The Smalls SAL

 I'm going to call the stitch along "The Smalls SAL". Y'all can stitch anything you want to stitch but for me, it's going to be some of those quicker to finish type projects and maybe this SAL will go on and on and we'll all get LOTS of small finishes!

I set up two of the saltboxes in Markup: Summer House and Summer Cabin.

Summer House is a bit stitch heavy and one I probably will not finish in a couple of weeks. It's 96 stitches wide x 87 stitches high. On 32 count linen, it will be 6" x 5-1/2". On 40 count, it would be 4-3/4" x 4-3/8".  Sweater Weather that I just finished was 159 stitches wide x 71 stitches high. Markup said Sweater Weather had 4,606 stitches, while Markup says Summer House has 8,057 stitches but there were so many color changes on Sweater Weather where Summer House has way less color/thread changes.

I'm going to start Summer House and work towards getting big areas outlined . . the roof, the house with the windows/doors also outlined, the flag. Then I'll stitch the flours, sheep, bee hives fence so that I can stitch that massive grassy area and fill in the other parts if I'm not in a position of being able to give it my full attention.

The other one, Summer Cabin. It will be super quick - 2,157 stitches total. It's 47 x 51 so on 32 count, it would be 3" x 3-1/4". On 40 count, it would be 2-3/8" x 2-1/2". So tiny!!

NOTE:  On Summer Cabin, beneath the cabin there's a row of patch looking motifs. They cover three rows. I'm going to leave those out and put in "1776 - 2026". I will probably need 4 or 5 rows for the numbers so I'm going to make a couple of changes:  First, from the top of the left chimney to the flag, there are four spaces. I'm going to move that up and have only three. Second, the flower to the right of the house, I will make the stem one stitch shorter so there will still be three stitches between the top of the flour and the bottom of the flag. That should make it all work.

I'm pretty excited about this!

If anyone needs a PDF of the Pinker & Punkin charts, here's how I make them. There are probably many ways to do it but here's how I do it. And, I'm using a Chromebook so this may not work with other operating systems.

1. Go to the page that has the chart (if it's a larger chart and it's on more than one page, copy each page as a separate document. I will use a snipping tool (kinda like a cropping tool), copy the part of the page I want to include. 

2. Hit "print" or "control+P" and choose "Save as PDF". Be sure to remember how you're saving it so you can make your PDF in the right order. If it's a one page chart, I will save one as (name)chart.pdf; then I'll save key as (name)key.pdf, then the photo as (name)photo.pdf.

3. Then I go to a PDF program that allows me to edit PDFs. I use a free one online - SimplePDF.com. Always check because some will say they're free and it may only be for a couple of uses or you have to register or even sometimes one that's free today may not be free in two weeks. You will download or import the chart, key and picture into the PDF maker and then do whatever it tells you. Some will say "create PDF" some will say "save PDF". 

4. Then I can import those into Mark-Up XP, which I highly recommend.

OK . . no more info from me. Let's get started stitching!