I'm a little late posting about the end of the September event. I'm sure you're all very surprised by this with my sporadic blogging in the last couple years.
I really enjoyed this event and it was great to get some good stitches into some WIPs that haven't had much attention in the last year or more.
First up is yet another dragon project. For Project 13 I picked up Do Not Meddle because it also has dragons, like Mini Winter Magic (Project 12). I started here:
and although I only needed to stitch 1300 stitches, I ended up stitching 1420 because of some other FB games. I ended here:
If anyone remembers this one, I'm stitching it for someone that can't stitch much any more and I'm taking much too long getting it completed. I'm glad to get almost one half of the dragon complete, so hopefully I can get this one out again and get some more progress.
For the next project, I linked them by saying I'm also stitching it for someone else. I chose Princess and the Dragon so I can get a little more done on it. It's so close! Here's where it was:
Unsurprisingly, I had yet another dragon project I wanted to work on. This time I linked them through the fact that each dragon has a hoard. The above one has a hoard on the far left of the project, and this newer project you'll see some of it on the end point. Here's where I started on Project 15:
I feel like I need to go through my WIPs and see which ones just need about a week to finish. I feel like there's a fair number of them now and maybe that will be the December plan. Focus on a finish for as many as I can. This next one won't be in that category. It's still years away. And that is Bailey Basset. Those with good memories may note that I did make it to 16 projects this month, which is one more than my goal of 15. I'm very happy with that. I linked to this next project by saying I'd like to have a dragon as a pet, and I did have a basset hound as a pet. Here's what Bailey Basset will look like some day, and where it started:
And there we have it! The end of the September event and lots of stitching completed on several neglected WIPs. It was a thoroughly enjoyable event and I will definitely participate next year. Hopefully it won't be all the same projects. :)
I hope you're all well and Happy Stitching!
Tiffstitch
Oh my gosh I love that dog design, so sweet.
ReplyDeleteYou have added loads of stitch's to your designs.
Have a great day
Catherine
Thank you! And yes, the basset is a fun one. For some reason I thought that since it wasn't the full coverage it would be quicker. :)
DeleteYour progress on all these projects are amazing! The dragons look great:D I also have some projects I SHOULD work on that are close to being finished...but it's much more fun starting new projects, isn't it haha?!
ReplyDeleteThank you! And don't we all? ;) I will have some new starts in November, so I think working on WIPs to completion might be a nice way to round off the year.
DeleteFabulous work on your dragons and doggy. I like the way you connect each one, that's a fun idea for a challenge.
ReplyDeleteI also like the idea of the Focus on a Finish for a month. I am STILL trying to decide what to stitch for Naughty November. Too much choice LOL
It is difficult to decide. I keep thinking I have my 4, and then I think of something else I've been wanting to start. I'm definitely trying to keep the stitch count down if possible though.
DeleteYah, more dragons! Great progress on them all. I think I might need to make next year the year of dragons for me.
ReplyDeleteYour basset hound is going to be very colourful!
That's not a bad idea. Or maybe set a goal to finish in 2024 since that's the next Year of the Dragon? Thank you!
DeleteFantastic progress on everything!!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteCongratulations on finishing this brilliant challenge. Given that you said you'd join in next year, that gives you plenty of time to work out which projects to work on. You could even 'conveniently' leave the right amount of stitches on each project so that each one also becomes a finish. How cool would that be? :)
ReplyDeleteThat sounds a lot more organized than I usually am. :) I'm predicting I'll have a lot of WIPs though if we start another 17 next year!
DeleteWow, that was a great stitching month for you! That challenge prooved highly sucessful for you. Loved seeing all those projects progress, and I'm looking forward to seeing which one will be getting finished by the end of the year.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was nice to have a challenge that fit my mental state at the time, so I was able to get a lot done!
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