This month's question is:
How do you begin planning for the next year with your stitching? Tell us your process.
Throughout the year I look thru my patterns and magazines to keep my stitchy bug going. If I see a pattern that I really want to stitch I put a sticky note on it and move it to the table in my craft room. Then I look at the marked patterns regularly. When I get the urge to kit something up I pick from one of the marked patterns. So throughout the year I am slowly kitting up new starts. I try to keep a balance of small, medium and large. I tend to do alot of large projects that take many years to complete.
In the past I have made new starts in January as part of Brringo and in September during ABCingo (all part of the Magazine Monthly Challenge group). In 2023 and 2024 I only did new starts in January. I like to keep my WIPs at 20 or under. So for 2025 I have decided to spread out my new starts during the year.
This month I did not get as much stitching done as I did in October. Here is my progress:
Butterfly Fairy Night I continue to work on this one making adjustments as I go to work around the counting errors. 165 stitches
Crane Paradise Working on another flower 553 stitches added.
Princess & Dragon 176 stitches added
Folk Reindeer. Just need more border and backstitching and it will be done. Will push for a finish in December
Hedge Hog more greenery done.
HC Anderson Fairy Tale SAL. Finished the November installment - Goldy Locks and the 3 Bears. One installment left and this one will be done.
Unplug & Go Outside 305 stitches added
Funky Cats added 372 stitches
Owl #7. I restarted this one and changed up the colors. Going for a more realistic coloring. I have the fabric ready to start Owl #8 after this one. Then at Thanksgiving baby #9 was announced. I have until June to finish that one.
Here are my full coverage projects:
Dandelion Fairy Kingdom. I finished page 25 on 11/20/24 and made a small start on page 26. This is the last row of partial pages. About 3,300 stitches a page. I will be pushing to have this one finished in 2025 hopefully during the first half of the year.
In December I hope to finish Folk Reindeer, HC Anderson Fairy Tales SAL, Owl #7 and page 2 of QS Magic Island.
