Friday 27 January 2023

Smalls SAL - January 2023

Hello all!

It's the last Friday of the month so time for the Smalls SAL. Thank you, Mary, for continuing to host this fun little SAL. Pop over to Mary's Blog to see what other participants have been stitching in the way of Smalls this month.



Each month I stitch a small project specifically for this SAL which doesn't appear elsewhere on my blog.

I know I missed the last three/four months of 2022, but 2023 is a New Year and I am hoping things will return to normal. At least January is off to a good start, and I completed eight - yes, eight! - little advent projects (I'd only intended to do two!) As a way of getting me back into stitching and, as you might have guessed, these are very very very addictive!

Red And White Advent Calendar Day 9 Bird by Durene Jones
Stitched on 16ct white with silver lurex aida using a blend of DMC 321 and DMC Etoile 321
Stitch count 33 wide by 33 high
Started - 1st January 2023
Finished - 3rd January 2023
Total Stitching time - 3 hours 45 minutes


Red And White Advent Calendar Day 6 Tree by Durene Jones
Stitched on 16ct white with silver lurex aida using a blend of DMC 699 and DMC Etoile 699
Stitch count 33 wide by 33 high
Started - 4th January 2023
Finished - 6th January 2023
Total Stitching time - 2 hours 40 minutes


Red And White Advent Calendar Day 1 Heart by Durene Jones
Stitched on 16ct white with silver lurex aida using a blend of DMC 603 and DMC Etoile 603
Stitch count 33 wide by 33 high
Started - 7th January 2023
Finished - 10th January 2023
Total Stitching time - 4 hours 35 minutes


Red And White Advent Calendar Day 20 Candle by Durene Jones
Stitched on 16ct white with silver lurex aida using a blend of DMC 725 and DMC Etoile 725
Stitch count 33 wide by 33 high
Started - 12th January 2023
Finished - 13th January 2023
Total Stitching time - 2 hours 10 minutes


Red And White Advent Calendar Day 4 Snowflake by Durene Jones
Stitched on 16ct white with silver lurex aida using a blend of DMC 995 and DMC Etoile 995
Stitch count 33 wide by 33 high
Started - 14th January 2023
Finished - 15th January 2023
Total Stitching time - 2 hours 10 minutes


Red And White Advent Calendar Day 14 Mitten by Durene Jones
Stitched on 16ct white with silver lurex aida using a blend of DMC 603 and DMC Etoile 603
Stitch count 33 wide by 33 high
Started - 16th January 2023
Finished - 19th January 2023
Total Stitching time - 3 hours 50 minutes


Red And White Advent Calendar Day 13 Santa by Durene Jones
Stitched on 16ct white with silver lurex aida using a blend of DMC 321 and DMC Etoile 321
Stitch count 33 wide by 33 high
Started - 20th January 2023
Finished - 21st January 2023
Total Stitching time - 2 hours 25 minutes


Red And White Advent Calendar Day 15 Holly by Durene Jones
Stitched on 16ct white with silver lurex aida using a blend of DMC 699 and DMC Etoile 699
Stitch count 33 wide by 33 high
Started - 22nd January 2023
Finished - 23rd January 2023
Total Stitching time - 3 hours 50 minutes


So far so good, then, although being small and monochrome certainly helped!

Some of them have been adjusted slightly because of not stitching the numbers; I prefer them as just Christmas-related rather than Advent-specific projects.

Next month's Small(s) will be from the Advent Calendar again, although don't know which one(s) or in which colour(s) as I'm selecting them at random.

Take care,
Rachel x

7 comments:

Katie said...

Adorable. Love them! Wohoo your mojo is going strong. Keep it up.

Cathy said...

Those are really cute! I love that you're doing them in different colors.

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

These look great! I love the way you’ve finished them so it looks like you have stitched the white background. Without having to do that!

Leonore Winterer said...

These are adorable! Great colour choices, too.

Faith... said...

Rachel I love those!! They are so cute and I can see how you could get addicted to stitching them. Congrats on completing EIGHT!!

Magiczny Świat Krzyżyków said...

Śliczne małe hafty. Nie dziwie się ,że trudno się od nich oderwać. Pozdrawiam.

Sarah said...

These are so adorable!