Year of WIPs 2019

Year of WIPs, or YoW, is a Facebook phenomenon that is the brainchild of Melanie Watkins (check our her Flosstube) and is managed from the group Soulful Stitching on Facebook.

The premise is that you chose x number of WIPs each year--x must be greater than 18 to be eligible for prizes--and you vow to finish as many of them as you can. The idea is to finish all of them. But the minimum to be prize eligible is half.

I made big goals in 2018 and didn't even come close. I swore that I would make smaller goals in 2019. But who was I kidding?! They're BIGGER goals!!

So, I originally chose 32 WIPs to finish this year. I KNOW!! I know... but also remember that I'm not starting anything in 2019. So it's doable, right? Right.

Here they are, the first 32... (Yep, I said FIRST 32, just wait.... Melanie threw a curve)

1. Alice in Wonderland by XStitchEu:


2. Nevermore by Lila's Studio:


3. Alice Under the Dreaming Tree by HAED, one page:


4. Beautiful Secrets by HAED, one page:


5. Contessa with Squid from HAED, one page:

FINISHED on January 18: 


6. Mini Crane from HAED, one page:


7. Mini Queen Bee by HAED, one page:


8. Home for Christmas by Plum Street Samplers:


9. Count Twice Stitch Once by The Primitive Hare:




I finished him for the #MagicalStitches challenge: work on your smallest WIP, finish it, and FFO it if possible, IN TWO DAYS. Challenge accepted!

His name is Mignon and he was finished on 30 April, 2019.

10. Halloween Quaker by Lila's Studio:


11. The Master and the Macabre by The Cricket Collection:


12. Oh Say Can You Sea by Hands on Design:


13. Toasty TARDIS by Mandarink Designs on Etsy:


14. Skeleton Mosaic by Works by ABC:


15. Summertide Blessing by Plum Street Samplers:


16. Black Pearl by The Primitive Hare:


FINISHED on January 20:


17. 2017 Christmas SAL by Tiny Modernist:


18. Wacky Witches in Stitches by CloudsFactory:


FINISHED! February 28: 

19. Autumn Acorns by The Blue Flower:


20. Birds to the Boughs by Lindy Stitches:


21. Deer Joy by Barbara Ana Designs:


As of April 2, Roy is all finished:

22. Black'd Skie by The Primitive Needle:


23. Midnight Ride by Blackbird Designs:


FINISHED February 8: 


24. Blue Hawaiian Garden by By the Bay Needleart:


25. Quaker Garden by Blackbird Designs:


Another finish, May 4, 2019:

26. Halloween Garden by The Primitive Needle:


Done on April 17, 2019:

27. Kind and True by with my Needle:


28. A Wicked Plant by Barbara Ana Designs:


29. I Give You My Heart by Barbara Ana Designs:


Finished March 22, 2019:

30. Morbid Pithies by The Workbasket:


31. Boo-ook by The Witchy Stitcher:



So. Thirty-one.


AND THEN!! And then. Melanie threw out the Year of WIPs EXTREME challenge. Before I even knew the rules I had said, "hold my qSnap..."

The challenge was to add as many WIPs to our list as the number of our birthday. So, March 10 gets me 10 more WIPs. Challenge accepted Melanie, here are the additional 10:

1. First Winds of Autumn by Blackbird Designs

2. Christmas is Coming by Barbara Ana Designs


3. Tread Lightly by Shakespeare's Peddler:


4. Mister Turkey by By the Bay Needleart:


5. Vlad's Vash Day by Raise the Roof Designs:

6. On Coverlet Court by The Scarlett House:


7. Fraktur Bird by Shakespeare's Peddler:

FINISHED!!! March 14. This will not stay with me though. It's going to be my small for the Stitch and Give at Arizona Stitchnanigans reterat:

8. Roses Embroidery by Gera:

9. Gobble Gob by Plum Street Samplers:


10. PSL They're Here by The Witchy Stitcher:

Let's see what I can do. We're allowed to change out WIPs in June and I think I'll probably be changing out all of my HAEDs for more pages on Josephine (Contessa with Squid) since I'm going to be working on her every single day this year.

I've finished 9/41 WIPs so far. Only another 12 to go. 0_0