaven & Earth Designs)
- Noah’s Ark (Teresa Wentzler)
- Shakespeare’s Fairies (Mirabilia) – fabric missing!!
- Spring Queen (Mirabilia)
- Stitching Sisters of New England Ornament 2015
- Tapestry Cat (Teresa Wentzler) – adopted piece
- Treetop Sampler (Teresa Wentzler) – adopted piece
- World Peace Angel (Lavender & Lace) – adopted piece
- Vakje Per Week 2017 (Annelies van den Berg/Ateller Soed Idee)
- More to be added as I organize my stash room
New Starts
- The River (Modern Folk Embroidery) – January 1, 2023
- Temperature Drink Shelf (Kristi DiClemente) – February 25, 2023
- Quaker Hornbooks (Ellen Chester/With My Needle) – May 9, 2023
- Opening Gambit (Long Dog) – June 9, 2023
- Bag Ladies (Sunset) – August 1, 2023
- A Star Spangled Sampler (Morning Glory Needleworks) – EGA class, start date TBD
- Sampler Stories Huswif (Gentle Pursuit Designs) – August 19, 2023
- Miss Lucy Calcutt 1825 (Just Stitching Along) – September 11, 2023
Retirements
- None yet!