Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Final Post

Welcome back for the final post of the seventh Mini Magical Mystery SAL! Don't worry it's not over - the Mini Magical Mystery SAL 8 starts in an hour! This post is just a final post showing my stitching of part fourteen and it added to the ever growing chain.  I do hope you all had fun! I have loved seeing your stitching in the Facebook group! (Remember these are mysteries so belong in the Mystery group, even if you are also a member of the main SAL group). This time there were two possible endings - so you could choose which one you wanted to do.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Part 14

Welcome back for day fourteen of the seventh round of mystery stitching! This is also the final day of patterns for this SAL - I'll be back one more time to show what I have made tomorrow (an hour earlier than usual). The next round of the Mini Magical Mystery will start tomorrow at noon as per the information post. That said today's post is a little different from the usual posts... there is a bonus part! I just couldn't squeeze all the stitches into a single part and not everyone may want to do the extra stitches so this is a choose your own ending version! However as always I won't be showing pictures of the stitching of today's part(s) till tomorrow.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Part 13

Welcome back for day thirteen of the seventh round of mystery stitching! It's the penultimate part and tomorrow brings the final part of this SAL - I'm a bit late with the information post for the next one  so I'll get that and the ninth one written today (the ninth one will be scheduled to post in a week or so, so only one will show up today) so I can't forget again. Time has been flying by lately!

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Part 12

Welcome back for day twelve of the seventh round of mystery stitching! Today my pond arrived in a very, very big lorry (truck in the USA) - it was on a tiny pallet that was right at the back of the empty lorry - you could probably carry three at a time side by side on a forklift truck. Sadly it isn't an instant pond but digging will need to be done first - as soon as the earth dries up enough! One pond, some assembly required, water and pond contents not included.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Part 11

Welcome back for day eleven of the seventh round of mystery stitching! Just three more days and you will see the end of this SAL! Much sadness but also much joy as I'll then see more awesome things people make with the patterns!  Some of the end results are *really* creative - like the person who stitched five of the SALs on the same fabric with the same thread and then stitched them onto a shirt/jacket! So, so pretty!

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Part 10

Welcome back for day ten of the seventh round of mystery stitching! When it's not raining it's been quite nice out but with the garden still a mess after the neighbours did their extension last year and me having to move all my plants for the new fence the year before it's not nice to go sit in the garden. I was planning on putting a pond in (well ok - drawing lines and making minions dig) but that too got delayed due to not being able to buy the materials needed with the money I'd saved up for the job. Now of course the rain is making the delays as digging wet earth is backbreaking so it's best put off till the earth is drier. It has however given me time to really think about size and shape - and how I want to include areas for plants that like damp earth and how to make that possible, so there is a plus to it all.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Part 9

Welcome back for day nine of the seventh round of mystery stitching! We've got the corners done and the centre covered so what's going to happen in the spaces between? And are the areas we've stitched really finished or will there be more stitches to do there later on? All these questions will be answered today and in the next five days as this mystery runs to a close. Hopefully you will be surprised by the final stitches!

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Part 8

Welcome back for day eight of the seventh round of mystery stitching! I'm running a bit late today, things didn't go to plan this morning - you know how it goes some days. On top of that I noticed that I was so distracted by the filename error that I'd not done all of the part six stitches! I had to catch up with them after making the pdf for part eight and I noticed the stitches in the centre. I checked the instructions and it wasn't mentioned so I went back to see when they were added... yup in the fateful part six! At least it was an easy fix even though the investigation etc. set me back time wise.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Part 7

Welcome back for day seven of the seventh round of mystery stitching! Today you get the seventh halfway point of the Mini Magical Mysteries! It doesn't feel like I have been doing these for so long but apparently I have been doing it long enough to get confused with filenames when making them. Yesterday I successfully managed to not only name the part SIX file "part7" but I also repeated the same mistake when putting the filename onto my blog, which I write out by hand - I don't copy/paste. It's supposed to catch out filename mistakes but apparently not. I have fixed the mistake now so anyone who downloads the file from today onwards will have the correct filename. The information within the pdf file is correct, it's just the name of the pdf that isn't. You can choose to fix yesterday's filename by changing the 7 to a 6, re-downloading the file after deleting yesterday's or just leaving it as is if you have printed it off or it doesn't bother you. I'm sorry for any inconvenience or confusion this causes.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Part 6

Welcome back for day six of the seventh round of mystery stitching! Today I was almost too lost in the rabbit hole of sites looking at stitches and other things that I can use for next year's Sampler SAL - it's a lot of fun and although I personally am game to try just about anything I also don't want to put people off from even starting by doing things that some might find too challenging. One things is certain... by the end of next year you will either have expanded the repertoire of stitches you can do and enjoy or you have found more stitches you dislike! Also edges... pretty edges! It will be FUN!

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Part 5

Welcome back for day five of the seventh round of mystery stitching! The weather has finally decided to be summer-ish (warm and sunny, clear blue sky) rather than March-ish (colder, damp and overcast) I can tell it's going to be like that for a few days as my joints aren't aching as much as they were. Much yay!

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Part 4

Welcome back for day four of the seventh round of mystery stitching! I'm a bit late as I hit a technical snag but it's all sorted now. I've seen a few more finishes and some beautiful starts post in the Facebook group! It's wonderful to see your stitching too - so inspiring! Thank you to all of you who have posted pictures over the past weeks, I really appreciate you taking the time to do so.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Part 3

Welcome back for day three of the seventh round of mystery stitching! Youngest's trip to his school yesterday was uneventful fortunately - everyone wore masks on public transport as they are supposed to and social distancing was strictly adhered to, which is good news. He's less than happy that his new chef's coat will be a zippered one rather than a button one and they aren't allowed to wear sweat pants any more. But he's happy that he will be allowed to use his phone at school, something that's not allowed in the high school section of it. You win some, you lose some - it's all part of life and growing up as he's finding out.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Part 2

Welcome back for day two of the seventh round of mystery stitching! Youngest has gone to college for the first time today for his "Meet the mentor and get measured for your new chef's whites" thing. His school houses both a secondary (high) school (vocational school type school) and a vocational college - part of which is a working hotel and series of restaurants. As he went to the secondary school there the building is already familiar for him and he knows some of the teachers from the days he did his stint in the restaurant kitchens this past school year. While things will be the same in some ways things will be very different in others, and for the first time since he started going to that school when he was 13 I'm worried about him travelling to school on public transport. Funny how things have changed this year.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Part 1

Welcome back for day one of the seventh round of mystery stitching! So good to see you return for another round of mystery stitching! The weekend updates have been fantastic to see! So many different colours - and some daring thread choices - it's great to see you having fun with these little patterns! I put a list of future dates for this SAL in the 13th post of the previous mystery - if you haven't seen it yet go have a look!

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 7 - Information Post

Hi and welcome to the seventh information post for a Mini Magical Mystery SAL! With lockdowns easing, but still enforced for many people I'm continuing with another mystery to keep you stitching! This pattern is the same size as the other six and has 336 stitches total. This mystery will start the day after the current mystery ends: 8th June. If you haven't seen it yet: there is a poll in the Facebook group about the Mini Magical Mystery SALs - if you haven't voted yet and you are a group member please do so if you want to have your opinion heard.