WIPocalypse update

Sorry this is late again!

This month I have worked on...absolutely nothing that was on my WIPocalypse list...ooops!

However, I can tell you all about my oldest and newest WIP's.  That's easy!

My oldest is most likely to be a gorgeous Cat's Alphabet sampler by Janlynn.  I started this in or around 2003.  It was my first ever purchase on discovering Hobbycraft.  I didn't know as much back then as I do now and two of the things I didn't know was that the oils from the scroll frame could mark the fabric and that I shouldn't really leave the fabric in sunlight for any length of time.  Do you think you can guess how I learnt both of these?  Yep it was hard to tell which one had done the most damage to the fabric, sun fade or oil marking.  Strangely enough I was toying with the idea of getting a new bit of fabric to start this again as even after all this time, I still love the design. I would however, stitch it on evenweave instead of aida this time.

My newest WIP is definitely Bothy Threads Haberdasher's which I am loving.  I posted a photo of progress in my last post, but don't mind boring you with it again!

There's not much to say about it except I am loving it!!

Arrrgggghhhhhhh

When I got up this morning, Colin mentioned that something had been spilled on my cross stitch. When we examined it we realised that what it actually was where the wiped had been left open on the sofa it had soaked through the fabric. As it's on rollers I whipped it off and started to wash it. When I was washing it I noticed that the fabric had faded where it had been stored. Arrggghhh! On the plus side as it now needs restarting it is no longer a WIP. Really it was lucky that it had got wet otherwise I would have stitched downwards and then gone up and would have been really upset to find it after that!

Progress has continued on "How does your garden grow?" and part 1 is very nearly complete now. I will post a progress pic later on tonight.