See here for more information.
After not stitching for many months I picked up Summer Splendor by LHN and managed to stitch for a few hours on New Year's Day. Not much, but it's a start.
Showing posts with label TUSAL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TUSAL. Show all posts
Saturday, January 4, 2014
TUSAL January 2014
I'm going to join the TUSAL run by Daffycat again this year.
See here for more information.
After not stitching for many months I picked up Summer Splendor by LHN and managed to stitch for a few hours on New Year's Day. Not much, but it's a start.
See here for more information.
After not stitching for many months I picked up Summer Splendor by LHN and managed to stitch for a few hours on New Year's Day. Not much, but it's a start.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
August TUSAL - I'm Back!
I'm still here, haven't fallen off the face of the earth if you were wondering.
I have been busy stitching amongst other things, so I'll start with some photos.
First, TUSAL up to now
This is on my table next to my stitchy chair with my favourite Aussie flag scissors in front.
I have been busy and here are some finishes.
1. Pine Tree Inn by LHN, recommended fabric and threads
2. I did a box finishing class with Meari from ILCS yahoo group.
I chose to do Seaside Retreat from A Stitcher's Journey by Blackbird Designs.
I used Golden Wattle 32ct lugana from Stitches and Spice with Old Maid of the Sea HDF silk.
3. I joined the Sticklounge group in January and I have my first finish with them.
Thimble Collection designed by Karen of Sunshine-Stitches
I used a 32ct lugana with DMC
What am I working on now?
WIP 1. Another Sticklounge piece - Many Years Ago Sampler designed by Gudi.
I'm using a pale violet 28ct Jobelan from Stitches and Spice with a custom colour by HDF.
I have finished parts 1 and 2.
WIP 2. Sweet Flowers.
I had lots of problems with this piece last month. Every time I did some stitching I had to pull out most of it and restitch because I was out with my counting. After doing that for 2 weeks I was ready to throw it across the room, so I put it away for several weeks. I picked it up again at the end of last week and finished part 7. I am working on part 8 now and part 9 comes out at the end of the week so I'm hoping I don't end up too far behind again.
Well, that's the end of the stitching news, so the rest is about family and holidays.
We went up to Yeppoon to visit my Dad in June for a week of the winter school holidays.
This is the view from his deck looking out to Great Keppel Island.
Dawn, looking towards North Keppel Island. My favourite time of the day.
This is the Singing Ship at Emu Park which commemorates the landing of Captain James Cook in 1770. Yes, it sings!
On the drive home we were waved to the side of the road and stopped by the police so this could go past. A dump truck body heading for one of the coal mines in Central Queensland. Luckily it was on a 'good' section of the road - that's our national highway once you're more than a few hours north of Brisbane.
Family life is still busy. DS has made the top chess team at his school - not bad for grade 10. He plays against other schools this term, but he trains all year. He is also playing rugby this term. This month he has to pick his subjects for grades 11 and 12. It looks like his electives will be physics, IT maths B (maths required for uni ) and maths C (maths useful for engineering at uni). He has to do English and Study of Religion (catholic school). He wanted to continue Japanese but has decided he probably should do both maths instead. He has no idea what he wants to do but his passion is IT. Out of school he is involved in the older scouts.
DD is even busier. She is doing live musical theatre with the scouts. Rehersals started in July and they do 8 performances over 10 days in late October. She has just finished winter netball and will start summer netball on Wednesday nights in October. She had a scare during her last netball game - came off at half time and asked me to take her to the first aid room to get a hurt finger taped up. The first aid lady said we should go to the hospital emergency department as she thought it was broken. The doctor and nurse at the hospital thought the same, but luckily the x-ray was clear. They splinted it anyway as it was pretty sore, but the pain stopped after 4-5 days.
She has also signed up to play cricket again this summer, that will be on Saturday mornings. DD will be going to the scout Jamboree in January for 2 weeks. It is held every 3 years and next year DD will be just old enough but it is in Queensland, only a few hours from Brisbane, so we said go for it. She still needs to get some more experience camping in tents with the scouts before January, but she only moved up to the scouts in May. DD also plays tennis, is in the school choir and does speech and drama lessons. Her last eisteddfod was a few weeks ago so next up is the voice and drama exam in November.
DH is home at the moment. He has been fighting a bad cold the last few weeks but he is going car racing this weekend so it is good he is starting to feel better. DD is also away camping this weekend so it looks like it will be a quiet one for DS and I.
I was trying to catch up on my blog reading before posting this, but it just wasn't happening.
If you have read all this, thank you. If you leave a comment, you are awesome.
I have been busy stitching amongst other things, so I'll start with some photos.
First, TUSAL up to now
This is on my table next to my stitchy chair with my favourite Aussie flag scissors in front.
I have been busy and here are some finishes.
1. Pine Tree Inn by LHN, recommended fabric and threads
2. I did a box finishing class with Meari from ILCS yahoo group.
I chose to do Seaside Retreat from A Stitcher's Journey by Blackbird Designs.
I used Golden Wattle 32ct lugana from Stitches and Spice with Old Maid of the Sea HDF silk.
3. I joined the Sticklounge group in January and I have my first finish with them.
Thimble Collection designed by Karen of Sunshine-Stitches
I used a 32ct lugana with DMC
WIP 1. Another Sticklounge piece - Many Years Ago Sampler designed by Gudi.
I'm using a pale violet 28ct Jobelan from Stitches and Spice with a custom colour by HDF.
I have finished parts 1 and 2.
WIP 2. Sweet Flowers.
I had lots of problems with this piece last month. Every time I did some stitching I had to pull out most of it and restitch because I was out with my counting. After doing that for 2 weeks I was ready to throw it across the room, so I put it away for several weeks. I picked it up again at the end of last week and finished part 7. I am working on part 8 now and part 9 comes out at the end of the week so I'm hoping I don't end up too far behind again.
Well, that's the end of the stitching news, so the rest is about family and holidays.
We went up to Yeppoon to visit my Dad in June for a week of the winter school holidays.
This is the view from his deck looking out to Great Keppel Island.
Dawn, looking towards North Keppel Island. My favourite time of the day.
This is the Singing Ship at Emu Park which commemorates the landing of Captain James Cook in 1770. Yes, it sings!
On the drive home we were waved to the side of the road and stopped by the police so this could go past. A dump truck body heading for one of the coal mines in Central Queensland. Luckily it was on a 'good' section of the road - that's our national highway once you're more than a few hours north of Brisbane.
Family life is still busy. DS has made the top chess team at his school - not bad for grade 10. He plays against other schools this term, but he trains all year. He is also playing rugby this term. This month he has to pick his subjects for grades 11 and 12. It looks like his electives will be physics, IT maths B (maths required for uni ) and maths C (maths useful for engineering at uni). He has to do English and Study of Religion (catholic school). He wanted to continue Japanese but has decided he probably should do both maths instead. He has no idea what he wants to do but his passion is IT. Out of school he is involved in the older scouts.
DD is even busier. She is doing live musical theatre with the scouts. Rehersals started in July and they do 8 performances over 10 days in late October. She has just finished winter netball and will start summer netball on Wednesday nights in October. She had a scare during her last netball game - came off at half time and asked me to take her to the first aid room to get a hurt finger taped up. The first aid lady said we should go to the hospital emergency department as she thought it was broken. The doctor and nurse at the hospital thought the same, but luckily the x-ray was clear. They splinted it anyway as it was pretty sore, but the pain stopped after 4-5 days.
She has also signed up to play cricket again this summer, that will be on Saturday mornings. DD will be going to the scout Jamboree in January for 2 weeks. It is held every 3 years and next year DD will be just old enough but it is in Queensland, only a few hours from Brisbane, so we said go for it. She still needs to get some more experience camping in tents with the scouts before January, but she only moved up to the scouts in May. DD also plays tennis, is in the school choir and does speech and drama lessons. Her last eisteddfod was a few weeks ago so next up is the voice and drama exam in November.
DH is home at the moment. He has been fighting a bad cold the last few weeks but he is going car racing this weekend so it is good he is starting to feel better. DD is also away camping this weekend so it looks like it will be a quiet one for DS and I.
I was trying to catch up on my blog reading before posting this, but it just wasn't happening.
If you have read all this, thank you. If you leave a comment, you are awesome.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Tusal - Feb
Here is my Tusal for this month. Information on the Tusal can be found on Daffycat's blog here
Lots of pink threads from Sweet Flowers. Pic is looking out on the side yard from the sewing room bathroom window - some green for those of you in the northern hemisphere!
I'm starting fresh every month so here is my bigger Tusal container with threads from this year next to my Australian flag scissors.
I'm starting fresh every month so here is my bigger Tusal container with threads from this year next to my Australian flag scissors.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
TUSAL
Lots of pink from Sweet Flowers. A wet day in the background - about 200mm in just over 24 hours and the same forecast for tomorrow.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Weekend Away, planning
No stitching done, it has been too hot and I've had some late nights recently with DS finishing assignments - 2am on Thursday morning! He finishes for the year on Friday next week but he is going to the Gold Coast on Thursday at 7am for a 2 day maths extension program so he finishes his exams on Wednesday. I pick him up from school at 6pm Friday. He went to this program last year and this year there are only 5 of the top students going in each of grades 8, 9 and 10.
DH and I are going away for the weekend - after DD's cricket game and dancing practice, then taking kids to grandparents. We are members of a car club and this is our Christmas party weekend. We're going up to the Sunshine Coast about an hour north of here. There are about 50-60 members going so we should have a great time. I'll take some stitching but will be lucky to do any, think I'll be napping or socializing tomorrow afternoon.
I've been thinking about my stitching next year. I've decided to join Daffycat's TUSAL - it's where you save your orts and take a picture on the new moon.
I've also joined Measi's WIPocalypse to hopefully get some progress done on my wips and blog more often.
Obviously I've had too much time thinking, not enought time stitching because I've joined the Crazy January Challenge 2012 so now I have to select 15 items to start in January.
I'm hoping all the above will motivate me to do more stitching next year.
Lastly, this has made my day. My photo of Fa-La-La has made it to the welcome page of I Love Cross Stitch yahoo group Woohoo!
Right, I'm off to bed to get some beauty sleep before tomorrow. The end of school stress and concerts, etc are nearly over so I'll be able to get back to stitching. I'll have a giveaway coming up soon.
Thank you for your comments.
DH and I are going away for the weekend - after DD's cricket game and dancing practice, then taking kids to grandparents. We are members of a car club and this is our Christmas party weekend. We're going up to the Sunshine Coast about an hour north of here. There are about 50-60 members going so we should have a great time. I'll take some stitching but will be lucky to do any, think I'll be napping or socializing tomorrow afternoon.
I've been thinking about my stitching next year. I've decided to join Daffycat's TUSAL - it's where you save your orts and take a picture on the new moon.
I've also joined Measi's WIPocalypse to hopefully get some progress done on my wips and blog more often.
Obviously I've had too much time thinking, not enought time stitching because I've joined the Crazy January Challenge 2012 so now I have to select 15 items to start in January.
I'm hoping all the above will motivate me to do more stitching next year.
Lastly, this has made my day. My photo of Fa-La-La has made it to the welcome page of I Love Cross Stitch yahoo group Woohoo!
Right, I'm off to bed to get some beauty sleep before tomorrow. The end of school stress and concerts, etc are nearly over so I'll be able to get back to stitching. I'll have a giveaway coming up soon.
Thank you for your comments.
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