WIPocalypse Update

Since I didn't get around to doing an update at the end of January, this post will update my WIPocalypse progress for both January and February of 2019.

I've been stitching a lot!  That's probably because it's been so cold and snowy here, that I haven't felt like doing much else, lol!  Anyway, here are my progress pictures.

First, I have a finish!  This is Alessandra Adelaide's "Hot Chocolate," done on 32 count Belfast linen in a flax color.  This was a fast, easy stitch so once I got close to the end, I just kept going and finished it up.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, though.  I might make it into a pillow.

And this is a new start, one I'd planned on starting in January.  It's called Summer Beauties, and as you can see, it's an old-fashioned looking floral arrangement.  I'm doing this one on 32 count white Jobelan, which I confess I really don't love.  I am just not crazy and the synthetic fabrics, but they can be so much more reasonable in price.  Anyway, this one is fun to stitch but requires a lot of concentration.

This one is both a start and a finish, LOL!  A few days before Valentine's Day, I got the idea to stitch a little something for my hubby, and I found this cute sampler as a free pattern online.  I found a spare piece of fabric in my stash and managed to stitch this up in about 5 days or so.  My original thought was to make it into a bag of some kind that I could put candy or something in, but I decided instead to make it into a wall hanging.  Unfortunately, I didn't have the supplies to finish it before Valentine's Day, so poor hubby is actually still waiting for this one to be completed and hung up!  However, I just love this little sampler and it was fun to do.

And this is my other new start, one I hadn't really planned on.  I just fell in love with this pattern  from Artecy called Polish Folk Heart -- I'm drawn to the bright colors and the flowers, and as I think I've mentioned, I just LOVE heart charts.  So on a whim, I kitted this one up and I started it a few days ago.  This one is on 32 count cream Lugana, and I'm feeling good because it's a fabric I had in my stash, and I love to use things up!

And this is my big finale, my really significant finish.  This is Broken Star from Carolyn Manning Designs, in the Thistle colorway.  It's done on 16 count Rustico aida.  I just love this design, which of course is CM's interpretation of a quilt block pattern, and my plan to stitch the same design in a second colorway right below Thistle.  I posted a picture of the Carnival colorway in my last post if you want to check it out, but it's bright, fun colors.

So that's my cross-stitch update!  The question for this month from Measi is, what do you listen to while stitching?  Hmmm.  It depends.  If I am stitching in the evening, my son is usually in the room with me, and he is a huge sports fan, so we often have a basketball game on.  I enjoy basketball and I like sports because I can mostly listen while I stitch, and I know what's happening without having to look constantly at the TV.  If I'm stitching in the morning, I typically listen to an Amazon Prime classical music playlist, but for the past few weeks, I've been listening to the audiobook of Gone With the Wind, one of my all time favorite books.

Well that's it for this month!  Happy stitching everyone!!!