Chinese Dragon by Pinn - Home at Last

Apparently this is the week of the stitching awesomeness for me!

Several years ago (2007) I was in a UFORR (my third UFO-RR, I believe), and sent off my Chinese Dragon.    Susan, the mod in charge of the RR was just in front of me (I think?)  and she took it upon herself to ask me if she could keep it a bit longer to stitch extra on it.   Of course!  was my reply - after all it was a UFO for a reason.   My aunt had bought this pattern and kitted it up for me, but it's not really my style, so I have a hard time stitching on it.   But, it was a gift, so I really want to get it done.   I suspect that not much stitching got done on it by the other stitchers in the RR when Susan received it ;) .  

Cue a few moves on my part and life and everything, and Susan had it a little longer than either of us planned, though we were never out of touch.  Susan is amazingly responsible, so I never worried about it, I was more worried I'd forget to tell her where I was living.   Well, she finally decided it was time for the dragon to go home, but WOW!  the progress!!!

Here's how I sent it off in 2007

And here's how it was returned to me!
An entire page (of a four page chart) is done, and it's mostly solid stitching, though Susan did warn me about the multiple color changes.

So excited!
I feel like there's an actual chance this guy will get done some day!   I think the hardest part will be stitching on aida, it's my least fabric fabric but I chose it since the design is solid stitching, I thought it would be better.

Oi! Decisions, Decisions

I'm part of a UFO-round robin and I love it. I have had a lot of fun stitching on some pieces I wouldn't normally stitch, but I like the actual process of stitching, so it doesn't matter if the picture is pretty. And it's fun to see pieces you've never seen stitched before. The best part is, a UFO that has been languishing in my craft room for years is getting some attention, somewhere.

So I joined the next round of UFO-round robinning. I'm really excited. I was thinking *wow* I'll get SO much finished with that piece!!!

But then I saw a recent update picture, and now I'm wondering if I should even send that off. Maybe I should send the other UFO that's going crazy growling in its box.

So I need to be honest. Would I stich more on Chinese Dragon or more on LPD. Has enough been done on LPD that I would get a kickstart and be able to finish it? When I look at it, I feel like WOW, so much is done! I'm inspired!! And sort of think I want to work on it. There are a lot of metallics and beads, which I love.

Here's how she went out and where she stands now (one more person to go):
(and a link of her complete)

And then there's Chinese Dragon by Pinn Stitch. My aunt gave him to me as a gift (kitted up and everything), and I really want to get him going, but I keep stalling. He's on aida, which honestly doesn't bother me one bit (though I definitely didn't choose it), but there's just so much to do, and he's not been a priority. If I decided to send him, I'd have to organize the kit, which would be ridiculously fun for me, because I have a horrible case of ILoveOrganizing-itis. I'd even grid him out so the poor hapless victims of the UFORR wouldn't have to work on the corner bit if they didn't want to.

This is what he looks like now (and here's a link to what he should look like):

Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what I want to do.