Time for Me to Fly...

I'm getting ready to move in the next week. It's been crazy getting everything ready for the new house between the paperwork, the packing, and trying to get things set to move my pack of dogs and the cat. Today I was able to take some time to relax a little and finish the last project in my current house. It's just a little that I received at a previous stitching retreat, but I think it will make a nice cover for a coaster box at the new place.

Also, my dog helped me work on my projects a bit last night by eating a needle and about 14" of thread. But I learned a neat little trick to get thst all through the pup: feed him a handful of cotton balls soaked in mineral oil. It collected all the thread and everything came out (pun intended) alright today! Whew!!

Some Assembly Required

I was able to finish stitching the last piece of Grandma's Heart while I was waiting for my dad's loaner car to get fixed. This is why I don’t mind waiting!

Now I just need to find someone with an iron available  (mine is packed while I move) so I can assemble the last heart. Then it's the blanket stitching around both of the stitched hearts and attaching everything together. I can't wait to complete this gorgeous project!

Annual Stitching Retreat Summary

This past weekend was wonderful! It was the annual A Stitcher's Garden retreat, and it was well run as always. Jan, Jackie, Gail, and Amber bent over backwards to make the retreat fun for everyone. Beth from Summer House Stitche Workes brought a project that was perfect for the event and had some new techniques for me to learn. And the ladies had a local woman, Lisa, in to teach us how to make a scrapbook that coordinates with the retreat project.

This was the scrapbook kit from Friday evening.

The inner pages assembled after painting the sheets with scrapbooking ink.

The assembled journal :). It is lovely!

Then, of course, there is the retreat stitching project kit and assembly...

And...the stash enhancements...