2018 in Review

This year feels like it passed in the blink of an eye! I think the photo above captures finishes from 2018. (However, I just realized the center artist trading card was actually finished in 2017 for the ATC Swap through the Crazy Quilt Quarterly Magazine. Oops...)

I managed 12 finishes this year. Of those 12, the postcards, mugs and the tote bag on the top right portion of the photo were created by other companies using photos of blocks I completed in 2018.

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Top 5 Blog Posts of 2018

1. Peek a Who? Blog Hop

2. Artist Trading Cards Sent & Received

3. Embellished CQJP 2018 January Block

4. Treasure Chest Postcard Tutorial Part 6

5. SK Effects of Caffeine Days 22-24

Top 5 Blog Posts Since 2012

1. TAST 76 (#1 last year)

2. Under the Sea Block Step 4: Seahorse Motif

3. Joyful Embellishments, TAST Week 1,

and Stichery Link Party #14 (#2 last year)

4. Crazy Quilt ATC Tutorial Part 1 - Piecing (#4 last year)

 5. April 2017 (#3 last year)

2018 Activities

2018 UFO Challenge

One UFO was finished this year and progress was made on 3 others. Find more details here.

My 2019 UFO Challenge list is here.

Crazy Quilt Journal Project (CQJP) 2018

December 31st is the last day to sign up for CQJP 2019. Details are here.

Many beautiful blocks were created for CQJP 2018, see them here.

I finished 4 of 12 blocks in 2018. January, February, March and April are complete.

In 2019, blocks may be created to finish CQJP events from previous years. That is my goal.

InCoWriMo 2018

INternational COrrespondence WRIting MOnth is in February. 

2018 was my 2nd year joining the fun. You may read more about my experience this year here. The InCoWriMo website is here.

HAED "QS Red Hearts"

This piece was completed on December 3, 2018, as seen here!

15,437 stitches added in 2018.

168 days (498.93 hours) of stitching from June 24, 2015 through December 3, 2018. 

Charting Creations "Fractal White Tiger"

I began this piece in 2016 for the Stitchy Start blog. 5,779 stitches were added in 2018, completing one page. 4 of 30 pages are finished.

This piece is now 17.15% complete. (It was 13.84% done on January 1st of 2018.)

HAED "Twilight Duel"

7,417 stitches were added in 2018. 

The bottom row of the chart is now complete.

HAED "Storykeep Effects of Caffeine"

This is my travel project. 1,405 stitches were added to it this year.

Page 1 (of 4) is 68.92% complete. 

The project is 18.55% finished.

Instagram

Wow! My cross-stitch projects - particularly QS Red Hearts - were clearly favorites on Instagram in 2018. 

Hmm... In 2017, I had 193 Instagram posts. There were only 57 in 2018. 

You may find me here on Instagram.

Published

These 3 Artist Trading Cards were published in the Summer 2018 Crazy Quilt Quarterly Magazine.

The Spring 2019 Crazy Quilt Quarterly Magazine (available February 1st) will feature another block created in 2018. 

I hope you all have a wonderful New Year!

Renee