Weekly Wanderings Pt. 2 10-25-50 Plan...

I've been considering for a couple of months how to be a bit more realistic about how many needlework projects I have and what I can actually accomplish in this lifetime. I've thought about going on a "stash diet", doing a two for one kind of thing, finish two projects in order to purchase one or just trying to be a bit more discriminating. I've decided to do the 10-25-50 challenge, Hastur Torres. It's a great idea, essentially I have to finish 10, 25 or 50 projects from my needlework stash before I can purchase anything new. Of course there are rules and exceptions :-).

The purpose of the challenge is to reduce the number of pieces in my needlework stash that I have not stitched.

The Rules (as modified to suit me :-):
1. Have fun reducing my stash.
2. There is no time limit- people have different size projects they would like to work on.
3. Thou shall not purchase any new patterns until 10, 25, or 50 projects have been stitched, 50 for me. Pattern size does not matter.
4. You can make some exemptions.

My Exemptions are as follows:
a. Blackbird Design's Loose Feathers Automatics
b. Autumn Snapperland Pieces, I am on auto for these also.
c. Limited Edition Pieces, this includes the Needleprint Ackworth Martha Brady and Ann Trump and any piece that has a limited availability that I feel I cannot live without :-).
d. My penance for these exemptions is I will not count Christmas Ornaments as a part of my
50 finishes.
e. I may purchase linen and thread only if I do not have what I need in my stash.
f. Finally, I may substitute anything on my list of 50 projects from stash I currently own as I desire.

5. Gifts, gift cards, trades, RAKs (stash sent by others randomly) and patterns bought with gift
money are not a violation of this challenge. Frances Burwell and the Proper Stitch are both Christmas gifts from my DH, can you tell I do my own shopping, LOL.
6. Freebies count as part of your total and you can aquire them at any point.
7. The offical start date for me is Nov 1, 2006.

My List of 50 projects:

1. Bent Creek Autumn Snapperland
2. Bent Creek Spring Snapperland
3. Bent Creek Summer Snapperland
4. Birds of a Feather Happy Hearts Sampler
5. Birds of a Feather Peace
6. Birds of a Feather Sally Spencer Sampler
7. Birds of a Feather School House Sampler
8. Blackbird Designs Be Kind Be True
9. Blackbird Designs Quaker Garden
10. Blackbird Designs Strawberry Garden
11. Blackbird Designs Summer House
12. Blackbird Designs Truly Thine
13. Blackbird Designs Tulip Manor
14. Brightneedle Lo, How a Rose Sampler
15. Brightneedle Ghosties and Ghoulies
16. Carriage House Samplings Alphabet Sampler
17. Carriage House Samplings Green Tree
18. Carriage House Samplings Hearts and Flowers
19. Carriage House Samplings Houses of Hawk Run Hollow
20. Carriage House Samplings Maria P. Oliver
21. Carriage House Samplings Stitcher's Prayer
22. Carriage House Samplings village of Hawk Run Hollow
23. Cross Eyed Cricket Acorn Tree
24. Ewe & Eye & Friends Alphabet Basket
25. Ewe & Eye & Friends Basket 1 Miniature
26. Ewe & Eye & Friends The Heart that Gives
27. Hillside Samplings Tree of Life Sampler
28. Historic Stitches John Foster
29. Just Nan Silkwood Manor
30. Little by Little Reward of Plenty
31. Long Dog Designs The Token
32. Needleprint Sarah Moon
33. Shepherd's Bush A Mother's Heart
34. Shepherd's Bush Autumn Blessings
35. Shepherd's Bush Busy
36. Shepherd's Bush Christian's Stocking
37. Shepherd's Bush Elisabeth's Stocking
38. Shepherd's Bush French Heart
39. Shepherd's Bush Happy Haunting
40. Shepherd's Bush Jillian's Stocking
41. Shepherd's Bush Reed's Stocking
42. Shepherd's Bush The Promise
43. Shepherd's Bush Thoughtful Hearts
44. Shepherd's Bush Victorian Sampler
45. The Drawn Thread An Open Heart
46. The Drawn Thread Marriage of the Minds
47. The Drawn Thread Sampler Game Board
48. The Examplarery Frances Burwell
49. The Scarlet Letter Sarah Tatum
50. Trilogy A Gathering of Hearts

I am committed now, I've put it out there in writing :-). It's a good thing there is an edit feature, seriously though it is a great idea and I really want to do this. I am fortunate to have any number of wonderful designs in my stash. Lately, I have been feeling like I am more of a collector than a stitcher and I want to be a stitcher!