Welcome to the hand stitching party! Pull up a virtual chair, make yourself a yummy beverage and snack, and enjoy some time with your needles and threads.This week I have 2 stitching projects that are not mine that I am adding stitches to.
The first one is a Canadian round robin project called Flosstube Friends. I am working on Sarah's project (The Rocking Chair Stitcher) right now.
Do you see my mistake? That's okay - it's an easy fix because I caught it early and it's not too much to rip out. I'll be finishing it up soon and get it in the mail to the next stitcher to enjoy.
The second project was sent to me by Olivia @LongLivTheStitcher. We are doing an exchange to help each other make progress on a project that is stuck. Her project is called "Coffee Bean Sampler; The Magical Elixir Series #4". This is the package I received from her in the mail. I love it and am so happy that the mail services in her country and in mine were diligent about taking good care of it and delivered it safely. I hope to work on it today. The next part to stitch is where the letters say "My birthstone is the coffee bean"!
It is odd how we sometimes lose interest in things we are stitching. And yet someone else can find that fresh interest and joy, and be excited to work on your old dusty projects. I am digging around in my WIP bin to find something I have lost interest in and send it to Liv for some stitching attention.Do you have any stitching projects that you have lost interest in? A bag of unloved, half finished items in a bag behind your chair? Things in closets in tote bins? Remember that you used to love each one of them and maybe they just need some fresh eyes and a little TLC to become something you can finish? Or pass on to someone else who will be delighted to have it?
5 comments:
Exchanging your stalled projects with others is a great way to motivate everyone to get them finished. Glad that you caught your little mistake early and that you didn’t have to do very much unstitching! Have a great day!
That is an interesting idea to exchange stitching projects with another cross-stitcher! I've done that with quilt projects but not cross-stitch. I bet it will introduce to designs/designers that you've never heard of! Have a wonderful Sunday, Kathy!
That is such a clever idea!
We do something similar at our guild, it is called Peas on a Plate. The leader never liked peas, so she always wanted to trade plates to get rid of them. So we bring unfinished projects and trade them for something someone else doesn't want to finish. It has been fun!
What a wonderful idea to move the stitches along. Yes, some of my pieces get put on the back burner. Eventually, I pick them up again and wonder why did I put it away in the 1st place. Happy Stitching, Kathy.n
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