Multi-Project Challenge

I have been reading with great interest at one of my favorite bbs about this Project Challenge. It seems easy enough and the more I read about it the more I want to do it. It seems like a great motivator and also a way to have finishes. It is also a way to stop buying and kitting things up only to have them sit for months or even years. I really want to see more finishes but I can't do that as I keep starting new things because I keep buying new things. You can read about it here: 10/25/50 Project Challenge There is no end date so there is no pressure to rush through my stash. This is meant to have fun and enjoy my hobby. It is also a way to get motivation needed from other like-minded stitchers. :)

It is simple enough. I will reduce my stash and after I do my set amount, I can buy new things or add things from my stash that aren't even kitted or partially kitted. I can even have exemptions. Of course I need an exemption because I am going to CATS and there is no way I can't shop at CATS. I wait for this all year and of course I wasn't even there last year so I have to make up for lost stash shopping time. :) Since this started September 1, I already have a finish with my "12 Days". So I am already ahead of the game.

At the moment, I signed on for the 10 Project Challenge as the majority of my projects are HUGE!! I have a feeling once I go through my stuff and go to CATS that I will increase the number to 25. I want to make sure I have a good mix of stuff in there. I also think I will get some of these big things done because I will want to start more big things (think Tesori).

Here are my 10 choices at the moment. I will be modifying this after CATS.

1. Tesori D'Italia
2. Coffee by Mystic Stitch
3. Rose by Heritage Stitchcraft
4. Gingerbread Boy Ornament (I bought and started this 4 years ago. I put it away with just the border to stitch. How sick is that?)
5. Snowfolk Ornament (my current car project)
6. Coffee (another Hinzeit charmed mini-sampler)
7-10. To be announced. I have some stuff kitted but I want to wait for CATS where this list could go to 25.

My exemptions are as follows:

1. CATS festivals
2. Floss, speciality threads, beads, etc. that I need for WIPS and some partially kitted stuff.
3. Fabric for my newest Mystic Stitch charts and maybe a few that I started to kit. I have to dig in stash to make sure.
4. JCS Ornament Issue (I buy this every year).

My first finish is "12 Days of Christmas" finished on September 8, 2006. I did not include that in my initial list.

So there you have it. I will probably do a little tweeking of my lists and exemptions but by October 1, it will all be modified and already well underway.

As soon as I figure it out, my projects will go in my sidebar. I am so computer illiterate, it ain't funny.