What's next? Any suggestion?

[ANNA KOUSI]

 I need some help! Tomorrow is my " stitching day". At the afternoon, after work, I usually sit at my corner on the sofa and I stitch till late in the evening!

Since I have finished-allmost-  all the unfinished projects, three hardanger kits - I am trying to learn...- what's next?

Do you ever come to this point? Where there are so many things and you don't know what to choose? And consider that I don't have too much free - happy stitching- time!

So these are my options:

1. Start a cushion with lines of  different types of pulled threads, which I have never try again but I have the pattern from a magazine
2. Spend the evening learning new stitches and make my own sample
3. Finish an unfinished cross stitch table cloth, which I find a little boring now that I have seen all these beautiful things and stitches you do

Your opinion, please?

 

[Barbara/Hopscotch]

I think to learn new stitches is always interesting -  then to see if you can use them in different ways. 

 I have favourite stitches that I think are more versatile than others, but that could just be because I like them so they are used more frequently, thus the results are better for the practice!

Whatever you choose, choose something you feel you will enjoy and you won't get bored so easily :)

Barbara

[ANNA KOUSI]

I finally started the cushion! Not boring with a lot of new stitches!

Thanks for answering!

[Carol-Anne]

Unless you have a deadline or a pressing reason for working a particular project, I say do the one that is calling your name the loudest :-)

 

[Sibille Kreideweiss]

I'd suggest work on the cross stitch table cloth a little, if possible set yourself a goal with an area you want to finish, spend some time learning new stitches, but don't start anything new. The table cloth will never be finished >:)). And try to finish one of the almost finished projects, this gives you a sense of achievement.

[sharonb]

Probably my answer is predicable but I would opt for learning something new. I find if I  feel stale learning something new can kick me out of the stitching doldrums and open doors. However, as others have said, the most important thing is to follow your heart

[ANNA KOUSI]

Well, I Looove to learn so I did start the cushion, which has a lot of new stitches - pulled thread, drawn thread, satin stitch!  It seems to me like a sampler so in a way I have compined option 1 and 2! That makes me happy, Sharon, and indeed called my name real loud, Carol- Ann!

And, I didn't "bury" the cross stitch Sibille, I leave it for the times that I am very tierd and not focused enough to try something new, because unfortunatelly there are and these days! (I should call them "my cross stitcing days!")

Thank you all ladies for your answers!

[Barbara/Hopscotch]

Well done! Anna

Barbara

[Carol-Anne]

Sounds like a plan, Anna :-)  We shall look forward to seeing the results.

[Nicola Thomson]

I am a great self disciplinarian when it comes to finishing things so I would finish the tablecloth!!

[Lorelei Halley]

Anna

I do understand about having so many new ideas to try out that it is hard to pick one to start with.  When this happens, I sit in my rocking chair with half my mind watching TV, and the other half looking at the prospective projects.  This may go on for a day or 2.  Eventually one of the projects calls to me more strongly than the other.  And sometimes I will start 2 projects: one in which I try to use the best artistry I can achieve, and the other something I already know, for those days when I'm too tired to think.

[ANNA KOUSI]

Lorelei, I finally found it convenient for me to work many projects at the same time! Sometimes it's a little bit creazy but I never get bored! Imagine that this October I learned knitting too, so I have things to do in stitching and things to do in knitting!

But since I don't like unfinished work I do keep a list! I try to finish something in my list in order to start something new!

[Anna Maria Salehar]

Dear Anna,

The idea of a list is appealing. I keep a folder of ideas and then refer to it when I am ready for a new project. Somehow the folder gets thicker and thicker...I am sure your list gets longer too.