I’ve got a bit behind on my posts again – a mixture of Christmas and sewing I think! Anyway, I decided it’s time I shared my November update for my Nineteen for 19 challenge. I’ve got to that point in the year when some will get finished, but others are clearly not even going to get started – there’s always next year!! I’ve put the ones I’ve finished in italics – pretty good going I think!

• 1 scrap quilt; this isn’t going to happen this year but I have great plans for next year!!
• 2 tutorials; I never quite get round to writing a tutorial, I think this has to go on the ‘must try harder’ pile!!
• 3 sessions in the garden; November tends to be a quite time in the garden and the weather was too inclement to try much tidying up, I did get out a little though.

• 4 workshops; completed 🙂
• 5 presents; my tally at the end of November was still four. I gave my rabbit to my great nephew at his christening at the beginning of the month, his parents loved him.

• 6 quilts; No finishes in November, but I’ve made seven so far with another almost there.
• 7 new patterns; I made a coat using a new pattern this month, not a total success, but OK for dog walking! This brings my tally up to 7, so I’ve just reached my target.

• 8 kits; I finished another Stitchbook Collective kit and also the cute Christmas Mouse. So altogether I’ve made six kits this year – and probably bought another eight!!

• 9 mini embroideries; I’m classing my stitchbooks as mini embroideries – they’re less than A5 size, so that’s another two, making a total of 10.

• 10 things; I finally made myself a new handbag – it was well overdue! This brings my total up to 10, so another one completed.

• 11 cross-stitch smalls; I finished another autumn small, a pretty freebie by Thea Dueck, this brings my tally to about 14.

• 12 pages in my book; I finally started this one, it’s a book of lots of my mums needlework, hopefully now I’ve started I’ll keep going, though to press I just have the two pages completed.

• 13 clothes made; I made two coats last month, although one was reversible, but I think it would be cheating to call it three! Anyway it brings my total up to 12, so this one is going to be completed by the end of the year.

• 14 drawers organised; I finally sorted my beads out – I seem to have somehow ended up with thousands of beads – I think I’ve been given lots over the years as I’ve never been that into beadwork! I used to have them in the round pots which screw together to make a tube. I’ve gradually moved over to boxes of individual pots, I much prefer them, I can easily organise them according to colour and I can take a pot out if I’m using them for a project. The tubes aren’t going to waste, I’m using those for buttons- it’s much easier to see what I’ve got in those tubes. I just need to reorganise the boxes I keep them in now! I’m counting this as two sorts, so my tally is now 13, almost there!!
• 15 minutes tidy-up each day ; mmm, must try harder!!
• 16 books; I’m beginning to lose count, but I think I’ve read 33 books!

• 17 blog posts; I just squeezed in this month with 18 posts!
• 18 walks; it’s not been walking weather this month, but my tally is 21.
• 19 Splendid Sampler Blocks; completed earlier in the autumn.

Not long to go before the end of this challenge – next year will be my last one as I think the numbers are getting too high 🙂