Depends on the project. I bought some charm packs a while back and started doing some pp'd ornaments. Got involved in something else.... If it's for a specific person and if it's a fairly easy project, I'll do it as soon as I can get appropriate materials. I have been known to tell the SIL's to let me know second to their mom's when they're pregnant, however, as each niece/nephew gets a needlepointed stocking for their first Christmas from auntie. Sometimes those come down to the wire!