Saturday 11 January 2020

UFO's

I’m a one at a time stitcher most of the time.  I will sometimes have a huge project and a very small project going at the same time.  In the past, I have also put a project aside to work on something that has a deadline.  I have always tried to finish every project that I start, but I do have 2 that I put in the UFO pile over the years.

UFO 1 (my oldest)
Cabin Fever -  Started sometime in 2009.
I have already decided that I will never finish this project.  I bought it as a kit at Michael's.  I don't usually buy kits.  I should have used my own fabric, because I prefer 28ct evenweave and this kit has 16ct or 18ct aida.
Here is a photo from the last time I stitched on it August 2009.
Last year, I found a puzzle of the same picture/name I bought it right away.  After all these years, I will enjoy building the puzzle more than stitching it.


UFO 2
Plaid Trousers - Started December 20, 2012

The project is being stitched on 28ct light blue evenweave, and I'm using Caron's Watercolour called Twinkle.

 I stopped working on this project because I disliked the chart/pattern.  It is supposed to look like handwriting, so every letter looks different.  I like things uniform and symmetrical, so it bothered me trying to stitch the pattern.  I tried to rework each letter as I was stitching, but it got confusing and wasn't centered on the fabric.  I pulled out almost every stitch I put in, so I put it aside in 2013.  



This is what it looked like in 2013 when I last worked on it.


Should I continue?  
Should I frog and start over?  
Should I rework the pattern in Pattern Maker by HobbyWare (cross stitch program I use on my PC). 

Every year I think about finishing it, but never get around to it.  Well this year, I made a decision.  I really want to finish it this year, so this week I reworked the pattern in Pattern Maker by HobbyWare. I'm only stitching the poem words not the decorations around it.  I will try to find some plaid golf pants (stickers or scrapbook paper) to decorate the mat around the cross stitch when I frame it.  




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4 comments:

  1. StitchThrifty10 January 2020 at 12:43

    I think we all have those UFO's, I have a Heaven and Earth that I am 7+++ pages into. However I know I will never stitch on it again. Yet I just can't bring myself to rehome it yet. I think your plans for the plaid trousers piece sounds perfect!

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  2. Katie11 January 2020 at 10:33

    If you don't enjoy it don't work on it. Stitching is supposed to make us happy. So many other patterns out there I bet you would love to stitch.

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  3. Rachel13 January 2020 at 08:28

    It's difficult giving up something you have started but I agree with Katie, no use stitching something that doesn't make you feel happy. Good luck with your reworked handwriting, and don't forget to show the puzzle when you've finished it. :)

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  4. Astrids dragon22 January 2020 at 21:22

    I have a couple of those tucked away, I'd like to think I'll take them out again but who knows!
    Maybe you could only do a portion of the cabin piece, leaving out some of the forest?

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