What is a TUSAL?

That's exactly what I asked myself when I kept seeing TUSAL

and ORT showing up on stitching blogs.

So I followed the Internet rabbit trail to Daffycat's fun blog :)

Apparently she has a "Totally Useless Stitch A Long" going on 

and you can join in at any time!

I love the idea and totally LOVE the name of it!

And every new moon

(don't worry......she has a list of dates)

you post a picture on your blog

 of your "Old Ratty Threads" or ORT's in a jar.

This kind of stitch along is right up my alley!

 Hop on over to Daffycat's blog

and join us for what she calls the Totally Useless Endeavor!

Today I wanted to show you 2 little finishes I did

this morning.

I added a tiny flower button to the little birdie

stitchery because the stitched flower wasn't really showing up.

I like the way it turned out :)

I added some large rick rack to my flag stitchery.

It's the first of my Patriotic pieces.

I have some more patterns picked out and ready to join

this guy pretty soon.

I just finished stitching Lizzy Kate's "Time for God".

I changed the thread colors to better match my home.

I stitched it on hand dyed pale blue 32ct linen over 2 threads.

And last but not least,

(and since I joined in after the last new moon)

I'm going to show you my ORT jar anyways :)