Wow!
I am a little surprised its 2022, the last year has literally been sucked into the ether - it felt like it passed so quickly that there wasn't time for much. One thing I did try to improve on was time management so that I would feel better about actually making positive steps towards my stitchy goals.
I have quite a lot of WIPs that I have had for the last few years at least but rarely stitch on but do want to at some point. Maybe I will post some cover pics of what WIPS I have and what they should look like! I feel I need to be more motivated and accountable and so regardless if anyone reads this - I will be posting, my goal is monthly, so fingers crossed. I actually also found a great needlework shop in Norfolk, a place I often go yet never knew that shop was there - suffice to say I bought some stash :D I don't know how I have held back on new starts. I also sorted out some charts from magazines and thought I would be ruthless on only keeping those there was a strong possibility I would stitch on - I have so many still! haha
I have joined a Heaven and Earth Design challenge group - the aim is to stitch either 100 stitches or for 15 minutes every day on a HAED project. Its day 11 and I am surprised I have been keeping up. I started a design back last year around September and whenever I get it out I become obsessed with working on it -and its the reason I never finished a stitch I was doing for my mum for Christmas, doh!
Its a StoryKeep of Aimee Stewarts Suteki, I had bene drawn to the full design but my partner convinced me to do the storykeep as I was more likely of seeing a finish in this lifetime :D I post my updates on my instagram too, and for the first week posted a few times but intend to now keep it weekly. I am stitching it tent stitch 2 over 1 on 25ct easy guide using DMC. I consider 200 of those stitches to equal the 100 required for the challenge.
So along with my mums gift (now to be her 70th birthday gift in March), I have Suteki, and am going to stitch on CloudsFactoryDesigns Dinosaur ABC SAL this year too.
These three are definitely ones that I am targeting, but I keep thinking about others too, If I can continue on Suteki and the Bears for the remainder of the month then I will have a good idea of what time I can dedicate to other projects too.
Oh, I just remembered, I also hope to make some progress on Elizabeth Almonds 'Save the Stitches' free design. I had to restart this and am happy with it so far - I may make it a Sunday stitch. I manage a FB group for the design, and by manage I mean that I accept join requests and rarely post a think, but would like to post monthly with an update - If i could even just do one diamond.
I would love to know what kind of time each day you spend on each project? Is it easy to switch out? Do you prefer one design each day or each week or each month?
Welcome back! Did you discover Northgate Needlecraft? If not, then that's two needlework shops in Norfolk!
ReplyDeleteSuteki is a lovely design, it's going to be nice to see this one grow.
My stitching time tends to be 2-3 hours in the afternoon with interruptions and then about 20-30 minutes at my son's bath-time. Usually working on a larger project during the day and a smaller one in the evening. The rest of the evening is spent reading blogs and spending time with both boys,