SALs & WIPs

Ok so I have signed up to 2 and a half SALs.  The previously posted HAP SAL (yay acronyms!) which can be found here - Crossed Stitches: New Year SAL.  I've signed up to it as all but one of my WIPs or charts I am yet to start are all over 300 stitches so it seems like the perfect way to stay focused on them.

The second is the Glendon Place Dessert SAL happening at xStitchHaven.  These patterns are amazing and I would eventually love to stitch them all however I am going with Plum Pudding for the SAL which looks like:

I'm also going to use the recommended Dinky Dyes silks to stitch it.  I am yet to stitch with silks so I hope I'm not biting off more than I can chew!

Finally the half SAL is Papillon's Around the World in 80 Stitches.  Technically it has finished, however late joiners were still encouraged so I took the plunge.  It's a beautiful project but I am finding the specialty stitches very daunting!

I've started with the easy stuff first - cross stitch and lazy daisies!  The fabric is 28 count Quaker Cloth.

Also as promised, here is the Mario World WIP:

This is probably the HAP I will use for the Crossed Stitches SAL given I am only about 10% done and it's a massive 520w x 212h!