As I complete my UFO's and latest WIP's I gain enthusiasm (aka obsess) for selecting projects for the coming year. Well perhaps it's more like the projects are selecting me! There are so many new things on the market everyday, of which I am tempted by most, but I must confess that I have already purchased, signed up for or pulled out of the stash closet enough projects to fill my "dance card" for 2009.
That doesn't mean that I won't try to do my part in keeping the economy going in the coming year, it just means that anything I happen to acquire in the future will be queued for 2010. Sidebar: What? 2010? Remember when "2001, A Space Odyssey" movie came out as futuristic? Seems like eons ago....oh, it was eons ago. OMG, I think I was stitching Sunset crewel kits with 3 dimensional fernery back then! And I'm certain there must have been a bright orange owl piece thrown in as well. Gee, these were nice back then but I hope they have dropped from the "every thing's cyclical" list. No offense.
So bearing in mind that nothing here is written in granite, here's my current stitching wish list for 2009, not necessarily appearing in priority order:
Teriancrafts Rug kit (small) from Chile
DamarJ White Santa nutcracker (coveted for years and finally purchased)
Danji Designs' Miss Nara (DD don't be snooping around)
Maggie's Combination Platter
Laura J Perin's North Woods Collage
needlepointNow's 4 mini Kimonos
Tristan Brooks Designs Elizabethan Pencil Box
The final 5 Cozy Toes ornies from PFOS
Biscornus, Biscornus and more Biscornus
Village Green
Hopeful: Marni Ritter's exquisite Renaissance
Hopeful: A few Caela Conn Tyler projects (to be announced)
Finishing Elsa Williams Large Floral Basket
That should just about do it. I'm thinking it could be fun or painful to refer to this list this time next year. Anyone else out there getting their projects lined up for the coming year?
"Eclipse" - Scrappy Improvisational Quilt
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Hi Madonna,
ReplyDeleteSomehow I missed this post and read the next one last night...
I can't even really think about 2009 yet! I'm not ready!!!
Actually, I'll probably roll what I haven't finished in 2008 into 2009 as I have the next round of projects kitted up and ready to go.
I plan on adding one set that you are also planning on doing next year;
Needlepoint Now's 4 mini Kimonos
My daughter and I plan on working on these and we have the materials for the first two. Hopefully these will be new starts this January, 2009. :-)
Cynthia
Windy Meadow
This was not your error. I forgot to change the posting time of this post since I had written it a few days ago but didn't publish until today. Now the date/time has been changed so it appears in the correct order. Thanks for letting me know.
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to do the 4 kimonos but wouldn't let myself until I finished a few more WIPs. They should be so much fun. I may substitute some of the threads. Are you framing them? Or making ornaments? Have you decided?
This is an awesome list of projects. It will be great to see some of these!
ReplyDeleteYes it will Pat. Waving to you with loads of optimsm! LOL!
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