The Joy of Instant Gratification
MistrssSue
We all seem to love doing those big complicated projects...yanno, the
TW's, Miribilias, MLI's, etc, etc, etc. I myself almost always am
working on something of that sort - I just finished a nice-sized sampler,
plus I am working on Miribilia's Sleeping Beauty. In addition, I am
making myself a thread crochet bedspread....and of course there's the
project I work on during my lunch hour, and a couple other things in the
works.....lol.....
Normally it doesn't bother me working on large projects...when I get bored
with them, I rotate.
But don't you just get tired of working on something for so long and feel
like you never are going to finish it?
Last weekend, I was going through my stash (a necessary evil, since I am
moving shortly) and found a few small projects...one was a ring box with a
small area for a xstitch design, and another was a recipe box. So I sat
myself down and stitched two small designs for both of them...finished the
stitching for both off in one evening, mounted them the next morning.
Yanno, they may not have been as fancy and complex as some of the work
that I've done, but they were _finished_ ... it really felt great to
complete something that really ended up looking nice in that short of a
period of time.
I guess in the quest to do every succeeding project bigger-better-more
than the last project, you forget that the small stuff is nice too.
Happy stitching
Sue :)
Meliny
In article <19970529221...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
mistr...@aol.com (MistrssSue) wrote:
> Last weekend, I was going through my stash (a necessary evil, since I am
> moving shortly) and found a few small projects...one was a ring box with a
> small area for a xstitch design, and another was a recipe box. So I sat
> myself down and stitched two small designs for both of them...finished the
> stitching for both off in one evening, mounted them the next morning.
> Yanno, they may not have been as fancy and complex as some of the work
> that I've done, but they were _finished_ ... it really felt great to
> complete something that really ended up looking nice in that short of a
> period of time.
I'm sorry, I couldn't help but laugh. Did you get any packing done?
ReeReeP
In article <19970529221...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
mistr...@aol.com (MistrssSue) writes:
>But don't you just get tired of working on something for so long and feel
>like you never are going to finish it?
>
>
Yep, this is me. To a "T". Right now, I'm about 15/16ths finished with
my Dad's retirement present (Stoney Creeks' adaptation of Norman
Rockwell's "The Runaway" - a Saturday Evening Post cover from 1958(?)).
Anyway, all I have left to do is 1/2 crosses in a section about 4" wide
and 2" high. But, it's the 775, 3756, 3752, 932 and 931 blues (yep, all
of them!). I've been working on this since April 1996 - you'd think I'd
stitch all night to get them done. Nope, I'm sick of looking at it. Even
HRH the 5-year-old said to me: "Mom, when are you going to get that done?
I'm sick of looking at it." (LOL) Well, it's getting finished this
weekend, mounted and framed for Father's Day and getting OUT OF MY
HOUSE!!! <sorry for shouting, but ...>
After that, the summer will be devoted to a round robin I'm in, ME's
Believe Advent Calendar, and a birth sampler for a co-worker. All smaller
stuff - until Fall rolls around again - then it's MLI's Friends and
Feathers on an afghan for Mom. ;-)
-Ree (ree...@aol.com)
We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it
-Eeyore
-Pooh's Little Instruction Book (inspired by A. A. Milne)
Parker1224
>But don't you just get tired of working on something for so long and feel
>like you never are going to finish it?
Ugghhh - I've been working on this Beatrix Potter Sampler for so long
(like 6 years on and off) that I can't even remember who I started it for.
Not only that - but have you ever had a project where it seems like you're
just stitching and frogging the whole thing? For whatever reason its like
every time I touch this one pattern its like i've forgotten how to count
and stitch. It gets so frustrating that I do just a little bit and then I
have to put it away until I forget how much its driving me crazy. I don't
know what I'm finally going to do with it when its done. Ehh - I might
just do like the Tibeten monks who make incredible scenery out of colored
sand and then immediately destroy it upon completion to show the
impermance of things. Ok probably not - but its a thought.
Susan
Norse Hedgehog
MistrssSue wrote:
>
> We all seem to love doing those big complicated projects...yanno, the
> TW's, Miribilias, MLI's, etc, etc, etc. I myself almost always am
> working on something of that sort - I just finished a nice-sized sampler,
> plus I am working on Miribilia's Sleeping Beauty. In addition, I am
> making myself a thread crochet bedspread....and of course there's the
> project I work on during my lunch hour, and a couple other things in the
> works.....lol.....
>
> Normally it doesn't bother me working on large projects...when I get bored
> with them, I rotate.
>
> like you never are going to finish it?
>
> moving shortly) and found a few small projects...one was a ring box with a
> small area for a xstitch design, and another was a recipe box. So I sat
> myself down and stitched two small designs for both of them...finished the
> stitching for both off in one evening, mounted them the next morning.
> Yanno, they may not have been as fancy and complex as some of the work
> that I've done, but they were _finished_ ... it really felt great to
> complete something that really ended up looking nice in that short of a
> period of time.
>
> than the last project, you forget that the small stuff is nice too.
>
> Happy stitching
>
> Sue :)
the projects I currently working on. Flower Power is the biggest right
now, but also plan to begin Birch Wolves soon and have Rocky Mountain
Christmas in the pile as well. Feels good to sit down for an aafternoon
and finish up a couple of cute bookmarks to have ready for gifts or
bazaar projects, occasionally.
--
The Norse Hedgehog, Sandy
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Lula
This idea works the same for my canvas painting.
When I'm painting a massive order that takes a few weeks to finish, I
sometimes take a "break" and paint a couple of small canvas orders
(depends on the designs) in between just to feel like I'm "finishing"
and shipping out something in the meantime. (Doesn't hurt the cash flow
either)
I stitch the same way too---I've finished small projects while working
on a big one. Gives me a feeling of accomplishment and gives me the
encouragement to keep going.
--
Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
The only WORK I like is attached to a NEEDLE
http://home.earthlink.net/~woolydream/
Norse Hedgehog wrote:
MistrssSue
> I'm sorry, I couldn't help but laugh. Did you get any >packing done?
LOL Some, but not nearly enough.
Sue :)
Homes4U
Parker1224 wrote:
>
> In article <19970529221...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
> mistr...@aol.com (MistrssSue) writes:
>
> >like you never are going to finish it?
>
> (like 6 years on and off) that I can't even remember who I started it for.
> Not only that - but have you ever had a project where it seems like you're
> just stitching and frogging the whole thing? For whatever reason its like
> every time I touch this one pattern its like i've forgotten how to count
> and stitch. It gets so frustrating that I do just a little bit and then I
> have to put it away until I forget how much its driving me crazy. I don't
> know what I'm finally going to do with it when its done. Ehh - I might
> just do like the Tibeten monks who make incredible scenery out of colored
> sand and then immediately destroy it upon completion to show the
> impermance of things. Ok probably not - but its a thought.
>
> Susan
Angela Karash
MistrssSue wrote:
>
> We all seem to love doing those big complicated projects...yanno, the
> TW's, Miribilias, MLI's, etc, etc, etc. I myself almost always am
> working on something of that sort - I just finished a nice-sized sampler,
> plus I am working on Miribilia's Sleeping Beauty. In addition, I am
> making myself a thread crochet bedspread....and of course there's the
> project I work on during my lunch hour, and a couple other things in the
> works.....lol.....
>
> Normally it doesn't bother me working on large projects...when I get bored
> with them, I rotate.
>
> like you never are going to finish it?
>
> moving shortly) and found a few small projects...one was a ring box with a
> small area for a xstitch design, and another was a recipe box. So I sat
> myself down and stitched two small designs for both of them...finished the
> stitching for both off in one evening, mounted them the next morning.
> that I've done, but they were _finished_ ... it really felt great to
> complete something that really ended up looking nice in that short of a
> period of time.
>
> I guess in the quest to do every succeeding project bigger-better-more
> than the last project, you forget that the small stuff is nice too.
>
> Happy stitching
>
> Sue :)
Sue,
I agree! I've been doing small designs (currently penguins from a
recent magazine) on plastic canvas for fridge magnets. I can do one a
day, between breaks and lunch at work. There are also days when my
brain simply will not differentiate the symbols on really complicated
patterns (my current masochist project is "Miss Hathaway's Garden") no
matter what I want to do.
Angela
--
"Friends will be friends, right 'til the end" - Queen
Melinda Coss
> I stitch the same way too---I've finished small projects while working
> on a big one.
> Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
Yes, but then not everybody has two pairs of hands.
(she does folks, I've seen them)
Queen.
Lula
Just like one of those multi-armed Oriental Goddesses!
--
Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
I only like WORK when it's attached to a NEEDLE....
http://home.earthlink.net/~woolydream/
Sharon G
Lula wrote:
>
> Melinda Coss wrote:
> >
> > > I stitch the same way too---I've finished small projects while working
> > > on a big one.
> > > Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
> > Yes, but then not everybody has two pairs of hands.
> > (she does folks, I've seen them)
> > Queen.
>
> Just like one of those multi-armed Oriental Goddesses!
>
> --
> Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
And she needs them for her 20 bowling balls at 16 lbs each!
Sharon g
Melinda Coss
> Melinda Coss wrote:
> >
> > > I stitch the same way too---I've finished small projects while
> > > working
> > > on a big one.
> > > Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
> > Yes, but then not everybody has two pairs of hands.
> > (she does folks, I've seen them)
> > Queen.
>
> Just like one of those multi-armed Oriental Goddesses!
Now you mention it, yes ! Although it was a squid that first came to mind.
Queen (ducking to avoid displacement of crown by jet propelled tomato)
Lula
You better duck Queenie---I have strong arms, but it wouldn't be
tomatoes I'd be throwing in your direction.....
Try 16 pound bowling balls!!
Hmmm--those Brunswick bowling pins do have little crowns as their
logo.......
Lula from Wooly Dreams Design
htp://home.earthlink.net/~woolydream
Sharon G
Melinda Coss wrote:
> Now you mention it, yes ! Although it was a squid that first came to mind.
> Queen (ducking to avoid displacement of crown by jet propelled tomato)
In defense of my dear friend Lula...make that one Hot tomato bra (bra
#30) on the way!
Sharon G
Melinda Coss
> You better duck Queenie---I have strong arms, but it wouldn't be
> tomatoes I'd be throwing in your direction.....
>
> Try 16 pound bowling balls!!
Queen