Totally Useless SAL - New Moon 24 December 2011

Oh my goodness it's time for another New Moon ORT Report.  This is the last one for 2011.

In my little ORT jar this month are lots of Chistmas colours from the Christmas cards that I have been stitching the last month.

This month I stitched a little kitty ornament for the Craftbubble "Crazy for Kitties" Christmas Exchange along with a secret card for the MS Lovers Blog Christmas Exchange, and finally I have just stitched a freebie Joan Elliott design which is a cute teddy Christmas Card.  Oh, and I also finished off a little Christmas stitch into a ornament which I sent to my Mum and Dad for their tree.

All the above will be revealed in a later post - this post is all about the final TUSAL ORT report for 2011!

Where do we find the ORT jar this New Moon... well, seeing as how it's Christmas they must be somewhere with Santa Claus or the elves!

TUSAL 24 December 2011
Oscar and the TUSAL jar and all things Christmassy!

Well, here they are... with Christmas puppy, some crackers, Joy Lindt choccies, snowglobes and of course a cat!!

While I was working out what to do for this month's photo Oscar and Felix decided to put on the Michael Buble christmas CD.  "Michael Buble" - said in our best Graham Norton impression!!  So Michael Buble's CD had to be in the photo too...

After I took this photo Felix decided to have a look at what was in the bag on the table that we bought back from City Farmers.  In this bag is the presents for Daisy dog and the puddy tats!  Of course Felix had to find it, and try to get into it.....  and when he did get into it there was somethng in the bag that I didn't realise was in there.

Can you see the cute little red hat sneaking out of the bag?
The pink thing that you can see is Daisy's new snuggie!!

Have a look at what we found in the bag.... and doesn't this make a great December TUSAL?

TUSAL picture number 2 - December 2011
Christmas gift from City Farmers and the ORT's jar

So that's it for this ORT report and for the 2011 TUSAL!  In January we will start all over again next year.

The hunt now begins for a new TUSAL far to collect my 2012 ORT's.  I do have a jar in mind but.... I think that it is probably way too big.  I received a gift at work the other day which was a jar full of toffees and at first I thought "Yes, my 2012 TUSAL jar!", but - well, have a look and tell me what you think?

Could this be the 2012 TUSAL jar..... maybe not!

If you wish to sign up for the 2012 TUSAL drop in on Daffycat's blog.

Til the next new moon on 23rd January 2012, happy stitching and may your collection of ORT's keep growing!

Merry Christmas!

New Moons - 2012

23 January

21 February

22 March

21 April

20 May

19 June

19 July

17 August

16 September

15 October

13 November

13 December

Totally Useless SAL Update - New Moon 25 November 2011

Hello dear blogging friends!  Here we are again, another New Moon and another ORT Report.

In my little ORT jar this month are lots of colours from all the stitching I have been doing - some of which you have seen and some you haven't as yet viewed.

So what have I stitched this month?  Well, I stitched the Margaret Sherry "Snowman" as part of the MS Lovers Blog SAL; the "Photographer Cat" from the Margaret Sherry book; "Kitty in the Window" from the Christmas Cross Stitch Favourites magazine, and finally I am now stitching a kitty ornament from a Dimensions kit that has been hiding in my stash for many a year!  I haven't posted pics of the photographer cat or kitty in the window yet as they are on their way to opposite ends of the world - once I know they have arrived safe and sound at their destinations I will post a pic for you all to see.

I had planned to take my photo this month with a cute little purple owl that I bought from the Cat Alliance charity group.  We regularly have 2 lovely older ladies sit in our shopping centre for a week knitting and sewing while surrounded by all the gorgeous handcrafted things that they make.  They sell them to public to raise money for the Cat Alliance group - a very worthwhile charity in my humble opinion.

Then yesterday I heard about the death of one of my all time favourite authors - Anne McCaffrey.  My love of fantasy novels was ignited in the early 1980's by reading these wonderful and fantastic books all about the world of Pern and the dragons and their riders.  Anne was born on 1 April 1926 and she died of a massive stroke at her home in Ireland on 21 November 2011, aged 85.  I have read just about every one of her books bar the most recent ones that have come out in the last couple of years.  It's time to start re-reading all about Pern again....

This morning when I took my TUSAL photo I decided to include my lovely orange (maybe he is really a bronze) dragon in the photo with the owl in memory of Anne McCaffrey.

Original TUSAL photo - November 2011

Well, that was this morning.... things changed this afternoon!

While Hubby and I were out shopping this afternoon, we went to Bunnings to get a few things including some new veggie seedlings.  In the Garden section I noticed that they had a new display of air plants (Tallandsia), and in among this display was some dragons.  Dragons... lots of different colours - purple, black, green, orange, blue, some with wizards, some with crystals.... oh, the choice!

We did eventually choose... a green one wrapped around a crystal ball, a purple one siting on a pile of books, and finally a tiny green one for my desk at work.  Below is my new TUSAL photo, complete with seedlings and fresh cat grass plants in the background!  Oh, and of course Oscar enjoying a fresh feed of cat grass!!

New TUSAL photo - November 2011
Dragons are in memory of Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011)

So that's it for this ORT report.  There is one more ORT report to do for 2011... and then we will start all over again next year.

If you wish to sign up for the 2012 TUSAL drop in on Daffycat's blog.

Til the next new moon on 24th December 2011, happy stitching and may your collection of ORT's keep growing!

New Moons - 2011

24 December

Totally Usless SAL Update - New Moon 26 October 2011

Hello dear blogging friends!  Here we are again, another New Moon and another ORT Report.

In my little ORT jar this month are lots of pretty colours but the one that stands out the most is the purple thread from the card that I stitched for my Craftbubble 'Crazy for Kitties' birthday exchange.  But more about that later!

This month's photo was taken with some very pretty little boxes that Hubby and I bought yesterday while visiting the "Princely Treasures" Exhibition that is currently on in Perth.  The Princely Treasures Exhibition is a collection of European Masterpieces 1600-1800 from the Victoria and Albert Exhibition that is here til January next year.  After wandering around the exhibition and admiring all the beautiful treasures from a bygone era we went into the gift shop and spent some money - as you do!  There was lots of gorgeous things there that I could have bought and taken home but in the end we settled on three lovely boxes!  Just lately I seem to have a thing about pretty boxes...  I'd better be careful and not start up yet another collection!!

TUSAL Update - New Moon 26 October 2011
Pretty boxes and lovely ORT's

While we were at the Exhibition I did manage to take some photos of some of the beautiful items on display.  Unfortunately they didn't all turn out very well, however I did want to share a couple of photos with you.

Below is a spinning wheel or silk winder from around 1740-1750.  It is made of ebony and ivory, tortiseshell veneer, walnut and mother of pearl and comes from Turin.  It is decorated with images of Diana, cupids and various hunting figures.

Spinning Wheel (circa 1740-1750)
Imagine having this delicate little thing in your home to wind your thread bobbins!

Below is a picture of a teeny weeny prayer book.  Unfortunately there was nothing in the cabinet next to it to show just how small it is... but believe me it is tiny.  It would fit in the palm of your hand without a problem.  It is from France and was made about 1623.  As you can probably guess it is made of gold, enamel and emeralds...  The style of decoration is called cosse-de-pois or pea pod; a style which was frequently used by the goldsmiths and enamellists at Louis XIII's court.

Tiny prayer book (circa 1623)
Used as a private devotion and a fashion accessory

So that's it for this ORT report.  I will be back later with another update to show you what I have been stitching over the last couple of weeks.

For more info on the TUSAL pop over to Daffycat's blog.

Til the next new moon on 25th November 2011, happy stitching and may your collection of ORT's keep growing!

New Moons - 2011

25 November
24 December

Totally Useless SAL Update - New Moon 27 September 2011

Ok, now this is not funny.... where has the last month gone?  It doesn't seem that long ago since I did my last ORT report.  If time keeps slipping away this quickly it is going to be Christmas before I know it and I haven't even thought about Christmas stitching.....

So here we are again.... another ORT report.  As you have read in previous posts I haven't done a lot of stitching so far this month..... but I did have a finish -yippee!

This month's photo is taken in the craft room where this darling dragon lives overseeing all the crafty things that go on in there - mostly Hubby's quilting journeys!  I do my stitching in the family room at the kitchen table.... I know I should be using the craft room - there is a telly in there with Foxtel but for some reason I always park myself at the kitchen table when I stitch.

(Speaking of Foxtel, for those of us that watch "EastEnders" on UKTV David Essex has arrived!  I read ages ago that he was joining the cast of EastEnders and last night's episode ended with the man himself.  Can't wait for tonight's episode - I will be glued to the telly for the duration!)

Sorry, I digress (again)..... now to the ORT report:

September's stitching was mainly the "Cheerful Notes" quilt square and the pink of the kitty card that I started a couple of days ago.  The thin black ORT's on the top of the jar are from hubby's trousers where I had to re-stitch his hem the other night.  All ORT's are welcome in my jar!!!

TUSAL Update - New Moon 27 September 2011
Dragon and the ORT's

So that's it for this ORT report.  For more info on the TUSAL pop over to Daffycat's blog.

Til the next new moon on 26th October 2011, happy stitching and may your collection of ORT's keep growing!

New Moons - 2011

26 October
25 November
24 December

Totally Useless SAL Update - New Moon 29 August 2011

Oh dear, late again!!  But as they say better late than never....

So hear we go, the latest TUSAL update from me.

As I didn't get to take my photo until today, and the sun was shining for a very brief time through the black clouds after a wet, thundery night, I thought that maybe I would take the photo outside today, and of course "Spring has also sprung" so what a better way to celebrate Spring than a photo with the Nasturtiums!

TUSAL Update - New Moon 29 August 2011
Daisy and the ORt's Jar

The ORT's this month have lots of lovely colours with a spattering of greys from Culinary Cat #2.  The reds on top are from the latest quilt square that I am stitching for "Quilts 4 Kids". 

The Never-Fail Nastartium patch -
dies off every summer and comes back every winter. 
This is the best they have ever been... all that lovely rain!!

Last night we had a significant amount of very heavy rain.  We were woken up around 11.30pm by the sound of heavy rain and the rain went on til about midnight when the thunderstorm hit and there was even more heavy rain.    Around 1am I dozed off and it was still raining... not sure how much rain we got but the forecasters predicted around 20mm (or almost an 1" in the old money)... I reckon we probably got at least that much...  Good start to our Spring rainfall!

The heavy rain did unfortunately batter my beautiful pansy pots around, but they will perk back up again soon (I hope).

One of the pansy pots after last night's rain looking very bedraggled!
Oh, and there is a geranium in that pot somewhere.....

 When Daisy Dog and I went for a very quick walk this morning (the sky looked very threatening so we didn't stay out too long), we wandered past the park down the street.  This park is like a big soakwell / catchment area for all the stormwater drains in the area.  Last week this park was dry.... today it is like a lake!  Even the ducks were there this morning....

If you look closely enough you can actually see the rings of where the water came up to.  It is now receeding and will probably be gone by tomorrow.  It takes quite a signifcant amount of rainfall for there to be this much water in the park - all very good news for our dams and catchment areas.

"Lake" in the park at the end of the street

Looking across the "lake"

So that's it for this ORT report.  I will be back in the next few days with a stitching update and a look at what I did last weekend.....

For more info on the TUSAL pop over to Daffycat's blog.

Til the next new moon on 27th September 2011, happy stitching and may your collection of ORT's keep growing!

New Moons - 2011

27 September
26 October
25 November
24 December

Totally Useless SAL Update - New Moon 30 July 2011

Wow, 2 new moons this month!  And hasn't this month flown by.  I can't believe that today is the last day of July and tomorrow it will be the first day of August!  Very scary how time flies by these days!

This ORT report sees my little ORT's jar full of some more lovely colours from the smalls that I have been stitching over the last couple of weeks.  Yet again I have had to squish the ORT's down to give me room for some more ORT's over the coming months.

What has contributed to the ORT's jar this month: well, not a lot actually - I have stitched on the Cherry Blossom flower fairy, Kiri the Kitten and the Margaret Sherry Hedgehog.  And that is all... so unfortunately not a lot of ORT's to show off this month.

This new moon's photo has been taken sitting next to the latest addition to my snow globe collection - I now have 3!!

My stepson (Jack) went over to Russia during his Uni break in July.  He was there for 2 weeks on a research field trip in Siberia with a number of other Uni students from around the world looking at the glaciers and changes in the ice.  He also had a couple of days in Moscow either side of the field trip in which he did quite a bit of sightseeing.  He had a great time and found the whole trip quite intriguing and fascinating.  Before he went I asked him to try and find me a Russian snow globe and he did!  It is only a little one, but it is perfectly formed!!

TUSAL Update - New Moon 30 July 2011
ORT jar pictured with Russian snow globe from Moscow

For more info on the TUSAL pop over to Daffycat's blog.

Til the next new moon on 29th August 2011, happy stitching and may your collection of ORT's keep growing!

New Moons - 2011

29 August
27 September
26 October
25 November
24 December

I'm late, I'm late for a very important date!!! - TUSAL Update 1 July 2011

Totally Useless SAL update - New Moon 1 July 2011

Oh my goodness gracious me.... I'm so late!  I can't believe that the 1st of July has come and gone and I haven't posted my TUSAL picture.

Although I guess that you have to have done some stitching to have an update, and the last week and a half I haven't been doing too much in the way of stitching - lazy bones that I am!  So my last stitching update still stands!

Actually I haven't really been too lazy as I have been very busy ripping up all my old magazines!  Over the weekend I spent numerous hours playing with Microsoft Access trying to set up a database so that I can record all my charts.  I also want to go through and re-cull some of my files of paper charts from magazines that I have been saving over the years, and scan the charts that I'm pretty sure I won't ever be stitching, but don't want to throw away just in case.  I am very big on "just in case" when it comes to chart stash!!  All the ones that I really like will stay in the files because sometimes you just need to be able to hold the piece of paper!

It goes without saying that this will take some time - probably years knowing me!  I will get bored very quickly scanning and entering into Access - especially when my guilty conscience and itchy stitching fingers are pricking me.....

Unfortunately all this other activity means that I don't have a stitching update for this TUSAL report.... but here is my TUSAL picture - better late than never!!

TUSAL - New Moon July 2011

For more info on the TUSAL pop over to Daffycat's blog.

Til the next new moon on 30th July 2011, happy stitching and collecting of ORT's.

New Moons - 2011

30 July

29 August
27 September
26 October
25 November
24 December

Totally Useless SAL update - New Moon 1 June 2011

Another new month begins and another new moon appears!  Where did May go?  Welcome to June 2011.  Here in the Southern Hemisphere it is the first day of winter, and here in Perth it is cold, windy and rainy with a chance of a thunderstorm.  Which is music to our ears - we so badly need the rain to fill up our dams so that the city will have water for summer.  Although I should be careful what I wish for!!

This month sees my little ORT's jar full of some more lovely colours from the quilt squares that I have been stitching.  They have been squished down again this month to give me room for some more ORT's over the coming months.

What has contributed to the ORT's this month: well, we had the cute puppy with his garbage can, then all the whites and oranges of the Precious Moments angel, then the MS Purrfect Partners, and finally a bit of the MS Culinary Cats and the MS Totally Tropical.

Next month should see me finish the Culinary Cats so the jar will be overflowing with pretty cat colours!

Last month when I took my TUSAL photo Felix wanted to join in - so this month I took the ORT's jar straight to the boy and took the photo while he was lazing around in his cat basket!



TUSAL update 1 June 2011

Oh, it is a hard life being a cat!!

I wonder where Felix and my ORT's will want to have their picture taken next month??  For more info on the TUSAL pop over to Daffycat's blog.

Quick Stitching Update

Now that my Quilts 4 Kids squares are all completed and sent off, I am back onto my Margaret Sherry Culinary Cats.  I managed to stitch a bit more on cat number 1 the other night... so now he has feet!

Culinary Cats (1) - Margaret Sherry
Cross Stitcher, Issue 222

I am also finishing off another Margaret Sherry freebie that came with yet another Cross Stitcher magazine.  My left shoulder was quite painful on Monday night and I didn't really feel like sitting at the table and holding the frame while stitching, so instead I sat on the couch surrounded by cushions supporting my left shoulder and stitched on "Totally Tropical" for a while.

This is another small UFO that I started some time ago and put away.  I put this one away because of the top of tree - it is all half cross stitch (which are quick and easy) but two of the symbols are the same colour, one in 2 threads and one in 1 thread so I kept losing my place!  But over the last couple of nights I have managed to get quite a bit of the tree top stitched.  I noticed on the stitched model, that was on the cover of the kit, that the stitcher did all of the half cross stitches as full cross stitches..... not sure if she made a mistake or if they changed the design for the magazine, but I think by the time I have finished the half cross stitches it will actually be nicer as the cat will stand out more.

As I now have 6 days off.... I will alternate between the 2 Margaret Sherry designs and hopefully have a finish to show on Monday.

Totally Tropical - Margaret Sherry
Cross Stitcher Issue 201

Til the next new moon on 1st July 2011, happy stitching and collecting of ORT's.

New Moons - 2011

1 July

30 July

29 August
27 September
26 October
25 November
24 December

Totally Useless SAL update - New Moon 3 May 2011

Well, well, well.... here we are again!  Another new month and another new moon! 

This month sees my little ORT's jar full of some lovely colours from all the quilt squares that I have stitched.  I have had to squish them down a bit this month so now I am developing quite a tight little mound of ORT's in this jar.  Next year I think I will start with a bigger jar!

This month's photo has been taken next to a very surprised flower fairy (angel) sitting in the cat's basket....  I took a couple of photos of the ORT's and the fairy in different locations around the house but decided to use this photo as it came out the best!

So what has contributed to the ORT's this month: well there was all the browns from the monkeys, then the whale with all it's grey threads, and now finally the puppy with his pretty colours.

TUSAL 3 May 2011

While I was looking for TUSAL photo locations I was joined by superstar Felix!  Or should I say "Australia's Next Top Cat"!  Felix decided to lay across the end of the table watching me find the perfect spot so I decided that maybe he would like his photo taken with the ORT's - it seems that he did.  No sooner had I put the jar next to him he started to move it to the perfect position and then lay there with his paw on it - as you can see by the photo below!  So this month I have two TUSAL photos!

Felix and the ORT's
Sounds like the title of a good book!!

I wonder where my ORT's will want to have their picture taken next month??  For more info on the TUSAL pop over to Daffycat's blog.

I'm late, I'm late for a very important date - Stitching Update

Now for a quick stitching update on the puppy quilt square that I am trying to finish off... I know it's late!  But it is almost done - last bit of backstitch tonight and it will be in the mail tomorrow - unwashed this time though.  Never mind that's what happens when you get sick and don't feel well enough to stitch for any length of time!

Puppy quilt square for Jacob K (Quilts 4 Kids)

I have really enjoyed stitching this puppy and I think that I will stitch another one from the booklet at some stage.  They have such cheeky little faces!

Chart Booklet designs by Debra Page

Til next new moon on 1st June 2011, happy stitching and collecting of ORT's.

Totally Useless SAL update - New Moon 3 April 2011

Here we are again - another new moon today.  I can't believe how quickly 2011 is flying by...

The ORT's have been multiplying away quite happily this last month.  I have actually had to push them down in the jar - maybe I had better find a bigger jar soon!

This month the ORT's are made up of the last of the butterfly that I stitched for Quilts 4 Kids, a bit of my Margaret Sherry cat that I must finish.... and Eeyore and Friends which I stitched for Quilts 4 Kids, and the browns of the monkeys that I have just started.  So quite a variety of colours with the blue of Eeyore starting to disappear under the brown of the monkeys!

Will post a monkey update in the next couple of days....

TUSAL 3 April 2011
(The red rose is from our garden)

This new moon finds my ORT's playing with the snow globe that hubby bought back from Sydney for me.  Unfortunately I didn't get to go this time but maybe next time ORT's and I will be able to tag along on his junket!!  I wonder where my ORT's will want to have their picture taken next month??

For more info on the TUSAL pop over to Daffycat's blog.

Stitching update:

Eeyore and Friends was finished on 30 March 2011.  I just need to wash and press it and then pop it in the mail to Quilts 4 Kids to be added to the quilt of Alexis W.  I really enjoyed stitching this and it was actually quite a quick stitch - especially after the very long "Wings" one....  Would quite happily to do this one again!

"Eeyore and Friends"
Stitched for Alexis W - Quilts 4 Kids
World of Cross Stitching, issue 170

Til next new moon on 3rd May 2011, happy stitching

Totally Useless SAL Update - New Moon 4 March 2011

Welcome to March! I was trying to think of some sage words to start off my TUSAL post - but unfortunately my brain hurts and nothing would materialise to the forefront of the brain cells... so all I can say is Goodbye February, Hello March.

March is such a lovely month - for those of us here in Western Australia we have a public holiday on Monday (yippee) for Labour Day.  Labour Day is celebrated in other countries as well as Australia all for pretty much the same thing - to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers.  Labour Day's origins are based on eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.  But for most of us it is just an excuse to have a day off and do some stitching!!!

March is also the month that we celebrate some very special Saints around the world:

St Patrick's Day... for those of us with a trickle or two of Irish blood running through our veins (which I do have a drop of!) it is a day of celebrating all things Irish - the Irish pubs have lots of green beer for sale and everyone is Irish for the day!  But more of that on March 17th!

For the Welsh, March 1st is St David's Day.  We don't hear much about St David here in Australia but for the Welsh he is a National Hero.

March is also the first day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and here in the Southern Hemisphere it is the first day of Autumn... oh yeah and I believe that!!!  Summer still has her grip firmly on us here in WA! 

March is also the Autumn Equinox and Spring Equinox - depending on which half of the world you live in.  The Equinox falls around the 21st March this year.  We have noticed that it is getting darker in the mornings when we get up so it won't be long before we are getting up totally in the dark again - which heralds Winter for us!

And one other big thing that is going to happen in March is a "lunar perigee" or in English - the Moon will the biggest we have seen for 18 years.  This means that it will closer to the Earth than it has been since 1993.  So exciting!!  Note to self - have to get the telescope out on March 19th to have a look and see if I can find the "man in the moon"!

Anyway that's enough about the exciting month of March!  You are all waiting to see what my TUSAL jar looks like this new moon.  I have lots more ORT's in there but they are still mainly butterfly ORT's.  This butterfly has taken longer to stitch than I thought it would but we are on the home stretch and it will finished this weekend... then I can stitch a bit more on my February MS cat, and start Pooh for my next Quilts 4 Kids square.  So lots to be getting on with....

Ok, so where did I discover the ORT's hiding this month - on the Buddha shelf surrounded by beautiful crystals!  Think they are trying to tell me that it's time to get back to the Bonsai and Buddha WIP that is fast becoming a UFO!

TUSAL Jar update
New moon - 4 March 2011

For more info on the TUSAL pop over to Daffycat's blog

I hope that everyone has had a productive month of stitching in February and I look forward to seeing what is stitched in March.


Until next time,

Totally Useless SAL Update - New Moon 3 Feb 2011

Wow, it's another new moon.....  Hasn't the last month absolutely flown by?

My ORT's have multiplied in their jar which means I have been stitching!  I was going to start a new jar on the last New Moon but ended up being lazy and just putting all the ORT's into the little Moccona coffee jar.

The layers of colours have changed a bit - there are now purples and pinks in amongst all the red, blue and black.  In the next month we should hopefully see some really pretty colours as I have just started the multicoloured butterfly for my next Quilts 4 Kids square.

This new moon finds my ORT's playing with the gardening chicken.  I wonder where my ORT's will want to have their picture taken next month??



TUSAL Jar Update
3 February 2011

For more info on the TUSAL pop over to Daffycat's blog.

Til next new moon on 4th March 2011, happy stitching

Totally Useless SAL update - New Moon 4 Jan 2011

Today is Tuesday, 4th January 2011 which means today is the "New Moon", and since it is the new moon day it is Totally Useless SAL update day.

My little TUSAL jar was a small Moccona coffee jar in a previous life and has now been given a new lease of life as my TUSAL jar.  Although I may need to graduate to the larger size of jar by the middle of the year - or is that just wishful thinking!!

As you can see it has the reds, blues and black from Thomas the Tank Engine on top and at the bottom it has the pink and green colours from the "Edwardian Lady's Country Diary" foxgloves that I am also stitching.  I have only been collecting my threads in this jar since the middle of December 2010 when I first signed up for the TUSAL.

Being on leave over Christmas has been a bonus for my stitching as I have been able to spend quite a bit of time each day stitching, but now that I am back at work the jar will not fill up quite as quickly.....

TUSAL Jar update
New Moon - 4 Jan 2011

For more info on the TUSAL or if you wish to sign up, pop over to Daffycat's blog.

Til next new moon on 3rd February 2011, happy stitching

And now for something completely different and totally useless!

I have found something completely and totally useless to do in 2011, but at the same time something so quirky that I have to do it!

A week or so ago while reading some of the blogs that I follow I saw a post about a TUSAL.  It put such a smile on my face that I thought "Yep, I have to do this!".

What's a TUSAL?  I wondered the same thing until I read It's Daffycat: A Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long, then all was explained!

So now all I have to do is stitch, save my old ratty threads (ORT's) and keep an eye on the date, take and post a pic of my lovely bits of ORT's in their jar or wine glass (or whatever I can find to hold them in) each new moon - I can do that!!

I have even listed the new moon dates below so that I can't forget when they are!

2011 New Moon Dates:
January 4
February 3
March 4
April 3
May 3
June 1
July 1
July 30
August 29
September 27
October 26
November 25
December 24

If you want to see what all the fuss is about and maybe even join in this quirky SAL, pop along to Daffycat's blog and have a look at It's Daffycat: A Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long

Til the next new moon!!