Link-up For Fully Finished Gallery SAL - January 2023

Hello all!

It's the 10th of the month so time for another Fully Finished Gallery SAL, the place to show your FFOing achievements since your last link-up.

And here's the new logo for 2023 if you haven't already grabbed it.

The link-up for this SAL opens on the 10th of each month and stays open for 10 days so you can join in whenever you're ready.

But before delving into this month's FFOs, let's take a look back at 2022.

In 2022, 264.5 FFOs were submitted by 14 different bloggers. Thank you all so much for continuing to contribute, especially when I have (yet again) been remiss at answering comments and thanking you for your entries.

For those who like statistics, here's how many participated and how many entries were received each month during 2022. January always starts well!

This is again down on previous years, but considering there are fewer bloggers and therefore fewer participants than when this SAL started in February 2019, not to mention smaller Boxes Of Shame, I'm still really happy!

In the almost four years this SAL has been running there have been 1350.5 FFOs, which is absolutely A-MA-ZING!

Usual shout-outs go to:

* Clare, Leonore and Suzanne who linked up with FFOs every month.

* Clare who, thanks to her Christmas Tree ornies, not only submitted the most FFOs in one month - 13 - but also submitted the most FFOs during the year - a whopping 108!!! (Suzanne also had a very impressive 61 FFOs)

* and Jo, who although had no FFOs in December, joined in every month and did her usual end-of-year round-up in December. Jo is also responsible for the half finish, having completed the bottom of Haunted Mansion but not the top. With so much work involved, it would have been mean not to have counted it!

And to everyone else who participated - Rita, Cathy, Christina, Mary H, Mary, Kaye, Mary, Jocondine, and Ann - another BIG THANK YOU!

Now on to 2023...

To start 2023, I have just one little finish. This is Mouse Lighting Candle, from a set of Cute (church?) Mice by CutePatternsbyMaria, started during the Tokyo Olympics and finished this time last year.

I used coordinating backing fabric (which I had to get completely symmetrical top to bottom and side to side, although it's a bit wonky now the stuffing's been added!) and added trim. I've seen many ornies finished with chenille trim and thought I would give it a go. However, chenille trim seems to be non-existent in the UK (unless you can tell me otherwise!) so I bought a small ball of chenille wool, hoping that would do the trick. But it hasn't. From a distance it looks OK but, close up, the softness and furriness has gone and the wool looks worn and more like a pipe-cleaner. Plus it keeps moulting! Needless to say, the trim will be coming off and something else attached in its place, presumably barley twist cord or maybe ribbon. But, the main thing is, I got the ornie finished, and love it!

Now it's your turn.

Please link-up using the URL of your FFG SAL post and not the home page of your blog, adding a thumbnail of a finish and either your name or your blog name as the caption. The link-up will remain open for 10 days, closing at 6am UK time on 20th January.

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And please don't forget to follow other links and support fellow fully-finish-offers!

Next month's post will go live on 10th February at 6am UK time. Hope to see you there!

Take care,
Rachel x