Thursday, March 22, 2012

March TUSAL~Giveaway Winners~Rotation Plan

Even though the title makes my post sound like its going to be long...I'll make it all as short as possible!

First off we have....my March TUSAL picture!

I finally found something to move my ORTs to, from my jelly jar.  I found this vase under my sink, from a beauiful bouquet of tulips my hubby gave me a bit ago.   The vase is HUGE, but that just entices me to stitch more so I can try to get it at least half full by the end of this year!   I'll keep using my jelly jar monthly and transfer them over.

Next up... my LHN giveaway winners!!   Here is a shot of the full list of participants (sorry for the bad picture, I used Paint in a hurry!)


I chose two winners (via random generator) to win the following charts (in this order):


LHN - Strawberry House

LHN Tall Pines

And....the WINNERS are........ (those dots are my drumroll!).......


YAY!   So Strawberry House will be making its way to Joysze at Random Ramblings and Tall Pines will find a home with Carrie at Carrie's Cross Stitch 

(Please email me your mailing addresses!  leslidaniels@gmail.comI have a few surprise items to throw into the packages as well!  :)


And finally.....My Rotation Plan!

Thank you to everyone that responded to my last post about how you rotate your work!  I LOVED all the great ideas!!  I thought about it long and hard ...and I decided to be a "deadline rotationer"  (is rotationer even a word?).   I have this "thing" about not putting a piece down until I finshed the page or the section or whatever.....so deadlines seems to be the way to go with me!

Here's the schedule I've come up with so far.  I don't have timelines/dates to each deadline, once I finish the first one on the list, I'll move to the next one.  I did give myself an overall goal date for this list, and if I meet it, I'll make a new list!
  1. Page 4 and 7 of Coral (page 7 is just under page 4 with only 3 rows of work, so it made sense to work together)
  2. Page 1 of Wings
  3. Page 5 and 8 of Coral
  4. Page 2 of Cathedral
  5. Page 6 and 9 of Coral (FINISHED!)
  6. Page 1 of Nature's Beauty
  7. Page 1 of Blue Moon
  8. Page 1 of Lanterns (new start)
  9. Page 1 Moonlight (new start)
  10. Page 3 of Cathedral
  11. Page 2 of Wings
  12. Page 2 of Nature's Beauty (FINISHED!)
My target date to finish this list is July 1st

This gives me around 14 weeks (so about 1 week per line item).  This is a stretch goal and I'll be happy if I get even a little close!


Thanks again for everyone's rotation input and congratulations to the giveaway winners!


Happy Spring!


-lesli

13 comments:

Carrie said...

I won!! This is the first time I have won anything since I started blogging! Thank you so much Lesli! I can't wait to stitch Tall Pines!

Ewa said...

Congrats to the winners! I LOVE your TUSAL vase, what a great looking jar :)

Your rotation schedule sounds ambitious but also awesome! I might have to do that if my 10 hour rotation ultimately doesn't work out. Can't wait to see how it goes!

Chelle said...

I'm new here, over from Carrie's blog. Are "orts" the pieces from when you run out of thread and have to start a new one?

Chelle
www.lifeonthedomesticfront.blogspot.com

SoCal Debbie said...

What a beautiful vase to keep your ORTs in! Congrats to Joysze and Carrie and congrats to you for winning Ewa's giveaway! Your new rotation schedule sounds great to me. Good luck!

Joysze said...

I was drinking water and almost choked when I saw that I won your giveaway, Lesli!! Thank you!! :D I've seen Strawberry House on a few blogs and always thought it cute. :D

NICE jar!!! Ooooh, you're going to have so much fun filling it. :D

Cleejoow said...

Good luck with your rotation scheme :) and congrats to all the winners.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I always appreciate a comment

Valma said...

congrats to the lucky winners =D
Happy stitching
xxx

Dani - tkdchick said...

I have a nice, big vase soemthing similar to that, its amazing how much you do fill it up in a year! Lots of white there in your Ort Jar!

Congrats to your winers!

Meari said...

Good luck with getting your vase 1/2 full by the end of the year. You can do it! :)

Congrats the LHN winners.

Daffycat said...

Out ogling ORTs and your new jar is awesome!

Anne said...

Love your ort jar! And congrats to the winners!!

Diane (di) said...

Love the orts and Congratulations to your giveaway winners!!

(Lesli... THANK YOU!! I was so surprised and you are simply wonderful!) ((hugs, di))

Debbie said...

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TWO WINNERS! YOUR ORTS ARE LOOKING LOVELY!