Two new SALs

 I recently signed up for a couple of SALs, one of which has already had a couple of parts released and one that has just the border so far. Saturday I started the one from Jardin Prive called Au fil des Nichoirs, which is going to have six parts released at the first of every month starting in March and ending in August. I received the border last week and stitched it on Saturday:

It calls for a brown DMC for the border but I switched it out for a variegated Silk'n Colors that contains several of the colors used in the design; hopefully it'll end up looking okay. Here is a preview from the designer:

I'm looking forward to receiving part 1 in a couple of weeks, though I don't know yet if I'll be able to keep up with the parts as they are released. For anyone interested the info can be found here.

The second SAL is from Cecilia Votta, who now designs under the company name of Serenita di Campagna. Her SAL is an advent design which has had the border and the first five days released so far. This is my progress from yesterday:

I'm almost positive I won't be able to get caught up and then keep up with this one, so I'll just work on it once in a while when the mood strikes. Here is the designer's photo of the piece so far:

Anyone looking for this SAL should go to the designer's FB page and find her contact info there.

That was my weekend off from "work" stitching, and now I can get back to it refreshed and ready to make a lot of progress.

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!