2021 Cross Stitch Goals

-

I was surprised to learn that I had 29 cross stitch finishes in 2020. That got me thinking-- how many could I finish in 2021. In some ways, 2020 may have given me more time to stitch, with the pandemic and working from home. But actually, I still kept long work hours, finished my PhD, and taught a class. I did save commuting time, and we didn't take as many vacations. But 2021 isn't looking much different, at least for now. 

So here is what I have planned for 2021: 

1. Spooky Hallow SAL by Little Stitcher Girl

I am doing this SAL with Happy Little Stitch Shop, and I completed the first three in 2020. I just finished the 4th one--Dracula's Coffin Shop--yesterday, so it's my first official finish of 2021! I will try to keep up with one a month. They are pretty big stitches, so I'll do my best. The last eight in the series will take me through August, and will be a total of nine finishes. I am stitching these on Fabric Flair Hazy Grey 18 count, with Classic Colorworks and DMC floss.




2. New Country Cottage Needlework Sampler of the Month SAL + Last Country Cottage Needleworks monthly

I couldn't resist the new Country Cottage Needlework Sampler of the month, and so I joined Fat Quarter Shop's SAL. I just started January today and plan to do one per month. They look like quick stitches, but we will see. I am stitching these on 32 count Witchelt Beautiful Beige with the called for Classic Colorworks. I also need to finish one more CCN cottage of the month (February), which I have planned for this month. This will give me 13 finishes.



3. Lori Holt's Sew By Row SAL

I am doing this SAL with Happy Little Stitch Shop. It's a good add becuase we just do one row per month.  Plus I love the fabric on this for some reason-- Zweigart 28 count white. This will give me one finish by May.


4. Other WIPS

I was really bad about just buying patterns without a plan last year, so I want to get caught up on these before buying new ones. Some of these are pretty big, so I'd be happy with even one finish here. These are my WIPs I will be rotating through:

-Hello Halloween-- haven't started yet 

-It's Sew Emma Mistletoe Lane

-Silver Creek Samplers My Christmas Sampler-- haven't started yet

-May Health and Peace Attend Your Days Sampler by Milady's Needle

-Chalkful Series by Priscilla Blain and Hands on Design-- I need to go through and see which ones I have completed and which I have left

-Lori Holt Vintage Christmas Ornaments-- i really want to make all of my family an ornament this year


5. Two quilts

I started my first ever quilt this year....but havent finished it yet, so I'm adding two quilting goals:

-Finish Ultimate Beginner Quilt

-Start and finish a new easy quilt-- maybe a jellyroll quilt.


In total, this would give me 24 cross stitch finishes and 2 qulits. I can't wait to see what other projects sneak in as well 😀.





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

-
Image
January 2020 WIPs I am a new cross stitcher, but already I am starting more cross stitching projects than I can handle. But that's part of the fun, right?  So here are my January WIPs--let's see what kind of progress I can make! Year-Long Stitch Along My biggest project to date is definitely taking on the Linens and Threads 2020 Stitch Along. For those of you who have not heard of it, head over to their 2020 SAL page and check it out. The designers release a piece of the pattern monthly about the first of every month for an entire year. They have done this since 2017, and if you want, the 2017, 2018, and 2019 patterns are already released for you. You can join the 2020 at any point. This year's bonus is that each month's pattern will also have an ornament, which matches one of my stitching goals nicely (see below).  I got a good start on January's pattern because of the holiday break from work. I am stitching on 14 count aida I found in a fabri...
Read more

WIP of the Week

-
Image
My favorite project these days is my Boo Chalkfull by Hands on Design and Priscilla Blain . I'm supposed to be doing a daily theme, working on different projects each day, but I can't seem to put this one down. I struggled in the beginning because this is my first time using hand-dyed floss. Plus, the first two colors I used were white and...well, almost-white. My backs of my pieces are generally neat-ish, but only because it makes it easier to stitch. But this one...well, as you can see, I fought hard for these first few pumpkins! I bought this project as a "kit" from Fat Quarter Shop . I'm using Witchel 14 count chalkboard, and the called for Color Works floss, which includes: My favorite part of this project is stitching the jar. You only use one strand of floss, which gives ot a transparent look. Not only does this look cool, but it is quick and easy to stitch! I am SO close to being done. Maybe...
Read more

A New Start..and Ahead on my SAL's!

-
Image
This might be the only time I'll ever get to write this...but I'm ahead on my cross stitching goals right now! That means that I can do some WIP catch up. And we all know what that means... new projects! WIPs My original goals for the week was to get Row 4 of Sew by Row done. Well, I'm loving this one so much that I decided to keep this one moving along. I'm going to do a new row every week--originally I was going to do a row a month. I just finished up row 5 which are the irons. I even did the backstitching, which I had planned to save for the end. This pattern is just a joy to stitch. It's easy to read, well-chartted. And the pattern just makes sense. I highly recommend this one. It's a good evening-after-work stitch. I'm using Cloud 25 count lugana and the called for DMC floss. I really love this lugana. It is nice and soft, and the holes are easy to see. Then, my big committment for the month was to finish another part to my Spooky Hallow SAL ...
Read more