March WIPocalypse.... Hopefully the World Makes it Through April

So, this post is late. And generally, when I procrastinate my check-in it's because.... I didn't meet the goal! Now, I understand that the goal of WIPocalypse is to work on and finish as many of our WIPs as possible for 2018 and that can't all be done in one month. But do you know how many WIPocalypse projects I worked on in March?

Zero.

None.

Not one.

Everything I worked on in March was a new start. But you know what? It's my BIRTHDAY MONTH! (that totally works as an excuse for anything, right?)

So, no progress on any WIPocalypse projects. And because I can't make a blog post without a picture and because I don't want to do another post for March Finishes, I'm just going to combine them. (yay!)

So, instead of working on WIPocalypse projects in March, here's what I did instead:

1. I started The Master and the Macabre by the Cricket Collection for the #EAPMacabre SAL in the FB group, Bewitched Stitches:

I'm stitching mine on 16 ct Aida in Enchanted Glen from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie using exactly NONE of the called for colors: 

2. For my birthday, I encouraged the cross stitch world to start Garden of Eerie from Plum Street Samplers: 

I stitched mine in exactly ALL of the called for DMC on a piece of 16 count Aida that I'm referring to as an "oopsie dye". It had been intended for Prairie Moon Merry X-Mas and was all kinds of wrong. But, being a bit of a pack rat, I saved it. And look how perfectly it fit Garden of Eerie: 

3. Then! For Andrea in CO's birthday on March 21, we started Frida by Barbara Ana Designs from the Spring 2018 issue of Punch Needle & Primitive Stitcher Magazine: 

I stitched mine in mosly all of the called for DMC, just subbing out colors here and there that I couldn't readily lay my hands on (ie, they're kitted up in something else). The only change that I intentionally made was Frida's skin. It was charted in 822 and I used 738. She's stitched on 14 count Aida that I dyed: 

I'm super excited about the FFO! She's mounted on a padded board and trimmed with tiny pom poms and attached to a Jose Cuervo Tequila and shot glass holder. PERFECT RIGHT?!!?

4. Slightly anti-climactically, I stitched my March ATC for #crossstitchatcs, the theme was Alphabet Soup and we were to stitch our partner's first initial. It's stitched on 22-count Hardanger in Mo's Sale Han: 

So, ZERO WIPocalypse pieces, but lots of good stuff nonetheless! 

And the March Question of the month: What newer designers and product creators out there have you discovered and recommend?

Well. Let me make you a list!

• Do you subscribe to X-Stitch Magazine? You need to. 
• Are you a member of the Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe floss of the month club? You probably should be!
• Have you checked out our very own Gulf Coast Stitcher? She has gone into business!! Get your charts from https://www.gulfcoaststitches.com/ for the BEST customer service around.
• She's not new, but she's my obsesssion: Theresa Venette of Shakespeare's Peddler. I want to stitch everything she designs. Every. Thing. EVERYTHING!