Resolutions?

I'm not sure I have any resolutions this year, except maybe to do more crafting.  So over the next few days I'm going to take stock and try to focus on where I'm headed.  Today's craft:

I've fallen in love with cross stitch again this past year.  The amazing reproduction designs as well as the monochromes have brought me back to this once uber-cutesy craft.  I want to finish up the last little bit on my band sampler:

And then I'm planning to move on to Blackbird Design's Loose Feather Club -- Strawberry Garden:

This should be a fun and quick stitch and I bought all the thread and fabric along with the pattern, so it's ready to go!

I'm also very inspired by the designs of Jan Houtman who died this past year.  He made amazing samplers (many of which seem to be pictured at this website.)   I would love to make my own sampler this year in a similar style.

That should get me through most of the year, but there is always Paradigm lost to work on.  I'm afraid my eyes aren't really good enough to work on it much though.  In fact, I don't think I've made significant progress since the last photo I took of it about a year ago:

It's really a gorgeous design and I would love to get some work done on it this year, so I'll make an effort to work on it during the day when I have better light.  Maybe with the new office I'll be more inspired to sit in here in the sunlight and get down to work!

Comments

[Jan]

I love Blackbird Design's cross stitch patterns. If anything could lure me back to cross stitch, it would be those.
Happy New Year!

[rachel]

Those are some great designs. I would happily hang any of them up in my house.

[Karin]

I have just now restarted my Spring Tree cross stitch, what fun. You are so close to finishing the band sampler, go! go!

Have you seen the patterns of Little House of Needlework? I love those...

[Karin]

Hi Julie,

the spring tree is in one of last years UK magazines Cross Stitch Collection. I think it is called Japanese Tree or something like that. There was a fall tree in a later issue, so that might be a future project. But for the moment I am going to work on some WIPs.

Karin