I know, I promised you an update a couple of days ago.... but unfortunately the forces have been against me the last few days and I just haven't found an hour spare to jump on and post.... But today I got into work a bit early so I thought I would at least start my post and see how far I got before everyone else gets into the office!
So where was I up to when I last sat down to post? Oh yes.... Day 20 and 21 were also WIP stitching, and last night I started something new... but no photo of that one today as I forgot to take a photo last night before I went to bed - will post that one tomorrow with tonight's new start.
Day 20 - I stitched on my long neglected Margaret Sherry "Spring Bouquet" SAL. This sweet design is a SAL that I started with some of the girls on the
MS Lovers Blog last year. I started stitching this one last year in April / May and that was about as far as I got! So this is what kitty looked like when I
posted on 4th May 2014.
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Margaret Sherry "Spring Bouquet"
progress as at 2 May 2014 |
After and hour or so of stitching on Tuesday night, this what kitty looks like now:
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Margaret Sherry "Spring Bouquet"
progress as at 20 January 2015 |
It is bit hard to see in the photo but I managed to add some white into his belly.... not a lot of progress but every little bit counts! And it is nice for kitty to come out and see the light of day again!
Day 21 - Buddha and Bonsai (Dimensions kit) - started yonks ago (at least 4-5 years ago). Now I don't think that I have ever posted a picture of this WIP on my blog. I have gone back to the beginning of all my posts, and while I have mentioned it (in 2010!) there is no picture! Just as well that I took a photo before I started stitching the other night.
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"Bonsai and Buddha" - Dimensions Kit
Starting point for January 2015 |
This is quite a nice design to stitch and I really don't know why I haven't pulled it out of the basket long before now. Fingers crossed that now it is out of hiding I will continue to stitch on on it
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"Bonsai and Buddha" - Dimensions Kit
Progress as at 21/1/15 |
I managed to start on the base of the tree the other night as well as fill in a couple of other missing stitches in the leaves. You may notice that I have a little fairy in the picture.... this is one of the needle minders that I bought from Gina's Fobs and Froggers and I decided to put her to good use holding the chart to the fabric as this particular WIP is on a scroll frame and I have the space to do this!! Plus she is pretty...
So that's it for the stitching update.... now onto the next reason we are here!
ORT Report - TUSAL 2015
As you have all been seeing lots of photos of my stitching for January you can probably guess that I do have some ORT's to show....
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| TUSAL - January 2015 |
Sorry, this month's photo is probably not very inspiring is it? But I wanted to show you the gorgeous fabric that I recently ordered from Tammy at
Colour Cascade Fabrics.... and well the ORT's jar just fell into the pile of colours!! These fabrics are just beautiful... and do you know what - I discovered after seeing Tammy's fabric all over the Mira Facebook groups that she just lives down the road from me (well about a 15 mins drive - but in Australia anything less than an hour's drive is just down the road!)
If you don't know (or haven't heard) about the 2015 TUSAL,
Daffycat is again hosting the fun Totally Useless SAL (TUSAL). Essentially we stitch and save our ORT's (Old Raggety Threads) and every New Moon those of us participating in the TUSAL post a picture of our ORT's jar, and then leave little msgs for Daffycat on her blog to show that we have been stitching and have posted our wonderful pics. Please head over to her
sign up page and join in the fun!
Well that is it for this marathon post... not only is it a long one... but it has taken me all day to type!!
We have a long weekend in Australia this weekend so I am hoping to get lots of stitching in and maybe even have time to poke around on some of the 100's of blogs that are in my blog reader and catch up with everyone new's.
Til then, if you want to have a look at any of my previous updates for the FB
CrosstitchCrazy Event and
Debbie's Ultimate Crazy January Challenge 2015 (DUCJC2015) the links are below:
Day 1 - Winter Witch Day 2 - "Eek!" Day 3 - "Prancer"
Day 4 - "Autumn Fab Fob" Day 5 - "Comet" Day 6 - "Koala"
Day 7 - "Sneak Peek - Halloween" Day 8 - "Printemps" Day 9 - "été"
Day 10 - "Joyeux Noel" Day 11 - "Feeling Festive" Day 12 - "New Year's Magic"
Day 13 - "Grumpy Kitty" Day 14 - "Happy Howloween" Day 15 - "Happy Owl O Ween"
Day 16 - WIP "Faces of JE Mystery SAL" Day 17 - WIP "Lizzie Kate's Jingles"
Day 18 - "Witch & Friends" Day 19 - "Mini Mandala II - C"
Til next time, Happy Stitching!
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