May 13th Monday Update

 Hey all. It's my 45th birthday. Definitely feel old haha. A lot of arthritis lately making sure I know I'm aging not so gracefully haha. Let's see what stitching I did last week...

Monday and Tuesday I spun my acrostic tiny decision wheel.  Unicorn Biscornu by Tiny Modernist. This was from the monthly mix new starts I had planned for the year. Honestly I'm surprised by how SLOW these biscornus move and I'm confused. Is it the 18ct Aida? Is it the pattern? So weird. Oh well. I'm glad they are started but honestly they are a pain to stitch haha. I will mix them into my WIPs and make progress no matter how SLOW they go haha. I had the goal of 200 for my acrostic list. Monday I added 163 and Tuesday added 144. This one I decided to start with the back panel so I got to stitch some pretty pastel flowers and a diamond...

18ct Vintage Country Mocha with the suggested DMC. 

Wednesday was another new start. Every Wednesday in May. Wohoo. This time the wheel picked Gathering Berries by Luminous Fiber Arts and I was so excited to start this one. My first Luminous Fiber Arts pattern. Definitely not my last! 32ct Vintage Country Mocha (Yes I love this color if you haven't noticed haha). The thread is a Classic Colorworks Belle Soie called Cranberry and it's SOOOO soft. I added 536 stitches...

I really enjoyed this one a lot as you can see. It will be back out soon I bet. But more acrostics to mark off in my Mega May stitching month.

Thursday I spun an OLD Mill Hill. Harvest Wagon. The theme for one was Farmer's Market and I seen this old WIP on my list and thought hey a wagon full of pumpkins screams farmer's market to me. So I sat the goal for 100 stitches. After some research I bought this with mom on a trip to House of Stitches in 2019. Started it for Halloween in 2019. Here is where I was with it...

I started stitching and was loving it. I noticed there wasn't a lot left. I hit the 100 mark and kept going. At dinner I only had 3 symbols left to finish. So I went back to it after dinner. Added a total of 292 I finished it...

So Wohoo a finish to mark off my always growing WIP list haha. I'm going to make a magnet for the fridge but it's cut out and ready.

Friday Jeremiah spun the wheel again and Beer Dragon was picked. Perfect for a weekend. I wanted my 500 monthly goal. Friday I added 370 then Sunday added 141. So I hit 511...

Looking great! Getting close to another column finish. I think there is only one page left for this top row. So happy about the progress I'm finally making on this beauty. 

So far I've stitched 3,392 stitches this month and loving every single one. It's been fun stitching so many different things. The acrostics are definitely fun for me. I'm glad I found these challenge groups.

Today is my birthday so I'm doing a new start today and Wednesday this week. Jeremiah picked Luck of the Irish by Primrose Cottage for today. We haven't spun yet for Wednesday. 

I seen in my email this morning the sweet Faith sent me a birthday GC for 123stitch. So I'll get to go shopping. That's always fun to do haha. 

Quick life update as well. Saturday was my Uncle's Celebration of Life and it was wonderful. He would have loved it. Probably 150 people showed up throughout the day. It was just a laid back celebration in his wood shop. I seen some family I hadn't seen in way too long. They did a full military salute which was beautiful but so many tears were shed. It was a lovely day. He will be missed by many but I smile thinking of the party in Heaven with my mom and their parents. They were happy to see him again I'm sure.

We also had a nice time here at the campground. Bev is doing good. Tired easily but still doing okay. She did need some platelets last week but it went well. So we are just waiting and enjoying time that we are lucky enough to have. Dad came over today. They aren't planting their big field of corn this year so we are making us a small garden and I'm just so excited. Tomatoes, cucumbers, and zucchini are definitely going to be planted. It will be so nice to learn dad's techniques because he's great at gardening. I'm sure so thankful.

Anyway I want to get off here and STITCH haha. Thanks for reading my rambling haha.

#24HOCS October Challenges

October is going to be fun. Jen posted two different acrostics AUTUMN HARVEST and DARK OCTOBER XS. You can do both. You can do one. You can do neither. By the way I just LOVE how laid back this group is. So I picked the Halloween theme acrostic. Let's see what I'm hoping to work on for each letter...

D -- Moonstruck Manor Mill Hill Kit

Goal: Would be Great to Finish

Minimum 4 Hours

Connection: Dark House in the Project

A -- Harvest Wagon Mill Hill Kit

Goal: Would be Great to Finish

Minimum 4 Hours

Connection: Autumn Harvest Collection Mill Hill Kit

R -- Boo Keychain by Rovaris

Goal: Would be Great to Finish

Minimum 4 Hours 

Connection: Designer has R in name

K -- Taboo Kitty Mill Hill Kit

Goal: Would be Great to Finish

Minimum 4 Hours

Connection: K in Title

O -- October Lizzie Kate Flip It Stamp

Goal: Finish

Connection: O in October

C -- Let's Get Spooky by Ursula Michael

Goal: 24 Minutes Minimum

Connection: Cat in Design

T -- Lunar Trick Mill Hill Kit

Goal: Would be great to finish

Minimum 4 Hours

Connection: T in Title and Trick or Treat

O -- Ghost Mill Hill Kit

Goal: Would be great to finish

Minimum 24 Minutes

Connection: Ohhhh It's a Ghost

B -- Halloween Biscornu by Lakeside Needlecraft

Freebie available here

Goal: Would be great to finish

Minimum 4 Hours

Connection: B in Biscornu

E -- Ghool School from Glendon Place 

Goal: Minimum 24 Minutes

Connection: Eerie Haunted School 

R -- Witch Kit from Mouseloft

Goal: Would be great to finish

Minimum 24 Minutes

Connection: Rachel sent me this cute kit for my 40th Bday

X -- Nautical Year October from Sand, Sea & Cross Stitch

This is the only piece that isn't Halloween themed but 

it's my monthly piece so I have to stitch it. I will hurry haha.

Goal: Finish

Connection: Xstitch23 on Instagram is the reason I bought these

S -- Wanda's Boot Mill Hill Kit

Goal: Would be great to finish

Minimum 24 minutes

Connection: Shoe 

(yep it's a stretch haha hey I could have said Sexy boot so shush haha)

Lots of fun pieces. Lots a Halloween. Lots of Mill Hill Kits. I sure hope to make a lot of progress. We'll see. We all know I'll sure try.

I'm not doing the Holiday Calendar this time either. I just want to focus on the acrostic instead. 

The other challenge is the open calendar where you need to stitch a total of 24 hours in the month of October. I never seem to have a problem with that one at least haha. Even in August it was the only challenge I marked complete. 

I need to get busy. I have a lot of things I want to stitch as you can see. First I have to finish mom's pillow. Come on needles get it done and out of the way.

By the way I'm finally done posting for the day. Only 5 updates posted. Sorry to bother you guys but least there is a lot to look at and maybe motivate you. Let's get to stitching!