Gifted Gorgeousness March Link-up Post

 

Welcome to the March Gifted Gorgeousness link-up.  The link-up date continues to be the 15th and I will keep the link-up open until the end of each month so you have plenty of time if you are late posting.

The format remains exactly the same, there is a list of rules on the main sign-up page if you want to check what is required but basically anything connected to the word "gift" is allowed, whether it was a gift TO you or is a gift FROM you.

Deb sent me the charts for the Stoney Creek 2019 Ornaments which were my Stitchmas project this year.  I started all 12, one per day and will be completing one per month.  March was the Three French Hens:

stitched on 32 count Lime Green evenweave

You may have noticed something different about that one.  I bought some charms for the 12 Days and will be adding them instead of stitching the numbers.  I frogged out 1 and 2 and took the photos again with the charms:

This little design was the Cover gift from Cross Stitcher magazine, a calendar from Tiny Modernist:

stitched on 32 count Summer Sky Belfast linen from Silkweavers

In February the WIPGO Board chose Joan Elliott's Faces SAL, the fabric for this was a gift from Dawn of Crafty Kitten.  I finished the little dragon and went on to stitch the owl too!

Here is the whole piece so far:

stitched on 28 count Jazlyn in Snapdragon by Crafty Kitten

From the Gift of Stitching magazine we have another Rosewood Manor design - Quaker Diamond Noel:

stitched on 32 count Reed Green linen

The chart for Nora Corbett's Gathering Eggs was a gift:

stitched on 35 count Vintage Country Mocha Linen

This next project is stitched from charts which were Birthday gifts and on fabric which was a giveaway gift.  It is my spooky conversion of the CCN Main Street designs.  I started my second shop:

stitched on 32 count Murano in Charcoal Slate from Sparklies

Anyone want to guess what it is going to be selling?

Here is the whole piece so far:

I had to double check but this one counts too!  Halloween at Hawk Run Hollow was a Christmas present.  I continued with this block for the WIPGO Weekend just finished:

stitched over 1 on 25 count Cassia Rose evenweave from Chromatic Alchemy

Now it is your turn to show us your Gifted Gorgeousness for the month.  Please use your name or your blog name in the field and NOT the words "March Update" so I can easily see who has linked up this month.  And link to the actual post, not just your blog.  It is easier if you copy and paste the link, rather than typing freehand.

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I now have a little Miss Witchy Mouse to share which isn't part of GG but was the second project for Rachel's SAL which I am calling March of the Mischievious Mice:

stitched on 32 count Grey Linen

I didn't fully finish this one as there is just enough linen to stitch the third one but if I cut this bit off it will make it harder to hold and stitch next weekend.  So I'll finish two at once next week.

🐇 Good Friday - Friday 2nd April 🐇

Finally, it's time to sign up for the Annual Easter Treasure Hunt.    If you would like to take part this year, just leave a comment here.  The week before Easter I will send you a letter of the alphabet which will form part of the mystery phrase.  On Good Friday you will post that letter along with a photo of something seasonal that you have stitched (could be Easter or Spring or just something cheerful and sunny or floral).  We all hop around like little bunnies to find the Mystery Phrase!

Here's a link to last year's hop so you can see how it all works - Easter Treasure Hunt Blog Hop 2020