It's TUSAL time, the Totally Useless SAL where we all show our ORTS and link-up on Daffycat's blog.
I am actually a day late with the TUSAL which almost never happens but I was so ill yesterday! I came down with the bug that has kept the Small Boy off school all week. I spent all of yesterday either asleep or being sick in the bathroom. I managed my 10-a-Day, skipped the 30 as it was beads, put five little stalks into Just Nan's Memories to say I'd worked on it and 2 little stitches on 12 Days of Christmas for the same reason.
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Fortunately I feel better today, delicate but able to finish two projects! It was really slow going, I have never made so many errors; threading the wrong colour, frogging the satin stitch and even losing the needle at one point. At least I didn't spill the beads!
The first completed project was Memories by Just Nan, this was a gift from the lovely Vickie of A Stitcher's Story. I chose a fabric in her favourite colour - Pink, and added one more personal detail, can you spot it?
stitched on 32 count Pink linen
Here are some close-ups of the bands:
The chart didn't come with the bead pack so I substituted what I already had - 00479, 00553 and 18828.
The second finish was my 30-a-Day project - Have a Heart by Just Nan:
stitched on 32 count white evenweave
This was a nice quick stitch, only 17 days. I will turn this into an ornie when I have the energy! Short and sweet today, I am in need of a lie-down now.
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Finally, it's time to sign up for the Advent Calendar Blog Hop! For this hop, each participant is allocated a day in December to make their post on. They will show something they have stitched on a Christmas theme and answer the topic question I set. I then copy their photo onto my blog post in the style of an Advent Calendar.
So if you'd like to join in, please leave a comment or send me an email. Let me know if there is a date you would particularly like or one you'd like to avoid. I will be in touch towards the end of the month!
Here is a link to last year's so you can see how it works:
