SALE, sheep #7.7 and Wipocalypse ...

Dear all,

I can't believe it has been almost a month since my last post.

It is also very hard to believe how much has changed since then. United Kingdom has voted to leave EU. Lets say since the result came out it has been a turbulent fall into the abyss for us.

Pound sterling is failing. The earrings I was planning on buying for £9 have magically increased overnight to £11! (and I am dreading to think how much other purchases I have planned cost). On a positive side for those of you outside of the UK you can now grab a bargain from our island. In addition (just to be a bit more tempting) we are having an up to 50% SALE over on our Etsy store (click).

We are trying to clear out some of our older stock ... so how about a birdhouse that you can stick your needles in while you stitch ...

50% Sale - now £6

or a linen bag to stash bits and bobs ...

50% Sale - now £6.50

and another idea for your needles, pins, buttons  ...

50% Sale - now £5

Talking about all the various changes in my life... I am finally no longer a trainee ... as of 1 July I have been promoted to a Tax Semi Senior. So after a week long depression following the referendum something good finally happened.

And now onto the stitching ...

Sheep SAL # 7.7

The next 100 stitches ...

700 stitches

Wipocalypse update ...

I haven't done one of these updates in a while, so in addition to Alice and Dodo by Tanya Bond (that you seen in the last post).

June 2016

Since then I have done some late night stitching on Christmas Candle.

July 2016

I am yet to finish page 5 and 6 ... and now page 7 it seems. I have started the additional page for a challenge I was participating in on Heaven and Earth Designs forum. Unfortunately I have not met it. The challenge was to stitch a full page in cross country method.

Half a year has gone by and I only met one out of my sixteen goals. Not a very inspiring progress, but on the other hand a few of the goals are getting quite close to being met.

Until soon,

Lija

Wipocalypse - post #12 or the final report, including some previously unseen finishes & made up biscornus ...

Dear all,

This post is going to make me cry. Since I haven't done a starting point post this year... this is what I will do this year sort of thing ... I now will need to try to remember all my wips. And also since I was doing so poorly on my goals I changed half way to a broad goal of 25 finishes (regardless of size). So this included a lot of smaller projects... but the goal was met.

Progress:

Christmas Candle (HAED):

December 2012

December 2013

Good Heavens (Anchor kit by Margaret Sherry):

October/November 2011

December 2013

Picture of Elegance:

Sometime in 2011

December 2013

QS Literate Dragon (HAED):

Started in 2013

Field of Poppies (Yiota's XStitch):

Started in 2013

Untouched: 

Xmas Chums

Tending the Flock

Fizzy Moon card kit

Cabin Fever by Dimensions (Gold Collection)

Making Lickle Wishes

Venice by John Clayton

Finishes:

For detailed info check out the "Pre-2014 Finishes" tab. There are some finishes here that I haven't blogged about before (the finishes tab will be updated to have them in the next few days), including the finishing off of the biscornus:

December 2013

December 2013

November 2013 - makeup bag finish

November 2013 - makeup bag finish

November 2013 - closeup

November 2013 - makeup bag finish

October 2013

October 2013

September 2013

August 2013

August 2013 - front

August 2013 - back

Biscornu finish

Biscornu finish

Biscornu finish

August 2013

August 2013

July 2013

Makeup bag finish

July 2013

Biscornu finish

Biscornu finish

July 2013

Biscornu finish

Biscornu finish

Biscornu finish

July 2013 - Front

July 2013 - Back

Biscornu finish

Biscornu finish

Biscornu finish

Biscornu finish

June 2013

July 2013

June 2013

June 2013

June 2013

March 2013

March 2013

February 2013

February 2013

January 2013

January 2013

A few giveaways to browse and enter ...

• Two by Nancy:

The Twelve Days of Christmas $50 gift certificate giveaway

Click on Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe to enter by the 24th December 2013

Fourth Day of Christmas Give-away:

Click on Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe to enter by the 25th December 2013

• And one giveaway by Gaynor aka StitcherAnon

Click on Stitchers Anon to enter by the 26th December 2013

Speaking of Stitcher Anon do check out her charts tab ... pdfs are currently on sale. I couldn't resist and bought one (which has been tempting me for some time now)...

my purchase

I will now need to say my goodbyes. This post has taken me quite number of days, of uploading and editing. One thing I have learnt from this ... I am going to have a clear starting point for next year's Wipocalypse. So expect that sometime soon, and the update of the tab. You can see a few new SAL ones have sprung up already. I am starting them in 2014, as well as getting a new finishes tab then too (the other one is getting rather long). 

Till soon, when I might update you on craft fairs and such like (something I have been promising for some time now),