Happy New Year's Eve! It's been an interesting day so far! I was able to keep up with the Christmastide SAL by Hands On Designs...finishing up part 7 today. I really love those wreaths!
I also had a chance to stitch and finish Day 5 of Santa's 12 Days of Christmas by The Prairie Schooler. I'm stitching these in order so I'm nearly halfway. They are stitched on 40 count Vintage Country Mocha over one. I know...I'm crazy...but they look so cute that small! I hope to finish these in 2025.
Isn't it interesting how we reflect on the current year and make plans and resolutions for the coming year on this day every year? We turn the page and start anew with hopes and dreams for the future. There are a few things I sincerely hope to accomplish this year...like losing more weight (I actually lost 42 pounds in 2024!) and finishing up some WIPs I have sitting around. I have some filing cabinets I was given last year I hope to organize my patterns...those I want to stitch, those I have kitted up, and those I need to finish as well as organize paperwork we have floating around this house. I want to do a deep clean and make room for visitors if they so choose to visit. Are you making plans too?
While I didn't get the projects started I hoped to last year, nor did I finish WIPs I had listed, I did get quite a bit of stitching done this year. According to the logs I kept this year, I stitched over a quarter of a million stitches...whew! 272, 851 stitches to be exact. Of the 16 larger projects I started this year, I finished 12 of them! The others are on my list to finish this year. I finished stitching 115 projects this year and fully finished 78. I really wanted to finish one more, but I'm stuck on how to finish it. It will probably be the first one I finish next year!
And on that note, I'm going to get off this machine and go play some games with my husband while we wait to ring in the new year. Our kids wanted us to spend the evening with them, but some storms are blowing through...high winds, thunder and lightening...so we opted to stay home. Yesterday was an exhausting day as Little Miss Sassy Pants was here and she kept me busy. I didn't even have time to take pictures! Hopefully I can the next time she visits. Anyway, I wish you all a very Blessed and Happy New Year. Happy Stitching!!
2 comments:
It sounded like you had a full day on the 31st. I'm a planner and list maker, so I have been spending time each day since Sunday thinking and planning. Well done on the stitching and finishing, DJ! Your PS piece looks good. Wishing you a New Year filled with lots of laughter, much happiness, and many stitching opportunities.
Happy New Year DJ to you and all your family. I think as I get older and go through life's ups and downs I don't make plans as I used to. There are things I'd like to do but apart from gifts for others if I get projects done it's a bonus. Much love in 2025 x x
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