There are so, so many stitching groups across the internet, I’m guessing that the majority of them are on Facebook. But, I don’t use other social platforms so I don’t really know. I find groups, or groups find me in a variety of ways. Other FB friends or FB will recommend groups and are often a happy surprise. Zoom meetings with other stitchers, workshops and floss tube are also ways I have found stitching groups.
The most recent finds for me are WIPGO 2023, WIP Warriors and Cross Stitch Kit Start 2024. Will they help me stay focused on specific projects? Enable more new starts? Cause my resource center to grow? Probably yes to all three.
WIPGO has been around for a while in a variety of forms. Basically, it’s Bingo with cross stitch projects. You create your own bingo card and assign a project and stitching goal to each square. The same project can appear on your card as often or as little as you wish. A moderator will call the numbers and you will try to stay on task and get some stitching done. My board for 2024 is ready to go.
WIP Warriors is new to me but has been a FB group for a few years. The original idea was to stitch on current projects and not start any new pieces. It has evolved and is a combination of (1) stitching WIPs only … or … (2) stitching only WIPs until a piece is completed then you can add another project … or … (3) do whatever you want. Not so sure that option three is that useful in getting projects completed, but hey, it’s supposed to be fun. I am doing option 2 and have 12 projects from my last post, with room to add some of the new starts as they become WIPs.
Cross Stitch Kit Start 2024 is brand new group. The idea is to pull out, dust off, and get stitching on projects that were purchased as kits. Tricia already has prompts that are inspired by the names of the Moons each month (Wolf Moon, Snow Moon, Pink Moon, and so on). Many stitchers have a variety of kits from Dimensions, Bucilla, Design Works, Lanarte, Thea Gouvenor and more. Sometimes there is something that you want to change, it could be the fabric (lets face it, too often kit fabric is not the best quality), floss (also, not always the best quality), or tweaking the design.
In addition to the three groups listed above, there are a few other groups I have been in for years that are geared to actually making progress on projects (rather than just show and tell), my favorites are Floss In Space and Magical Stitches.
These are the projects I want to start in 2024 that are not kits. I will post photos of kits I would like to start in my next post.
Kaleidescopic Meadow from Burda Cross Stitch Magazine
Let Freedom Ring from Lila’s Studio
Elevenses from fiddlesticksau (photo from their etsy website)
Rudloph the Red Nosed Reindeer Ornaments from Dimensions
And They Sinned from Examplar Dames / Examplars from the Heart
Monopoly from C&L Crafts & Co
Pagoda Sampler from McCall’s Needlework & Crafts Magazine
There are only TEN days until Christmas!
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