There’s no way I’ll ever stitch all, or even a large portion, of the cross stitching charts I have here. It’s so easy to see a new chart, fall in love, buy it, stick it away and then, a few weeks later, buy another one that catches my eye.
While I’m not making any “resolutions” for 2025, there are a couple of things, maybe a few more than a couple, that I want to work on improving. I’m making less “written in stone” plans. I do want to work more on finishing WIPS.
Over the next few days, I’m going to go through a lot of my charts – not even going to attempt to go through all of them, and creating my “Stitching Bucket List”. I figure I may have 10 – 12 good stitching years remaining. If I have more years, I’ll be happy but my plan is 10 – 12 years. On average, I think I can finish 10 – 12 pieces per year. 2025 will be a test. I’m not even sure how many larger charts I can start to finish in a year. Maybe one per month. Maybe six large projects per year and eight smaller projects. I have no idea.
I’m not saying I’m not buying anything new but it seems kinda senseless to have more charts than I’ll ever stitch, really want to stitch most all of them, and keep buying more. There will be charts that I fall in love with and may buy but the days of buying everything I see are over. I think my lack of interest in floss tubes will help a lot with cutting back on the new charts.
Once the Bucket List is finished, I’ll share it. I reserve the right to delete and add projects but any time I feel the need to start something new, I will try to pull one off the list.
I’m excited to start new stitching journals. Yes, there are two but they will be used in somewhat different ways. Once I’ve started using them, maybe around the end of January, I’ll make a post about those journals and share my progress.
What are your thoughts?