Well, HAPPY NEW YEAR... a bit late, LOL.  Quite a busy month for a January... I put out an inquiry email to see if anyone was interested in a SAL (StitchALong) Hardanger needlework box, and my goodness, what a good response I got!  We currently have 27 ladies involved in this project, so I spent quite a bit of time organizing this and getting kits assembled. 

Now I've asked if there's any interest in a cross-stitch SAL... DN have to be a box, but there seems to be quie a bit of interest in doing a box, so we'll see!  The ideas swirling around in my head may end up being THREE SAL's!!  I have some HOME GNOMES I was doing for a teaching project, which didn't get picked up - apparently it was really close, LOL, they could only pick 12 teachers, and I made the top 15 (wink).

So they are one option... a needlework box that can be customized with a design on the lid is a second opton... and a Christmas box is the third option..

I have also started stitching the model for my fav of the 4 FRACTAL inspired designs I'm doing for ANPT (A Needle Pulling Thread)... I'm stitching WATER, represented by a colorful coral spiral.  FIRE is also out being stitched by one of my wonderful model stitchers, while EARTH is already at ANPT waiting to go in Issue 55, and AIR is also done (even though it's the last one in the series), going in Issue 58. 

Am I working on anything else?  I think I'll be doing the SAL's along with my groups - I'm doing a dark grey box this time, with red variegated floss for the filling stitches and a PINWHEEL Dorset Button decoration on the front flap, with a red/white/grey overdyed floss for other filling stitches - quite stunning colors really.  By stitching along with the group, I can remind myself of how I want things done, and tips I need to pass along (wink). 

But since I have all these ideas swirling around in my brain, I better go do some designing, LOL ... talk to you next month!