I delved under the bed yesterday and found the not so pretty side of my stash - the large kits, the forgotten stuff and the UFOs ...
I was quite pleased with some of the stuff I found - there's a kit I want to stitch for my baby niece, for example, but as for the rest... oh dear!
For example, most of the UK stitching magazines used to come with a free kit each month, and I collected these almost obsessively. About five years ago, I did finish a whole pile off on my journeys too and from work. It was about the time I stopped buying the magazines as it was a very expensive habit, considering how few projects from the magazines I stitched! Anyhow, there was also a big pile of unfinished freebie kits lurking - mostly because of little mistakes made, I fear. It's shameful really, as most of these could be made up in an evening or two ...
There's also some larger UFOs - some of which go back ten years or so, so I've added them to the list of shame as well. I took pictures of them in 2003 and I'm not proud to say that most of them haven't been touched since! There was a Christmas sampler dated 2001 in there...
For others with long standing UFOs - please, even if you aren't going to admit you even have UFOs to the rest of the world, do go back and check to see if you've left any needles in the pieces - I had three that were badly rusted and have left marks, including one which has left marks on the stitched part of the piece :o(
I was quite pleased with some of the stuff I found - there's a kit I want to stitch for my baby niece, for example, but as for the rest... oh dear!
For example, most of the UK stitching magazines used to come with a free kit each month, and I collected these almost obsessively. About five years ago, I did finish a whole pile off on my journeys too and from work. It was about the time I stopped buying the magazines as it was a very expensive habit, considering how few projects from the magazines I stitched! Anyhow, there was also a big pile of unfinished freebie kits lurking - mostly because of little mistakes made, I fear. It's shameful really, as most of these could be made up in an evening or two ...
There's also some larger UFOs - some of which go back ten years or so, so I've added them to the list of shame as well. I took pictures of them in 2003 and I'm not proud to say that most of them haven't been touched since! There was a Christmas sampler dated 2001 in there...
For others with long standing UFOs - please, even if you aren't going to admit you even have UFOs to the rest of the world, do go back and check to see if you've left any needles in the pieces - I had three that were badly rusted and have left marks, including one which has left marks on the stitched part of the piece :o(
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UFO's? I don't have UFO's. LOL I only have two, actually. Yup, rusty needles are bad. :(
I wish I only had two! I'm a bit of a serial starter, I'm afraid - and I get easily discouraged! But I'm working on it :o)
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