{"id":367,"date":"2017-03-10T17:43:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T00:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/?p=367"},"modified":"2017-03-10T17:43:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T00:43:10","slug":"so-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"So close!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My big projects are on the back burner(s) as I attempt to catch up and stay caught up with the SALs. (I do not resent them&#8230;yet!)<\/p>\n<p>Here is my Christmas ornies SAL-if all goes well it will be done today!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4852.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4852.jpg?resize=360%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4852.jpg?w=3024&amp;ssl=1 3024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4852.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4852.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4852.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4852.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;I will love having a handful of my Mill Hill ornaments completed this year thanks to the SAL. I have many many of these kits and I really just need to keep chipping away at them, hopefully faster than Mill Hill releases new ones I must have!<\/p>\n<p>Here is Joyful World February:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4851.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4851.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4851.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4851.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4851.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4851.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4851.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4851.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4851.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;SO CLOSE! I want to change the base line under the ducks so it has a special stitch like the eyelets in January, and then do something similar each month. In any case, I also want to get this one done over the weekend. I have to start March sometime after all! March will be fun. Lots of colorful flowers!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And here is an actual finish-the Just Nan grow! tin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4854.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4854.jpg?resize=360%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4854.jpg?w=3024&amp;ssl=1 3024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4854.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4854.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4854.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4854.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4855.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4855.jpg?resize=360%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4855.jpg?w=3024&amp;ssl=1 3024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4855.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4855.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4855.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4855.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SO Sweet! (And I think I will like the ladybug tin even more. I am so glad I picked it up when I had a chance.) Now, Iwill turn this in for my Smalls SAL if I don&#8217;t have anything else. (though I plan to get at least one of those rabbits done!)<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I stared something new&#8230;Blackbird Designs&#8217; Garden Fair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4848.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4848.jpg?resize=360%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4848.jpg?w=3024&amp;ssl=1 3024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4848.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4848.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4848.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4848.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is my first Blackbird! It is so pretty! I love the colors! I was trying 10 a day to jump start it. Well, you know by now that doesn&#8217;t work out for me. Instead, I am going to stitch a length of floss a day, most days. I tried to find the box it is suppposed to be mounted on but my Hobby Lobby didn&#8217;t have it. I will hunt. I would love to have a different kind of finish for this-the box would be perfect!<\/p>\n<p>So there&#8217;s the teaser&#8230;watch for a few more finishes soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My big projects are on the back burner(s) as I attempt to catch up and stay caught up with the SALs. (I do not resent them&#8230;yet!) Here is my Christmas ornies SAL-if all goes well it will be done today! &nbsp;I will love having a handful of my Mill Hill ornaments completed this year thanks to the SAL. 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