Smalls SAL - April edition.

Hi everyone,

Smalls Sal time again, hosted by Heather at Stitching Lotus. 

We've had a crazy busy week as both Smalls had their birthdays last weekend. DS turned 12 and we celebrated with Go-Karting and Pizza. DS turned 7 and had a Jewellery making party with 6 of her friends. They also had party games too.
We had a great weekend, but very tiring to say the least!

So back to the Smalls SAL. It's a lovely easy going sal where we can pick our own smalls and show a finish on the last Friday of the month. 

I set myself a challenge of 10 finishes in April and I'm pleased to say I hit my target. They were all smalls so here goes for a mammoth post! 

The first four months for my calendar stitched in various variegated threads by Anchor and DMC. By Palko-lap 

Hello spring by Lizzie Kate

Spring keeper by The Drawn Thread

Cactus embroidery

Seahorse by Mouseloft

Little alphabet sampler

Gilmore Girls by Wee Littlle Stitches

That was quite some stitching considering I got most of Blackwork Birdsong finished too. I was really lucky to have a few days over Easter when I could just stitch. 

I'm joining in with Maynia over on Facebook in May, stitching on at least 17 projects including 5 new starts! Lets hope I get a small finish for next month! 

Have a great weekend! 

Wipocalypse 2014 - the first post

Wipocalypse is hosted by Measi at Measi's Musings and is a monthly SAL to try and get some of those wips in check. I've never been much of a serial starter but I took part in March madness last year as part of Theme-a-licious and this resulted in a basket full of wips that I've not done much with.

Each month has a topic and this month is introduce yourself and your wips. So I'm not really sure what to say that's not in my side bar biog. I love stitching florals and blackwork and quite a few dragons as hubby loves them. I like taking part in swaps especially ones like the travelling box I do with a small group of crafty friends. I'm more of a smalls stitcher than big projects although I have bigger projects planned for this year. I don't expect to finish the HAED on the list but progress would be good as it's been untouched for at least 3 years now.

So here are the projects in the WIP basket...

STITCHING

1. Big Bang Theory by Wee Little Stitches

2. Game of Thrones by xstitch my heart

3. Scissors biscornu

4. Donald Duck by Anchor

5. Keep calm bookmark

6. Toddlers sheep by Mouseloft

7. After the bath by Mouseloft

8. Traditional sampler by Anchor

9. Mother's Day garden by Mouseloft

10. QS Iris (HAED) by J Wall

As you can see the sampler, Iris and BBT are not in the pic as BBT is on my frame, the sampler you saw in my last post and the HAED is under the bed...somewhere! 

SEWING 

11. Fabric fan brooch

12. Chinese fabric cushion cover

13. Hexagon Christmas wreaths x4

14. Hexagon quilt

15. Felt Christmas lights garland

16. Prick and stitch bookmarks x 3 

17. Cushion cover for free motion embroidery panel

18. Do something with fabric fusion panel

Probable starts for 2014

1. Lizzie Kate stitcher in residence

2. Lizzie Kate work, pray, trust

3. Mouseloft dragon

4. Mouseloft giraffe

5. Giraffe silhouette 

6. Blackwork lady (WOXS)

7. Mother and baby Giraffes

8. Chinese dragon from latest cross stitcher. 

9. Scooby Doo by Wee Little Stitches

Some of the to do's are in pic below

There are also the 24 cover kits I plan on doing and the 12 Christmas ornaments from the Needlecraft Haven SAL 

I'm exhausted just thinking about it all! 

Edited to say Big Bang theory completed yesterday!!!

Happy dances!!

So 2 weeks into 2014 and I have my first two happy dances. My rotation is going well and I feel like I'm making progress.

One of my wips was the Big Bang Theory design by Wee little Stitches. You can find the chart here. Hubby wants it framed to go in his geek corner. 

I finished this one last week but couldn't share it as it was for Steph to say thank you for the amazing dragon she crocheted for my hubby and all our lovely gifts she sent us at Christmas. 

The design is a freebie from Kincavel Krosses. I backed it with some spotty fabric and turned it into a little pouch to hold a gift card. 

There are my first two finishes of the year. I'm on my smalls rotation week now so I'm working on the cover gift from this months cross stitcher magazine and the January ornament from the needlecraft haven SAL. 

Tomorrow I'll be posting my first wipocalypse post. Exciting! 

Bye for now