Happy Dance - October Owl

Started: 7/18/2020

Finished: 8/2/2020

Stitching Time: 12 hours 49 minutes

This is the 10th owl in the 2019 series of free charts from Leslie Teare on Facebook.  The SAL is no longer free, but you can purchase the charts from her website.

It's stitched on Fiddlers Lite 14-count Aida as charted with the called for DMC.  Once all the owls are stitched, they will be sent to WOCS to be made into a quilt.

Next Up:  Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony)

Happy Dance - Ronald McDonald House Sampler

Started: 7/4/2020

Finished: 7/29/2020

Stitching Time: 18 hours 36 minutes

This Ronald McDonald House Sampler was designed by Ursula Michael for the Ronald McDonald House SAL group on Facebook.  The purpose of the group is to stitch a sampler for each Ronald McDonald House or Family Room in existence around the world.  This one will be going to the CHOC Family Room in Orange, CA.

It's stitched on white 14-count Aida as charted with the called for DMC.  I have emailed the director to see if she wants it personalized, but the Family Room is currently closed because of COVID-19 so it may be awhile before I can get that information.  How to deliver it is another question.

Up Next: Tinkerbell

Happy Dance - Picachu

Started: 5/31/2020

Finished: 7/3/2020

Stitching Time: 19 hours 53 minutes

Picachu was stitched for the 2020 Stitcher's Challenge (Pokemon) on Q4OC (Quilts for Older Children and Adults) and was provided by the group's owner.  It is also a free download from my-cross-stitch-patterns.com.

It's stitched on 14-count white Aida as charted with the called for DMC floss.  It was also my 30 minute per night stitch for June and I managed to stitch at least 30 minutes a night for all but two nights and made up for that with some hour long nights later in the process.

It will be eventually be donated to Love Quilts Brazil.

Next Up: Ronald McDonald House SAL

Happy Dance - September Owl

Started: 6/16/2020

Finished: 7/1/2020

Stitching Time: 13 hours 36 minutes

This is the 8th owl in the series from Leslie Teare's 2019 Facebook SAL.  

It's stitched on 14-count Fiddlers Lite Aida as charted with the called for DMC floss.

As with the other owls, it will be sent to World of Charity Stitching (WOCS) to be made into a quilt.

Next Up: USA Mouse

A Finished Quilt and a New SAL

I've posted before that some of my stitching goes to charity stitching groups to be made into quilts.  I stitched this little dog for a SAL with Quilts for Older Children and Adults  (Q4OC).

I thought you might like to see the quilt is was used on.

Bottom portion showing my square

The whole quilt

I've also joined a new SAL from Peppermint Purple on Facebook.  It's a 52-part blackwork SAL that comes out every Wednesday and can be found here.

This is the first part.  The SAL will be done on 14-count white Aida and this part is done in DMC Variations 4022.  I originally intended to do it all in this color, but now I'm thinking of doing each block in a different DMC Variations or maybe alternating several colors.