The People's Choice SAL_October 2018

Hallowe'en

The incredibly talented, clever and redoubtable Jo from Serendipitous Stitching has come up with a fab new monthly SAL.  She explains it better than I can, so here is her explanation:

"Regular followers will be aware that for over 3 years now I have run a themed SAL on the first Saturday of each month.  First we spent 26 months doing The Alphabet Club and then 12 months of the Zodiac.  Now I have decided to listen to the People and post about your choice of theme.  In September I asked for suggestions on the blog and then made a poll in the IHSW Facebook Group from those suggestions.

The top three choices were:

Hallowe'en

Birthstones

Dragons

So I will do one for the next three months.  At the end of this post I will ask again for your suggestions and one of those will become the theme for January.  In November, we choose February's theme and so on.  I will post the results in my sidebar so you have plenty of time to decide what to show."

So, here is my little Hallowe'en offering.....

Just for the SAL, yesterday I started "Pumpkin Man" from PS Book #189, "Boo Moon". (I am stitching him on a very small scrap of 32 ct linen - he will just fit!)

What a fun idea for a SAL, thank you, Jo, although I am struggling a bit with next month's theme - Birthstones.  Any suggestions anyone for a good, free, birthstone pattern (preferably October, as that is my birthday month)?????

If you want to check out Jo's fabulous post and to see who else took part, please visit Jo's blog post here.

Thanks for visiting,

hugs, 

P.S. As I was adding my labels to this post, I discovered that I have stitched a PS Pumpkin Man once before (a different one).  So, in the spirit of Hallowe'en, here he is.....

Pumpkin Man

Prairie Schooler

JCS Halloween Ornie Mag 2015

28 ct linen

Assorted DMC and specialty threads

Smalls SAL_November Update

Hi all, I have quite a few Smalls goodies to show you this month.  

Quite a few of them are Prairie Schooler designs, one of my very favourite designers.  I find that they are perfect designs for travelling.  Just enough colour changes to keep it interesting but not too many to make it difficult whilst stitching in a car or on a plane and no half or quarter stitches and very little backstitching but oh, such wonderful designs. I love them!

#1 November Small:

This gorgeous PS Christmas Tree   Now, Prairie Schooler designs do not usually use beads but I could not resist blinging up this design from Book #150, "December".

... and here it is all finished up and gifted to my dear friend, Lisa.

Actually, she moved it from the spot above and it now lives with Santa in her dining room (much better pic, anyway)...

#2 November Small:

Trick or Treat What's to Eat?' from Prairie Schooler Book #188 Trick or Treat.

This was an absolute dream to stitch, I started it on a Friday and finished it just before midnight the next Saturday night.  So, a very quick stitch for me.

#3 November Small:

Prairie Schooler Skeleton!

See his right shoulder (on the left)?  Well, it should be sitting at the same level as the other shoulder but I didn't notice the discrepancy until after I had stitched all of his arm and the two keys.  At first I thought to myself, 'oh no! All that frogging!' But then the more I looked at it, the more I quite liked my unintentional change to the design and I have decided that the poor skeleton has a dislocated shoulder - poor lamb!

Skeleton from 

"Boo Moon"
Prairie Schooler Book #189

Fabric: Mystery orange (yes, it is actually orange, much brighter than the pic shows) lugana 

Floss: DMC 3371 and 720

#4  November Small:

Here goes, another PS design, of course (because it was stitched whilst travelling).

Black Cat from PS Book #140 Pumpkin Patch

28 ct Orange Lugana

Floss: DMC 3371 and 720 plus WDW Fiesta for the moon

#5  November Small:  (this one is actually an October Small that didn't quite make it into last month's post)

This is my version of Bad Fairies for the September theme for the Hallowe'en Ornie SAL  

I adapted the design from a French design book, which seems to have fallen through a black hole on my book shelf - not sure where it has got to, very strange! - so I can't even tell you what it is called! 

[Update: Still haven't found the book but I have found its title: it is a French book of design motifs

"Pointe de croix couleurs"

#6  November Small:

This is my very latest Christmas Ornament finish and it is, of course, for a relatively brand new baby (he is three months old now).  I am delighted with it.  I love the colours and the changes that I made.  I added his name and the year.  It is from the JCS 2016 Christmas Ornie Magazine.

#7  November Small:

Xmas Hearth

A Christmas stitch for my dear niece, Jade.

#8  November Small:

Old Glory

Designer: LHN

.... and lastly, three and a half years in the making!

#9  November Largeish Small:

Look carefully, at the last pic, can you see the mistake I made, again?  Another one that I intend to keep, as it sort of fits in with the theme of the piece.

Witchy Remedy

Silver Creek Samplers

JCS Halloween Ornie Mag 2011

Fabric: Unknown

Floss: Suggested DMC

Well, that is it for me, for this month's Smalls SAL.

hugs, 

P.S. This is my third post for today - must be a record!  If you want to check out my two earlier posts from today, please click on the links below:

TUSAL Post (late as usual)

He's Coming Home!

P.P.P.S. Also, don't forget to visit dear Jo's Online Advent Calendar each day up until Christmas.