Time to recap... happy New Year everyone!
Goal No. 1 was Maiden and Unicorn by Vermillion Stitchery was about 50% finished and now it's about 95% percent after 29 days this year, I suppose. It needs a bit more xstitch (feather on her headpiece), lots more backstitch, and beading, and cleanup of all the parked thread of course. I have allotted 5 days for her in January 2018 and that should be enough time to finish.
Goal No. 2 was Snowman & Friends Stocking by Dimensions Gold was a half done UFO, which I finished July 14 after copious backstitching, couching and french knots (hello swirling snow!) Christmas in July for the win!
Goal No. 3 was Castle by Teresa Wentzler, was 70% complete and I finished May 23 after ~ 7 evenings of backstitching that dragon with various metallic fibers. Yay for Maynia (serial starting event), which lights a fire under me to finish stuff!
Goal No. 4 was Fall Fairy by Dimensions Gold, which started about 3% done, it's now about 50%, after 22 days effort this year. As for the finish goal, I fell short obviously, having drastically underestimated the time I would need for completion. Hopefully I can finish it next year.
Goal No. 5 was Summer Bellpull by Stoney Creek, which was 80% complete, I finished March 13, after ~2 hours of backstitching on each of the 6 blocks, well in time to sew it into a bellpull before Summer, but that didn't happen, oh well.
Goal No. 6 was Earth Goddess by Joan Elliott, which I finished February 27, with copious backstitch especially that green Kreinik vine. I do love her so, one of my favorite finishes all year.
Goal No. 7 was Aphrodite by Mirabilia, which I finished March 24, and actually framed during the summer. The secondary goal was to start another mermaid, which I did in November and made a nice little start.
Goal No. 8 new starts, especially King Arthur's Court (31 days effort), Fire Goddess (finished August 30), and Titania (finished December 4). Besides those, I started 22 other projects... egads! What happened to the Year of WIPs? I managed to get 24 finishes, so my wip count remains decent. I did meet most of my finish goals, but seriously I don't want or need to be starting so many projects.
Goal No. 9 was handknits. I did not work on any of the projects mentioned in my intro post, but I did start & finish a rather epic sweater project, Shakespeare in Love. No pics yet, sorry. Soon, I promise! I also started another "Christmas" sweater... Coraline by Ysolda. It's beautiful and easy but slow, with 200+ stitches on US 4 needles.
Goal No. 10 was sewing clothes and home dec projects. I sewed my son's Halloween costume, which took a lot longer than I supposed it would when he chose the pattern, but I did manage to finish it, and he loved wearing it to trick or treat, and as dress up clothes since. I wasn't really feeling the home dec projects, but at least I managed to decorate for Thanksgiving, then Christmas, in timely fashion(s). I suppose framing falls under this category... I framed 12 projects in 2017 and I am very proud of that number, it went a long way towards reducing the backlog and using the frames I had stashed.
As for my December stitching, early in the month I had a bee in my bonnet to finish Titania, which I managed Dec 4th. I worked on King Arthur, and Winnie the Pooh, Maiden & the Unicorn (pics above) and started a new project on December 10th, the Mill Hill Wagon ornie, which I did finally finish Dec 30.
Honestly December wasn't the greatest stitchy month because I spent an a lot of time framing and on various Christmas prep, gifts, decorating, baking, wrapping, family fun, travel... I was too tired to stitch most evenings and then I got sick before Christmas. Hopefully I can get back into a groove in the New Year because I have big plans!
I think you accomplished a lot during 2017. I hope you are feeling better. Wishing you a wonderful 2018 filled with lots of stitching and good things.
Posted by: Robin in Virginia | December 31, 2017 at 05:08 PM
Fantastic Stephanie! Your projects finished are so amazing and I look forward in seeing many more of your stitchy projects! Happy New Year 2018!!!
Posted by: Lori Griffore | December 31, 2017 at 06:51 PM
You did a great job in 2017! I am still enamored of your son's Halloween costume.
Posted by: Anna | January 01, 2018 at 11:09 AM
You got a big bunch of stitching done during the last year, all your finishes are so pretty and I am so much looking forward to see further WIPs and finishes in 2018 =) Happy New Year =)
Posted by: Lady Stitch-a-Lot | January 01, 2018 at 01:24 PM
Great work! You get so much done in the time you have. I love Earth Goddess and the Aphrodite Mermaid. And The Castle which I didn't realise was such a recent finish for some reason!
Love your son's costume, he's adorable.
You did some great framing too even if it took you away from stitching. I hope that inputting all the data for SFS hasn't had a detrimental effect either!
Posted by: Joanne P | January 03, 2018 at 02:56 PM
I only started following you during the year so I had not seen all of these finishes yet, so thanks for the recap :) Great work!
Posted by: Leonore Winterer | January 05, 2018 at 03:10 AM
Good job Stephanie! You have accomplished so much in 2017. Love all your stitch work and framing especially your son's costume, earth goddess, fire goddess and Titania. Happy New Year to you and your family!
Posted by: Yanna | January 10, 2018 at 01:42 AM