Well its the afternoon of New Year's Eve here in Australia. I'm at mum's and it is swelteringly hot :)So my Year in Review .... here's the list I posted last December .... today's comments come after the -- in each post.
OK well here's my list of anticipated realistic finishes for 2007:
Dutch Beauty -- didn't get much done on it at all
Rainmaker by Mystic Stitch -- no longer needed to do
2 more of the Ross Egyptian profiles for mum -- nope - got one done
The Castle (TW) -- insert insane laughter here
Cirque des Cercles -- nope
Mystery IX -- not finished
Midi Mystery 1 -- not finished
Midi Mystery 2 or 3 -- not finished or even started
Black Beauty or Something in Red -- not started
Catherine of Aragon -- yes one anticipated finish
I also expect that I will finish or be well on my way to finishing ...
a few Kats by Kelly -- nope. Didn't even get one started.
Frederick the Literate -- nope got four stitches in.
another InkCircles design (I have a few to choose from - depends on my
mood when I finish Cirque) -- Yep started and finished Dogwood Square. Also THOM is *mostly* finished.
St Sophia -- not started
Fire Flower -- YES! Finished !!!!
one of the FantaCat charts I have -- nope.
Another of Henry VIII's wives -- nope.
and the list goes on from there - from that point onwards the list is
huge and will depend on my mood, other commitments, other new designs
coming out etc etc. I aim to get the first list completely finished.
This is my goal. Everything in the second list will be wonderful but
unrealistic - anything in the unlisted third list will be wonderful and
will probably bump something off the second list to do it :) Bit hey -
I'm a Leo I'm allowed to change my mind - or completely fall in love
with a new design and have to stitch it NOW !!!
-- And that's exactly what happened! I also finished this year four unplanned stitched gifts, Silent Night for Sisu, C for Claire, D for Donna and Late Shift for Hilary. I did two Moonflower smalls, Gothic and Stellar, and some smalls model-stitched for Inkcircles Hanky Pysanky. Also two blackwork dragons and of course Party Cat. Pics of all of these can be seen here: http://gothtigger.multiply.com/photos/album/2/Finished_pieces
So although I didn't get many BAPs finished (OK not one) I did better than most years in that I finished five items for gifts, my first ever model stitch jobs *and* eight pieces for my own walls.
Fourteen pieces is an outstanding number for me.
Now looking forward for 2008.
My anticipated finishes for 2008 are "b*ggered if I know"! I am not writing lists, I am not planning, I am not setting up a rotation that I will just break. I will work on what I feel like when I feel like as I feel like and I will *not* feel guilty about this in any way shape or form.
Except I suppose I'd better get a few stitches into my TW's The Castle and my The One project or a certain Darth List Mum might skin me alive ....
Oh and the pic above is yet another new unanticipated start - Spotted Butterfly by Szulet Creations.
