Taking on the Challenge :-)....

Last year a lot of people decided to do the 10 - 20- 50, or 10 - 25 - 50 challenge. I even managed to type up a list of things in my challenge, and well, the list went one way and I went another . That happens a lot around here, especially when there are projects to do, and last year was a big year for projects on the house inside and outside. I redecorated, sewed curtains, cushions, reupholstered furniture, painted....it was a busy time. Anyway, this year I decided I would give it another try, but I am doing it a little differently than what most people are doing. I don't stitch all that fast, so doing one that had 10-25-50 would take me forever. Most likely I would be feeling quite deprived if I had to wait to buy anything until I had 25 projects completed. I don't do many small items, and being a slow stitcher, well, I could go on for two years and maybe meet that goal. So that doesn't work for me. What I am doing is a 10-10-10-until I finish -- this way I can at least manage to buy a few things along the way and not feel like I have broken my commitment to the challenge. Anyway, this works for me.

Now what will be on the list to finish. I really want to get to some UFOs, so I will have a dual list, one of UFOs and another one from my current new projects and older WIPs that i have not categorized as UFOS at this point. This is what is on my list, and they are not in any particular order, so some of them will be done sooner than others, and not in the listed order. I will be glad to get through ten of them by the end of Summer....and that would be pushing it really if I manage that.

On my WIP List are:

The Marquoir Sampler
Elizabeth by Carriage House Samplings
Hannah Pepper (Fine Lines Magazine)
Edcina Pieters Sampler(SANQ Magazine)
Quaker Round Robin
Quaker Pocket (gift for friend)
Quaker Fob (gift for friend)
Quaker pin keep (gift for friend)
Salexandra Sewing Tri-fold
The Silk Sampler (Quaker)
House of Hawk Run Hollow
The Many Years Sampler (online)
The Workstation (Judy Odell)
Plymouth Sampler (Brenda Keyes)
ABC Marquoir Sampler - Pastel
ABC Marquoir Sampler - Red and Brown Combination with Baneberry from Vikki
Clayton Silks; Sampler is by Gigi and Carrine
ABC's from Carriage House Samplings done as one sampler.



My UFOs that I will work on in the first batch are:

Hope Needle Roll (Maureen Appleton)
Star of Wonder (Ornament from JCS Magazine)
Snowmen Melt Your Heart - Homespun Elegance
Wisdom and Understanding - Cross Country Stitching Magazine
Pulled Thread Pillow - Debbie Novak
Happy Memories - from Gloria & Pat's Christmas...A Season of the Heart chart
New Mexico Christmas Freebie from Lindy Jane
Wee Hearts - Heart in Hand
Morning Light Sampler
Sampler of Heart - Stitcher's Attic
Apple Pie - Stitcher's Attic
Heart and Hand - Ewe and Eye
Christmas Basket over one - My own design.
Victorian Welcome - Nutmeg Needle
Antique Wildflowers Heart - Sweetheart Tree
Toile Rooster - Birds of a Feather
Quaker Ornament - JCS Magazine

I'll be posting pics of these as I begin to work on them, and update as I get enough done to show my progress. Hopefully I can manage 10 by September. I'm going to try.

Bye for now...
Cathy