One of the things I was forced to do yesterday was iron. I started "Smoke Flower" because it was the very last project in the pile that wasn't a creased, wrinkled mess. I bet you thought I had some grand plan, some cosmically centered reason for starting the first three projects, didn't you? Something other than "I only iron for stitching emergencies." Uh huh. Right.
Anne and I seem to be on the save wavelength with this challenge. She's also been ironing like crazy and is running out of q-snaps Her comment (regarding Day 3) was so insightful, right on the mark!
"I think that's the hardest bit of the challenge for me - some pieces I don't want to stop stitching, and it kills me to put them down again and start something new the next day ... but then the next day I start feeling the same about the next project (usually anyway) ;) And isn't it crazy how the smallest things stop us from stitching a project - and how quick the task goes when we pull our fingers out and actually do that task ... I often kick myself afterwards wondering why I hadn't tackled it sooner!"Carol was wondering about the Diane bag and the number of projects housed therein. I must admit, I have shuffled so many projects in the past few days, I can't say for certain how many projects are in there. I promise to count sometime soon. I do know one thing - Diane now has an echo. It is a little spooky.
Thanks a bunch to everyone who is reading my blog and/or leaving comments! It is fun to be back.
3 comments:
Oh boy, I'm sooooo with you on the ironing - my mother will tell you, I always joke to her when she visits that I've left a big pile of ironing for her to do (she loves it - but then again, she's obviously just a teensy bit crazy, as I'm often keen to remind her!). I got a compliment from someone staying here once saying that my iron is the best one he's ever used ... it gave me a giggle 'cos it's probably one of the least used appliances in the home - the only time it often sees light is with my stitching (and even that often puts me off starting a piece for days at a time!). But oh what a happy little camper I am today with a pile of ironed linen ... yet again, it's not so bad once you start doing it, it's the thinking about it that leads to problems :P
Diane echoing? Can it be? That must mean it's time to go shopping for new stash! ;-)
(But don't go and count. It might slow you down on your stitching progress, and I'd rather see your updates.)
Hey, wait a minute. That "Anonymous" comment was from me, Linen Stitcher (a.k.a. Carol). And it's still not working now, but at least you'll know that I tried!
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