I’ve found that if I tell myself I’m going to do something but don’t tell anyone else…I don’t usually do it. So I’ve decided to tell the whole internet my embroidery project list for this year! Please hold me accountable, internet!

1. Family Hands Portrait

I’ve seen this going around Facebook as a recommended quarantine project, and I absolutely love it! I’m really into minimalist line art, so this feels like a very personal extension of that. And as I currently have a little family of four, it’s basically perfect for us. I can’t wait to do it, which is why it’s at the top of my list…because I’ll probably do it as soon as I have the supplies haha!

2. Satin Stitch Minimalist Landscape

This one kind of scares me…I’ve heard it takes forever and can be a pain, but I’ve seen some STUNNING pieces using this technique! I really want to learn satin stitch! I’ve also seen pieces where they cover the whole canvas with satin stitch except for block letters in the center, but…baby steps.

The Sorry Girls have a pretty cute island-themed tutorial for something like this, though I’m hoping to make a similar effect with horizontal lines.

3. Embroider My Clothes!

I haven’t decided what I want to embroider yet. Currently I’m torn between embroidering something cute on a jeans pocket or adding a cute little flower popping out of a shirt pocket…which idea do you like more? Maybe I’ll do both! Now to decide which clothing item(s) I’ll sacrifice to the cause…

4. Create My Own Cross Stitch

I’ve heard of a few different free resources I want to try for this, but I’d love to create my own cross stitch pattern and then make it! How fun would that be?? If I can’t get a software to work I’ll just buy some grid-lined paper *pause for high school math flashbacks* and do it by hand lol.

Update: Since I originally wrote this blog, I discovered Stitchboard and used it to create a cross stitch pattern from a photo! It’s pretty cool and just customizable enough for a rookie like me. I can’t wait to share how my cross stitch turns out!

5. Make Significant Progress on The Last Supper

I say significant progress because I know dedicating to finishing it this year is not going to happen as a mom of two wild boys. I wasn’t even going to list it here because saying “significant progress” instead of “finish” feels like a cop-out…but also, five is a nice list number. So I decided to include it! To give it something more tangible, I’ll make it my goal to finish the current apostles plus one more (sans finishing stitch details - those will come at the very, very end once all the base is in place).

Phew. Okay. There. I did it. Now I have to go do all these things before 2021…while still keeping two children and a husband alive, the house relatively clean, and staying on top of all my social media and copywriting client work. No problem, right? …pray for me.