Monthly Goals

I know, today is the last day of the month, but I am not going to get any more done. So the month is over for me now! heh

Goals for June.

1. Finish Store Model Done!
2. Work on last UFO RR (when I get it as it isn't here yet) Done!
3. Finish page 2 of Fiona Only half the page
4. Finish The Big Zipper Done



Goals for July.

1. Finish page 2 of Fiona
2. Half page 3 of Fiona
3. Finish French Flower Shop
4. Mail UFO RR

This month will be try-to-catch-up-on-Fiona-a-bit month.

adding stash adding stash

I've been doing a lot of that lately. But, at least I am not buying charts. I am getting fabric, some just for on hand stash (nice neutral colours) and some for particular charts. And floss floss floss, again mostly to kit up stuff. I guess this is what I end up doing when I can't start new things... I kit up tons of new things! This will be handy next year if I decide to do the whole chart challange thing... I may not have to be buying ANYTHING during it... not just no new charts. heh. Unless I run out of floss in the middle of a project.... or beads. I will say it is fun to go shopping through my charts and see what all I want to do. I have a small stack of ones I know I will never do, now just to find a good way of getting them out of the house.

My weekend was pretty busy. Weddings, b'day parties, and bike rides. Didn't do any stitching because in my down time I was playing LORTO. I might do another day or two of that... then back to my stitching. Fiona is calling to me and I would love to finish page 2.

A finish, and thoughts

First some thoughts. After kitting up a ton of my charts that have just been sitting around I am now thinking that next year it might be a good idea to do a 50 chart challenge. I could easily finish 50 things and still have more to stitch. Scary. I need to think more about this.

And now a finish! Last night I finished up the Big Zipper. I started it.. mumbulty mumble. And now it is done. Feels good to have it done.

those plans... and model stitching

I have sucessfully avoided any new starts. Thanks all for commenting and telling me you feel the same about wanting to start new things... and that sticking with fewer, or one, can indeed make projects get done faster! I do know this. heh. But need to kick myself with the reminder. Being overwhelmed with WIPs is not a good place to be, which is why I did the no new starts year. And when I do get to start new things... well... I know that I have tons I get to choose from that are just waiting for me!

The last few days there have been no new words from Boo Club. And that is because I was waiting on a thread I had run out of! Once I got it I just zoomed through the last words and now it is all finished and ready to mail off. It feels good to get it done. Now to work on my last UFO RR piece. It has a mail date of July 7, I think. No worries there, I am on it now.

Plans, plans, and more plans

My plan this year has been to have no new starts... this is so I can actually finish some of the many many WIPs I have sitting around looking at me so pathtically.

However, I have spent the last week kitting up new projects. Now I have all these new pretties looking at me and begging me to start them. The real problem is I WANT to stitch all the things I have as WIPs and all my now kitted projects. And I want to do it all NOW! I need to just focus and work on each piece I have current in a rotation. Then I will really finish things.... and next year I won't feel as terribly guilty about started new ones. I'd love to get my WIPs down to 6 or 7. I have so many more right now.... languishing away.

But, my new pretties.... heh
Like Mary Wigham, Catherine Agnes, Convent's Herbal Garden, Anne Grimshaw, English Whitework Sampler, Three Things Sampler, And they sinned, St. Petersburg, Grand Marquior, mystery sampler -from last year, spot mystery sampler -from this year, and I could go on... and on....

Order! I need order, and structure... and to stay with my no new starts. So.... sigh... back to stitching on my WIPs and just drooling over my wanted new starts.

words 7 and 8

I should be done with this by the end of the week, I hope.

More Boo Club

The sore hands have recovered. Back to showing more words.





I am now at the halfway point! A couple more days should see a finish. I hope.

And here is why...

there are no new words up this weekend.



That's three new flower beds, and a new walkway....

My hand hurts too much to hold a needle! After all the ripping of grass and pulling of HUGE bushes and then planting new plants. I just couldn't stitch.

Don't ya just hate it...

LatelY I have been seeing a few pictures of Jim Wurth's dodecagon ornaments. And of course I fell in love with them. I looked into getting them... and, of course.... you CAN'T anymore! I would have had to sign up in January for them. Sigh.

Ah well. Can't get them everything you want. :) I will just have to enjoy the pictures of the other people stitching them. heh.

And More

Two words this time!

More Boo!

One more word down. Hello treats. mmmm...

Model Stitching

I am working on a store model right now.

LK's Boo Club. Here is Spooky!



I am hoping to get one word done a day... or more.

Stitching content

Got "stuff" done. So, here is some stitching related blathering.

First. I finally got off my duff and had Starmaiden framed. She has only been waiting for about a year.



Happy!

I had a store model waiting for me at home when I got back from vacation. I need to get moving on it. It will be a fun one to do I think and will post pictures. It's LK's Boo Club.

Next... I think I need to start making goals again. And maybe start putting tags on my posts. Organization! What is my world coming too?!

So Goals for June.

1. Finish Store Model
2. Work on last UFO RR (when I get it as it isn't here yet)
3. Finish page 2 of Fiona
4. Finish The Big Zipper

There, that should keep me out of trouble. Maybe I will try a bit more thread dying? hmmmmm.

back

I've been off on vacation but am now back... It was the big hole and rock trip. :) The Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater. Canyonlands, Arches... All in all a lot of driving and a pretty good time.

Now back to the normal grind of life.... with a ton of extra cleaning. How is it possible that the house can get so dirty when no one is living in it! Boggles my mind.

I did get some stash on vacation. I already put away the charts. But I did get a nice big project as well. The Saling Sisters Cabnet. I don't think that is the name but I am being lazy right now and don't want to go look it up. heh

I still need to get in the yard and do tons of weeding.... but at least the wild kingdom grass has been hacked back. It was really tall!

Later I might actaully make a stitching post.... but it depends on if I get all my "stuff" done.