A-Z of WIPs Challenge 2024 - E and F

Good afternoon!

The A-Z of WIPs Challenge 2024 is a little SAL being attempted by Serendipitous Jo and myself to stitch our way through an alphabet of WIPs at two/three per month, starting with A and B in January and finishing with Y and Z in December. 

A to D have been successfully completed, so now it's the turn of E and F.

E is for... Elixir Of Luck by CrazyBlendShop (etsy)

Started March 2022 - last worked on April 2023.

I'm sounding like a broken record here, but this was another WIP I didn't want to put down after its two days of attention. I was hoping to stitch all of the bits above the liquid but didn't quite make it. The  pale yellows are really soothing to work with but next time (whenever that may be) I've got the lovely richer darker yellows to look forward to.

Stitching time to date - 9 hours 5 minutes

F is for... France, an 'All Around The World' chart by Soda Stitch

Started July 2021 - last worked on April 2023.

I usually stitch from right to left, but just had to finish the iconic Eiffel tower before carrying on with the lady.

Stitching time to date - 6 hours 10 minutes

These may have only been out for a couple of days, but I really enjoyed working on both and am again happy with my progress.

Next month G and H, where I'm hoping for not one but two 'G' finishes before heading off to a magical village for H.

Take care,

Rachel x

Elixir Of Life - finished!

Hi all,

Yep, I have a finish, one of the four new projects I started during this year's Mischievous March.

I wondered at the end of the Elixir Of Life's 10 hour post whether it would be finished by 20 hours. The answer was no, by quite a long way. But I didn't bother with a 20 hour post because there was only a little bit of stitching and all the backstitching left to do.

Here's a reminder of how it looked at 10 hours:

Here's the stitching finished after 20 hours and 40 minutes:

And here's the finished product after an additional 3.5 hours(!) of backstitching:

Elixir Of Life by CrazyBlendShop (etsy)

Stitched on 16ct Margarita over-dyed aida

Started - 5th March 2022

Finished - 4th July 2022

Total stitching time - 24 hours 10 minutes

There were four colours and seven symbols involved in the backstitching, which I didn't mind at all as it was great seeing the little bottle come to life.

I'm now working on my Christmas In July pieces and, since I've dropped my 'compulsory stitching' expect to make fairly good progress. However, I've just realised it's the 7th July and I haven't yet FFOd anything for the 10th... better amend that straight away!

Take care,

Rachel x

Elixir Of Life - 10 hours

Hi all,

The delve into my WIP box resulted in Elixir Of Life, a new start during this year's Mischeivous March, being pulled out.

I have no idea why I fell in love with this, and the other five potion bottles in the set, but stitching on it this last week has been very relaxing. It is said that green is a calming colour, so maybe that's subconsciously helped.

Here's how I left the bottle after the Mischievous March start:

And here's how it's looking now:

I think I'll stay with it until it's finished. The only question is, which will come first... the finish, or the 20 hour mark?

Take care,

Rachel x

Mischievous March New Start #1 - Elixir Of Life

Good morning all!

And welcome to the first new start for Mischievous March!

In case you're unfamiliar with Mischievous March, it's a little new start binge Tiff and I thought up last year with the idea of starting a new project during each of the four weekends in March. It's deemed as being Mischievous because we both have *cough* 'quite a few' WIPs and really don't need any more. On the other hand, we do try to keep the new starts smallish so they should be finished quite quickly.

Anyway, on to the new start. This is Elixir Of Life by CrazyBlendShop on etsy. It's from a series of six elixir bottles, one more of which I will be starting next week. I found them by accident and, although it's very rare I make impulse purchases, bought them immediately.

I had a good weekend of stitching, so here's my start so far:

Elixir Of Life by CrazyBlendShop (etsy)

Stitched on 16ct Margarita over-dyed aida

Stitching time to date - 3 hours 55 minutes

And how it will look when finished:

So quite a long way (and so many greens!) to go!

And here's the linky thing if you also had a new start during the first week/weekend of March and want to link up. I think it's only me and Tiff, but that's OK.

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I have to say I'm already looking forward to start number two this coming Saturday!

Take care,

Rachel x