Mid-Year WIP Parade 2024

I was not able to add in a few pictures showing what a finished pattern will look like due to failed export in editing!

[@teresajenningsoldstoneycreek]

Hi!!! First time finding you! You have an amazing variety of design choices and I love the beautiful fabrics you’ve chosen! Those you personally dyed are beautiful as well! Thank you for the WIP Parade!

[@paulinerowbury5589]

Perfect viewing on a rainy Saturday afternoon in Southern Australia. Made me want to get out sone of my older projects as well. Thank you for going to all that trouble.🥰👍

[@rebeccabrownjoshi]

Loved your parade and company while I'm stitching!!!! Hope to meet you at a retreat sometime!

[@michaeljones4380]

Julie! Greetings from Dallas!! It was really great to see all your WIPs!! I’m currently working on my small for Stitch North next year. LOL! Looking forward to your next video to see what you’ve chosen to work on. Lots of choices!!! ❤️

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

😍 I cannot wait!!!

[@SarahsStitchySpot]

Who doesn’t love a parade? Thank you for sharing. I know it is a lot of work. Thirza looks great behind you.

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

Thank you so much! Lots of cleanup but they’re so fun!

[@BlackRibbonStitchStudio]

Just Wow! Thanks, Julie! 💝

[@simoney9202]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful projects. I love your dyed fabric ❤

[@scrappychickcyndi]

Oh gracious Julie, too many fabulous wips to begin commenting on. And I could have watched through 88 kitted up projects too! Absolutely LOVED your parade! I will say you might have enabled me to place a couple of orders 😂

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

Oh I FOR SURE have at least 88 kitted up projects too 😅

[@emilywells869]

I really enjoyed this, thanks! I love your WIPs! You have such a great eye for colour. Happy stitching!

[@wideeyedstitchingchild]

You can twist my arm anytime, bb 😘😘😘 the wip parade mess is truly its own beast 😂 thank you for making it 🖤 xoxoxo

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

❤️ I have it half cleaned up 🤣

[@patburton837]

Wow!! I love all your WIPs. I only have one full coverage project to work on.

[@deniseniemann5270]

Loved seeing your WIP parade! Saw some things I also need to get back out to work on. Some things I have finished and some things I would like to stitch. Thanks so much for sharing and providing some inspiration for me!!!

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

I love watching WIP parades and remembering the ones I have and need to work on! Sometimes I’ll even dig a pattern out of stash and kit it up to start

[@LindaStitches]

100% Live and let live! I have NO idea how many WIPs I have 😂. Thanks for a great parade🎉!

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

❤️❤️❤️

[@teacherlovesbeauty]

This was fun to watch! I love how you modified a pattern to make it Gilmore Girls themed!❤❤

[@AnastasiaMeng]

Love your video ❤ I did laundry, ate lunch and framed a piece while watching ❤ my favs are always owl forests!

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

I always want to work on an owl forest after seeing someone else or looking at mine!

[@zanxstitch]

Just started watching and loved you mentioning a large amount of projects. I realised that i don't get the same thrill when finishing something as when i stitch it. Stitching the project feels like living in a fantasy world of imagining all the possibilities of the project. When it is done, those thoughts and feelings are done too. Same reason why i like to read fiction instead of non-fiction.

[@sarahgreiner2694]

Beautiful stitching. I remember Kikimora was such a fun stitch. My dad's side of the family is related to Rebecca Nurse, so I may need to get that pattern.

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

The Rebecca Nurse pattern seems to stitch up really fast!

[@sarahgreiner2694]

@@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285 very cool

[@jasminecustombags]

I could have watched you for another 2 hours. Your wips are so varied and so you. Loved every second of it

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

❤️❤️❤️

[@tamrenoblet8214]

Thanks for sharing. We appreciate all your time. Off camera as well as you clean up the mess 😮‍💨

[@stitchynati]

Thanks for a lovely WIP parade, it got me through a lot of stitching (and some annoying over one frogging). Loved the alternating order! ❤

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

Over one frogging?!? That’s the worstttttt

[@tashamckinney4158]

Your WIP parades are honestly some of my favorites! I think we have similar taste in patters, so I have my pencil and paper ready for notes!

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

😍

[@dawnowens8933]

Loved the wip parade. so many cool projects. I recently got interested in samplers due to Thirza goes goth and have found a few more with bold colors.

[@jillcooke1527]

You had me at Brontë sisters. Love your WIP parade as always!!

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

Ahhhhh Bronte sisters 😍😍😍

[@debng3210]

Thanks for sharing. Several of your WIPs are also in my WIP collection and I have finished a few. I just have to decide which on to pull out next, and which of the patterns I saw today I need to add to my collection! Hope the cleanup went smoothy!

[@pamelagrant6550]

Loved seeing all the beautiful things!!

[@StitchingisElementary]

Well that was fun!! Thanks for sharing! 😁

[@LadyMarmaladeinStitches]

A lot of lovely wips and I completely understand when you say that you love each and every wip but get distracted by yummy new patterns 🫢

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

WIP parades definitely make me want to stitch on everything again! But I get distracted by new and shiny before I can get back to all the WIPs 🤣

[@pennysdaughtershares8227]

Thank you for sharing!💚💚💚I hope your clean-up was easier than you were afraid it would be🙃

[@delilahpalacios511]

Hello KC, Texas here. First and foremost Superbowl Champs 🏆 🎉 Second - Gilmore Girls!!!! Who’s your ultimate favorite? TEAM Dean, Jess, Logan ? Been hearing of you and finally stopped and searched. I’m here for it! Love it all.

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

Awwwww thank you! I was literally JUST talking to a friend earlier about how Team Jess is the only correct answer! So funny you brought it up 🤣

[@welephantsoup]

loving the chaotic casual vibes here! staying up LATE tonight stitching away and watching :) SEVERAL screenshots have been taken that will turn into purchases soon...

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

Chaotic casual is definitely my vibe 🤣

[@shelly2758]

Loved all your projects ! But dang, girl, stick to a few…. Lol! ❤

[@madgrandma]

Enjoyed this WIP parade. Just a note about Fox and Rabbit stitchalongs - Bren now says the SAL is free until end of Dec, charged from Jan 1st.

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

Ooops, that does sound right now that you mention it! 😅

[@leasydney3388]

What a mighty effort. Thank you 🌸

[@phyllisdaum1213]

I like your wip parades the best!!

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

😘😘😘

[@KellyGreen-io8js]

Wow what a WIP parade! Thank you for sharing.

[@nataliadmitrieva3929]

What a great wip parade!! Loved it 😁 I loooove when people show so many projects! Who cares how many - we’ll stitch it all one day 😁♥️

[@dawntomczyk8267]

Thank you so much for your hard work. I have been watching you for years and you have been so inspiring!!!

[@sherecemagnuson913]

Thank you for doing this. I’m sure it’s a lot of work! Your projects are all so lovely! My wishlist is growing…!

[@karinmonnich3310]

Thank you for the wip parade. You have some gorgeous wips. Happy stitching!

[@sherrifarris8878]

Great WIP parade!

[@MKissaCreations]

Oh I love how you did the back and forth! Love seeing all of your projects, as per usual! 😍

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

I just finished your WIP parade too! ❤️

[@kima9181]

Appreciate the effort that took ;)

[@theresachucle5362]

Great wip parade have a great day 😊🧵🪡🤗🤩

[@debbieguastella4589]

I haven't been able to stitch since March under Dr's. order I get migraines every I've done everything my Neurologist told me. Tried nerve block shots in my head going to see a new dr. next week I want to stitch so much. I love your WIPs you introduced me to more things than I can put here thank you

[@megastitches]

❤❤❤ wow ! Amazing projects! Love the fabric choices too !

[@triciabenich]

Really enjoyed your wip parade, Julie! Thanks for sharing xx

[@Nessiefitch]

Excellent WIP parade! Makes me want to dig through my WIPs........... yes I think I will. Thanks for the inspiration and for showing me the Works of Jane Austen SAL. I see a purchase in my future.

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

I hope it’s still available! I still love that pattern so much

[@kbhstitches]

This was such fun - and helped me get a finish on one of my oldest WIPS! The cleanups are always the worst! Hope you got an extra iced coffee.

[@sleepycalico]

Mother Nature has hilariously tiny T Rex hands. But she is gorgeous. Your Reaching Skyward is so gorgeous, I didn't recognize it as the SAL. Breathtaking. I know you don't like backstitching, but maybe you could backstitch the border in a color that would save your from frogging and restitching.... The yellow is actually beautiful on screen, but the pattern within it is what is lost.

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

Omg now I will never unsee the tiny hands! 🫣 and you’re right - what bothers me about the yellow is that the Assisi pattern doesn’t show. I need to “audition” some other colors

[@Amylovestoads]

This was fantastic 🎉

[@nityaviswanath894]

I'm stitching on Goth Thirza while watching! So many good wips to choose from. Do you ever think of shortening any of the larger pieces in order to get some smaller, quicker finishes? I've been thinking about that for some of the year-long sals and large samplery pieces. Ok, going back to stitching and watching!

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

I really haven’t but that’s actually a great idea. I need to reexamine them with a critical eye to see if there are any that might be good for that

[@nityaviswanath894]

@@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285 I've been thinking about this too, even hashtags for it to make it a SAL, something like SnackSizedSamplerSAL or SamplerSnackSAL. Stitch just a little bit of a pattern to get a taste of it and be ok with not finishing the whole thing. This would help decrease my WIP count for sure!

[@stitchyduck]

How do you dye your fabrics, will you ever show your dyeing process? Your self-made pieces look so beautiful. Also how many strands do you use on 36 count and 40+ count?

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

My dyeing process is usually just throwing random stuff together and seeing how it turns out 🤣 I will consider filming it sometime! I use one strand on 40 count and almost always one strand on 36 count too

[@pampepper7504]

Can we vote on the next finish? I love the zodiac on the purple fabric.

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

That’s one I’m actually trying to work on this year! I fell behind again on Taurus and Gemini but I already have future signs done so it’s still possible I can catch up and finish!

[@jennycraftsandreads]

Woohoo! 🎉

[@samanthatattam6793]

Hi Julie, loved your WIP parade and all your progress videos. Just wondering nosily (feel free to tell me to mind my own business 😂) where the Frosted Pumpkin Castle Homecoming WIP was? Hoping you didn't UFO it as it was so close to a finish and the fabric was gorgeous ❤

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

It’s actually finished and in my bin of stuff to be FFOed!!! I know, shocking! I finally finished a SAL 🤣

[@xtinamorelos]

i love wip parades. that is all.

[@stephaniesnape6787]

Pithy.

[@HyggeStitcher]

❤❤❤

[@melissaalf1238]

If you ever consider selling Let Freedom Ring, let me know and I’ll be happy to finish it. 🖤

[@sewmanystitches_]

Awesome WIP parade! What is that beautiful rainbow sampler to the right of you called?

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

Hello! That is Thirza Priscilla Dawes 1870 from my own design company, Hemlock & Rye Stitchery

[@balticsea_stitcher2053]

❤

[@oonaghirishstitcher]

What is the fabric that the Catalogue of Witches Familiar's stitched on? I am newish to stitching so I don't know what the ins and outs of all the good brands are

[@misscheer4eva]

My mom has a Barbara Anna designs pattern and on her pattern is not the same dmc as in the photo as well

[@misscheer4eva]

My moms oldest wip is from 1989

[@lisao8158]

Could the fabric company that you didn't want to mention be Fortnight Fabrics? I have been trying to figure out all this time how to use my gift card code from them to get fabric. Their company just disappeared. 😢. I am so disappointed with them especially at the time I bought the gift card code I was being supportive and they let me down.

[@kansascitygirlinacoloradow4285]

Oh actually it was another that’s still in business but would not give them any business knowingly! Fortnight Fabrics - there’s some question about what exactly happened with them but they are closed up for sure. I’m sorry that happened to you!

[@lisao8158]

Thank you for your reply. I am a fan of yours and it means a lot ❤😊

[@heatherjones7441]

@@lisao8158 The two people that ran Fortnight Fabrics had a messy breakup. One of them tried to continue on with the company but I think the amount of work just drowned him and I guess the company is no more! Sad, I enjoyed their videos. Sorry about your gift card!