February Progress

I continued to make small steps on both my larger projects.   Once WIPGO for the month is done, I focused on both The French Alphabet and American Sampler.  

With the French Alphabet, I put in some border work, finished off the remnants of some letters on the current pattern page I was working on and then started on a new page.    Three pages done and nine to go!  Thank goodness for photos.   They help me see I am actually making progress.  5th line down, I am getting some of the personalization done:   RThompson is starting to take shape. (If only I have finished that “M” and it would be more clear.)

For American Sampler,  slow progress but progress.   I have actually  managed to work on this for an hour each time I pick it up.  Sometimes that hour is spent on frogging but that is all part of it.  My eyes seem to be getting used to stitching on this piece.

I am getting closer to a finish on Quaker Friends.   I take this to my weekly stitching group to work on there.   This will be another WIP done when I finish and that will be 2026!     

Each of these three prices are motif based and although that makes some stitchers crazy, I am not having a problem changing between them.  

I inspired myself by completing two large samplers last year so I feel good about all my prospects of finishing in 2026.   Even though the French Alphabet and the American Sampler will be multi-year projects, I know I will get them done.  So I did some Nashville Market shoppping…. Thankfully I only saw three patterns from Nashville Market that I want.    I pulled the trigger on only one ……Kitten Stitcher’s pre-order…….Warrior Patriot from Plum Street.  More incentive to complete my two larger WIP samplers.   This pattern appears no where on my  radar but I just really liked it.  With the exception of my WIPGO projects, I am not in the market to start anything new, especially not another big project!

That’s my month of stitching progress.   Being at Diane’s for a week and then having a big snow storm, contributed to my progress.   Once the weather warms and I find myself outside, the progress each month will slow.   But that is ok, I already have ideas for the yard and garden swirling in my mind.  I will have to learn to strike that balance.  

Time for me to catch up on your blogs and comments.  As always, thanks for stopping by and keep on stitching and creating.