Small Sal - March 2016!

Greetings everyone!

Welcome to my Small SAL check in for the month hosted by the lovely Stitching Lotus!

In my last post I gave you a little sneaky peek at what I had stitched for this month - could you guess what it was? :)

It was Little Luck by Lizzie*Kate! Such a sweet design and stitched up surprisingly quick!

Little Luck by Lizzie*Kate

Stitched 2 over 2 on 32ct Linen

Start Date: 15th March 2016

End Date: 20th March 2016

I stitched this using the suggested DMC and it was my first time completing a project on linen, I am not a fan of linen but it came with the chart and I thought I would give it a go! It wasn't so bad, at least now I know I can at least stitch small things on linen if I need to, otherwise I will still be sticking with my old faithful Aida and Evenweave!

I'm quite pleased with myself so far this year, my finishes are already more than I had last year haha!

Thanks for stopping by, I'm sure to be back soon with my lovely birth sampler I am stitching.

Until next time!

Emma xo

Small SAL 2016 - January Check In

Hello Everyone!

Today is the check in date for the first installment of the Small SAL hosted by Stitching Lotus for the year! Also my first finish for the year - hurrah!

Happily this months stitched up very quickly, it was one of those small kits they always have by the tills in Hobbycraft. I seem to pick some of these up every time I visit so I should imagine a number of these will make an appearance this year for the SAL.

I still need to decide how to "finish finish" this. Probably a ornament, but I have plenty of time before next Christmas to figure that out :)

Until next time!

Emma xo

2015 Plans

Woohoo! I did it! I FINALLY read through all 800+ posts I had on my Bloglovin' feed! Gosh, that took some time let me tell you but so many of you have been working on such beautiful projects :)

Lets hope this time I can keep up with them all!

So, yesterday I sat down and decided to make my plans for the coming year, with a number of different SALS I am taking part in I felt I needed to get it all wrote out to make sure nothing was forgotten.

So, my main ten projects for the year which are my Turtle Trot pieces are...

1) High Tea by Heaven and Earth Designs. New Start!

This was on my 2014 but never got touched! This piece will also count as part of a Facebook SAL I am taking part in to have a new start in the new year and to get at least 250 stitches in by the end of January. Sounds easy enough but lets just wait and see if that happens haha.

2) Lily by Heaven and Earth Designs.

Here is my current progress.

I would really like to get a nice amount of this done in 2015, but I don't think it will get finished.

3) Mini the Black by Heaven and Earth Designs

Here is my current progress.

Ideally I would like at least another page finish in 2015. This is also my piece for another SAL on Facebook.

4) Row of Cats by Bothy Threads

Here is my current progress.

This is a project I would like to complete in 2015 I'm thinking if I stitch one cat a month then it should by quite doable.

5) I Found My Family In A Book by Bothy Threads.

Here is my current progress.

I'm not sure if this one will get finished, but I would at least like 50% done in 2015.

6) Tribal Orca by White Willow Stitching. New Start!

7) Tribal Panda by White Willow Stitching. New Start!

I feel with these two I should be able to get them both complete in 2015, or at the very least one of them done and the majority on the second. They have been in my stash a while so it will be nice to get them done.

8) Sew Dinky Gingerbread House by Bothy Threads

Here is my current progress.

9) Marks and Spencer Sampler. New Start!

This was a kit I bought ages ago on Ebay, it was a bargin!

10) Twilight Magic (WOXS edition) by Heaven and Earth Designs

Here is my current progress.

Ah Twilight Magic, I'm starting to feel like this one is mocking me so I REALLY want to get a nice amount done on this in 2015. I know, I know I have said that for the past two years...we shall see.

The ones with there titles in bold green (so projects 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7) will also all count toward the Gifted Gorgeousness SAL I am taking part in as they all were gifted to me at some point (or part of them was!)

Finally good old Twilight Magic will by YOTA piece again in 2015. Lets just hope it is a bit more successful this time!

As all these are things that are in my stash now this get me off to a great start for the Stitch from Stash 2015 I am taking part in. With wedding planning happening next year I would really like to be more careful with my money so this SAL will keep me on track. I have decided to set my monthly budget to £20, although the current exchange of $25 is around £16 I feel the extra £4 is fair due to how much more expensive threads are here in the UK compared to USA. I have set up my tracker in my sidebar to the right to keep updated with my spending (or lack of!)

If you want to find out more about any of the SALs I am taking part in or maybe you even want to sign up too just click the links and it will take you directly to the information pages.

I will be back tomorrow with another update about the Small SAL I plan to take part in next year too!

Emma xx

Small SAL - March Report

It's that time again to share my project for the Small SAL hosted by Stitching Lotus!

This month I really wasn't sure what I wanted to stitch for my project, then my subscription copy of the latest Crosstitcher arrived with the cutest free gift, and so, my decision was made for me :)

It stitched up very fast and I think it looks great!

I even had a little model wanting to take part in my photo shoot ;)

I'm going to use this little note book for jot down names of patterns etc I see and where I saw them, I have a bad habit of finding something then forgetting where/who it was from!

Till next time!

Emma xo

Small Sal - February Report

Happy Wednesday people!

I hope you are all well, as it is the last Wednesday of the month it is time for the Small Sal hosted by Stitching Lotus

This month I decided to work on something sweet for Valentines day :)

Sorry about the slight blur on the photo, it looked ok when I took it! This sweet little pattern was a freebie which you can find here.

Once I had completed the stitching I wasn't sure how I wanted to finish it. Eventually I decided on keeping it simple and made it in to a sweet little pillow, at the moment it is still sat next to my roses which my dear other half got me for Valentines Day, which are still doing well!

I'm really enjoying this SAL, if you would like to join in too for the rest of the year you still can, just make sure you go take a visit to our wonderful hosts blog to join in the fun!

Until next month!

Emma xo

Small SAL and TUSAL - January Report

Good evening!

I hope you are all ok? I am super happy today as it was my first weigh in while on my health kick and I lost 6 1/2 lbs!! I was so suprised! :D

Now, I am a day late posting my Small SAL report hosted by Heather at Stitching Lotus, but with good reason, as I was at a charity fashion show yesterday.

Here is my first small of the year :)

Just a simple ornament for the tree finished with some red polka dot fabric at the back and a cream ribbon. The pattern is by Nancy at Victorian Motto, if memory serves this was a prize in one of her giveaways for Christmas 2012 where everyone who entered won! She is a very sweet lady :)

It was stitched on cream 14ct Aida with some red floss I had in my stash, got to save those pennies!

While I was writing this I happened to glance at my diary on my desk...it's TUSAL today too!

A quick snap of my jar...

It looks like a lot, but most of those are from the free kits I was doing for the Crazy Jan Challenge, it appears the length they cut threads to always end up too short to use again for any other stitches! All the black on the top is from Mini The Black.

I think that's all folks, I will be back on Saturday with my YOTA report - I have made some progress, yippee!

Emma xo