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Saturday, December 24, 2011

TUSAL- Post #13

Oh, where did the year go??

Hard to believe this is the final TUSAL posting for 2011! Just a few bits of floss added to the pile...

Here's to many hours of stitching (not frogging!!) in 2012.

Wishing you all the best of this holiday season... Merry Christmas!!

Tracey

Friday, November 25, 2011

TUSAL-Post #12

A new moon + a new ORT jar for this second last TUSAL posting of 2011.

The perfectionist in me would have really preferred to use the same jar for the whole year, but the klutz in me just so happened to break the original one :^(

The new one I have here is actually a water goblet that belonged to my Nana. While I love it for it's sentimental value, I find it hard to see my accumulation of ORTS.

There... now you can see better...

I'll see you back here on Christmas Eve for the final TUSAL post for the year.

Happy Stitching everyone!!

Tracey

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

TUSAL- Post #11

As 2011 draws nearer to the end, it seems like the months are flying by quicker all the time!

This crisp fall weather makes me want to stay inside with the candles lit and my stitching in hand... and my picture for this month's TUSAL has the evidence to prove it!

Off to my stitching chair I go! :^)

Tracey

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

TUSAL- Post #10

It's that time again- the start of a new moon and therefore a new TUSAL update.

I now have some new fall-like colours added to the jar after having quite a pile of purple threads from To Laugh Often.

Off to enjoy a beautiful sunshiney fall day!! :^)

Tracey

Monday, August 29, 2011

TUSAL- Post #9

Happy to report that the month of August was much more productive than the previous month was :^)

Tracey

Saturday, July 30, 2011

TUSAL- Post #8

Where has July gone??

Not much action in the TUSAL department again this time around.

Oh well... there's always next month...

Tracey

Friday, July 1, 2011

I'm sad to say that not many threads have been added to my TUSAL this time around :^( Between making dishcloths for my daughter's wedding and traveling out to BC for the wedding, not much stitching took place this past month. Now that the celebration is over (more about the wedding in my next post!), my poor neglected gardens need to get looked after. Hopefully after that I will get to fit in some stitching time.

Until the next new moon...

Tracey

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

TUSAL-Post #6

Happy to say that I have added more to my TUSAL for this new moon. (Also happy to see the abundance of green in the background from all the rain we've had!)

I have the 4 days at our retreat to thank for the addition of these colourful threads... plus a little snippet of yarn added to the mix from the dishcloth I made that weekend.

Tracey

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

TUSAL- Post #5

Sunshine... Green grass... Blue skies... New threads added for this month's TUSAL...

All is good...

Tracey

Sunday, April 3, 2011

TUSAL- Post #4

Now you must be thinking that I emptied my clear glass TUSAL jar, shined it all up and that's why you can't see it, but no... both Bonnie and I are having computer woes at the moment. Therefore I have no picture to share (today anyway).

I hope dear Daffycat will take pity on me for being a few days late :^)

And I even had some pretty new colours added to it this time around!

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Fast forward 3 days... here it is!!

Tracey

Friday, March 4, 2011

TUSAL- Post #3

New moon = TUSAL update.

Yes, some threads have been added to the jar.

Dreary, drizzly day here... the perfect elements for a stitching day.

Tracey

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

TUSAL- Post # 2

I'm happy to say that this past month has been a pretty active one for stitching, and the evidence is in the TUSAL. I can't believe how fast the month has flown by... and like so many of you are experiencing, this newest month has started out with a major blast of winter!

Stay safe everyone!

Tracey

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

TUSAL- Post # 1

The beginning of a new year... the start of a new challenge.

Today is the first posting in 2011 of my TUSAL (Totally Useless Stitch-a-Long) hosted on Daffycat's blog. I started to fill my empty container when Bonnie and I had a stitching day together at her house on Jan. 2... hence the empty candy wrapper :^) You can't have a stitching day without snacks!

It's still not too late to join in the fun (see our sidebar), so take a picture of your own TUSAL and get stitching!!

Tracey

Charlie Brown

Growing up, I had a pet monkey named Charlie Brown. Actually, he belonged to my sister and he came to live with us in 1966. You were actually allowed to have monkeys as pets then and if you can beleive it, he was ordered from an ad in the back of a magazine. Charlie Brown was a squirrel monkey (just like the ones in the Telus commericials).

Everyone in school loved when it was my turn for 'show and tell'. You will see in some of the photos (if the slide show downloads for me...) that he used to wear diapers. Eventually, he learned how to take them off. We had a rope strung across the kitchen from end to the other. We kept a piece of papertowel on the floor at the end of one rope and that's where he did his business. His rope provided many hours of entertainment. At bedtime, if mom and dad were not home when it was bedtime, he would sit on his roap and cry out until they returned.

If I was crying, Dad would put him up to my face to lick away my tears. He would dangle from my hair and lick from one eye to the next. It alwyays made me stop crying. He would play outside and every once in awhile he would swing from tree to tree and end up down the street at the neighbours.

Often you would find the monkey lying in the cast iron pan on the stove. The pilot light from the gas stove provided him a warm and comfy spot. He would also sit on top of the lamp shade for warmth, and if you ever heard a 'pop' - you knew he peed on the lightbulb. It happens...

Charlie Brown used to sit on the wall phone.... until it rang. That was always funny. He brought many years of amusement to us all and I miss him and his antics.

Bonnie

Warm hearts ... and warm toes!

Well since we are talking winter, let's talk about warm hearts ... and warm toes.

A few years ago at Christmas we had a gift exchange. Ironically, both Anita and myself had the exact same idea for a present. We always open our gift bags at the same time, and it was really hard for me to keep a straight face when I saw that Anita had had the same gift idea as me and while she explained that she thought slippers would be a good idea, that way we could carry them in our bag with us at all times. Anita had knit slipppers for everyone and made a little draw-string pouch, with our names embroidered on it, to keep the socks in.

Then they all opened my gift bag and we burst out laughing. I knew how much everyone loved snowmen, so I had stitched faces on white slippers and added a carrot button for the nose. Well we weren't finished with the laughter because I thought we should get a picture with our slippers on. So then we were all sitting on the floor trying to get different positions in order to get everyone in the picture at the same time. We tried sitting up against the wall and taking the picture of our toes all pointing up to the ceiling and then I said, nooooo - that will show the snowman's face upside down. Someone said... (and I won't say who...) "Good point, let's think of something else. What if we lay on our back with our feet in the air - you know... like if our feet were ON the ceiling"

Well then the faces would still be upside down wouldn't they. Spontanious Laughter.

We had to think of something else. It was decided that we would just stand toe to toe in a huddle and we would take the picture from above in order to get everyone in the picture. Sounded like a good plan right?

Well... not if you have a protruding belly and/or big boobs. After the inital light-headedness subsided from sucking in our bellies, we had to deal with the shadow from the boobs.

So we stood in our huddle, adjusting, wiggling and laughing with our arms around each other while we tried not to tip over. It was about that moment when Anita's daughter walked in on us, which of course added to the laughter when we saw the look on her face.

Finally the photo was taken and our toes are doubly warm.

Bonnie

It all started with a tea towel...

Quite some time ago when I was perusing the Dollarama, I came across the cutest autumn tea towel with a teddy bear dressed up like a scarecrow. It immediately reminded me of Jody and I thought 'I'm going to get that for her', and then I thought... why not get one for everybody? And so I did and it was a hit.

From that point on, it's no surprise to any of us if there just happens to be an occasional 'mini gift' exchange on Cross Stitch night. Once when Jody hosted in February, she gave us all a tiny picture frame with a 1" x 1" opening. I had no idea what to do with mine, but Tracey knew immediately. Because it was Valentines day, Tracey stitched a heart.

Mine sat for a good number of months before I could figure out what I could stitch in such a tiny area and not copy Tracey's idea. And then one day it hit me; Jody loves snowmen. I would do a snowman in the frame that Jody gave me. But.... do they make snowman patterns for less than 1" x 1"? I couldn't be bothered looking, so I winged it. And voila! A happy smiley snowman face. I think it took longer to write this posting than it did to stitch that happy face.

We'll have to get a picture of Tracey's heart posted after her renovations are complete as I expect it's packed away for now.

p.s. I wasn't allowed to Blog today unless I cleaned my house. It's half cleaned; consider this half a blog.
Bonnie

More than just Cross Stitchin'

Saturday, December 24, 2011

TUSAL- Post #13

Friday, November 25, 2011

TUSAL-Post #12

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

TUSAL- Post #11

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

TUSAL- Post #10

Monday, August 29, 2011

TUSAL- Post #9

Saturday, July 30, 2011

TUSAL- Post #8

Friday, July 1, 2011

TUSAL- Post #7

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

TUSAL-Post #6

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

TUSAL- Post #5

Sunday, April 3, 2011

TUSAL- Post #4

Friday, March 4, 2011

TUSAL- Post #3

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

TUSAL- Post # 2

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

TUSAL- Post # 1

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