I define my legacy WIPs as anything that pre-dates Max’s birth. Witchy Washy by Raise the Roof Designs definitely fits into that category. It almost was scrapped due to an accident with iced coffee in 2013.

According to my notes, I started Witchy Washy on May 11, 2010. It’s one of the oldest pieces I have a specific start date noted – likely about the time I realized that it might be a good idea to keep records on my work. I remember when I first saw it at the store… with the wording on the cover “Did you ever think you would cross stitch a BRA?!?” Yep, that sold me. I’m weird that way.

The purple and green (my two favorite colors… especially together) swirly bra honestly was fun to stitch.

I was moving right along on this one – it was well over 3/4 done when the iced coffee incident occurred. Nothing extreme – I tipped over my obligatory iced Dunkin Donuts on the table at the library. And a bit of coffee got onto my piece. Unfortunately – the flosses weren’t colorfast, and there was some leeching onto the fabric. I was so upset. I decided to just put it away for a while to decide how I wanted to proceed. Once it dried out, I put it into my finished pieces roll to keep it safe. It sat there. For years.

Last year I decided to pull it back out and decide what to do. I realized that the leeching wasn’t quite as bad as I thought, and an additional button would easily cover up most if not all of the stained fabric. Since there are already several buttons on the finished piece, what’s one more?

My fabric is a delicate lilac color. I wanted to go purple because Halloween and witchy and all that – but the light purple just seemed to fit the slightly more feminine laundry theme. The bleeding, by the way, is just above the basket. You’ll see some orange there. I’ve bought an extra cat button to put into the basket. Cats do love baskets – especially baskets of laundry!

Witchy Washy is now on my super active list, and I am planning to get this one done by the end of July. With the 24 Hours of Cross Stitch Marathon coming up next week, I may be able to wrap everything up except for the buttons. 🙂 It will be a nice legacy completion to cross off the list for 2023!