Stitching Endurance

I enjoy several active stitching and quilting groups on facebook.  I love to see the progress people make over time and as you know if you spend any time on social media, sometimes friends you meet through the internet can become real friends.

I am always amazed at the productivity of some women who do cross stitch.  I've come to realize that I just really have limits.  I make myself sit for one hour increments but after that, I have to get up and move and stretch and then sometimes I get pulled into other commitments for the day and I don't get back to it, however much I try.

I can quilt for hours and lose track of the time.  I can sit in front of the television and binge-watch a show and crochet miles of yarn.  But cross stitch is exhausting to me for some reason.

Tonight I only have a little bit left on this Autumn Harvest Festival, but I just don't think I can do it.  Ugh!  But it's supposed to be fun, so it's not worth working on it if it's going to seem like a chore.  It will just have to wait until tomorrow.  Then I'll probably get it done in about 15 minutes.

I'd love to hear if this happens to you with some kind of craft you work on.  Let me know in the comments.

November Goals

This month I'd like to finish this Autumn Harvest Sampler.

I have six patterns to finish for the Animal Advent series from Brooks Books.  I think I can do three or four of them this month.

I'd like to baste up my Kaffe Fasset "Marmalade" quilt top and quilt it.

I want to make this little candle mat from Bare Roots

I hope to finish the blocks for my Project of Doom and start putting them together.

I have one last block to prep and applique for my Country Cottages quilt.  I hope to get that done and maybe I can start putting this quilt together too.

This should keep me busy.  I'm sure I'll work on some other things along the way.  What are you going to work on in November?