May TUSAL

        

It's TUSAL time!  

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current project:

This is Fairy Idyll from Mirabilia and I've completed the wing now!

stitched on 32 count Vinyard Murano from Crafty Kitten

Finally, here's the latest days on my Temperature Chart.  Lots of orange and yellow for May and even a touch of red on 1st May!

April TUSAL

        

It's TUSAL time!  

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current project:

This is Summer from Cricket Collection.

stitched on 32 count Wandering Ivy Lugana from Silkweaver

Finally, we are approaching Summer days on my Temperature chart, you can really see the days lengthening now:

March TUSAL

       

It's TUSAL time!  

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current project:

I've made quite good progress on her this month, you'll see how much is hidden under the TUSAL jar when I make my final post of the month.

Finally, next month's New Moon is Sunday 27th April.

February TUSAL

      

It's TUSAL time!  

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current project:

And here's how the Art Nouveau Head looks at the end of the month:

stitched on 14 count white Aida

Finally, her number has been called again for March's WIPGO so hopefully I can finish the bottom half of the design and make a start on her ornate headpiece.

January TUSAL

     

It's TUSAL time!  

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current project:

The contents of those tins will now be put into my empty jar to start the new TUSAL year.

Here's the featured project, my Art Nouveau Head from Craft Collection:

stitched on 14 count Aida

I hope to complete the dark maroon in the outside circle this month.  Then she will have a little rest while I stitch on something different for WIPGO.

Finally, I thought I'd treat myself to a beading session to finish the Annie Beez stocking this month.  I have quite a collection of Mill Hill beads, but did I have the right ones for this design?  Of course not!

It's quite a specific red bead too so I just had to order a pack.  It's not worth the postage to order one pack of beads so I bought the bead pack for another of Nora Corbett's Zodiac Girls too!  It seems to be the only way to get the Magnificas.  At least I'll be prepared when I want to stitch that one.

December TUSAL Two

    

It's TUSAL time!  December has two TUSALs this year and round off the year nicely.

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current project:

This is Aslan from Life in Stitch on Etsy.

Aslan looks a bit creepy with two large black holes in his face but they will be filled in soon.  I'm stitching colour by colour, darkest to lightest.  I'm now on the palest blue and will then finish with white.

stitched on 28 count black evenweave

Finally, here is the list of New Moons for 2025 if you want to join in with the TUSAL:

December TUSAL

     

It's TUSAL time!  

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current project:

This is Evening in the Shire by Maria Brovko stitched on 32 count Millenium Blue linen.

There's a small amount of cross stitches then loads of backstitch!

Nearly done now so I'm going to keep going with this one until it's finished and then start my December WIPGO project.


Finally, if you've got the Just Cross Stitch Christmas Special this year and fancy joining a year-long SAL on Facebook then we've just chosen our favourites for 2025 and I'll be announcing the winners soon.

The group can be found here, please answer the membership questions to be accepted - JCS Stitch Along

November TUSAL

    

It's TUSAL time!  

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current projects:

The main project is the Halloween Blackwork from The Steady Thread:

stitched on 30 count tea-dyed linen

This one is a cute little extra for the month.  The lovely Jocondine sent me a beautiful gift package for my Birthday which included a kit for Miguel le Cameleon.  Apparently Miguel is an icon who comes in a variety of designs, this one is the Skeleton, perfect for Halloween.

stitched on 36 count dark green linen

Finally, a big Thank You to everyone who linked up for my Spooky Link-up, I'm going to be hopping around and visiting everyone this weekend.

October TUSAL

   

It's TUSAL time!  

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current projects:

At the back, we have Cottage Garden Sampling's Halloween Sampler.  This has been my Dark Thirteen piece all year and now my focus piece for October.

stitched on 40 count Witches Brew linen from Zweigart

The smaller piece has been my evening project throughout September and is close to a finish now.  Hands on Design [never.more]

stitched on 32 count Khaki linen

Finally, I am behind in blogging again thanks to a bug that made me very tired and sleepy so expect to see some back-filled blog posts over the next few days!

September TUSAL

  

It's TUSAL time!  

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current projects:

On the left we have Couer de Sorciere from TraLaLa:

stitched on 32 count Taupe evenweave

On the right is my evening project - [never.more] from Hands On Design:

stitched on 32 count Khaki linen

Finally, you'll see more of these on my Plans post coming up soon.

August TUSAL

     

It's TUSAL time!  

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current projects:

On the left we have Capricorn from Nora Corbett, carried over from last month with just her extensive beading to be done!

stitched on 32 count Capricorn Murano from Sparklies

On the right, my current evening project which is The Hare Moon for Taurus by Circle Cross:

stitched on 28 count Robin's Egg evenweave from Silkweavers

Finally, I hope to finish both of these and move on to my focus pieces as chosen by WIPGO very soon.

July TUSAL and Plans

        

It's TUSAL time!  

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current projects:

These are the two projects called for WIPGO this month.

On the left is Nora Corbett's Zodiac Girl Capricorn, my third in this series.

Here's my progress so far:

stitched on 32 count Capricorn Murano from Sparklies

On the right is my evening project which is Lizzie*Kate's Sampling Christmas.  This should be a quick stitch and give me time to stitch another project I have my eye on. 

stitched on 32 count Desert Sand evenweave

Finally, here is the project I am thinking of starting:

This is the Hare Moon for Taurus from the Circle Cross Lunar Calendar.  I am glad I waited until the entire set have been released as she is doing a special price on all 12 designs!

June TUSAL

       

It's TUSAL time!  

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current projects:

On the left is Stitchy Princess' Alice in Wonderland:

stitched on 32 count Millenium Blue linen

And on the right is my evening project; Living on the Rainbow's 3D Haunted House:

stitched on 32 count purple linen

This is the front of the house and is almost finished, just a little backstitch to go.

Finally, it's a Focus Weekend in the WIP Warriors group so I'm hoping to get some good progress on Alice.  It's such a fun project with only a few colours and they really pop against the fabric colour.