Sara's SAL Sorpresa 3 Finale

We have finally come to the last part of this year long SAL. I put in my last stitches a few days ago, here are some photos for your viewing pleasure.

Lots of evergreens...plus a skating ring..

A church, chair lift and a hotel...

This was the last part, a big Christmas Tree...

I enjoy stitching this winter scenery. Currently waiting for the special button that Sara had designed for this Sal. It will be placed next to that fence in the above picture. Sara is having another SAL starting next month, be sure to register if you enjoy Sara's designs.

Currently I am picking up Sara's Summer, which I put aside while doing this Sal. Will post an updated picture soon!

I also have been working on my Hal Bambu. Ticoeur is hosting this Hal on her French Forum. Here is my progress...

A closer look... I enjoy Hardanger as much as cross stitch!

Here are some smalls done in between the big projects. Some wooden key rings, these are freebies from UK cross stitch magazines.

Another small from Japanese magazine Idees 17. This was gifted to my friend to be made into a triangular scissors case. Will post a picture in my next update.

I participated in the last  HoE ornament exchange after a long break. This Round was stitcher's choice and I stitched LHN's Snowy Pines for Becky, my partner.

In return, I received a beautiful ornament from Karen. She stitched for me a Santa from PS. It is a pinkeep style ornament, I love it! Thank you Karen!

I love stitching smalls, you get so many finishes ha ha!

Will update my other projects soon..Thank you for your visits and comments, they are greatly appreciated!

Happy Stitching!

Hugs,

Ellen

A New SAL

I join Sara's SAL Sorpresa 3 which started on April 1. This is a winter theme project, a continuation of her seasonal theme SALs. The SAL consists of 12 monthly installments and will end early next year.
Here is my part 1 of the project. Beautiful isn't it? I am looking forward to part 2 coming on May 1.

Fabric: 40ct Newcastle Lentil Linen by Nina
Thread: DMC

 Abi's HAL - A Confetti of Hardanger has just ended. She will be starting another SAL with specialty stitches. The SAL is exclusively to her group members.

I have some struggles with the last part of the HAL, the curves of the buttonhole bars did not flow smoothly. After some frustrations, I decided to leave out these bars and just do the dove eyes. Here is my completed doily! Thank you Abi for a beautiful HAL!

A closer look at the fillers!

Some hardanger smalls to show. The design is from Judy at Whitework Embroidery. She does beautiful whiteworks, please visit her blog to enjoy her gorgeous works!

The other side of the scissors fob!

I also  stitched some small designs from various cross stitch magazines. Now I must find time to do the finishing ha ha! Hopefully in my next post, I will have something to show!

I found Claudia's blog through Judy, she is doing a gorgeous Embroidery Alphabets SAL. The embroideries are so beautiful, I could not resist and started on my inital E. I have fun doing these embroidery stitches, some are new to me. Please visit her blog to see the other alphabets, the SAL is currently at letter I.

Claudia got me so enthusiastic in embroidery that I have started another project, an embroidery pincushion. Hope to show in my next update.

More on Dorothy and Summer in my next post, in the meantime Happy Stitching!

Hugs,
Ellen