March WIPocalypse report

I've done really nicely with my stitching. Again, I cannot show you the super secret project, you will have to take my word for it. I did stitch a lot on other projects too.

I did a bit of progress on my Victorian Elegance. She looks better every day, and I am absolutely in love with this design. She is no more than half done and already breathtaking. I cannot wait to finish the crosses and start with the ribbons on her hat.

February WIPocalypse report

First of all I would like to say that I have never stitched so much in my life as in these past weeks. Ever since I signed up for the WIPocalypse and Crazy January Challenge, I have really been stitching like there is no tomorrow!

The crazy getting out of hand

Not only have I kitted and started my designated 15 projects, but while looking for ideas in my now huge collection of cross stitch magazines, I decided to work on even more that I have been in love with but due to low self-esteem and constant nagging by my mom ("are you done with the ones you started last year yet") I kept postponing the first stitches. Not any more! I found a Marjolein Bastin birdhouse chart in issue 93 of The World of Cross Stitching and a lovely garden sampler in issue 70 of Crazy for Cross Stitch. I'm only doing part of the sampler though, another birdhouse design that I'm going to use as a bookmark.Yeah, I know I'm nuts. But damn, I'm enjoying it!

CRC report

This is my first report of the crazy January challenge, and I can see now why it is called crazy. Good thing I have joined, there is nothing else in the world to brighten the day of a chronically depressed person as constant pressure. /sarcasm
Let me continue with my report. Gee, I just started and I already feel like I am a lazy student showing up to an exam after just half an hour of studying. I still have no image of Butterfly Clover, I seem to have misplaced it. To my excuse, I did reorganize ALL of my DMC floss bobbins in the boxes, so instead of the random anarchy they used to exist in they are now in numerical order. Oh yeah, and I gave this challenge its own page here. 
And now, for the pictures.

Crazy challenge is crazy

I kinda suspected that signing up for this challenge is a whole bite bigger than I can chew, and I realize how far I'm behind with the posting or even the stitching. My only excuse is that this time I have decided to do it right, and I take extra care on measuring my fabric, doing the inch -> millimetre conversions and marking the 10x10 grid on the fabric way ahead. My list of projects so far is the following.
1. Butterfly Clover kit by Anchor
2-5. Garden cards from issue 42 of Cross Stitch Gold
6. Poppy by Nora Corbett
7-8. I <3 Antiques by Jeremiah Junction
9. Circle of Friends by Mirabilia
10. Exquisite Kimono chart by Dimensions
11. Pai Xiao by Pinn Stitch
12. Afternoon Harvest by CrossMyHeart Inc.
13. A chart form Secret Gardens by  CrossMyHeart Inc.
14. ???
15. ???
So I have 2 more to decide on. I thought it would be difficult to find 15 projects, but it is more difficult to pick only 15. I could easily start twice as many right now, and that's just off the top of my head.
Pictures will follow shortly.

Madness? This is stitching!

I must be completely out of my mind. Not only did I sign up for the WIPocalypse, but I also accepted the Crazy January Challenge. So I must start a new project every day on January 1-15, and then finish them the best I can. I must be a total nutjob. Well, never mind. I joined this challenge literally in the last minute, so I don't have a list of what my 15 new projects are gonna be. Like with most of the things in my life, I will make it all up as I go along. I had a great time at a party on New Year's Eve, drinking one too many vodkas, so I am one day behind, but I did start an Anchor kit called Butterfly Clover. No progress picture, as the first stiches are white on white, or to be more precise, light cream on white, but you get the idea. Not much to see at this phase.