#24HOCS November Challenges

Now that I've wrapped up October let's see what I plan to do in November.

I'm going to hope for more than 24 hours for the monthly challenge. Normally that one isn't a problem for me. Next up then is the November acrostic which is REWIND TIME which we just did over the weekend. Now it's dark all the time it feels like. I'm going to do this one a little different. Yes I want 4 hours on each one hopefully more. My goal really is just to get the piece out and make progress at all. So I will pick a goal instead. I seem to really love doing that. We'll see. Anyway let's go my acrostic plan...

R -- Christmas Jars from Dimensions

Start on the "R"ed Jar

Remember this one?

I have two finished. Perfect that the red one is next isn't it?

E -- Salt Water Taffy from Joan "E"lliott

W -- Autumn Blessing from "W"axing Moon Designs

New start. With all the beautiful leaves outside this one is begging to be started.

I -- Cabin Fever Mill Hill Kit

Connection: "I" really want this one finished!!

N -- "N"autical Year November from Sand, Sea & Cross Stitch

Have to Finish Mom's Monthly Piece

D -- Beer "D"ragon from Paine Free Crafts

Yep got him back on the list!

T -- Lizzie Kate Flip It Stamp November

Connection: There is "T"urkey on it.

My monthly design.

I -- 99 Bottle from "I"nk Circles

Fred's piece made it back on the list too.

M -- Tree Shopping a "M"ill Hill Kit

New start. I love this one and just have to have it ready by Christmas.

E -- Adjust your Sails from Little Dove Designs

Connection: It's on "E"venweave Fabric

Just had to get this one back on the list too. My SAL partner finished hers.

So we'll see how much I can get done. I know life is slowing down finally. We brought home most of the cabin stuff since the weekends are getting really cold now. We won't be going down every weekend. We do hope to go down some time of course we would just miss it too much. IHSW weekend (the third weekend) my hubby is going to be gone all weekend. I can't decide if I'm going to have a marathon type weekend or just make a lot of progress on these pieces. We'll see what I decide later. I hope everyone has a great month. I'm hoping to start mom's piece today and get it knocked out quickly. I can't believe there are just two months left of 2019! I love hearing the plans and new challenges for the upcoming year. I'm always excited to join in. Please make sure to post details on any new challenges/SALs that you hear about. It's always fun to see what the community is up to.

Monday Update

Well my IHSW was a bust. I got time Friday during the day but no time at all over the weekend. Oh well. Like I've said many times....those memories are priceless. Last week I got 3 more marks off my September acrostic. Now I just have 4 left to mark off to call it finished. 1 I'm hoping to do tonight. 3 are packed up and ready to go. Go where? Wait I have other stuff to talk about first.

First let's look back on my week last week. Monday was busy busy so no stitching. Tuesday I pulled out Adjust your Sails again. Remember it?

Here is where I was on it...

Here is what I added...

I love the way the waves look.

Wednesday I pulled out Wish Upon a Starfish again...

In July I almost had the sea star finished. So I worked on finishing him up and then added some more beach under him...

Thursday and Friday I worked on Beer Dragon again finally. I missed him!!!

After looking it up I realized I hadn't worked on this one since February! That's horrible. I really need to get this one out more. Or it will never be hanging on the wall that's for sure. Here it is now...

I didn't quite finish the column. Just never enough time. Sure made visible progress though on it so I'm happy. Better than hiding since February right?

The other thing I need to announce is the winners for my giveaway that I posted last Monday update. I think everyone is busy with their own stitching. So only Jackie was interested in the Celtic Pumpkin. I have contacted her. Congrats Jackie! I'll host more giveaways later in the year.

So I hinted to it at the beginning of this post but now I can explain more. Mom, Jeremiah, and I are packed up and heading to the cabin tomorrow for the rest of the week. Mom is really excited to get away and relax. Fred, Jeremiah, and I took our dog Izzy over this last weekend and she had a lot of fun. So she is going to go down with us too. We have eating out plans, relaxing plans, and all the TV shows are back in the evening. So that should mean lots of stitching time too. Wohoo! So I packed up Cabin Fever, Dragon Eye, and Salt Water Taffy to take along. Progress on those would mark off the rest of my September acrostic list. So we'll see if that happens.

Hope everyone has a great week!

#24HOCS September Challenges

Here are the #24HoursofCrossStitch September Challenges.

My favorite is the acrostic challenge. This month the acrostic is SHORTER DAYS. So let's come up with a plan...

S -- September Lizzie Kate Flip It Stamp

Goal: Finish

Connection: S in September

H -- Halloween Mini

Goal: 24 Mintues

Connection H in title.

 Working on 3rd one down on the left side.

O -- Wish Upon A Starfish

Goal: 24 Minutes

Connection: Find Starfish in the Ocean

R -- Cabin Fever by Mill Hill

Goal: 24 Minutes

Connection: Work on the Right Side of the Design

Hopefully finish the fire pit section.

T --Salt Water Taffy

Goal: 24 Minutes

Connection: The T in Title

E -- Dragon Eye

Goal: 24 Minutes

Connection: The E in Title

R -- Seaside Sampler Mill Hill Kit

Goal: 24 Minutes

Connection: Work on Red and White Border at least.

D -- Beer Dragon

Goal: 4 Hours

Connection: D in Title

A -- Adjust Your Sails

Goal: 24 Minutes

Connection: A in Title

Y -- 99 Bottles by Ink Circles

Goal: 24 Minutes

Connection: Yeast is used to make Beer

S -- September Nautical Year

Goal: Finish

Connection: S in September

If you are keen eyed you will notice I lowered my overall goals. Instead of 4 hours on each project I want to at least get 24 minutes on these. I already know it will be a busy month. So I'm starting my goals low. If I make more progress that's great of course. 

2nd Challenge is the Holiday Challenge. Here they are for the month...

You are supposed to stitch at least 24 minutes or 120 stitches to connect to 12 different days to complete the challenge.

Last is the empty calendar. The goal is to track stitching at least 24 hours throughout the month.

#24HoursOfCrossStitch July Challenges

I finished the July challenges yesterday!!! I loved doing these! I have printed out August and can't wait to see how they go. So let's go over the July challenges again.

First up the acrostic (my favorite part by far!!)
We had to plug in something for each letter in TEAM 24 HOUR. You could be creative to make it work. Whatever you had to do. So here is how that worked out...

✅ T - Salt Water Taffy by Joan Elliott

Goal at least 4 hours.

Connection: The T in the title

Here it was before...

Actual Time Added: 7 Hours 45 Minutes

  ✅ E - July from Lizzie Kate Flip-Its Stamps 

Goal probably 8 hours to finish.

Connection: In the summer you Eat watermelon and there is one in the project

Actual Time Added: 12 Hours and 2 Minutes

 ✅ A - Adjust Your Sails 

Goal at least 4 hours.

Connection: The A in the title

Here it was before...

Actual Time Added: 4 Hours 6 Minutes

✅ M - July from Sand, Sea, and Cross Stitch Book 

Goal probably 8 hours to finish.

Connection: Monthly design I'm stitching all year

Actual Time Added: 7 Hours 50 Minutes

 

✅ 2 - 99 Bottles from Ink Circles

Goal maybe 4 hours definitely more than 24 minutes.

Connection: Going to add 2 more bottles.

Before...

Actual Time Added: 2 Hours 41 Minutes

✅ 4 - 4 Seasons Winter by Erica Michaels

Goal probably 4 hours.

Connection: 4 in the title

Before...

Actual Time Added: 2 Hours 36 Minutes 

(Ran out of time this month for more still more than minimum amount though so I'm happy.)

✅ H - Halloween Mini - Vampire Face by Artecy

Goal probably 4 hours could finish.

Connection: H in the title

Finished Actual Time Added: 3 Hours 8 Minutes

✅ O - Wish Upon a Starfish by Designs by Lisa

Goal at least 4 hours.

Connection: Starfish is an Ocean dwelling creature.

Before...

Actual Time Added: 4 Hours

✅ U - Under the Sea SAL by Lakeside Needlecraft

Goal at least 4 hours.

Connection: U in the title. So glad to have the push to get this one back out finally!

Before...

Actual Time Added: 4 Hours 11 Minutes

✅ R - Flip Flops kit from Mill Hill

Goal probably 8 hours to finish.

Connection: The flips flops are Red and white. 

Actual Time Added: 4 Hours 34 Minutes

I've definitely learned I have a hard time calculating how much time it might take me to finish a piece. I finally am remembering to hit my stop watch like it's a normal part of my stitching routine. I'm really happy with everything I accomplished! I had a feeling the challenges would be good for me and boy they were.

Next up was the Holiday Calendar...

In order to call this one complete you must stitch on 12 of the different holidays mentioned for the minimum of 24 minutes or 120 stitches. I think this one was a little more difficult but I noticed several people including our lovely Jo really enjoyed it. I personally enjoyed the acrostic more. But I did complete the 12 so I could call this challenge finished.

2nd -- World UFO Day -- I finally got Under the Sea SAL out of hiding and made progress on it.

3rd -- Stay Out of the Sun Day -- Halloween Mini Vampire Face definitely qualifies for this one.

4th -- 4th of July -- Free to Be Me worked for this one since it's patriotic.

10th -- Don't Step on a Bee Day -- I think the Mill Hill Flip Flops piece works for this one since it's shoes and that makes it so you don't step on a bee bare foot.

12th -- Simplicity Day -- I divided my July Lizzie Kate into 4 hours sections. 1 for this one. The Lizzie Kate pattern was simple to work on. Big nice blocks of color.

15th -- National Give Something Away Day -- Adjust Your Sails works for this one since mom is going to steal it.....Oh I mean I will give it to her when it's finished.

22nd -- National Hammock Day -- I used another section of the 4 hours on my Lizzie Kate stamp. I think you could lay in the hammock while eating watermelon. Don't you?

23rd -- Hot Enough for Ya Day -- Wish Upon a Starfish. I stitched this one while there were heat warnings outside. We even had an extreme heat warning this month.

24th -- International Self Care Day -- The last 4 hour section of my Lizzie Kate Stamp. I definitely do stitching for self care so stitching this one for myself definitely counts.

25th -- Thread the Needle Day -- Guess you could really use any of the projects for this one. I used Salt Water Taffy though.

28th -- Parents Day -- Mom's Nautical July piece since it's for my mom.

30th -- International Day of Friendship -- 99 Bottles When surrounded by our friends we like to drink beer.

So there is my 12 filled in.

Last challenge is to stitch 24 hours throughout the entire month. I hit a total of 53 hours and 54 minutes.

So that made all my July challenges complete!!!

I think August challenges deserve their own post. Stay tuned.