Small SAL Check In February

     

It is the day to share our Small Sal at Stitching Lotus

Here he is.  He is a combination of two different motives I found in Cross Stitch and Needlework March 2009, while I was stitching my Easter Basket.  He is really very small.  I have blogged in the past about the crazy St. Patrick's Celebrations in my city - Syracuse New York.  The green beer arrives at the local Irish Pub on Tipp Hill.  In fact here in Syracuse we call it Green Beer Sunday  

And I just couldn't post about St Pats Day without mentioning again our Upside Down Traffic Light

If the weather is decent on Green Beer Sunday you will not even be able to drive the streets of Tipp Hill.  I will not be attending, but will celebrate at home, a little food coloring will do the trick.  

It is on to March Madness - for the States it is the Month of Crazy College Basketball ( I am a huge fan) and now my stitching will be crazy too.  Will post again next week with March Stitching plans.

Successful Stitching February

Focus on a Finish in February Theme-tas-stitch 2017

Success - Here is my Easter Egg Finish.  I had a bunch of extra stitching time this month - I came down with something I couldn't shake, and was out of work for three days.  I really to love it when I am too sick for work, but not too sick to stitch.  This is one of the first projects I started on evenweave, I think I started this sometime after March 2009 - this is the issue of Cross Stitch and Needlework this chart appeared in. The designer is Ursula Michaels.  This is one of my Year Of Wips projects - 8 completed now.  Working on these older projects is wearing on me of late - so I am going to switch gears for the month of March.  The theme for March Madness - stitch on many many things, so I am going to start a few of the "bigger projects" on my Want To Do List.

This next finish is a freebie - Elizabeth Designs, given to me at my LNS.  It is totally stitched from stash - the fabric - you can't tell I think is 14 count Minty Green aida.  Oh my goodness, I have had this aida a very long time.  The thread is from Fiberlicious Yummy Fibers It is called Berry Bouquet.  Living with the stripes, the colors are really do look like Spring to me.

Then I started and Finished Luck be With you, HomeSpun.  This was in my stash just waiting for me.  Have a couple more February New Starts, I hope to have finished before the Small Sal check in on Friday.  I hope to be able to share my plans for March Madness at that time.  

March is my Stitchers Retreat.  Looking forward to meeting Isabella from the  Primitive Hare and enjoying an All About Me Weekend.