Sunday, September 05, 2010

Goal Orientated Rotation


I have been working in a rotation for several years now, but always seemed to go by how much time I spent on a piece - not necessarily how many hours actually stitching, but one night, two nights, one week, etc. I think I've come to realize that it actually works better for me to do a goal-orientated rotation. When I pick up a piece I decide to stitch until I reach a certain point. I try to pick something that will take a week or less, but sometimes I don't get as much stitching time as I'd like, or it takes longer than I think, or the frogs visit or whatever. I still keep stitching until that goal is met. Very satisfying to stay on one thing until I meet the goal I think. You sort of get that satisfaction of being a "one-at-a-timer" but you still have the variety of the rotation.

This time my goal was to finish the second scene in Heritage Stitching Sampler by Victoria Sampler. I started with the white and metalic bargello and cross stitch band above it. The over one vine slowed my down a little bit, but not as much as I feared and I finished this one day earlier than I expected to - which almost never happens.

Anyway, I'm going to work on Katie's dance shoe bag tomorrow before going back to Alhambra Garden, which is my current focus piece.

7 comments:

GoldenAngelsWorks said...

Beautiful!

That sounds like a great rotation. Wonder if it would work for me.

Christine S said...

Wow, your HSS is really coming along well, Jenny! Just beautiful!

Thanks for explaining your rotation system. That sounds like an idea I may have to try out at some point.

Missy Ann said...

Sounds like a good plan. I can't focus long enough to come up with a plan...

My system seems to be the "screaming deadline system". Ah stress, what would I do without you?

Alice said...

I like that notion Jenny! I do a timed rotation, but I think I will look at all my pieces in a new way to see if a goal rotation might be a possibility. I imagine there will be some pieces where it might be difficult to find a stopping spot that would work.

Blu said...

Good luck with the rotation.

HSS looks amazing!

Kathy A. said...

What an absolutely beautiful piece. I know how complicated her work is and so recognize how beautiful it is and what a great job you are doing.

Holly said...

Even though I've never really thought about it, I think I'm goal oriented too. I almost always think about how far I want to go before I switch to something different.

I love your VS sampler. I haven't been inspired to work on mine because I'm not thrilled with the way the letters at the top look kind of drab agains the recommended fabric. I know that once I finish the over one vines at the top and can move forward, I'll probably enjoy it much more. Maybe that will be my next goal!