With the finishing done on both the Boo Scissor Keeper Fob and the Butterfly etc Doorhanger (links to FFO posts), the Modern slot on this rotation has come to an end. And since both the Modern projects got done, I have to choose a new project and get it set up. It's been a while since I did one of the perforated paper Santas and they are easy to set up so I looked through the five that are in the stash and picked the one I had chosen to represent my dad. He was a US Air Force veteran of the Pacific theater in WWII, a teacher and librarian, but also a certified Master Gardener. Since he did the work on that certification after I was already away at college, I'm not sure what all went into that, but he was very proud of it.
I have already sorted the floss and it's ready to go when this slot comes up in the next rotation. Moving this one out of the stash list to active project status gets me to under 90 projects fully kitted in the stash without increasing the WIP count! It's been a very productive couple of weeks on the needlework front!
(ETA: here's a page with all the kitted projects and the ones I would like to kit once the stash has been whittled down a bit more.)
For Slot #2 of the rotation (Historic), I've pulled out the Blackbird Design "To All a Good Night" next. The latter part of this week, I put in about 4 hours on this project. A bunch of those stitches were the mortar on the bricks between the roofline and the top windowsills. The WDW "Oak" blends into the fabric, but in person, you can see the texture of the stitching. It's just not very impressive in a photo.
I'm well stuck into the brick facade of that tall, not so skinny house, with the space for the floral swag over the front door starting to show up in the partial bricks. I'm only at 48% on this project, so I doubt I'll get the stitching completed before Christmas next month. Especially since I have a bunch more finishing that I want to get done by the end of the year.
But progress is progress. I'm not particularly a 'seasonal' stitcher (my tiny foray into Halloween over the last couple of weeks notwithstanding). I have no problem on working on a Christmas piece year-round, for example. Finishing each slot in the rotation is more important to me, to be honest. Hopefully you all won't mind seeing things 'out of season' as I work through them.
Linking up with the folks from the SSS crew - here's a link to this week's roundup.
Your rotation of projects keeps everything moving along and you can’t get bored with a project. Enjoy your seasonal stitching this week. More and more Christmas projects are appearing in blog land . Gail at the cozy quilter
ReplyDeleteThe main reason that I do a rotation is to keep from getting tired of a project, the secondary reason is to keep myself from starting ALL THE THINGS! Four or five needlework projects plus some knitting keeps me motivated. I just need to get back to a quilt. Too many started or promised quilts in the stash!
DeleteWait a minute, you have 90 projects that are all kitted. I don't even think I have 90 projects waiting for me. I may have 3 or 4 that are kitted. Wow. I really like that perforated paper Santa. To all a good night is looking great. I know how long it takes to stitch bricks. Ugh. Enjoy your stitching!
ReplyDeleteWell, now I have 89 LOL. I follow a few FlossTubers that have more than that in active Works in Progress. I currently have five needlework WIPs - the ornament, the BBD piece, the new needlepoint that I introduced on the 11/9 post, the full coverage dragon and the daily temperature log.
DeleteI have very little 'stash' in the sense of materials purchased without a plan. I have maybe one dresser drawer of fabric (mostly smaller pieces or leftovers from finished projects to use as smalls, ornaments and the like), and I am working on filling in a partial set of DMC on bobbins. I also have some silks and overdyed cottons - about two of those square storage cubes worth (again, mostly leftover from finished projects). I don't do 'fabric of the month' or 'floss of the month' or subscription boxes.
There's no LNS within an hour's drive of where I live and it's nice to store things all ready to go.
I like your way of having multiple projects in the works and a plan for rotating them around! It sounds like a great idea to have things kitted up for when you're ready to start something new. I love that house you're working on - the brick is great!
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