It seems that, finally, I have mastered the fine art of setting reasonable goals. It has simply been a matter of lowering my expectations sufficiently to match my actual capacity. A humbling admission: I'd much rather believe I can do twice as much as I can ... or at least as much as I imagined I once did. This is the second month in a row that I have managed to meet my goals and even exceed a few.
AUGUST GOALS
AUGUST GOALS
- 2010-2011 WIPs: Finish my own Fertile Circles Needlebook. I may not have actually finished this piece but I have come pretty close. All I have left to do is wee bit of back stitching and a bit of couching, probably no more than an hour or two need be spent on this to finish it.
- 2012 Crazy Class Project Challenge: 2007 Mystic Stitcher's Hideaway Projects. Yes. I have worked on the stitcher's pocket from the Mystic Smalls by Thea Dueck.
- 2012 WIPs: Work on Part II of the English Band Sampler and start TW's Woodland Angel Christmas Stocking. Yes, to both goals. I finished the first band of Part II and got a fairly good start on the second. As to the stocking, I have completed section 3 and have nearly finished section 6 of the chart, which is not nearly as impressive as it might sound. These sections are mere slivers of chart, representing the far right edge of the stocking.
- Sewing Finishes: Try to get at least 2 or 3 done. I am doing fairly well with this. Four projects completed in August.
- Off-Goal Projects: I have been using The Primitive Needle's Thy Needle as my travel project and have made a fair amount of progress on it this month, finishing up all the monotonous charcoal stitching and moving on to colors. And I have kitted up three Christmas ornaments [two Town Square SAL and one Kogin Christmas Tree] so I will have something small and portable to work on when I inevitably need a change of pace from the larger projects in my current rotation.
SEPTEMBER GOALS
- 2010-2011 WIPs: Finish the Fertile Circles Needlebook and embellish another area on the Encrusted Crazy Quilt Square, using variations of the cobweb, cobweb rose and cobweb pinwheel stitches.
- 2012 Crazy Class Project Challenge: Continue to work on the Victoria Sampler's Mystic Smalls projects, finishing the Stitcher's Pocket and starting on the Fob.
- 2012 WIPs: Finish Part II and start work on Part III of The English Band Sampler and continue stitching TW's Woodland Angel Christmas Stocking, finishing sections 6 and 9 and starting section 8.
- Sewing Finishes: Try to get at least 2 or 3 done.
3 comments:
Good for you! Feels good, doesn't it?!
If only I could do what you have. I always underestimate how long a cross stitch project is going to take, which of course throws everything else off. Good for you!
Congratulations on the finishes!
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