I want to
thank everyone who commented on my earlier post and made suggestions about what
to stitch next – I really appreciate every bit of input!
If you’ve
been reading my blog for a while, you know I tend to be a monogamous
stitcher. This can be good because I
don’t end up with a lot of WIPs/UFOs, but it can also be bad because when I get
sick a bit tired of a project and don’t want to work on it, it can mean
not stitching at all. Which is Very Not
Good.
Hand in hand
with that particular tendency (failing?), I’ve never really done well with
rotations. But there’s a first time for
everything, right? Perhaps the issue is
that any previous rotation I’ve tried has not been structured in a manner that
worked for me.
Thanks to my
indecisiveness, I’ve come up with a sort of rotation that I think might work. Either that, or I’ve just found a way to justify
starting a whole lot of different project starts!
Since I
don’t normally stitch every day, a rotation that assigns each day of the week a
different project is … not optimal. Here’s
what I came up with:
As you can sort of see, each project
has several lines of empty blocks, arranged in rows of five, and the plan is
this: Every time I work on a project, I note
the date in its next open block. If I
feel like working on that same project the next night / next time I stitch,
that’s fine, but if I want to work on something different, that’s okay too. If I work on the same piece five stitching
days in a row, I will consider moving to another piece the next time I
stitch, but I don't have to change.
My hope is
that this not-really-a-rotation will satisfy my desire to plug away at one
thing, but also spice things up a bit and keep me from getting tired of
whatever I’m working on. And I might
even get more projects completed.
So far, this
non-rotation rotation has generated two new starts. That’s two new starts in one week. And there are several
more projects ready to go and just waiting to be added to the list. I just need to make sure to keep at least one
small project going so that I get an occasional finish.
The new
starts? Mary Goodburn and the Acorn
Sampler Sewing Case - pictures soon! Goat Load is kitted
up and waiting its chance, and the Cluny Unicorn is all contained in its own
tote bag but needs a bit more prep work.
Silly me did not realize that NEARLY EVERY SYMBOL on the scary, solid -coverage
chart is for a BLENDED needle. When
that little item of information finally hit home, I ordered the floss label
stickers that go with the chart. These dodads
go on one’s floss bobbins and show the chart symbol plus the DMC thread numbers
that make up that color. I’m thinking a
weekend afternoon playing paper dolls putting stickers on floss bobbins
is in order before putting a needle into this mammoth project. Gridding at least a section of the fabric may
also be in order. - do you ever do that?
I’m also thinking
that Betsy Davis needs her own bag as she is currently in a very thick pocket
folder and will no doubt require more space once begun (I know I have more tote
bags somewhere…). Yes, I’m itching to
start working on her too. Perhaps I’ve
gone crazy in my old age.
Or maybe I
just want to make some more progress on my far-beyond-SABLE stash.
>^..^<
