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Friday, 27 January 2017

Smalls SAL - January 2017

Good afternoon!

As it's the last Friday of the month it's time to post my project for this month's Smalls SAL. Thank you once again to Heather of Stitching Lotus for continuing to run this fun little stitch along.


My first project for 2017 is from a Facebook challenge run by Durene Jones in 2015. I don't belong to FB but after enquiring about the charts she emailed them to me! So thanks go to Durene for being such a good egg!!

January Calendar by Durene Jones
Stitched on 16ct Nantucket from Sewitall.com 2 over 1
Stitch count 43 wide by 56 high
Started - 1st January 2017
Finished - 6th January 2017
Total stitching time - 7 hours 10 minutes


This little squirrel was an absolute joy to stitch, especially his big swirly bushy tail! And how cute is the little robin? I hope the other months are as much fun to do. The only change I made (after deciding I was actually going to keep the months in) was to use two strands of black for backstitching the month instead of one; one just didn't look thick enough.

The whole calendar is going to be stitched on one piece of fabric so if I decide to make this my 12 Small SAL projects for the year I'll have only one project to finish-finish at the end. Result!

See you at the end of February with the next one.
Rachel x

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15 comments:

  1. Sheryl27 January 2017 at 17:06

    This is lovely, really cute piece

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  2. Katie27 January 2017 at 18:29

    Oh my!! I love him! So cute!! Do you happen to know if the group still has them available?

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  3. Melinda Forbes27 January 2017 at 20:16

    He is so very cute. Perfect way to start off the year.

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  4. Kerryp7727 January 2017 at 20:56

    Super cute! It looks like it will be s super sweet series.

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  5. craftingpaws27 January 2017 at 20:59

    How adorable! Really great finish, Rachel.

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  6. Bea27 January 2017 at 21:45

    He is so cute! If the rest are like him it's going to be a special finish.

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  7. Linda28 January 2017 at 00:43

    Congrats on the super cute finish Rachel.

    Linda

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  8. Faith...28 January 2017 at 00:50

    Oh Rachel how cute is he? I love him and look forward to seeing the rest of the months!

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  9. Preeti28 January 2017 at 05:42

    So cute!! I would love to stitch these. Please share how and where to get these patterns.

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  10. Elfie28 January 2017 at 11:53

    Lovely stitching - very cute!

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  11. Sarah31 January 2017 at 20:21

    Too cute.

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  12. Tiffstitch1 February 2017 at 16:28

    Neat idea and so nice of the designer to send you the charts too. Beautifully stitched!

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  13. Jo who can't think of a clever nickname2 February 2017 at 19:37

    He is so cute! I love the way she's done the shaded parts behind the letters too.

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  14. Kaisievic5 February 2017 at 06:00

    How nice of Durene and such a cute finish for January.

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  15. Heather8 February 2017 at 20:00

    Very cute! That was nice if her to send them :)

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