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Monday, March 27, 2017

On Time

Woo! It's the New Moon and I am not late for the Totally Useless Stitch A Long! Go! Get out your camera and snap a photo of your gorgeous ORTs!

Can you believe I actually have some cross-stitching ORTs? I got a little bug and stitched a motif from one of my Blackbird Designs books. These are my first embroidery ORTs of the year!


My leaf bowl is stuffed with scraps and thread ends. Although I usually have a Leader/Ender pair under my needle, I mostly can't when sewing the Dresdens. It drives me batty to toss all that thread! The scraps are from cutting more 2 inch squares for Leader/Enders.


My Leader/Ender box was nearly empty before I cut up those scraps. I grab a pair of these (light+dark) and start it through the machine, followed by what ever blocks I am piecing and follow those with another pair. This keeps me from having wasted threads and if the machine is going to gobble up the starting piece it can gobble my scraps and not my important pieces. Lots of people use a little piece of folded fabric as a leader and just keep sewing on it over and over. That is still wasting thread! Why not use that Thread?


Here is the box of two patches I've completed. I need to start feeding pairs of these through to make four patches...this box is getting full! One day these will be a big postage stamp quilt, all sewn while sewing other quilts.


If you'd like to learn more about Leader/Ender quilts click here. You don't have to sew tiny squares as L&E...you can sew any second quilt.


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Now it is YOUR turn...we want to see your ORTs! Leave a comment on this post with a link to your March TUSAL post so we can come visit! If I hold a Totally Useless giveaway your comment will earn you an extra entry.

Wondering what a TUSAL is and why all these people are posting pictures of rubbish? Click here to learn more and join the fun!


Thank you for visiting my blog today!
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16 comments:

  1. NanaDianaMarch 27, 2017 at 6:57:00 PM CDT

    It is always fun to see what you have been stitching on. Hope you have a great week- xo Diana

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  2. diamondcMarch 27, 2017 at 8:22:00 PM CDT

    Love seeing your quilting progress.
    Blessings
    Catherine

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  3. Charlotte (MotherOwl)March 28, 2017 at 4:03:00 AM CDT

    I've better be in time this time too ;) Great idea, that starter/ender sewing, and great looking quilts.

    Here's my link: http://krydderuglen.blogspot.dk/2017/03/tusal-3.html

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  4. Khristine DoironMarch 28, 2017 at 11:08:00 AM CDT

    Such a good idea for not wasting thread! That is an awesome pile of otrs you have! Here are mine :) http://cross-stitching-mama.blogspot.ca/2017/03/march-tusal.html

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  5. Jo who can't think of a clever nicknameMarch 28, 2017 at 1:06:00 PM CDT

    TUSAL post up today. The New Moon is actually on the 28th in the UK so I'm not late!

    http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/march-tusal.html

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  6. The Inspired StitcherMarch 28, 2017 at 3:43:00 PM CDT

    Such as it is, here's my March ORT report. Not much stitching happened in my world.

    http://theinspiredstitcher.blogspot.com/2017/03/tusal-march.html

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  7. BrendaMarch 28, 2017 at 5:44:00 PM CDT

    What great looking ORTs you have. Here is the link to see mine!

    http://time2xstitch.blogspot.com/2017/03/march-tusal-report.html

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  8. debMarch 28, 2017 at 7:27:00 PM CDT

    Leader/ender *quilts*! A few times I pieced other, different blocks while chain piecing but it was always onesie-twosie stuff – never ever thought of the type of thing you’re doing. And the Quiltville blog you linked to and all those quilts, just from not wasting thread. So very cool! (but ... am confused - you’re not at least partially chain piecing fans for the Dresden plates?)

    My March orts are HERE.

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  9. SaraMarch 28, 2017 at 7:35:00 PM CDT

    I actually remembered this month:)

    http://justanotherflamingo.blogspot.com/2017/03/march-wipocalypse-and-tusal.html?m=1

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  10. JenMarch 29, 2017 at 4:25:00 PM CDT

    I"m always so excited to read your updates! You are lovely and talented :)

    Here's my TUSAL post:

    http://domesticatedreset.blogspot.com/2017/03/new-projects.html

    Happy Spring!

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  11. ceratoMarch 30, 2017 at 10:24:00 AM CDT

    Here is my TUSAL post:
    https://cenefasdeflores.com/2017/03/27/tusal-marzo-7/
    Hugs
    Happy Spring!

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  12. VeeMarch 30, 2017 at 5:02:00 PM CDT

    Here is my TUSAL.

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  13. Desiree EhleiterApril 2, 2017 at 11:38:00 AM CDT

    Late as usual, but here's my TUSAL post...

    http://desireescrossstitchmadness.blogspot.com/2017/04/tusal-small-sal-and-back-to-work.html

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  14. Jocelyn is Canadian Needle NanaApril 4, 2017 at 9:33:00 AM CDT

    That is an awesome idea about enders/leaders. But you are so organized...sadly my fabrics are a bit messy. I need to buckle down for some sensible spring cleaning. Thanks for the motivation.

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  15. JoApril 5, 2017 at 10:46:00 PM CDT

    Great work with your L&E. I need to plan mine a bit better. I'll be in the sewing room this weekend so fingers crossed

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  16. LindsayApril 7, 2017 at 5:57:00 PM CDT

    I'm late again :(
    http://purplepds.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/late-tusal-again.html

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