What Good Motivation!

Hi, Everyone -

I just came across this challenge blog two days ago and think it will be a great incentive for me to finish some of my WIPs next year.  A fresh start at the beginning of a new year is always motivational for me...for a while, anyway!

I live in Ohio.  I have two children, five grandchildren, and a five month old great granddaughter, Elizabeth, who we call Izzie.  What a treasure!

I've looked around and come up with the following projects for my list:

1)  Birth Sampler for Izzie - it's in the designing stages only...haven't started the stitching yet, but this is my     most important project for 2011.

2)  Sampler of Seasons - this is a round robin piece from an EGA Guild that I belong to.  The stitching was done in 2009.  It's time for me to put some finishing touches on it and get it framed!

3)  Antique Heart Roll - Shepherd's Bush - just started.

4)  A Weary World Rejoices - Shakespeare's Peddler - about 1/3 is stitched.

5)  Debi's Roses Biscornu - Chatelaine freebie - very little stitched.  I'm trying to stitch it on black fabric, and don't know whether I can do this any more!

6)  Mary Wigham Sampler - NeedlePrint - about 20% stitched.

7)  Holly & Ivy - Shepherd's Bush - just needs button and charms.

8)  Random Thoughts - Drawn Thread - was hoping to get going on this last year for an online SAL.

9)  Anniversaries of the Heart - BBD - about 40% stitched.

10)Heart Pincushion for an Exchange - I need this in about 6 weeks.

11)Keepsake Box & Pinkeep - BBD LF#33 - 50 or 60% stitched.

12)Anna's Stocking - Shepherd's Bush - about 25% stitched...I have misplaced the perle cottons for this!

13)Springtime Heart - a small piece on canvas that I should be doing as a Guild project.

14)Fraidy Felix - With Thy Needle & Thread - stitching about 50% finished; will have to be put together, too.

15)Pineapple Biscornus - Jeannette Douglas - I am ashamed to admit that these were to be a Christmas for a very good friend LAST year, and I still have not finished them.  The stitching is about 80% complete.

16)  Bonus Project - Before seeing this blog, I was going to join a SAL for Autumn at Hawk Run Hollow.  I am not a fast stitcher, so I don't know whether stitching one of those blocks a month in addition to everything else I want to do is realistic or not, but hope to give it a try!

This is very ambitious for me.  If I finished half of these items, I'll be very happy.  If I finish 2/3 of the list I will be very happy and amazed!  Loved seeing the photos posted so far.  I'll do the same soon.

Good stitching, everyone.

Bobbi - Ohio