SAL Check-Ins

I'm squeezing in my check-ins on a bunch of SALs today just in the nick of time. Not a whole lot of progress was made on anything, but every x counts!

Smalls SAL

This is being hosted by Heather of Stitching Lotus. I managed two for this month.

Treats by Lizzie Kate

 My second finish is for the Christmas Ornament SAL hosted by Kaye of Kitten Stitching. It's one of the Mini Cards from Prairie Schooler. Sorry, I'm not sure of the year; I put the chart away in the wrong folder and have yet to find it again!

Kaye also hosts the Prairie Schooler SAL; I'm working on two Santas for this.

12 Days of Christmas Day 2: added a little more green

1984 Santa: finished the pant legs

It's been a while since I posted a progress pic on my Cinderella's Castle for A New Stitchy Start; this is being hosted by Tammy of I Want To Do One More Stitch. I'm still plugging away at it a few stitches at a time.

I've worked more on Pretty Little New York by Satsuma Street; I'm doing a SAL with Jo and Linda on Tuesdays. I finally finished one whole building!

I really like this designer; I'm planning on starting the rest of the cities as well as several more of her charts for the Super Duper Ultimate January February 2016 Challenge.

Here are a couple of my latest starts:

Trick or Treat by Ursula Michael

Sesame Street Group by Gloria and Pat adapted for Paragon Needlecraft

I bought my first silk flosses from Mo's Sale. They're so pretty and soft!

L-R: Peeta, Rue, Girl on Fire, Joanna, Cinna

And, finally, my sweet, wonderful, handy hubby made me a lapstand!

It's very lightweight and makes stitching the big projects easier. I was at 300 stitches on my Mini Owl Family chart when I took this pic; in two days time I was up to 800! I'm getting faster with my two-handed stitching.

That's all for me on the stitching front; I'll gather some crochet WIPs together for the next post.

Thanks for reading and looking.

Blessings :-)

Five on Friday: Five Things I'm Working On

I have been so flighty and indecisive today! I'm all over the place more than usual. But here are five things I've been working on this week:

1. Getting caught up on laundry, dishes, and other household chores. I was down most of last week with a bad fibro flare, and I was down most of this week with a bad cold. There are a lot of clean laundry piles around the house waiting to be folded and put away, more piles of dirty laundry, and so on.

2. Motifs for my mystery crochet projects. You can find the free pattern here at Signed With an Owl. 

So far, I'm using Dark Orchid, Spring Green, and Shocking Pink.

3. Printing charts, cutting fabric, and making lists for next years's SALs. 

4. More motifs for my mystery crochet projects. They look like eggs now, but I promise you they won't in the end! You can see what they'll look like at Color 'n Cream Crochet. So far, I'm using Bright Yellow and Soft White.

5. And, of course, I have more starts! I actually have more than this, but I had these out to photograph for a SAL. These are my first Heaven and Earth Designs, my first time parking, and my first time gridding. I'm having a blast!

I'm linking this up at Love Made My Home for Five on Friday. One of these days, I'll get caught up on my blog reading, too!

Thanks for reading and looking.

Blessings :-)