Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Needles and stuff
In an effort to get back into the swing of things, I thought I'd answer this week's SBQ, which I haven't done in a very long time.
Now that I've graduated and have crossed that long term goal off my list, I've kicked it up a notch on my next long term. Moving to Louisiana. I'm determined to get as much debt paid off as possible in the next 400-and something days. I already have 10% of a downpayment for a new home saved up, and Husband is working on the other 10%. We're doing really well.
In an effort to keep paying down my debt, I'm going to continue to stick to my no new stash goal (which I've done surprisingly well at) and I'm going to skip CATS this year. I thought very seriously about taking a stitching seminar that's happening in New Orleans next February, but again, I just don't want to spend the $900 for the class/lodging and then the howevermuch for travel and meals. I'll be living close enough to New Orleans to visit there frequently in a little more than a year, so I can hold off using that as an excuse.
How many needles do you use during a project? Have you ever loaded up a needle for every color? Do you use a new needle for every project or recycle your favorite needle?I normally use just 1 needle during a project; however, if there's beading, I'll have a beading needle on standby. I tried using more than one needle loaded up when I started my first TW design, but it got too cumbersome for me to keep up with them. Most of my WIPs have a needle stuck in the upper left hand corner of the fabric when they're put away. If I finish that project the needle goes into my beaded needle case (I buy needles by the bulk).
Now that I've graduated and have crossed that long term goal off my list, I've kicked it up a notch on my next long term. Moving to Louisiana. I'm determined to get as much debt paid off as possible in the next 400-and something days. I already have 10% of a downpayment for a new home saved up, and Husband is working on the other 10%. We're doing really well.
In an effort to keep paying down my debt, I'm going to continue to stick to my no new stash goal (which I've done surprisingly well at) and I'm going to skip CATS this year. I thought very seriously about taking a stitching seminar that's happening in New Orleans next February, but again, I just don't want to spend the $900 for the class/lodging and then the howevermuch for travel and meals. I'll be living close enough to New Orleans to visit there frequently in a little more than a year, so I can hold off using that as an excuse.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Stitching and stashing
I stitched on Castle Sampler last night. I haven’t stitched on it in a couple of weeks and even last night I didn’t stitch enough to feel it warrants a progress picture, but if I don’t post one, I’ll never be able to compare this time from last time, to next time, etc. So I’ll do that tonight when I get home from work and switch over to my Tuesday - Friday piece.
This week I’ll be working on the Spot RR piece instead of Justine. I may be making a small change to my rotation and only stitching on Justine Tuesday - Thursday, and stitching on a new smaller piece on Fridays. All 3 of my projects are kind of large and while I absolutely love stitching on each one, I also love the gratification of a finished piece. I have several small designs in my stash that could fill that slot. The first one will probably be Carriage House Samplings’ Samplermaker from her Tavern Signs leaflet.
Now to my market report. With the exception of a couple of things this will be the end of my stash buying until after graduation (see my ticker in the right column). While I have the money for my plane ticket and lodging all saved up, I need to start putting away some eating and stashing money for my trip to Paris :) Here’s the damage:
La-D-Da - Mocking Bird - I love her little "song" designs.
Hillside Samplings - Folk Art Needleworke Tray, etc. - I started collecting her annual release a few years ago and love them. Haven't stitched any of the stuff that comes with the woodwork tho! LOL
Carriage House Samplings - A Quaker Study - I'm probably going to stitch this in browns.
Pine Mountain, Tie One On - The Best Things - I've always thought these little pillows were cute, but when I saw this one I just had to have it.
I also received some NPIs for Houses of Hawk Run Hollow and these are one of the items I’ll continue to purchase in small quantities over a period of time (when they’re on sale) until I have them all. The other item is the automatic for Blackbird Designs Loose Feather.
I have a couple of items on backorder and will post them when they arrive.
Thank you for the “easy does it” comments. I am trying, but it’s hard! I just want to get out there and do stuff because I feel so much better after surgery. I hate it when my body reminds me it’s still healing on the inside. Next week I will be back to work full time and will begin easing my body back into exercising as well by hitting the treadmill at night.
It’s raining here today. Perfect weather for sitting home and stitching, but I’m at work. I miss sitting at home and stitching already! LOL
This week I’ll be working on the Spot RR piece instead of Justine. I may be making a small change to my rotation and only stitching on Justine Tuesday - Thursday, and stitching on a new smaller piece on Fridays. All 3 of my projects are kind of large and while I absolutely love stitching on each one, I also love the gratification of a finished piece. I have several small designs in my stash that could fill that slot. The first one will probably be Carriage House Samplings’ Samplermaker from her Tavern Signs leaflet.
Now to my market report. With the exception of a couple of things this will be the end of my stash buying until after graduation (see my ticker in the right column). While I have the money for my plane ticket and lodging all saved up, I need to start putting away some eating and stashing money for my trip to Paris :) Here’s the damage:
La-D-Da - Mocking Bird - I love her little "song" designs.
Hillside Samplings - Folk Art Needleworke Tray, etc. - I started collecting her annual release a few years ago and love them. Haven't stitched any of the stuff that comes with the woodwork tho! LOL
Carriage House Samplings - A Quaker Study - I'm probably going to stitch this in browns.
Pine Mountain, Tie One On - The Best Things - I've always thought these little pillows were cute, but when I saw this one I just had to have it.
I also received some NPIs for Houses of Hawk Run Hollow and these are one of the items I’ll continue to purchase in small quantities over a period of time (when they’re on sale) until I have them all. The other item is the automatic for Blackbird Designs Loose Feather.
I have a couple of items on backorder and will post them when they arrive.
Thank you for the “easy does it” comments. I am trying, but it’s hard! I just want to get out there and do stuff because I feel so much better after surgery. I hate it when my body reminds me it’s still healing on the inside. Next week I will be back to work full time and will begin easing my body back into exercising as well by hitting the treadmill at night.
It’s raining here today. Perfect weather for sitting home and stitching, but I’m at work. I miss sitting at home and stitching already! LOL
Labels: Castle Sampler, stash