Finally Fully Finishing Fun for March and TUSAL

  

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).

I decided to do something different with my latest Christmas Ornament finish.  Rather than make a 3D ornament, I mounted it over some wadding on a piece of card.  We display greetings cards from strings hung from our beams on the ceiling.  They are out of the way and make a lovely colourful display.

Just Nan - Snowberries

Fewer people send physical cards now so we usually have at least one string empty at Christmas.  I thought it would be nice to fill it with ornaments.  When Christmas is over, the card folds the other way to protect the stitching and beads in the storage box.

    

It's TUSAL time!  

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current projects:

stitched on 32 count Vintage Country Mocha linen

On the left we have The Primitive Hare Hocus Pocus Cabinet and on the right is my evening stitch - September Strawflowers from The Sweetheart Tree.

stitched on 32 count Antique White linen

🐇 Good Friday - Friday 29th March 🐇

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 2023

December Smalls

         

The Smalls SAL is hosted by Mary's Thread

Following the sucess of the October Smalls Focus I decided to do the same in December with three Christmas Smalls from my Just Nan-athon.

The first up as the complementary Angel Ornament which comes with the Angel Flowers chart.  I started this one in May 2021 and finished and FFO'd it this month:

Next up was Snowberries, part of the Ornamental Treasure series.  I started this one way back in 2018 and it's finished all except the beading.  I don't have the beadpack so I have to find substitutes from my stash and need the time to do that.

stitched on 28 count pale blue evenweave

The third Small is finished and I added beads to it rather than wrestle with metallic Smyrna Stitches!  This one is Special Delivery, the 2003 Ornament.  It came with the fabric and the gold envelope charm which even has a tiny Christmas card inside!  I also started this one in 2018.

stitched on 28 count Flax linen provided

Card inside the envelope!

Not bad for one month - one FFO, one finish and one nearly finished.

Finally, thanks to everyone who took part in the Advent Calendar Blog Hop this year and to everyone who visited each day and left lovely comments on each post.  People really do appreciate those comments, especially at such a busy time of the year.