Looking Ahead

I’m still recovering and cleaning up after having 4 adults, 3 toddlers and one canine as houseguests for 8 days. I have almost finished putting away our Christmas decorations. I finished another donation hat, but forgot to take a photo before giving all the hats to a friend to donate. I started another hat. This one is for me.

I donated the previous blue hat that I had considered keeping for myself. 

Since there has been very little crafting happening this past week, I decided to make a list of the crafts I hope to work on/complete in 2026. 

Let me start with what WIPs I would like to finish. 

Having a Ball is well on its way to completion. There should be plenty of time for hand quilting over the next couple of months.

The Royal Squares quilt needs to be sandwiched, pinned and machine quilted. I’m not sure when that will happen, but it is on the list to be completed this year. 

Cinnamon House has become my travel craft. I would like to work on it more once Having a Ball is done. 

Finishing the Summer Oak Embroidery is long, long overdue. That is on the list also. 

Three Boats will be a continuous WIP. I have no illusions that it will be completed this year. 

So what projects do I want to start. I want to make my youngest granddaughter an I-Spy quilt. This is sort of a WIP as I have cut out the squares of novelty fabrics, but nothing else is cut and fabric may need to be bought. 

In July I will start making Christmas ornaments for my grandchildren. I think I will make them from this kit. 

I also want to make myself the last Mill Hill Santa face kit that I have. 

I’m debating starting to knit a pair of socks for myself once I finish my hat. I have yarn all ready to go. I’ve never made socks before. 

Other possible crafts this year are this Hankerchief quilt. 

I have several handkerchiefs from my mom and from when I was a kid. 

This Snow Globe cross stitch that is all kitted up ready to make. 

This Candy Cane Santa kit the my son gifted me several years ago. 

I would also like to try my hand at making either a macrame style or machine sewn rope basket. 

I have so many crafts, quilts, cross stitch patterns as well as knit and crochet patterns that I am itching to work on. Sometimes I find it overwhelming to think about. I also need to go through my extensive collection of old craft magazines and pamphlets and purge what I doubt I will ever work on. 

I didn’t receive any crafts as gifts for Christmas this year. That is probably a good thing, but my daughter did buy me this wonderful wine glass. 

It says Sip by Sip, Stitch by Stitch. It is just perfect for me. 

I will be joining Frederique at the Quilting Patch on Saturday and Kathy for some Slow Sunday Stitching. I hope you take some time to relax with some tea, coffee or hot chocolate and pop on over to their sites to see what other bloggers are stitching. 

Thanks for stopping by!