A Mini-Slump and a List
After I worked on “Catch the Wind” on Tuesday I meant to put it aside and start the baby sampler. However, to be honest, I am not yet too excited about stitching it and as a result, it put me into a little slump.
Whenever I thought about starting the baby sampler, I remembered all of the other things that I needed to do and consequently, I didn’t pick up a needle at all on Wednesday or Thursday. (Actually, this was a bit of a blessing in disguise as I got a lot of preparations for my trip out of the way.) So, after a couple of days of not stitching, I realized that my mini-slump was being caused by the fact that instead of starting the baby sampler, I wanted to continue working on CtW.
Therefore I picked CtW back up today and spent all afternoon working on Jane’s skirt. It is really coming along and I think that I am close to (or maybe even past) the half-way point on her skirt. Not only am I seeing impressive progress, I am also having such a great time stitching it that it will definitely be going into my stitching bag and on my trip.
Speaking of my trip, I am sure you are dying to know what I am planning on taking with me, so here is The List: (List subject to change up until it is actually packed!)
- Catch the Wind
- Melissa’s Birthday Exchange
- Jo’s RR
- Baby Feet
- Celtic Spring
- Ashley’s Roses
It may seem like a lot, but the only ones that actually have stitches in them are CtW and Melissa’s Birthday Exchange. I already have Jo’s RR and “Baby Feet” kitted up, so I figure I may as well bring them along too.
As for “Celtic Spring” and “Ashley’s Roses,” I am still waiting on the fabric I ordered for them. If the fabric doesn’t get here by Monday I am planning on just taking the charts with me and will take the opportunity to look for some fabric when I go home. If the fabric does arrive, I will stick it in my stitching bag too. If I start them, great. If I don’t, it’s no big deal: I will just start them when I get back.
I am not planning on taking too much floss with me on my trip because I am planning on buying a whole bunch in the States. The reason I am going to do this is because, as most of you probably already know, embroidery floss is in Europe is damn expensive! In Germany it is about €1.10, or at the current exchange rate, $1.34 per skein! I already have a quasi-floss mom (nothing official – just a great best friend!) who has been sending me DMC over here and that helps, but since I will be in the land of cheap floss I figure I may as well stock up!
6 January 2006 at 20:02
You’ve made great progress!!
7 January 2006 at 16:55
Sorry to hear you got in a bit of a stitching slump, I think it happens to all of us from time to time!
Isn’t it fun planning what stitching you’re going to take on a trip! Hope you come back with buckets full of DMC!
8 January 2006 at 16:26
CtW is coming along and can’t wait to see more progress.
8 January 2006 at 20:13
I’ve done the same sort of thing, when I’m not as eager to get back to work on a piece.
As for floss in the US, I plan to go whole-hog when we go over in the summer. I can’t wait!
9 January 2006 at 00:31
I hope you buy a ton of floss! And maybe a bag to bring it back in.
9 January 2006 at 04:08
We all have those stitching slumps - luckily we get out of them in time
And it sounds like you found the perfect solution - just stitching what your heart says it wants to stitch :)) Hope you have a great stash hauling time in the US - I know what you mean about spending huge amounts of money on stash overseas - I figure that’s what ONS were designed for 
9 January 2006 at 15:43
I love how fast CTW stitches!