It's TUSAL time!   Here is my TUSAL jar with my current project: And here's her beautiful face: This is the lovely Taurus from Nora Corbett stitched on 32 count Taurus Murano from Sparklies.  I plan to get 7 days stitching on her this month. What's on my Shelf? This is a feature I'm going to include on my TUSAL post until I run out of books! I started a Page on my Happy Dance blog for my Stitching Library and realised what a huge task it was so decided to break it down to one book per month. For the next four years ..read more

  IHSW or International Hermit and Stitch Weekend always starts on the third Friday of the month.  It's a chance to lock yourself away and focus on your stitching for the weekend.  You can take part on your blog or via the Facebook page - IHSW on Facebook. As usual, I worked on Friday so the only thing that got stitched that day was my Amanda Butler Belfast Houses project, with evening stitching it now looks like this: stitched on 28 count grey evenweave On Saturday morning I put some more stitches into the Fire Element from Circle Cross: stitched on 28 count sky bl ..read more

   Welcome to the March Gifted Gorgeousness link-up. The link-up date continues to be the 15th and I will keep the link-up open until the end of each month so you have plenty of time if you are late posting. The format remains exactly the same, there is a list of rules on the main sign-up page if you want to check what is required but basically anything connected to the word "gift" is allowed, whether it was a gift TO you or is a gift FROM you. For the first fortnight in March my focus has been Halloween at Hawk Run Hollow.  The plan is to stitch this for two weeks each month u ..read more

   Hosted by Rachel the Ten Hour Stitcher This SAL is designed to motivate us all to do something with that box of Finished pieces instead of just storing them under the bed.  We will all be linking up on Rachel's blog on or after the 10th of each month (10 Hour Stitcher - 10th of the month). I got one fully finished object this month, a little ornament from December 2017! Just Nan - Holiday in Ice Stitched on 32 count Ocean's Kiss Permin Linen I whip stitched round the edges and added beads and pre-made tassel to the bottom of the design. Ready for this Christma ..read more

  This SAL is all about what you want to see on the blog.  I asked for suggestions for themes from followers of my blog and then put them up to the members of the IHSW Group on FB to vote for their choice.  We are currently working our way through the choices.  This is what was chosen: March - Science April - Subversive May - Embellishments Science!  A great subject which can cover many things - Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Botany, Zoology, Geology, Astronomy etc.   The piece that I am currently stitching could be a scene from a laboratory with all its lit ..read more

It's time for Pie! I spent half the month working on Halloween at Hawk Run Hollow. Here's where I started the month: Here's where I finished: The whole piece: stitched over 1 on 25 count Cassia Rose from Chromatic Alchemy So far the number of days is: Block 7 - 13 days Block 6 - 16 days Block 2 - 19 days Block 3 - 20 days Block 4 - 15 days Block 1 - 19 days Block 5 - 25 days Block 8 - 15 days Block 9 - 27 days Block 10 - 14 days and counting Next up was Joan Elliott's Faces SAL, I wanted to finish this large block this year and it's not on my WIPGO Board any more.&n ..read more

      WIPocalypse is hosted by Measi's Musings Each month we have to share the projects we want to complete before the End Of The World.  Since 2011 I have chosen a number of projects to focus on that year, starting with my "11 in '11" and increasing to "23 in '23" for this year.  This month I stitched on 7 of them and had 1 finish. 1. Joan Elliott Faces SAL 5. Carriage House Samplings Halloween at Hawk Run Hollow 13. Mani di Donna Halloween Stitching Basket 17. Stitch it Picasso Temperature SAL 18. Circle Cross Blackwork Tarot 19. Amanda B ..read more

  The Smalls SAL is hosted by Mary's Thread Because I am focusing on my BAPs again, I won't have so many smalls this year but I do have a couple of series with small components so I will share them this month. The first is the Blackwork Tarot by Circle Cross.  I completed Earth last month and am currently working on Fire: stitched on 28 count sky blue evenweave from Silkweavers My next collection of tiny items is the Potion Bottle Temperature SAL from Stitch It Picasso.   stitched over 1 on 25 count tea-dyed evenweave After a green start to the month, we went i ..read more

          It's TUSAL time!   Here is my TUSAL jar with my current project: stitched on 28 count Snapdragon Jazlyn from Crafty Kitten The design is the Faces SAL from Joan Elliott, which I started back in 2014 and have been slowly stitching ever since thanks to a decision to stitch all the skin over one... This is a sweet block with a mother and baby fairy.  I have almost finished the full crosses and then it will be time to tackle the skin!  I have cut down by stitching the bloomers on the baby instead of the bare bottom!  The design ca ..read more

   IHSW or International Hermit and Stitch Weekend always starts on the third Friday of the month.  It's a chance to lock yourself away and focus on your stitching for the weekend.  You can take part on your blog or via the Facebook page - IHSW on Facebook. I worked on Friday so the only thing that got stitched that day was my Amanda Butler London Houses project, with evening stitching it now looks like this: stitched on 28 count grey evenweave On Saturday morning I put some more stitches into the Fire Element from Circle Cross: stitched on 28 count sky blue ev ..read more