So, here we are at the end of another year and time again for me to look back on my stitching and finishing over the last twelve months. It's the same boring format as previous years and mostly for my benefit, but for those of you who like lists, this is for you too!
I began the year planning to start and finish 12 pieces for the Smalls SAL, work on and finish 12 Challenge WIPs from 2015/2016 and possibly start (and finish) up to 6 new projects.
So, how did I do? Well, I finished 13/12 Smalls SAL pieces, finished 12/12 Challenge WIPs, and started and finished 4/6 of my planned new starts. I also treated myself to an unplanned new start on Christmas Day. So all in all, it was a very successful year!
Which means my statistics now appear like this:
Number of WIPs brought forward from 2017 - 14 large, 36 challenge = 50
Plus number of new starts - 1 large, 13 smalls SAL, 4 others = 18
Less number of finishes - 3 large (purged), 12 challenge, 13 smalls SAL, 4 others = 32
Number of WIPs to carry forward into 2019 - 12 large, 24 challenge = 36
Now comes the really boring bit (if you're not bored already!) .....
Here are the lists of projects which make up those statistics:
LARGE WIPs BROUGHT FORWARD
1) Mythical Dragon (True Colors)
2) Rainbow Angel (White willow Stitching) - PURGED
3) QS Emerald Dragon (HAED)
4) SK The History Of Chocolate (HAED)
5) QS Come Softly (HAED)
6) Mini Bookworm Fairy (HAED)
7) Mini The Owrd Lord (HAED)
8) QS Fairy With Butterfly Mask (HAED) - PURGED
9) Mini One (HAED)10) Dolphin Ruins (Rabnann - ebay)
11) OMG Tigger Is Out (UnconventionalX - etsy)
12) Dragon Eye (not yet blogged)
13) Scarlet Macaw Preening (Shinysun) - PURGED
14) Magnolia (not yet blogged)
JANUARY/FEBRUARY CHALLENGE 2015 WIPs BROUGHT FORWARD
1) Friends For Life
2) Feline Groovy
3) Loves Me ... Love Me Not
4) Daisy Hugs
5) Book Worm
6) Carefree Summer
7) A Tatty Friend
8) Dandelion Time
9) Flower Power
10) All Aboard The Walnut Shells
11) Christmas Wishes
12) Daisy Umbrella
13) Cuddly Feline Friends
14) Choc-A-Holic
15) I Love Butter
16) Good Morning Nelson
17) Winter Hugs
18) Lickle Snooze
19) A Windy Day
20) Little Green
21) Spring - FINISHED
22) Start Trek TOS
23) Summer - FINISHED
24) Canal Crossing - FINISHED
25) Hufflepuff Crest - FINISHED
26) Clue
27) Sugar - FINISHED
28) Pretty Little Paris - FINISHED
29) Evil Minions
30) Spotted Owls - FINISHED
31) Winter - FINISHED
32) Tea - FINISHED
33) Pandas
JANUARY CHALLENGE 2016 WIPs BROUGHT FORWARD
1) Summer Alphabet - FINISHED
2) Spring Alphabet - FINISHED
3) Winter Alphabet - FINISHED
NEW STARTS 2018 - SMALLS SAL
1) Raspberry - FINISHED
2) Gouldian Finch - FINISHED
3) Pear - FINISHED
4) Cute Little Cockatiel - FINISHED
5) Yellow Patchwork Hootie - FINISHED
6) Dolphin With Cocktail - FINISHED
7) Christmas Cat On Branch - FINISHED
8) Tweeties - FINISHED
9) Pineapple - FINISHED
10) Purple Patchwork Hootie - FINISHED
11) Banana - FINISHED
12) Christmas Cat Hanging From Branch - FINISHED
13) Mr Rush - FINISHED
NEW STARTS 2018 - LARGE
1) Tribal Dragon
NEW STARTS 2018 - OTHERS
1) Haunted House Bell Pull - FINISHED
2) French Country Snow Globe - FINISHED
3) A Shower - FINISHED
4) Midnight Manor - FINISHED
I may still have a lot of projects left to finish but am very happy that it's 14 less than I started the year with.
As for my Box of Shame, I started the year with 52 pieces in it, added 29 more, fully finished off 63, so have therefore ended the year with 18 pieces remaining. I had a massive fit of fully-finishing-off at the beginning of the year and have mostly kept up-to-date since. Only a few (if you can call 18 a few!) pieces remain to completely empty the box.
So, here's another boring list of the the projects which were in, were added to and/or are still in my Box Of Shame (and again this is mainly for my benefit). Even if you don't read it all, look at all those FINISHEDs as you scroll down. Boy, am I proud!
BOX OF SHAME PIECES BROUGHT FORWARD
1) January Stamp - FINISHED
2) February Stamp - FINISHED
3) March Stamp - FINISHED
4) April Stamp - FINISHED
5) May Stamp - FINISHED
6) June Stamp - FINISHED
7) Autumn - FINISHED
8) July Stamp - FINISHED
9) Cookie and Cream
10) August Stamp - FINISHED
11) September Stamp - FINISHED
12) October Stamp - FINISHED
13) November Stamp - FINISHED
14) December Stamp - FINISHED
15) French Country Witch
16) Humerous Alphabet
17) Summer Bird - FINISHED
18) Ghost - FINISHED
19) Halloween - FINISHED
20) Halloween Cauldron - FINISHED
21) Witches Hat - FINISHED
22) Autumn Alphabet - FINISHED
23) Penguin - FINISHED
24) Snowman
25) Woolly-Hatted Snowman - FINISHED
26) Black-Hatted Snowman - FINISHED
27) Santa - FINISHED
28) January Calendar
29) Polar Bear - FINISHED
30) Bear - FINISHED
31) February Calendar
32) Spring Bird - FINISHED
33) Coffee - FINISHED
34) March Calendar
35) Milk Train - FINISHED
36) April Calendar
37) May Calendar
38) Dreaming of Dolphins - FINISHED
39) Gryffindor - FINISHED
40) June Calendar
41) July Calendar
42) Cream - FINISHED
43) Birds With Umbrella - FINISHED
44) August Calendar
45) The Lock - FINISHED
46) September Calendar
47) Red Foxes - FINISHED
48) October Calendar
49) Pretty Little London - FINISHED
50) November Calendar
51) Slytherin - FINISHED
52) December Calendar
BOX OF SHAME PIECES ADDED 2018
1) Raspberry - FINISHED
2) Winter - FINISHED
3) Gouldian Finch - FINISHED
4) Spring - FINISHED
5) Pear - FINISHED
6) Spring Alphabet - FINISHED
7) Cute Little Cockatiel - FINISHED
8) Canal Crossing - FINISHED
9) Yellow Patchwork Hootie - FINISHED
10) Spotted Owls
11) Dolphin With Cocktail - FINISHED
12) Sugar - FINISHED
13) Christmas Cat On Branch - FINISHED
14) Summer Alphabet - FINISHED
15) Tweeties - FINISHED
16) Summer - FINISHED
17) Haunted House Bell Pull - FINISHED
18) Pineapple - FINISHED
19) Tea - FINISHED
20) French Country Snow Globe - FINISHED
21) Purple Patchwork Hootie - FINISHED
22) Pretty Little Paris - FINISHED
23) A Shower - FINISHED
24) Banana - FINISHED
25) Winter Alphabet - FINISHED
26) Christmas Cat Hanging - FINISHED
29) Mr Rush - FINISHED
So there we are... boring lists over!
During the year I stitched for a total of 479 hours, almost the same as last year but w-a-y down on the 809 and 691 hours from 2015 and 2016 respectively. But I'm not complaining, it's simply life coming first. Anyway, the fact I am able to stitch every day is satisfying in itself.
As for my stitching plans for 2019... all will be revealed tomorrow!
All the best and
20) Little Green
21) Spring - FINISHED
22) Start Trek TOS
23) Summer - FINISHED
24) Canal Crossing - FINISHED
25) Hufflepuff Crest - FINISHED
26) Clue
27) Sugar - FINISHED
28) Pretty Little Paris - FINISHED
29) Evil Minions
30) Spotted Owls - FINISHED
31) Winter - FINISHED
32) Tea - FINISHED
33) Pandas
JANUARY CHALLENGE 2016 WIPs BROUGHT FORWARD
1) Summer Alphabet - FINISHED
2) Spring Alphabet - FINISHED
3) Winter Alphabet - FINISHED
NEW STARTS 2018 - SMALLS SAL
1) Raspberry - FINISHED
2) Gouldian Finch - FINISHED
3) Pear - FINISHED
4) Cute Little Cockatiel - FINISHED
5) Yellow Patchwork Hootie - FINISHED
6) Dolphin With Cocktail - FINISHED
7) Christmas Cat On Branch - FINISHED
8) Tweeties - FINISHED
9) Pineapple - FINISHED
10) Purple Patchwork Hootie - FINISHED
11) Banana - FINISHED
12) Christmas Cat Hanging From Branch - FINISHED
13) Mr Rush - FINISHED
NEW STARTS 2018 - LARGE
1) Tribal Dragon
NEW STARTS 2018 - OTHERS
1) Haunted House Bell Pull - FINISHED
2) French Country Snow Globe - FINISHED
3) A Shower - FINISHED
4) Midnight Manor - FINISHED
I may still have a lot of projects left to finish but am very happy that it's 14 less than I started the year with.
As for my Box of Shame, I started the year with 52 pieces in it, added 29 more, fully finished off 63, so have therefore ended the year with 18 pieces remaining. I had a massive fit of fully-finishing-off at the beginning of the year and have mostly kept up-to-date since. Only a few (if you can call 18 a few!) pieces remain to completely empty the box.
So, here's another boring list of the the projects which were in, were added to and/or are still in my Box Of Shame (and again this is mainly for my benefit). Even if you don't read it all, look at all those FINISHEDs as you scroll down. Boy, am I proud!
BOX OF SHAME PIECES BROUGHT FORWARD
1) January Stamp - FINISHED
2) February Stamp - FINISHED
3) March Stamp - FINISHED
4) April Stamp - FINISHED
5) May Stamp - FINISHED
6) June Stamp - FINISHED
7) Autumn - FINISHED
8) July Stamp - FINISHED
9) Cookie and Cream
10) August Stamp - FINISHED
11) September Stamp - FINISHED
12) October Stamp - FINISHED
13) November Stamp - FINISHED
14) December Stamp - FINISHED
15) French Country Witch
16) Humerous Alphabet
17) Summer Bird - FINISHED
18) Ghost - FINISHED
19) Halloween - FINISHED
20) Halloween Cauldron - FINISHED
21) Witches Hat - FINISHED
22) Autumn Alphabet - FINISHED
23) Penguin - FINISHED
24) Snowman
25) Woolly-Hatted Snowman - FINISHED
26) Black-Hatted Snowman - FINISHED
27) Santa - FINISHED
28) January Calendar
29) Polar Bear - FINISHED
30) Bear - FINISHED
31) February Calendar
32) Spring Bird - FINISHED
33) Coffee - FINISHED
34) March Calendar
35) Milk Train - FINISHED
36) April Calendar
37) May Calendar
38) Dreaming of Dolphins - FINISHED
39) Gryffindor - FINISHED
40) June Calendar
41) July Calendar
42) Cream - FINISHED
43) Birds With Umbrella - FINISHED
44) August Calendar
45) The Lock - FINISHED
46) September Calendar
47) Red Foxes - FINISHED
48) October Calendar
49) Pretty Little London - FINISHED
50) November Calendar
51) Slytherin - FINISHED
52) December Calendar
1) Raspberry - FINISHED
2) Winter - FINISHED
3) Gouldian Finch - FINISHED
4) Spring - FINISHED
5) Pear - FINISHED
6) Spring Alphabet - FINISHED
7) Cute Little Cockatiel - FINISHED
8) Canal Crossing - FINISHED
9) Yellow Patchwork Hootie - FINISHED
10) Spotted Owls
11) Dolphin With Cocktail - FINISHED
12) Sugar - FINISHED
13) Christmas Cat On Branch - FINISHED
14) Summer Alphabet - FINISHED
15) Tweeties - FINISHED
16) Summer - FINISHED
17) Haunted House Bell Pull - FINISHED
18) Pineapple - FINISHED
19) Tea - FINISHED
20) French Country Snow Globe - FINISHED
21) Purple Patchwork Hootie - FINISHED
22) Pretty Little Paris - FINISHED
23) A Shower - FINISHED
24) Banana - FINISHED
25) Winter Alphabet - FINISHED
26) Christmas Cat Hanging - FINISHED
27) Hufflepuff - FINISHED
28) Midnight Manor29) Mr Rush - FINISHED
During the year I stitched for a total of 479 hours, almost the same as last year but w-a-y down on the 809 and 691 hours from 2015 and 2016 respectively. But I'm not complaining, it's simply life coming first. Anyway, the fact I am able to stitch every day is satisfying in itself.
As for my stitching plans for 2019... all will be revealed tomorrow!
All the best and
Happy stitching :)
Rachel x
5 comments:
I'm a list nerd so I enjoyed them. You're right....Look at those finished words. So So Many. Great job with all your goals. Your Box of shame isn't really so shameful anymore either. Can't wait to see your 2019 goals. You can do it!!!
Congrats on all of the amazing finishes and fully finished pieces for the year Rachael. I have pieces that I stitched over 20 years ago that are still in a box. Looking forward to enjoying your stitching again next year.
Linda
You had an awesome year on both the stitching and finishing sides! I am impressed (and jealous) that you had so many FFOs!
Can't wait to see your next list tomorrow!
You had a really good stitching and finishing year. And I noticed that 12 of the pieces in your box of shame are a calendar which should finish up quickly once you decide on the how.
I call that a highly successful year! Very focused, and well done on all the FFO'ing too. Something I must emulate this year.
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