So Much Stitchiness!

It's my favorite week of the year: Stitchy Planning Week! If you're new here, you can read about my annual tradition in this post and about the thoughts behind it in this essay I wrote a couple of years ago.  

*waits patiently for everyone to get caught up*

Ready? Let's look at stuff! 

First, I have to show y'all a new piece of fabric I got last week. This 30 ct. fabric is Snowfall from The Primitive Hare. I don't know what I'm going to stitch on it yet, but when I saw it I knew it had to come live at my house!

I have some finishing to do this week. You'll recognize these as some of my JOY finishes from when Mr. Wonderful was away. 

These are the supplies for a tiny project I started Christmas Eve. I love gray and was so excited to find this beautiful gray/white trim at Hobby Lobby. I already had this project in mind, so when I found the trim, I knew it would be perfect. But let's not kid ourselves. I would have bought it anyway. I love gray! Speaking of which, I mentioned a while back that I was so happy to see DMC adding some grays to its range, and I'm happy to report that the new #04 is exactly right for working on Wichelt's petit point gray/white linen. 

Supplies for my next start. This is a project I've loved for years and years, and I've decided I really need to get it done. It's small, but very detailed. Really looking forward to it.

And here's a WIP that I pulled out to finish because I felt sorry for it, Let it Snow by Blackberry Lane (on the recommended fabric). I started this last winter, and quickly decided I don't like stitching over one. I don't mind a little bit, but the snowflakes on this one were driving me nuts. I'm particular about how my stitches look, and those teeny tiny stitches just never look--to me--as pretty as the chubby little full stitches. So I put it away because I was mad at it, but now I feel sorry for it, so I'm going to finish it. I have a solution for the snowflakes...

From my newest piece of fancy fabric to my oldest: this is my very first piece of hand-dyed fabric, which I've had for years and years (PTP Crystal DaVinci). When I bought it--oh so many years ago--I had no plan for what to stitch on it. I just thought it was a stunning piece of fabric. Back then, hand-dyed fabrics were just catching on, so this was really a novelty. I carefully put it away and "saved it." Now, if you're a regular reader, you'll know that these days I'm the curator of quite a hoard of fabric, but this piece remains special. I get it out now and then and think about what to stitch on it, then put it away. But I may be close to a decision. Stay tuned...

And here's my big decision. I've decided to take the plunge and start Russian Hunt. It's huge, y'all. But my plan is to just let it be what it is: a huge, ongoing, leisurely project with no finish date goal and with no pressure. I'll be stitching whatever else I want, and I'll work on this when I feel like it. At least I will have started it. When I was pondering this decision, I had the chart spread out on my sewing room floor, and Mr. Wonderful walked in and said, "Wow." Yep. That about sums it up. The size, the gorgeousness. Wow. I have to stitch it.

So that's what I'll be doing this week between Christmas and the New Year. I'm excited. I look forward to this week so much, and I hope that whatever you're up to, you have a wonderful week, too!