Rapunzel

Yesterday I got to work on one of my absolute favorite pieces in my rotation, Rapunzel by Joan Elliott.

She's just so beautiful and it's a pure pleasure to work on every stitch for this piece! Here is where I am at this point:

I'm stitching her on 28 Jobelan in Isolde from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie and I just love her! Can't wait to work on her again!

Until next time!
~Katy

Rapunzel, Rapunzel!

Let down your golden hair! I'm so excited to actually be able to post about Rapunzel by herself rather than as part of the WIPocalypse! First time this year! This is the piece that first introduced me to Joan Elliott's work and is one of my absolute favorites to work on:

I am stitching her on 28 count Jobelan in Isolde from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie. This picture does not do this beautiful fabric justice at all, but I just love how it looks on this fabric overall!

Can't wait to stitch on her again when she's back up in the rotation!

Until next time!
~Katy

WIPocalypse 2015 - March Edition

It's time for this month's WIPocalypse report! Is it just me, or is 2015 going by really fast? I think I feel that way for a lot of reasons, but stitching on something new every day seems to fuel that even more, especially when I look at my progress!

This month, Measi is asking us the following question:

If money - and time - were not limiters, what projects would be on your stitching bucket list?

This is a tough one! I have a ton of patterns and projects in my stash that I already own and an alarming wish list of projects to buy someday. Everything from HAED's and Tilton Crafts, to Joan Elliott and Mirabilia, to Châtelaine and Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery, to Wee Little Stitches and Cloudsfactory, and everything in between. I think I'd just stitch everything I could, whatever struck my fancy, and my stash would be enormous and filled with fabric and beads and threads and more...I get happy just thinking about it. Heh.

Here are the nitty gritty details for my WIPocalypse Report for March 2015!

Total Number of Pieces for WIPocalypse for 2015: 26 (up from 23 - thanks new starts!)
Number of Pieces Completed This Month: 0 (but that's okay, lots of progress was made!)
Total Number of Pieces Completed This Year: 1
Number of Pieces Worked on This Month: 25 (aka ALL of them!)
Number of Pieces Not Worked on This Month: 0 (Even with three unexected new starts thown in! Yay!)
Total Number of Pieces for Next WIPocalypse Report: 25

And now, here come the pictures!

1. All Things Noah
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2. American Flag Quilt Sampler
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3. Angel of Compassion
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4. Beauty and the Beast Falling in Love
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5. Butterfly Fairy

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6. Butterfly Rose Cross
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7. Christmas Countdown
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8. Doctor Who Clock - New Start in 2015!
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9. Dreaming of Tuscany - New Start in 2015!
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10. European Bistro
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11. Fall Fairy
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12. Flames of Desire - Restart in 2015
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13. Italian Vista
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14. Magical Creatures Calendar - New Start in 2015!
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15. Mediterranean Flavors
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16. Rapunzel (Just like last month, this was the piece I worked on last night!)
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17. Skater's Village Tree Skirt - New Start in 2015!
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18. St. Peter's
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19. Stitching ABC's
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20. Story Time Sampler - New Start in 2015!
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21. Sweet Pea Fairy
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22. The Little Mermaid - New Start in 2015!
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23. Tuscan Greeting
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24. Walking Through The Stars Zodiac Sampler - New Start in 2015!
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25. Wedding Sampler
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Wow, I'm just sitting here looking at all of these projects and I have to admit, I'm rather proud of all the progress made so far this year!

Thanks for stopping by! See you next month!

Until next time!
~Katy

WIPocalypse 2015 - February Edition

It's hard to believe we're already in February and it's time for this month's WIPocalypse report! January just flew by! Feel free to visit other stitchers who are participating in the WIPocalypse this month by going here!

This month, Measi is asking us the following question:

How do you overcome that feeling that you're in a rut with a particular project?

I have to admit, I don't feel like I get into a rut very often. That is likely because I do a daily rotation and am stitching on something new every day. Yes, there are pieces in my rotation I like more than others, but I tell myself if I can do one day of stitching on one of the pieces that are harder for me to focus on, it's one day closer to completion!

It took me time to get to this place. I used to be a one project at a time stitcher, and that burned me out. Then would do a rotation of one piece a week. That was great for the pieces I loved, not so much for the struggle pieces. (I will clarify here that I love every one of my projects or else I wouldn't be doing them, there are just some that for whatever reason are easier to focus on and spend time on than others.) So for now, I'll keep up my daily rotation!

The other good thing about a daily rotation is that I can get to work on more of my WIPocalypse pieces in a month! This month was an exception to that rule because I was focused on two pieces for the first half of the month, but I'm fully into the daily rotation now!

Now, the real reason why you're here! My WIPocalypse Report for February 2015!

Total Number of Pieces for WIPocalypse for 2015: 23
Number of Pieces Completed This Month: 1
Total Number of Pieces Completed This Year: 1
Number of Pieces Worked on This Month: 16
Number of Pieces Not Worked on This Month: 7  (this number will hopefully be zero next month!)
Total Number of Pieces for Next WIPocalypse Report: 22

And now, here come the pictures!

1. All About Noah
Start of WIPocalypse 2015:

As of February 4, 2015:

2. American Flag Quilt Sampler
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3. Angel of Compassion
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4. Beauty and the Beast Falling in Love
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5. Butterfly Fairy

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6. Butterfly Rose Cross
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7. Christmas Countdown
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8. Dreaming of Tuscany - New Start in 2015!
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9. European Bistro
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10. Fall Fairy
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11. Flames of Desire - Restart in 2015
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12. Italian Vista
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13. Mediterranean Flavors
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14. Once Upon A Time Sampler - Completed!
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Completed Piece:

15. Rapunzel (this is the project I worked on yesterday)
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16. Story Time Sampler - New Start in 2015!
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I did not get to Skater's Village Tree Skirt, St. Peter's, Stitching ABC's, Sweet Pea Fairy, The Little Mermaid, Tuscan Greetings or Wedding Sampler, but the rotation will continue today with Skater's Village, so I know I will get to all of those pieces this month. We'll see how many more I can get to before the next report!

Thanks for stopping by! See you next month!

Until next time!
~Katy