So, a slightly late ORT report for April, I am afraid to say... (seems to be the story of my life, I am always apologising for late blog posts - lol!)
Anyway, here it is - travel ORTs on the left and home ORTs on the right.
... and here is the year so far....
If you want to check out everyone else's TUSAL reports for this month, just click on this link
here.
Now for some updates on my stitching - this is all SAL blog related.
1.
Kitten Stitching and the Friday Frolics ...
This Friday for my
Frolicking, I went to my Girl's Nest and randomly put my hand on this WIP - Just Nan's "Frosty Hopes".
Here is the before pic:
The After FF pic - look Furio has snuck in somehow!
"Frosty Hopes" is a companion piece to "High Hopes", which I stitched in 2004 - oh, my goodness, that means I have had this piece in my UFO pile for 12 years now - Bad Kaye!
I personalised this piece by stitching my Cameo tortoiseshell cat, Coco, and changing the phrase from "High Hopes grow here" to "My cat Coco lives here". So, I will personalise this new piece as well, adding the phrase "My cat Furio lives here".
I am going to have to look for a third similar design, so that I can stitch one for Milo. I just looked at the Just Nan website and couldn't see anything suitable so if anyone has any good suggestions, I would be most grateful.
I am continuing to stitch on it over the weekend, so watch out for an update on Monday morning.
2.
Americana SAL ...
One state down ... only 49 more to go! lol!
America, Land that we love
Jean Farish Designs
28 ct linen
Mainly the suggested DMC threads
Hopefully, I will finish Alaska tomorrow night (my next 'Merica Monday stitching night) and get started on the next "A" state - I think maybe it is Arizona but I could be wrong - I will let you know - are there any other "A" states? Not sure, but I think that I am going to know them all very well by the time I am done!
(Note: Just googled it and yes, Arizona is next but I forgot about the fourth "A" state - Arkansas!)
... so, while I hopefully stated in my last post that Henry would be done in one more evening of stitching - well, I was wrong - off with my head! lol!
However, I am hopeful of a finish very soon...
Anyway, that's all for me now - heaps to do today.
Happy stitching everyone,
hugs,
