Welcome to the weekly hand stitching party where you can visit with members of the Slow Sunday Stitching crew around the world, right from the comfort of your own home!
I continue to be smitten by my adorable grandson, who is always doing something interesting with his hands! Look at his cute little self! The beautiful blanket was crocheted for him by my friend Janet and it is used for cuddles, especially to warm up after bath time.
He also has a lovely blanket made by my friend Louise and it is also used regularly. These blankets have really tempted me to learn to crochet. Can I afford to become obsessed with one more type of relaxing and beautiful hand stitching?!?Which leads me to my question of the week:
How do you juggle various types of hand stitching that you enjoy? How do you decide which project to work on? I am feeling overwhelmed and having trouble prioritizing my time, which means that I have many UFOs of crafts laying around in various stages of unfinishedness!
This leads to confusion and disorganization in my stitching room. For example, I want to make the pumpkin table runner that I bought as a kit at Spring Shop Hop. But I can't find the correct pattern book. I have located Volume 2 but I need Volume 1 so I can take this to work on at Quilt Retreat. I know I bought it, and I put it in a "special place", somewhere under the all the quilting, cross stitch, embroidery, Fat Quarter Shop boxes, embellishments, and yarn for knitting projects!!If you have any tips on how you keep all your hand stitching projects organized, please share them in the comments below or in your blog posts. I appreciate each and every one of you in our stitching community, and thank you for all the things I learn from you! 💖
Hello, beautiful baby! I've never learnt to crochet, if I did know how, I thinks I'd like to crochet a baby blanket.
ReplyDeleteI have either plastic buckets or project bags (that I've made) for my projects (both large and small). Hubby built me shelves to fit my plastic buckets in my sewing room closet (I bought one brand of buckets that come in 2 sizes, and also have the 12" project buckets from the craft stores). I can hang my project bags on door handles, so I can easily find them (also makes it easy to carry them anywhere).
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet little guy, and I love those fingers! I can see why you're tempted to learn to crochet - more fun things to make. I'm not very organized with my various projects either. Hope you find a good solution (and that pattern book!)
ReplyDeletemy daughter just took up crocheting and she is off and running like a true addict...scarves, ornaments and little beanies for newborns...so fair warning...lol
ReplyDeleteGorgeous baby! I understand your dilemma exactly. Like Cheryl I do use project folders, only problem is when I start a new project I just go out and buy another project folder so I have a shelf full of them and I still loose things!
ReplyDeleteI only have two active hand stitching projects and I just keep those in bags in one of my storage bins. I would think project boxes like I use for my quilting projects would be a good option. Hope you find your book and can get started on your project.
ReplyDeleteOh, those 'special' places can be so annoying! Personally, I love shelves and clear containers for organization. I try to limit how many projects I have on the go. I am not always successful mind you!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter taught herself to crochet this past summer and now she has three projects on the go! I only have one cross stitch project on the go at any one time. The quilting UFO’s are in a rolling plastic drawer bin in my sewing room…I’m working on getting those quilted and finished. Your grandson is adorable!
ReplyDeleteI always have about 4 things going so I don't get bored or stuck. Quilt making has it's project bag, knitting has it's container, beading another. I just pick up one and go with it.
ReplyDeleteI was mesmerized by the tiny see through nails on his hands
No wonder you are smitten by this little handsome guy; he's perfect. Those are beautiful blankets. I haven't crochet in a very long time but I keep all things together. One drawer for crocket tools and yard, and another drawer for the weaving yarns. Another thing I haven't done in a long time is Petit Point or cross-stitch. And that, my friend, is somewhere ... or here and there, in the sewing room, lol. Organization is a never ending story. Hope you find a solution that works for your way of working. Enjoy! ;^)
ReplyDeleteWhat a cutie! I'm terrible at managing my various crafts. My cross stitch took a far back seat to quilting years ago and I have a couple of very long-time UFOs that may never be completed, even though I love them. I still make time for embroidery and crochet, although it's usually a quick scarf, hat, or Christmas ornament. Quilting in many forms has taken over my creative brain. English paper piecing, hand quilting and binding are my favorite hand-stitching activities. I try to keep my projects and patterns together, but often the entire thing gets lost under a pile. Smaller rulers are also a challenge! Good luck on finding the book and congratulations on the beautiful baby.
ReplyDeleteOh he is so adorable. I crochet, knit, cross-stitch and quilt. I usually have 4-6 projects in rotation with a few WIPs put aside for a later date. Unless something has a time deadline, I just work on what I feel like each day. Lately the yarn crafts are taking a back seat for no other reason than I don't have anything I particularly want to make right now.
ReplyDeleteSuch a gorgeous wee one bundled up in pretty crochet blankets. Crochet is wonderful and so quick to whip pretties up. I too, have many pretties on the go; life never gets boring that way.
ReplyDeleteVery cute grandson. I have a folder where I keep a list of everything I have in progress and also where it's stored. I then choose what I want to work on each month. At the end of the month I update the progress and decide what I want to do the next month. It works for me. To start something new I need to finish something but it doesn't have to be the same type of needlecraft or the same size or difficulty.
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