TUSAL May Update Time

I haven't done a lot of stitching in the last month mostly just worked on my Bread Cloth/Table Topper for the vacation home on wheels. So there isn't much to show for this months TUSAL update.

 

That's all of it. So until next post.......

Take Care Everyone & Happy Stitchin'

💖 Hugs, Sandy 💖

Not All Who Wander

Hello Everyone; Hope you are all doing well. 

It's warm in the 70's with rain and overcast conditions here. 

My hubs is keeping his daily camping bastards tally. Told me when he see's ten or more it's time to go camping, yesterday he was more than happy to announce that he saw eleven Camping Bastards on his way home so a camping trip is in our very near future.

I finally decided on which of my designs to share with you. Had to do a couple of comparisons and some tweaking to the final choice, so here it is.

"Not all who wander are Lost" 

a quote from J.R.R. Tolkien

I set to print as a ruffly 5 x 7 chart. 

If it is to big for the page let me know so I can resize the chart. 

My printer ran out of ink so I can't test print right now. 

So until I can print an actual chart and scan it, this will have to do.

It is 60 x 74 stitches about 4.25 x 5.25 on 14/28 count fabric.

I picked DMC floss in.....

black dot - white arrow feathers and outline (2 cs, 1 bs)

u - 310 - small arrow heads, N, S, E, W and compass outline (2 cs, 1 bs)

X - 413 - large arrow heads and NW, NE, SW, SE (2 cs & bs)

square - 433 - tree trunks and words (2 cs & bs)

black heart - 498 - arrow feathers and outline (2 cs & bs)

clear heart - 729 - compass (2 cs)

0 - 3362 - pine trees (2 cs)

1 - 3363 - pine trees (2 cs)

2 - 3364 - pine trees (2 cs)

3371 - outline for pine trees (1 bs)

(cs = cross stitch, bs = back stitch)

I would really appreciate it if you would share a picture of your finished stitching of this design or any of my other designs that I have shared with all of you. It will keep me motivated to continue to share my designs if I know that they are being stitched, not just printed or saved.

Remember these are my original designs, please respect my copyright. 

Please do not mass produce the charts or post on any other sites without my written consent.

If someone you know would like to stitch any of my designs please direct them to my blog.

Thank You.

Well that's it for today, so until next post.......

Take Care & Happy Stitchin'

Hugs, Sandy

 

  

Changes to the 5th Wheel

I made a change to our vacation home a couple months back.

I posted pic's last year after we got our 5th wheel and this is what the kitchen used to look like.....

Every time I had to wipe down the walls after cooking that wallpaper boarder would peel just a bit more across the top and bottom edges and it was driving me crazy. So after checking out what other people had done to their trailers on Pinterest and some camping sites, we went to Lowe's and bought some of those Stick-on vinyl tile sheets.

This is how it looks now.......

They were super easy to cut and put up and they are still sticking after being there with single digit winter temps, just have to wait and see how they will do with the summer heat, especially when the trailer is closed up. I like the look much better and I'll be able to spray cleaner on it and not worry if it's going to rip.

I'm working on a cross stitch design to share with everyone, but I keep changing it up almost every time I look at it. Should be all sorted out by Monday, since I'm going to work with the hubs this weekend. Bear in mind that I'm in a mountains, camping, and pine trees kind of mood with lot's of John Muir quotes thrown into the designs. Just a warning 🌲

Take Care Everyone

Hugs, Sandy 

Bread Cover turned Table Topper Finished

Happy May Everyone 

The year is just flying by it seems, and camping season has my hubs chomping at the bit and actually mumbling "Lucky Camping Bastards" every time he see's someone going somewhere with their RV in tow. I just pat him on the shoulder and say "I know honey, well get to go soon" his reply is "Not soon enough". If he could camp year round he would most definitely be one "Happy Camping Bastard".

While I'm on the subject of camping, my hubs has started a blog called "Camping Bastards.com" that he is filling up with lots of campground info and camping tips, tricks and product reviews for making your camping experience more enjoyable. 

The campgrounds are in Montana and Wyoming since that's where we go at the moment and include fee/pay sites as well as free/boondocking places.

So if you have any friends who love camping, have them stop by and see what he has to say.

Now on to the Stitchin' 

I finally finished the bread cloth that I'm going to use as a table topper in our 5th wheel. I'm still on the fence if I want to add "Wrought by Sandra Longan and the date finished in the center, so until I decide if I want my signature that large the it will remain empty.

Here it is on the table. 

I didn't have a tablecloth to set it on so I used one of the napkins that came with the trailer.

A close up of the center.

The first John Muir quote. 

I chose quotes that describe my hubs to a tee.

"The Mountains are calling, and I must go". 

 The second quote from John Muir.

"You are not in the Mountains, the Mountains are in you".
 

Closer views of the outside pine boughs and the corner bits.

That's a piece of dried grass that came out of the over head cabinet that the napkins were in, didn't see it until I downloaded the pics. I think I need to take the Shop-Vac out and clean all the cabinets before we go out.

A final look at the whole piece.

I didn't iron it since it will be folded in the trailer until we park. The hubs had the idea of getting a piece of plexi glass cut to fit the top of the table and putting it over the table cover so it doesn't get dirty. I may take him up on that offer.

Well, that's it for this post, so until next post......

Take Care & Happy Stitchin' Everyone

Happy Camping coming soon.

Hugs, Sandy

Mason-Lovell Ranch in Wyoming

Hello Everyone; Hope you all are doing well and getting some time to do things you love.

We went out on Sunday, April 15 and found this beautiful piece of the past in Wyoming. There will be quite a few pictures in this post. I just can't seem to get enough of old log cabins.

The Mason - Lovell Ranch.

Loved his reasoning for not hiring someone. 

"Do you smoke and do you wear suspenders?"

If you answered yes to the first one and no to the second one, he wouldn't hire you because he thought you would spend to much time rolling cigarettes and pulling up your pants when you should be working. 

Sounds reasonable.

First up was the North Cabin

 A look at the inside.

The Bunkhouse was next.

You can see that they do repairs to the cabins.

The Blacksmith Shop was next.

Then on to the South Cabin also called the Orchard Cabin

The feeling here was so calm and peaceful, pieces of the past littered the ground in the form of pieces of pottery, glass, old bolts, nails, and horseshoes. Unfortunately I failed to get pictures of those and just let them stay where they lay. I am so glad they choose to preserve the past instead of tearing it down or letting it rot into the soil. 

Thank you so very much for stopping by and seeing what I've been up to.

Take Care Everyone

Hugs, Sandy

TUSAL Update for April

Hello Everyone, hope all is well with you.

Well, it's that time again, time for my TUSAL (Totally Useless Stitch A Long) update.

I've been doing quite a bit of stitchin' on a Bread Cover that I'm going to use on our kitchen table in the Vacation Home (aka 5th Wheel), but I also ended up doing a crap load of froggin'. Oh well, so goes the life of a Needleworker, so without further ado....... 

Here they are all tucked away in their jar.

Had to let them out of the jar.

And after 4 months of stitchin' this is what it has amounted to.

Well, that's it for today's post, thank you so much for stopping by the Cabin.

Take Care & Happy Stitchin'

Hugs, Sandy