Late again with TUSAL

Yes,   I've missed the deadline again,  it's that time of year when DH and I take off in our camper so we have been around the coast a while.  (without internet access for most of the time too..... not good!)   

Anyway, as the saying goes ' better late than never'  here is my ort jar for June..... filling up now.    The stitching is Dawn of Spring SAL by mouse of FS.  Nearly finished part four, just got the beads to add to the flower centres.  Only two more parts to go and then have to think about making it up, not my favourite part.


So now I'll show you where I've been these last few weeks...

Cromer pier, Norfolk coast

walking towards Cromer

Pentewan, Cornwall

Pentewan, Cornwall

Can you guess, I like to walk on the beach... lol...  Pentewan in Cornwall is my very favourite beach to visit, it's always so quiet and peaceful with great views.  Well it is in May/June and September when we visit..... probably crowded and noisy in July/August.  The blur in the photo is my finger, it was very windy and hard to keep still.

I did finish off my hooked rug which only needed backing, and made a pattern and plans for a neck pillow, which I have finished today. 


My son asked me to make it for his girlfriend's father, as for his birthday they gave him a garden lounger chair, and asked me to personalise it for him.  His favourite football team is Dortmund, so it had to be black and yellow.   This is on my chair so hope it fits his,  I'll find out next week as we are flying over to visit our son and grandsons. 

Got to go and pack now, did DH say I can only take 10kg ?   Fabric and thread don't take up much room, gotta take my stitching.   My poor garden  looks so unloved at the moment, will have to do some weeding before our trip.  Here is what is in flower this month.

Happy Stitching



 

Where was I? - ' Downunder mate'

Did you guess where I was on holiday?  DH and I had a great time for just over 5 weeks.... here's another photo from that amazing country,   the beautiful city of Adelaide, SA..... shopping on the Rundle Mall

Rundle Street and Rundle Mall are named after John Rundle (1791- 1864), an original director and financier of the South Australia Company, which was formed in London in 1834 to promote settlement of the new colony of South Australia.

 The sheep were on the road to the small town of Melrose, in the Flinders Range.  It was a wonderful sight to see early that morning, a field of blue with sheep dotted about.  The plant they were grazing on is Echium plantagineum, commonly known as Purple Viper's Bugloss or as Paterson's Curse or Salvation Jane (particularly in South Australia). Other names are Blueweed, Lady Campbell Weed or Riverina Bluebell. The name Salvation Jane comes from South Australia. In times of drought, many of the states grazing pastures died. Due to its drought hardiness, Echium was a source of food to the grazing animals in the state, hence the name Salvation Jane.  I believe it is toxic to horses.

The beach ............ 'sigh'  was perfect.  If I won the lottery that is where you would find me, building a house overlooking that bay..... named Tumby Bay on the Eyre Peninsula.  There was  a quilting shop too,  what more could I ask for...... 

Now onto an update of my stitching this past week,  more stitching on LHN's Home of a Needleworker, and a small autumn piece for a small  hanging pillow, which I haven't got a photo of yet, so will wait till its finished. 

I am really enjoying stitching this one, I have got the feel of linen now and love the look.  I think I am completely mad, cos I have signed up for the Crazy 15 Challenge, info here

   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crazyjanuary2012 , 
so I have been browsing to find 15 projects I want to stitch next year.  I'm a very slow stitcher so it will be a challenge to finish 15 in a year.  Might have to choose mostly small ones, with a few medium, certainly no large projects.  My Mary Wigmore is the only big project I can concentrate on, maybe I can add that as one of my 15.  I know I shall be doing some LHN charts, one will be the 'Coffee Menu' as I love that and it will go great on my kitchen wall.   Also I have French Hen by JBW Designs to add.  I'll update next week on my 15 chosen ones.


happy stitching

a look back!

Not a lot of stitching has been done lately, apart from an autumnal piece to be made into a needlebook, which I can't show yet as it's for an exchange in Friendly Stitchers group.

So I've been looking thru my photos and thought I would show a couple of holiday photos,  plus what I stitched on that holiday.  See if you can guess what country I was in .......

sheep grazing, early morning

a perfect beach!

now to what I stitched .....

ready to bring home for Christmas

Look out next week for more 'looking back' at holiday photos and the stitching done.  Plus the answer to where the sheep are grazing and the location of  my perfect beach ....

Happy stitching