Happy New Year!

Hello, again.  I know, I know, it's been a long, long time.  I will try to do better.

Since I last wrote I have been doing stitchy related stuff.  Probably the biggest thing I did was get all of my charts, kit, partial kits, WIPs and UFOs into one spreadsheet.  It it's stitching related at my house, I have probably touched and recorded it in the last few months.  Yep, months!  This was a massive project for me and at times felt a lot like my job but I needed to do that accounting to see just how much I have and what state it's in.  

Because I have such a huge huge case of shiny object syndrome  I look through one box, bin, or bag and decide to work on whatever my hand lands on.  And forget about the bigger picture.  So, I am hoping to stay more focused in the coming year and get some stuff done already!

After doing all that recording I came up with the following numbers:  

                         WIPs 170 (things I've started)
                         UFOs 186 (these are stitched but not fully finished.)

On the upside I did finish or have finished seven - pretty pitiful, I know - projects last year.

      

Fraktur Flowers by La-D-Da

Holly & Hearts by Lizzie Kate

The Winter Woods by Hands On Design

Winter Berry by Summer House Stitche Workes

Ok,  I think this is going to work.  I went to my laptop to try to fix something and it looked like I had wiped out this entire post.

I'm not so sure I would have started over again.

Aaargh!!! I had written a bunch of stuff and It's gone.

To recap.  I plan to work in getting my WIPs to a more manageable number.  And to dedicate some time every day to my UFOs.

I will continue to watch Flosstube.  Some of my favorites are Priscilla and Chelsea,  The Primitive Stitcher, Cathy Haberman, and Paulette from Plum Street.  I do have to be careful -  there is a lot of enabling that can happen when watching Flosstube.  A lot more than in my normal stitching groups.

I have joined two groups on Facebook Stitch From Stash 2017-2018 to keep me on track.  I also joined 100 Days of Cross Stitch.  The challenge there is to stitch every day for the next 100 days.  I think I can do that one.

That's all for today.  The Christmas stuff needs to be put away, my home cleaned, and some stitching is calling.  Maybe a new start for the new year?  Yep, another WIP to add to the list!

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy your day!