A couple of spooks and a new SAL

I tried to put Spook Town Square away to get some "work" done, but after three days it refused to be ignored any longer! This past weekend I finally got around to stitching a couple of the spooks:

I also started another SAL by Tempting Tangles; this one is called Catch the Wind Mystery SAL, and it uses cotton floss by Ship's Manor. I usually choose my own colors for these SALs, but I really liked the called-for flosses so I'm using them:

Here is most of part 1, which was just released last week:

I'm looking forward to seeing this one progress.

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!

Spook-y stitching

Spook Town Square, that is. I received the first part last Monday and had to start right away; here it is as of last night:

I'm using the DMC floss and PTP Haunted Belfast. I need to get back to "work" for now, but at least I think I'll be able to finish this part before the next one is released in May.

I also took some time to stitch part 5 of the Tempting Tangles Swans & Shears SAL:

I'm wishing I would have done the swans in a floss a couple of shades darker; it looked fine close up but tends to disappear as you get further away:

I'm toying with the idea of back stitching the outer edge with a floss a few shades darker than the fabric, but I'll decide after the entire motif has been completed.

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!

Spring is coming

Last week I saw the first robins in our yard and some Canadian geese flying over, so spring must be coming! Of course, we have a winter weather advisory for tomorrow, with 4" to 7" of snow possible--this is Wisconsin after all!

At least I have my Swans & Shears SAL piece to look at, with its spring-like colors. Part four was released last Thursday, and this was my stopping point for that part:

I also worked on a small project that I've been wanting to do for a while now, which was to make a display for these amazing little dragon needle minders from Claybykim that I've been collecting for a few months now. I used a canvas that I found in the craft section at Target, stitched the words on a piece of fabric and then stretched the fabric over the canvas; the back is open so I can attach the magnets easily. Now it hangs in my craft room and I can admire these works of art while I stitch:

On the model stitching front, Rosewood Manor released one of the designs I stitched at Nashville Market this past weekend:

Also at Market Glendon Place released a new Halloween design that she first mentioned in her FB group last July (I've been waiting impatiently ever since!); it is called Spook Town Square, and it will be released in four parts, with the first part being the gazebo in the center:

The model is stitched on PTP Tarnish Cashel, but I have a piece of PTP Haunted Belfast that's the perfect size, so that's what I'll be using. Yesterday I pulled the flosses and fabric from my stash, so now I just need 12 more skeins that I didn't have on hand, a box to hold all the floss and the first chart:

It's a fairly large piece, so I'm hoping to have each part done before the next part comes out; might be wishful thinking, though!

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!