TUSAL and Some Finishes

Almost missed TUSAL day!

Here are my ORTs for this month.

And my ORTs to date.

And I have two proper finishes.

She may get a face - I'm still debating with myself.

And there was a visitor when I got back from my walk this afternoon.

It's TUSAL Time

Another new moon and time to show off our thread ends or ORTs as we call them. Why are we doing this? Check out DaffyCat's blog and see.

My ORTs this month.

Most of the threads came from this

and a few from this.

To date, my ORT box looks like this.

And that's it until the next new moon!

It's TUSAL Time!

And I almost forgot. Here's this month's threads.

Again, it seems a pitiful amount for the stitching I've been doing. But I am making progress, so that's a good thing.

And here's the year to date.

And here's what they came from.

And why am I showing off bits of threads? Wander over to Daffycat's blog and find out all about it.

TUSAL June 2015

It's the new moon, so time to post pictures of thread ends. What? And why? Well, go over to DaffyCat's blog and find out why a lot of people are showing off bits of thread and floss.

Here's this month's ORTs.

I'm still working away at my stop and start stitching, so not a lot of ends again.

And here are my all my year's ORTs, so far.

See you all at the next new moon!

It's TUSAL Time!

Am I the only country music fan who hears Don Williams singing "Living on Tulsa Time" every time you write or read TUSAL time?

And what is TUSAL? It's the Totally Useless Stitch A Long - check out Daffy Cat's blog to see why I'm posting pictures of thread ends.

Here are my ORTS for May.

What!! Didn't I do any stitching? Well, not a lot to be honest, but more than this looks like. A lot of what I did was confetti stitching, so I didn't very often get to a thread end. 1 stitch here, 3 stitches there - takes a long time to reach the end of a length of floss.

And here's what my ORT container looks like with all this year's bits.

Happy stitching everyone - see you at the next new moon!

It's A Double Post Day - TUSAL And WIP Wednesday

First, it's TUSAL day! What's TUSAL? I'm glad you asked. Check out It's Daffycat's blog and see what all the fun and silliness is about. So, here's my ORT collection for February.

And it's also WIP Wednesday. I managed to get a few stitches into Pack of Cards and Purrfect this week - and the frog kept his distance.

Pack of Cards, Feb 3.

Feb 17.

Started the next line of the saying - and a new colour!

Purrfect, Feb 3.

Feb 17.

This week I hope to get the line on Pack of Cards finished - and maybe start the bottom row of hearts, work on my PM chart at least enough to meet this month's challenge goal and show some love to the Wedding Sampler. I'd cross my fingers, but it's hard to stitch that way.

ORT Box

Thank you everyone for the lovely comments about my ORT box. We have a business in Rupert called Third Avenue. They serve specialty coffees - and homemade cookies - Italian meats, oils, pastas and sauces and they have a gift section, mostly small items. I was given a gift certificate for the store and the box caught my eye. Then, when I was looking for an ORT container that was attractive enough that I could leave it out, the box was perfect.

TUSAL 2013

Well, it's January 11 today and time for my first TUSAL post. First, this is the box I will be saving my monthly orts in.



And these are my orts so far. Isn't this pitiful?



I do have a large jar that I will be putting each month's orts in over the year, but there is no point in posting a picture this month. You can't even see the orts at the bottom of it. Hopefully the next few months will be much better.

And So a New Year Starts

Well, I actually managed to stay awake long enough to see 2013 in. Was a quiet evening here, just me, the TV and some munchies.

I don't remember whose blog said something about taking your year's worth of ORTs and putting them into a clear ornament, but I thought it was a great idea. So, I did it.

And here's what my 2012 stitching looked like in the bits and pieces left over. I just need to mark the year on it, because I plan on doing more.

In 2012 I tried to get my Oldest UFO done. I didn't make it, but I did make progress. Here is what it looked like 2 January 2012

and here's what it looks like 1 January 2013.

I think there is hope for this thing yet.