Review - YOTA 2014

Today we look at the YOTA Sal I joined this year hosted by the lovely Pull The Other Thread.

This was my second year taking part and I'm afraid to say this year was just as unsuccessful as last year LOL

My project for this was Twilight Magic by HAED which featured in the World of Cross Stitching magazine a couple of year ago.

This was my progress in January of this year...

And here is my progress in March, which sadly was the last time I touched it.

Hmm...not exactly the progress I was hoping for, but even so I know this is more than I would have done otherwise on this project.

This is one SAL I will be taking part in again next year, although at the moment I am not sure which project will be my focus...I guess we will find out on check in day next month! :D

If you want to find out more about YOTA then follow this link and maybe sign up too?! :D

Emma xx

Review - Crazy January Challenge 2014

So, I think we can all be honest and say 2014 has not been my greatest stitching year. But that's ok, 2014 has been a big busy year for me so I am still quite pleased with what I did get done.

Over the next week or so I will be overhauling my blog in preparation for next year and the new SALs I will be taking part in, but first I think it's only right that I should review the ones I took part in this year to see just or successful (or not) I was.

First up is the Crazy January Challenge. Basically I had to start a new project every day for the first 15 days of the year and aim to have them all finished by the end of the year.

So did I manage to complete the challenge...?

Nope!

Sadly some of these projects still remain as WIPs in my stash pile. However out of the 15 I started I did manage to get 8 done - I don't think that's too bad...right?!

So here are my completed stitches for the challenge

Breast Cancer Bunting - Completed 05/01/2014

Vintage Rose - Completed 11/01/2014

Christmas Card - Completed 12/01/2014

Tropical Bookmark - Completed 09/02/2014

Rory Raccoon - Completed 16/02/2014

Festive Hoop - Completed 05/10/2014

Blue Tit - Completed 07/10/2014

Home Sweet Home - Completed 10/11/2014

I enjoyed all of these and it was nice to get a few small finishes in this year and thin down my freebie pile that I get with magazines!

However I have decided in 2015 not to take part in this challenge again, I really want to try and finish off some of my current projects and I don't think adding another 15 to my WIP pile will be such a good idea.

Did you take part in this challenge this year? Did you manage to complete it? Or are you taking part in 2015?

Emma xx