#24HOCS January Marathon Day 3

This was the first time I participated in the #24 Hours of Cross Stitch 24 Hours Marathon.

To break up the photo loading time I'm going to break the posts down to each day. I had a great time and got a TON of stitching done.

My goal was to work on 12 projects for 2 hours each. Let's see what I worked on Sunday.

Sunday I got a total of 7 Hours and 42 Minutes.

Woke up late again. Feeling a ton better finally. We decided to have a nice breakfast. No cooking for 2 days was sure nice though. We had pancakes and eggs. Yummy.

Noon I was ready to go for Day 3. 4 Projects left on my list. Let's Get Spooky was first for the day. This was one of the Ursula Michael word play design. I was really in love with them a bit ago. I started this one in January 2016 for the DUCJC (Debbie's Ultimate Crazy January Challenge). Here it was from that start day...

2:12pm I reached 2 hours on the timer...

2:25pm Free to Be Me from Val's Stuff is ready to go. Another Jeremiah piece. He is so patriotic. I have worked on this one a few times down at our cabin. Here is the before...

I reached 2 hours on my stop watch and reluctantly put it down. This project is on my WIPgo board for this year so when the number gets called for it I have decided it will be finished. Really won't take much more really. Here it is now...

5:50pm our WWE pay per view was starting. This is my favorite pay per view of the year. Lots of action but I thought a lot of stitching time too. There were some matches I just couldn't stitch and watch. So I noticed I did put my stitching down a lot. Time for Flock Together another fun Hands on Design piece. Here it was before from 2017 progress...

9:00 I finally hit the 2 hour mark. Told you I put it down a lot. Here it is now...

This was another one I didn't want to put down.

Last piece is another from this series from Hands on Design. Grab Life. Here it was before...

It hasn't been out since the start day for the Longest Day SAL in 2017. I tried working on it but the show was too good. I did reach 1 hour and 42 minutes on the timer before admitting defeat and putting it down...

So I hit 23 Hours and 37 Minutes over the whole weekend!!! Wow. I had a blast but I'm glad we don't do this every weekend. I enjoy the working on different pieces but there were a few that I really didn't want to put down. There were a few that went on forever. My eyes were so tired each night haha. It felt like way too much work and concentration. I like to be able to mix in life with my stitching.

Now back to just enjoying my stitching and I probably should do all the chores that I put off hahaha. Thanks goes to my family for putting up with my "work" weekend. Don't worry I'm back on duty now. Thanks for reading along. Hope you enjoyed it. Remember I posted the model photos on the post right before these progress photos. If you want to look back and see what one of the pieces is going to look like when finished. 

#24HOCS January Marathon

This weekend is the first #24Hours of Cross Stitch Marathon of 2020 and the first one I've been able to participate in finally. I'm going to join in but I have come down with a bit of a bug so who knows how much I'll actually get done. She started this awhile ago with a 24 hour straight marathon. Since some people just can't stitch that long in a row she has now made it Friday through Sunday. The goal to stitch as much as you can in that span. I heard on her latest floss tube she is even going to have a few giveaways this time for if you participate for any length of time.

I wanted to come up with a fun plan for the marathon. I had Jeremiah and Mom pick 6 numbers each to come up with a list of 12 WIPs from my WIP list on my Goals and SALs tab above. I'm going to go down the list they picked and work on each project for 2 hours according to my stop watch. I might not get to them all but boy I'll sure try. I didn't let them pick a number for a new start or for a WIP I've already worked on this month. What they came up with was some really great older pieces. So let's see the list. I will show before and after pictures Monday with my wrap up post.

1) #20 Elegant Squid - Ink Circles
I haven't worked on since 2016.

2) #50 On Beach Time - Hands on Design
I haven't worked on since the Longest Day Marathon 2017.

3) #72 Wave Dancer - Dinky Dyes
I haven't worked on since 2015.

4) #9 Best Friend Santa - Mill Hill Jim Shore Kit
I haven't worked on since the Longest Day Marathon 2017.

5) #22 Evergreen Snowman - Mill Hill Jim Shore Kit
I haven't worked on since the another Longest Day Weekend Marathon 2019.

 6) #12 Christmas Banner - Stoney Creek
Wow I haven't worked on since 2014.

7) #55 Rules for Life - Kincavel Krosses Freebie
Even more Wow here. Haven't worked on since 2012. Before I even tagged my photos on my blog.

8) #1 4 Seasons - Erica Michaels
I worked on this one last July.

9) #41 Let's Get Spooky - Ursula Michael
I wanted to work on for October 2019 but didn't get a chance. So last time was for the January Challenge when I started it in 2016.

10) #27 Free to Be Me - Val's Stuff
I've worked on a few weekends at the cabin. July last year was the latest time.

11) #26 Flock Together - Hands on Designs
I haven't worked on since 2017.

12) #29 Grab Life - Hands on Design
I haven't worked on since the Longest Day SAL 2017.

I love how 3 of the Hands on Design set has been randomly picked. I swear they were randomly picked too. 8 numbers were picked that had to be skipped. 3 were WIPs I have worked on this month already. 5 were going to be new starts. How fun. So wonder how many I will actually be able to hit the 2 hours on. Luckily we don't have any plans and I've changed the menu around to be no cooking for me. We are going to binge watch The Mandalorian finally on Disney Plus. Sunday we also have a big WWE Pay Per View to watch. So should have lots of stitching time as long as this bug leaves me alone.

Grab your stitching and join in. See ya Monday with how I did.

#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!

DUCJC Day 22

Today was another Ursula Michael piece which it seems like everyone including me enjoys. Here is what this one will look like...

This one is called Let's Get Spooky. I really like this one a lot. Here is where I got today...

I'm stitching it on 28ct white evenweave. It went very fast. Love the cute kitty face. Tomorrow is another small sled piece like the one I started and finished on Day 4.