Needlepoint Resolutions as a Way to Conquer your Stash
Thinking about it, the only New Year’s resolutions I regularly keep are those related to needlepoint. While this doesn’t say much about my willpower, it does say that these kind of resolutions are wonderful ways to get your stash under some sort of control.
In 2009, I resolved to get my thread stash under more control and not to buy too many canvases. While the thread stash continues to be huge, I have used up lots of stuff And have managed to use up one or more threads in almost every project I have stitched this year.
I’m still thinking about my resolutions for this year, but here are some stash busting ideas for this year.
Do you have a big project you want to finish? Resolve to stitch on it for two needles of thread each day. It doesn’t sound like much, and it isn’t. But it will get the project done.
Are you overwhelmed by your thread stash? “Shop” your stash before beginning a new project. Stitch some stash buster and scrap bag projects. Make it a goal to use a particular number of threads from your stash on projects this year.
Too many projects started and not finished? Set up a rotation system. Pick ten projects and rank them. Stitch on each one for a specific amount of time. Then move on to the next. When one is done, add another to the rotation.
Too many unstitched canvases in your stash? Reward yourself by only getting new canvases when you have finished five or ten from your stash.
Tomorrow, I’ll talk about resolutions about learning and making time to stitch.
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Last year I resolved to work on the pieces that were already on stretcher bars and in a suitcase that I was hiding them in. The suitcase is actually holding less pieces. And only one of them was taken off the bars (cross stitch) when I realized I had everything in there but the pattern. When I find that pattern again I just may finish it. Or maybe not.
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