TUSAL, Sergei and a new start

A little late with my TUSAL photo - I've been working some mad hours on my latest roster and I just haven't had the energy to do a lot when I got home.

Ok, so TUSAL is up first - here's my latest bunch of orts...

And I had a finish! My third of 2012. (Actually I've had two finishes since the last TUSAL - I also finished Froth and Bubble, but that's in another post) This is Sergei, from Plum Street Samplers. He's stitched on 34 count Legacy linen, 'Cafe au Lait' (although in the photo the fabric colour looks way off), in HDF silks.

Being on a roll, I made a start on Scottish Love Sampler by Moira Blackburn. This is in HDF again on Lambswool linen...

Day off work today...but I won't have much time to stitch because I have an enormous pile of laundry to tackle, and then I have to empty the ensuite shower room because the builders are coming in tomorrow to rip it all out ready to put in a new one next week. I've taken some leave next week so I can be around while all this is going on so I should have plenty of time to put my feet up and stitch away to my heart's content.

My Second finish for 2012

I put the final stitches into Froth and Bubble this evening! That last band seemed interminable, but for once I persisted (despite wandering off to play Mah Jong on the iPad, which is kind of addictive) and so...ta daaaah! I never noticed the bugs at the bottom on the chart pics...it was only when I got to stitching that band that I saw the little caterpillar and snail right at the bottom. I guess this pic is a little small to see them - perhaps if you click on it it might be big enough to see them.

I think to celebrate I'll start something little and quick...Sergei perhaps. :-)

WIPocalypse update, and some stash

Wow, time for another WIPocalypse update - I can hardly believe it's come around so fast. I've been focussing solely on Froth and Bubble so as you can see, I've made significant progress. I've got a couple of days off now so I'm hoping to get a good chunk out of the way.

I'm trying really hard not to start something else until this one is finished, but I've been sorely tempted at times. The first part of Octopus Treasure Cave was released this month and it's calling my name loudly. If the octopus itself was in the first part I'm sure I would have succumbed. And then all of this turned up...

Tusal

Time for my first TUSAL ort report! (Detail's on Daffycat's blog if you somehow missed what this is all about!)

These are mostly from Froth & Bubble, with a smidgen from the end of Quaker Diamonds. I'll have to find something a little more glamorous than an old coffee jar to keep them in, huh? LOL! I didn't get as much stitching done as I would have liked over the last couple of weeks, because I've been coming home from work exhausted and falling asleep in my stitching chair instead of stitching...

An update, and some stash

Still plugging away at Froth and Bubble - I seem to have slipped into being a One At A Timer! This is a fun piece to stitch, and pretty quick too, as once the outlines are done I don't even have to look at the chart for most o the motifs.

More new stash - a couple of charts and the NPIs for Ann Dale. I just love that chart for Sergei. I think I might start him after I finish F&B. And I'm finding it hard to resist starting Nicola Sabiel too...I suspect another new start might be looming on my horizon!

Here is a quick update on Froth and Bubble. I'd hoped to get more done by now but this has been a busy week for me. Since my promotion I never seem to have enough hours in the day!

We went to watch the new Sherlock Holmes movie last night. Pete sprung a surprise on us by taking us to the Gold Class cinema...very nice it was too! Big plush recliner seats, waiter service...the film was good fun too!

My first WIPocalypse finish

I had a finish! Quaker Diamonds was the first thing I wanted to finish for my WIPocalypse goals, and as expected I finished it a couple of days ago. It feels good to have a large finish so early in the year!

So then to celebrate, I started one of the new pieces on my list - Long Dog's Froth and Bubble. Only a little progress on this so far due to my heavy work schedule this week. This is stitched in a mixture of the recommended GAST and some HDF silk...