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Can you believe it is already the last Friday in January and time to check in with our first Smalls post of the year? 2019 is already flying by!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because I live in Arizona, USA, which is Mountain Time, and I know many of you are far to the east of me, I am putting up the post up on Thursday night so that you can start posting your Smalls when it is Friday in your time zone. I hope that seems good to everyone. I also hope the new Linky Tools link up thing works for you all. Please get in touch if you have problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enough “housekeeping!” Well, if you’re anything like me, you were hustling this week to get something done to show. Earlier this week I bravely began cutting my linen in my first hardanger piece, Holly Berries which is a Beyond Cross Stitch Learning kit from The Victoria Sampler:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are the bars halfway done-the weaving was fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And finished!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am eager for advice on how to improve my cutting as it seems the little linen thread want to poke up between the threads of the kloster blocks. Any suggestions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also worked on my Very Merry Winter snowman by JBW Designs this week-it was supposed to be my contribution for the Ornies SAL in December. Better late than never and still a cute piece for January!<\/p>This picture is VERY blue. The linen and border are blue but not quite so blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m going to make it into a little pillow. I’d like to get on the dough bowl wagon and have lots of little seasonal pillows. This will be my first one for winter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now it’s your turn! I can’t wait to see what you’ve been stitching this month! <\/p>\n