The rules (as posted at www.hasturtorres.blogspot.com) are:
1. Have fun reducing your stash.
2. There is no time limit- people have different size projects they would like to work on.
3. Thou shall not purchase any new patterns until 10, 25, or 50 projects have been stitched. Pattern size does not matter.
4. This challenge can also apply to knitting, beading, sewing and crocheting patterns.
5. You can make some exemptions - I am not placing limitations on this due to commitments that people might already have. Remember, though, the goal of this challenge is to reduce stash so too many exemptions will sabotage these efforts.
6. Gifts, gift cards, trades, RAKs and patterns bought with gift money are not a violation of this challenge. This also applies to purchasing patterns for gifts that give other people. Woohoo!
7. Freebies count as part of your total and you can acquire them at any point.
8. The offical start date of this challenge was Sept 1, 2006 since I have been posting about it for awhile and want to make sure the everyone's projects have been included.
My own modification will be that if, after completing the stitching on a piece, I actually "finish" it into something, either an object or a framed picture, it will count as 2 finishes. Also, the rewards will come after 10/20/35/45/60/70/80/90/100 --this will create more incentive to stick with this list of goals.
Here is the list of finishes thus far this year ---
1. Autumn Acorn by Cross Eyed Cricket
2-3. Framed Autumn Acorn -- counts as 2
4. Small Biscournu Fob for gift to stitching friend - stitched and finished
5. Beaded Scissors Fob for gift to stitching friend.
6. Pincushion with 'beaded berries' trim and wool felt backing - quaker motif on front with white grossgrain bow -- stitched and finished as gift for stitching friend.
7. Part 1 of the Judy Odell Workstation project.
8. Bless You by Heart in Hand - UFO finished stitching
9.-10. Bless You - framed (counts as 2)
TIME FOR REWARD!!!
The rest of my list of projects to finish are:
11.-12. Framed Carnation Sampler by Darlene O'Steen (counts as 2) - finished
13. Shaker Town
14. Rise and Shine by Bent Creek
15. Part 2 - The Workstatin
16. Part 3 - The Workstation
17. Part 4 - The Workstation
18. Part 5 - The Workstation
19. Part 6 - The Workstation
20. Part 7 - The Workstation
TIME FOR REWARD!!!
21. Part 8 - The Workstation
22. Finishing /Assembly of The Workstation (counts as 2)
23. Silk Sampler
24. Marquoir Sampler
25. And They Sinned
26. Edcina Pieters Sampler
27. The Millennium sampler by Indigo Rose
28. Secret Garden Needle Necessaire - stitching
29. Secret Garden needle necessaire - Finishing (counts as 2)
30. Permin Celle Sampler
31. House and Garden Sampler - House 1
32. House and Garden Sampler - House 2
33. House and Garden Sampler - House 3
34. House and Garden Sampler - Top Border
35. House and Garden Sampler - House 4 - -
*TIME FOR REWARD!!!
36. House and Garden Sampler - House 5
37. House and Garden Sampler - House 6
38. House and Garden Sampler - Left Border
39. House and Garden Sampler - House 7
40. House and Garden Sampler - House 8
41. House and Garden Sampler - House 9
42. House and Garden Sampler - Right Border
43. House and Garden Sampler - House 10
44. House and Garden Sampler - House 11
45. House and Garden Sampler - House 12--
TIME FOR REWARD!!!
46. House and Garden Sampler - Bottom Border
47.-48 Framing of House and Garden Sampler - (Counts as 2)
49. Vierlanden Sampler parts 1-12
50. Vierlanden Sampler parts 13-24
51. Vierlanden Sampler parts 25-36
52. Vierlanden Sampler parts 36-end
53. HOHRH - House 1 thru 3
54. HOHRH - House 4 thru 6
55. HOHRH - House 7 thru 10
56. HOHRH - House 11-12
57.-58. Framing HOHRH - (Counts as 2)
TIME FOR REWARD!!!
61.-62. Framing of Marquior Sampler (Counts as 2)
63.-64. Framing of Silk Sampler (Counts as 2)
65.-68. Framing of And They Sinned (Counts as 4 - it's huge)
69.-70. Framing of Vierlanden Sampler (Counts as 2)--
TIME FOR REWARD!!!
71.-72. Framing of Millennium Sampler (Counts as 2)
73.-74. Framing of Edcina Pieters (Counts as 2)
75. Carriage House Samplings - Mary Margaret
76. Carriage House Samplings - Elizabeth
77. Carriage House Samplings - Suzannah
78. Carriage House Samplings - Molly
79. Carriage House Samplings - Sarah Spurr
80. Pretty in Pink by Indigo Rose (Smalls)--
**TIME FOR REWARD!!!
81. Carriage House Samplings - Strawberry Blonde
82. Carriage House Samplings - Gingham Dog and Calico Cat
83. Carriage House Samplings - Remember Me
84.-88 Carriage House Samplings -- set of 5 - Honor, Faith, Charity, Hope, Love,
89. Carriage House Samplings - Scarlet Berries
90. Cat's Whiskers - Feed My Soul (Smalls)--
*TIME FOR REWARD!!!
91. Chessie & Me - The Journey
92. Chessie & Me - The Gift is Small Pincushion (to be bought sometime this year)
93. Chessie & Me - Bittersweet and Pumpkins Sampler
94. Hillside Samplings - Autumn WIllow
95. Hillside Samplings - Bittersweet Farm
96. Hillside Samplings - A Child's Commandments
97. Fancy Works - Lavender Rose Sewing Case (smalls)
98. Fancy Works - elizabeth R (smalls)
99. La D Da - The Mockingbird
100. Samplers and Such-Quaker Style Friendship Sampler--
*** TIME FOR REWARD!!!
101. Tsunami Sampler
102. Midnight Stitching - A Quaker Floral
103. Tranquility Sampler
104. German Mystery Sampler
105. Quaker RR -- Finish border and missing sections
106. Linda Driskell - Sampler in a year -- Angel at Gate
107. Examplar Dames - Stella Jones 1811 Sampler
108. Gigi's and Carinna's - Six Maines Sampler
109. Marquoir ABC - by Gigi
110. Blackbird Designs - Home of the Brave --
TIME FOR REWARD!!!
111. Carriage House Samplings - Alphabets A - D
112. Carriage House Samplings - Alphabets E - H
113. Carriage House Samplings - Alphabets I - L
114. Carriage House Samplings - Alphabets M- P
115. Carriage House Samplings - Alphabets Q - T
116. Carriage House Samplings - Alphabets U - X
117. Carraige House Samplings - Alphabets Y - Z and outer border work
118. La D Da - Roses are Red Sampler
119. SANQ - Spring 2007 - Ackworth Sampler Frame
120. SANQ - Token of Love design for Frame and 2nd one for Pincushion --
***
TIME FOR REWARD!!!
....to be continued...:-)
This is a long list, but I have done so well so far this year, that I think I will make a nice dent in this list by December 31st, 2007. There are so many other things I want to stitch too, that this list will be hard to stick to in some ways. What I am thinking is that when I get 10 completed, I will allow myself to start one new one that way I can enjoy working on something new as well, while I am working through some of these longstanding WIPs and UFOs. I'm honestly looking forward to a very productive Summer and lots of stitching hours.
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