August Smalls SAL

The Smalls SAL is hosted by Mary's Thread

For this SAL I am showing the monthly project for the Christmas Ornie Blog. I am choosing from the back issues of the Just Cross Stitch Ornament Specials.  This month the issue was from 2005 and I chose another design from The Sweetheart Tree.  This SAL has been a great excuse to stitch some of their ornaments.

stitched on 32 count linen

Unlike the previous two designs this one is not a bellpull!  It's going to be a round ornament with a beaded trim to hide any unevenness in the rounding process!

I also stitched this bonus small by Jessica Savage:

stitched over one on 25 count blue evenweave

It was in Cross Stitcher magazine and when I showed it last time, someone asked which issue it was from.  Unfortunately they were a "no reply" commenter so I'm adding the information here.  It was issue 348 September 2019.

I started Just Nan's Butterfly Welcome last month and made a lot of progress, especially on the train trip to Cambridge.  All I need to do now is add the gold metallic and the beads.  So I'm only showing half of it!

stitched on 28 count Colonial Blue evenweave

Then I moved on to the next Just Nan in line - Christmas Friends:

stitched on 28 count beige evenweave

I didn't stitch much more because I've been focusing on my Summer Holiday project.  Another Just Nan called Summer Night.  I'll show the progress on that next time.

Finally, this really is the last call for the Summer Postcard Blog Hop!  I will be sending out the last card on 1st September so if you want to take part you have only 2 days.