Monday, August 15, 2016

Olympics SAL and August Gifted Gorgeousness Update

Time for another Gifted Gorgeousness Update, and since I have been stitching on several of my GG projects during the Olympics SAL (stitch along) ... I will just combine both into one big post.

During the Opening Ceremonies, I started a new project.  "The Rambling Rose Sampler" (shown above) which was gifted to me by Jo of Serendipitous Stitching as a prize for a drawing.  This sampler is a miniature and is stitched on 40 ct gauze, which is the smallest and most delicate fabric I have worked on.  So far, so good.  I wanted to keep going with it, but I have limited stitching time and I had to move on to Day 2 of the Olympics, in which I worked on my "Colourful Alphabet Sampler".


Day 3 of the Olympics I worked start to finish on the adorable "Oh-so-cute hot air balloon" shown in my previous post, which I gifted to my sister.

Day 4 of the Olympics I stitched on my Butterfly Pillowcases, which were gifted to me by a non-stitchy friend.  These are a printed set of cross-stitch/embroidery pillowcases.


Day 5 of the Olympics I stitched on my "Too Much Honey Sampler", which was gifted to me by a non-stitchy friend.  I finished the area around Pooh and Piglet.


Day 6 of the Olympics I stitched on my "Simple Blessings" Sampler by Sandy Orton.  This chart is in the book "The Best of Kooler Design Studio", which I received as a gift (and love it - so many great patterns!)

Day 7 of the Olympics I stitched on "Chirpy Place", gifted to me by the same friend who gave me the other Pooh kit.

Day 8 of the Olympics I started adding another turkey to my "Give Thanks Sampler", which is a freebie project.
Day 9 of the Olympics I stitched on "Napping Kitten".  I did some fill-in work here and there.

Day 10 of the Olympics I was really sick with food poisoning (or something).  I became ill Saturday night and spent all day Sunday trying to sleep and recover.  Not a stitch was made.  So I will have to play catch up this week.

Overall I am happy with the progress I made and I can't wait to return to some of these projects!

I hope all of you have made some good progress this month, too.
Happy Stitching!





8 comments:

  1. Thanks for taking part in GG this month, and stitching a gift from me too! It's looking lovely, I like your method of inserting it in a hoop. That must really help with the tension.
    Love the colourful alphabet too.
    Sorry to hear about the food poisoning, hope it doesn't last too long.

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  2. Ugh, I hope you're on your way back to normal now. I've had food poisoning a few times. Your stitching looks awesome and very well done you to work on so many!

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  3. So many pretty projects - I have enjoyed this visit.

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  4. Loads of lovely projects there, the alphabet is gorgeous

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  5. Great start on Olympic Games, I'm always glad to see progress on Colourful alphabet which is a favorite for me in your stitchings. xxx

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  6. Wow you are my kind of Olympian. They all look fabulous. Sorry to hear about the food poisoning though. But I hope you have fun catching up.
    xo ALicia

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  7. Lots of lovely progress! Get better soon :)

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  8. You are doing great with the Olympic Stitching challenge. Good progress on all projects. hope you are feeling better.

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