Tuesday, 21 February 2012

TUSAL time, pretty stitches and stash shopping

It is TUSAL time again. There are lots of pretty threads in my martini glass especially since the frogs came to visit and stayed far too long.






I stitched the La-D-Da - ABCD - travelling pattern. I chose Carries Creations - Sunflower and JellyFish as my threads and a piece of mystery 32 count linen from Silkweaver. Here is my finished stitch.




It will go in the mail next week to the next stitcher. The pattern is making a trip to western Canada.

Talking to a group of stitchers on Facebook caused a shopping experience. From 1-2-3 Stitch came these lovely patterns. What can I say - I love nutcrackers and the embroidery one was on clearance. I did need that skein of thread and couldn't order just that!


Until next week, keep stitching and watch out for those frogs. I kicked them to the curb and I hope they hop off!!!



I have had to turn on comment moderation. The spam has been awful. 

31 comments:

  1. The traveling pattern looks great! Lovely colors.

    And the stash is nice, too! My mom is a nutcracker lover, too...someday I'll stitch one for her, maybe. And is that a little turtle doodad I see in there?? I *heart* turtles. LOL

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  2. Love the La-D-Da piece! Those colors are amazing!

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  3. Ooohhh!! Love the bright colors! It's so fun seeing what everyone has chosen!
    Hope those frogs don't hop in my direction!

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  4. Your finish is lovely - great colours. Gorgeous new stash. I hope the frogs don't come here I have had enough of them for the time being pesky things.

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  5. Lots of orts there! I love the bright happy colors you used for the ABC piece.

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  6. Wonderful new stash. Like your choice the for the traveling pattern. I hope I didn't send the frog to you with the pattern.
    Teresa's Heartfelt Stitches

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  7. Your sampler is so happy! Such great colors.

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  8. I love the colors in the traveling pattern!

    I hope those rotten, stinkin' frogs stay away from here! I got deadlines to hit!!

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  9. Nice stashing! The colors in your traveling pattern are very pretty. Congrats on your finish.

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  10. Wow, you zipped through that pattern! Love the floss! They're so pretty.

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  11. Lots of colourful orts :
    Love the La-D-Da finish. Wonderful colours!
    You are such a nice person to not let that floss travel through the mail on its own :)

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  12. It looks like you have been stitching a lot, but too bad that those pesky little frogs had to jump all over your stitching:)

    My goodness, your ABCD travelling pattern is so cheery! Wonderful stitching!

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  13. I LOVE the colors you picked for the La-D-Da pattern. Very pretty

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  14. I love your choice of colour for the Travelling pattern. It's nice and bright!
    Great stash! I'm hoping to get to Ann's open house after market and add to mine considerably.

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  15. What a pretty finish Kathy - such happy colors.

    Great new stash.

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  16. darn those facebook enablers. Pretty stash though.

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  17. cute finish - and any excuse of stash enhancement is a goood excuse!

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  18. gorgeous finish :D I love the colours!

    Also wonderful new stash :D

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  19. The ORTs overfloweth! Beautiful!

    Awesome finish, Kathy.

    I hate missing seeing a comment so I moderate all the time.

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  20. Love your La D Da finish, very pretty colors! Congrats!

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  21. aww very beautiful finish..so sweetttt
    yummy orts..
    love for you xx

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  22. Love the threads you chose for ABCD! Very festive.

    Beautiful.

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  23. Love your take on the traveling pattern! Such pretty colors! Nice new stash!

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  24. beautiful finish on that traveling sampler - it sure was a fun stitch!!

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  25. Sorry about the frogs, but you have some pretty ORTS as a result! Fun sampler!

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  26. Beautiful stitching! Congrats on the finish!

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  27. Beautiful finish! I love the colors.

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  28. Very colorful! Congrats on your finish :o)

    New stash is always a good thing! LOL!

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  29. What a fancy way to hold your snippets. :-)

    Congratulations on your finish. You have lots of lovelies to choose from now. Which is the first you will do now? I love the nutcrackers!

    Hugs from Holland ~
    Heidi

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