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Finish two start one
Hi all,
I have made a pledge to finish two projects to start one. My progress so far is a little Christmas ornament with an angel bear says I've been beary good. and the mad bluebird. I stitched quite a bit at work the other day on the mad bluebird and the ornie is my purse project. For those of you who don't know, I am a dealer at a casino in Michigan and I get a 20 minute break every hour. So I should get way more done than I do. lol I am a habitual starter though, so I have to try to be good. For my next project I am going to start is a flower from the newest Paula Vaughan From Paula's Garden. The charts are very readable. I was pleasantly surprised, so this is probably the first color chart I have worked from, but like I said the chart is very large and readable. Also from what I can tell there isn't any partial stitches for the colors to get lost behind backstitching. The flower I am doing is the purple one, can't remember the name off the top of my head. Is for a friend, purple is her favorite color and she is one of those people who will do anything she can for you. Am planning on getting it done for Christmas. So I gotta stitch away at the bluebird. Lisa |
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I like you idea. I decided to make this year the year of the UFO's. I've done
pretty good. Got 4 quilt tops done and a few cross stitch projects done. I have 8 more cross stitch to do and I'll be caught up. I can not start one untill 4 are done. I have started them years ago and since I now enjoy evenweave better, I am having to force myself to finish the old ones. They are to far along to give them away. Tamara lisa wrote: Hi all, I have made a pledge to finish two projects to start one. My progress so far is a little Christmas ornament with an angel bear says I've been beary good. and the mad bluebird. I stitched quite a bit at work the other day on the mad bluebird and the ornie is my purse project. For those of you who don't know, I am a dealer at a casino in Michigan and I get a 20 minute break every hour. So I should get way more done than I do. lol I am a habitual starter though, so I have to try to be good. For my next project I am going to start is a flower from the newest Paula Vaughan From Paula's Garden. The charts are very readable. I was pleasantly surprised, so this is probably the first color chart I have worked from, but like I said the chart is very large and readable. Also from what I can tell there isn't any partial stitches for the colors to get lost behind backstitching. The flower I am doing is the purple one, can't remember the name off the top of my head. Is for a friend, purple is her favorite color and she is one of those people who will do anything she can for you. Am planning on getting it done for Christmas. So I gotta stitch away at the bluebird. Lisa |
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On 26 Aug 2003 05:58:16 -0700, PaulaB muttered
something like: I don't have lots of UFOs since I'm a "one project at a time" person, but I am making an effort to stitch some gifts and things that I haven't been looking forward to. And you know, once I get going on them they're pretty fun! I guess I just convinced myself I wasn't going to like them and was dreading starting them but they're not so bad. My goals currently are to get some of my FOs and UFOs finished and framed/mounted. Last month I actually framed up a little "Laundry Room" thing that I'd done as a quickie project to feel like I'd finished something. Once I pay the Visa off for that I'm going to frame the Millennium Sampler, which has been rolled up in a mailer tube since I finished it over a year ago. After that I guess I'll have to start digging into the UFO pile. It's all FlyLady's fault, she's got me clearing things out. -Bertha -- "I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone." -- Bjarne Stroustrup |
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You're a FLYlady too! There is a nice Yahoo group called FLYstitchers
that's mostly stitchers and quilters (and I know there's a FLYquilter's group too). Do a Yahoo search and join us! Paula B. After that I guess I'll have to start digging into the UFO pile. It's all FlyLady's fault, she's got me clearing things out. -Bertha |
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I just am not as eclectic as you, either. I'm a "one-technique" person
now, too! I've tried several other things (crochet, surface embroidery, etc.) and just like counted thread so much I really don't care to dabble in other things much at all. I do need to get more adept with my sewing machine, though. To each his/her own! I do love hearing from and about people who do many different techniques, though - your perspective is not the same as mine. Paula B. (Mirjam Bruck-Cohen) wrote in message ... I like the way Paula you describe yourself as a "one project at a time person". I am a Multy projects at a time person. , as i knit in one piece , works come to the stage that they are too big to carry on the bus, thaus i finnish them at home , and start "another one for the road " . I make several with various techniques, one on the loom [ 200 kg heavy Not portable] , several embroidered , some small presents. which i usually make in groups ,,,,the going one now are cloth bags , and some cushion covers , which i sew on the machine , some will be crazy quilted [ wonderful to use all those pieces left over from other projects] and i am working on planning a pillowgahn for my daughter . I am in the habit though to have one day a month , which i call Finnishing day ,, where i catch a project and WORK on finnishing it. it works ....thus at least once a month i finnish more than one , have fun making !!! mirjam ,,, On 26 Aug 2003 05:58:16 -0700, (PaulaB) wrote: I don't have lots of UFOs since I'm a "one project at a time" person, but I am making an effort to stitch some gifts and things that I haven't been looking forward to. And you know, once I get going on them they're pretty fun! I guess I just convinced myself I wasn't going to like them and was dreading starting them but they're not so bad. I call it "obligatory stitching"! This morning I'm going to start the Vermillion Stitchery raccoon Christmas ornament for my younger daughter (13 yo) who collects raccoons. Of course I can only work on it while she's in school. And I have another gift for someone else going for when she's around. Paula B. Tamara wrote in message ... I like you idea. I decided to make this year the year of the UFO's. I've done pretty good. Got 4 quilt tops done and a few cross stitch projects done. I have 8 more cross stitch to do and I'll be caught up. I can not start one untill 4 are done. I have started them years ago and since I now enjoy evenweave better, I am having to force myself to finish the old ones. They are to far along to give them away. Tamara lisa wrote: Hi all, I have made a pledge to finish two projects to start one. My progress so far is a little Christmas ornament with an angel bear says I've been beary good. and the mad bluebird. I stitched quite a bit at work the other day on the mad bluebird and the ornie is my purse project. For those of you who don't know, I am a dealer at a casino in Michigan and I get a 20 minute break every hour. So I should get way more done than I do. lol I am a habitual starter though, so I have to try to be good. For my next project I am going to start is a flower from the newest Paula Vaughan From Paula's Garden. The charts are very readable. I was pleasantly surprised, so this is probably the first color chart I have worked from, but like I said the chart is very large and readable. Also from what I can tell there isn't any partial stitches for the colors to get lost behind backstitching. The flower I am doing is the purple one, can't remember the name off the top of my head. Is for a friend, purple is her favorite color and she is one of those people who will do anything she can for you. Am planning on getting it done for Christmas. So I gotta stitch away at the bluebird. Lisa |
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