June Smalls

     

The Smalls SAL is hosted by Mary's Thread

Because I am focusing on my BAPs again, I won't have so many smalls this year but I do have a couple of series with small components so I will share them this month.

The first is the Blackwork Tarot by Circle Cross.  I have finished Water:

stitched on 28 count sky blue evenweave from Silkweavers

and made a start on the first Zodiac sign - Gemini:

My next collection of tiny items is the Potion Bottle Temperature SAL from Stitch It Picasso.  

stitched over 1 on 25 count tea-dyed evenweave

I completed all of April and made a start on May.  Apart from those four Green days, the rest alternated between Lime and Yellow so it should be quicker now.

June was more varied between Lime, Yellow, Orange, Red and Dark Red (for just one very hot day).

Finally, a very small Small.  This is one of the motifs for the Discworld Objectiva I started last year.  My friend Nicole thought it would be fun to choose one motif to represent each of the Discworld Books.  I helped by model stitching them so she could see how each one turned out before committing to the final design.

Sourcery is the fifth book but one that caused her a lot of issues getting the right look to the carpet.  She moved on to some of the easy books and then came back to it later.  Which is why I hadn't stitched it before.  Here's the final design she was happy with:

stitched on 28 count white evenweave

June WIPocalypse Half Year Goals

         

WIPocalypse is hosted by Measi's Musings

Each month we have to share the projects we want to complete before the End Of The World.  Since 2011 I have chosen a number of projects to focus on that year, starting with my "11 in '11" and increasing to "23 in '23" for this year.  This month I stitched on all the started WIPs for my Longest Day Marathon and had 1 finish and 1 part finish.

Here are the ones I stitched on outside the Marathon which has it's own post:

2. Kustom Krafts Little Snapdragon

4. Bothy Threads 12 Days of Christmas

5. Carriage House Samplings Halloween at Hawk Run Hollow

8. CCN Halloween Village Flower Shop

13. Mani di Donna Halloween Stitching Basket

15. Nicole B Hicks Discworld Objectiva

17. Stitch It Picasso Temperature SAL

18. Circle Cross Blackwork Tarot

Gemini

The full list can be seen here - WIPocalypse and "23 in '23"

Finally, Measi always gives us a topic to discuss too:

June - Half-year recap: How are you doing with your goals so far this year?

Pretty good so far, the secret is achievable goals!  

My two ways to track goals are my 23 in '23 list and my WIPGO Board. Out of my 23 in '23 I have 5 finishes so far, 1 goal met, 1 very close to a finish and 6 projects which haven't been started mostly because they are either time sensitive or dependent on other projects being finished first.

My WIPGO Board is looking good. The only time-sensitive piece is the Marathon itself which went in 13, the "free" square.

Finally Fully Finished Fun for June

     

Hosted by Rachel the Ten Hour Stitcher

This SAL is designed to motivate us all to do something with that box of Finished pieces instead of just storing them under the bed.  We will all be linking up on Rachel's blog on or after the 10th of each month (10 Hour Stitcher - 10th of the month).

This month was another last minute FFO, I have been spending my spare time papercrafting rather than FFO'ing!

This is part of a SAL on FB called Discworld Objectiva.  Last year a friend asked our DW group what item we would associate with each book in the series.  I said "this would make a great cross stitch" and she replied "you guessed it"!

She started designing the individual motifs and I model stitched them so she could see what they looked like and make adjustments as needed.  Almost all of the first ones were adjusted!  When she was happy with all 41 of them, she released them on FB and people have been SALing.

I've stitched the first 14 but then got distracted by other projects.  So this month, I thought that FFO'ing them might inspire me to get on with stitching the rest of them.

Last year I also made a junk journal with some friends and decided this would be the perfect place to put the Objectiva.  Here's the cover:

The inside cover and page 1 - The Colour of Magic

Page 2 - The Light Fantastic

Page 3 - Equal Rites and Mort

At the moment I am using what embellishments I have to hand but when I have finished the book I intend to go back and print off things to fill any gaps.

Finally, here's a papercraft thing I can't show you yet!

And a link to one that I can show you - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK93EOvsKR4