Over the past several months, I've been enjoying my cross stitching again. It had fallen by the wayside over the years, so it has been wonderful to get back to it.
At the end of last year, I decided to challenge myself to make 2 ornaments a month. (If you'd like to join me use the hashtag #2amonthsal) Since I will be making some of my ornaments from a couple of my books, these will also be part of the #craftbookchallenge.
I've created facebook groups for the 2 a month SAL and the Craft Book Challenge.
You can find the 2 a month here. and the Craft Book Challenge here.
While most of my ornaments are likely to be stitching, I do plan on a few quilted and crafted ones as well, don't feel like you can't join in if you aren't a cross stitcher, The point is to make 24 ornaments for your tree/gift giving by Christmas.
In the past week, I've also jumped in on a couple of stitching challenges, #stitch9challenge and #yearofwips2019. To make things even more complicated, In YOW, you can "upgrade", so to speak, to extreme by adding as many wips as the number of your birth date (1-5 get special rules..N/A here)
My birthday is April 30, so I added an additional 30 wips to my challenge.
Here are my picks for these challenges. All of them are part of the Year of Wips, or YOW, so I am only notating the Stitch 9, and 2 a month.
Works of Jane Austen Mystery SAL
Stitch 9
1801 House by Chessie and me
Olde World map by Diane Thomas for Janlynn
Stitch 9
Super Star Mario by Nintendo America INC
Stitch 9
2019 country Christmas ornaments club
series counts as 1 for Stitch 9, 12 for yow and 2 a month
Tritons Treasure by The Stitching Parlor
Stitch 9
Little Red Bird by La-D-Da
Stitch 9
Dragon Heart by Black Swan
At Home with Jane Austen by The Sampler Girl
Stitch 9
Aure Fairy by Fanta-Cat designs
Stitch 9
Wolf Moon by The Stitcher's Habit
Stitch 9
Santa's List by Country Cottage Needlework
Enchanted crow by Threadwork Primitives
Beggar's Night by Threadwork Primitives
Bats in the Belfry by The Drawn Thread
Casting a Spell by Blackbird Designs
Welcome to the forest by Country Cottage Needleworks
Yikes by Erica Michaels
Noah's Christmas Ark 2 by Plum Street Samplers
Only stitching the honeybees for sure this year
2amonth
Noah's Christmas Ark 3 by Plum Street Samplers
Only stitching the Whales for sure this year
2amonth
Vintage Christmas by Country Cottage Needleworks
Jinx by Raise the Roof designs
Quaker Bat by The Workbasket
Stitch 9
Winter Row by Bent Creek
So there they are..I tried to get a good mix of small, med and large designs. Some are certainly more simplistic, though not necessarily due to their size.
I'll be back soon with challenge updates and news from the sewing room soon!
M
