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When I went to the cross stitch retreat, my friend Barb was there. Barb and I were chatting as we were stitching. We were talking about upcoming stitch alongs and I revealed to the people there what the next Fall stitch along would be. Barb asked me, “Are you ever going to do a big …

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 Got up and played for a bit. Then I was doing my exercises, when Bryan called. We must have been on the phone for 3 hours working on the TRUE family. He had information I did not know. I also went to find the Indian War journal that our great grandfather wrote. I sent him a copy but that was yesterday. So, I read the letter to my mother. Then I found a family tree on our great great grandfather. I will have to double check the information because I know I don't have it all in the program ...

My time flies when you’re having fun…or at doctor appointments all the time. Last week was another week of doctor appointments. I promise, I’ll give you an update once all the appointments come to some kind of conclusion. For now, we had an MRI and two radiation appointments last week. I took my stitching with …

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It’s July in the south and no better time to spend stitching and sewing in air conditioned comfort. This month, I’ve been working alternately on my cross stitch sampler

 and a 1930s postage stamp quilt.

Progress on the sampler includes finishing the flowers in the center, the row of rice stitches on the left, and the large and small alphabets – very slow going on the large letters because of the amount of time it took to complete all the eyelet stitches.

I’m pleased with the way they look but glad that section is in the rearview mirror ...

Before I went to the retreat, I went through some Fall patterns that I already had. I was looking for something that might be good for a stitch-along. Admittedly, sometimes when we pick a stitch-along piece, the other pieces that I really want to stitch get shoved aside. Not this time. I was going to …

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This morning, I was up with Patrick. He went golfing and I waited about an hour before leaving for Physical Therapy. Mom called me while I was there but didn't answer it. She seems to know when to call. 

 I went to her place after and dropped off some material that she wanted for cutting more 4.5" squares. OMG!! I don't know what I can do with all those squares. There must be enough for 20 quilts right now. AND I can't get her to put a quilt together!! She just wants to cut the fabric ...

I think I forgot to tell you that I finished my Georgian Floral Basket projects. If you remember, I had a miserable time with this project. The chart was small and hard to read, plus the colors were so close together it was hard to stitch. I finally overcame that by making a larger chart …

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This morning, Patrick went golfing and I tried to sleep in. Had to get up because I wanted to leave by 9 am. Had things to do. 

First off, I went to the bank for our water system. Then headed to Rite Aid - soon to be CVS. Stopped to chat with Phil since he's only 2 houses down from Rite Aid. Once that was done, I went to the post office and mailed the certificate that Nancy redid for me. Next was Colleen's dropping off a quilt top. We chatted for a while, and she told me about ...

No change in the numbers, but I made some progress.

I finished stitching Northern Bluebird by Crossed Wing Collection.

It’s stitched on 28 count Wheat Lugana using the called for DMC. The design is 4.5 inches tall.

I also finished the Simply Charming top. No pattern, just me playing with a partial charm pack I bought at the Donation Sale last August.

I added a few fabrics to fill out the blocks, plus sashing fabric. I basted it yesterday but haven’t decided how to quilt it.

I hope to finish it before the next Donation Sale.

Fabric ...

This morning, Patrick was up way before me. I thought he was going to sleep in, but he didn't. 

I worked on my exercises and was glad to be done with them. I'm getting tired of them, so have cut it down to once a day instead of twice a day. 

Then I decided I wanted to work on the beading. Patrick had the table set so I could. I found it was pretty easy to work on my beading now that the table is cleared. 

Her nose is showing now. I find that one has to be ...

 As I write this, I can hear the far off sound of a lawn mower and I'm thinking what a wonderful summer sound that is. Our closest neighbour, the one who shares our acreage, is fanatical about his lawn care. And it's not just what can be seen from the street that is always immaculate, but the back areas as well. He sometimes mows our front edging too and we feel badly about that like we are letting him down. However, we share the end of a cul-de- sac so very, very few people see these areas. Mainly ...

This morning, I was up early. I wanted to get to moms before I went to physical therapy. It's a 5 min walk from mom's house. 

I arrived around 9 am. We worked on looking for animal designs to do a baby quilt for Bob's granddaughter. At this rate, it will be over a year old before they get it! Then I started pulling stuff down from mom's cabinets. She wanted to go through her quilt stuff. We got about 20 minutes in when I needed to go to PT. I got a good workout at ...

Well last weekend was the cross stitch retreat. Let’s see if any of you guessed correctly which project I put most of my time into. What I worked on surprised myself. Here is where I was on my Stitching Quaker. I pulled this one first. It was an easy project for starting a retreat. I …

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This morning, Patrick was golfing, and I was home. It felt good to be home, but I had little time to do much since I slept in till almost 9 am. It really surprised me I slept that long. 

When I got up, I thought I had my war game but found out it wasn't for 4 more hours. So, I played for a bit and then got to work on a few things. I wanted to bead, but the table is picked up for now, so we can put another tablecloth down. I was hoping Patrick would do ...

We're in a hot and humid weather pattern right now; no surprises there, indoor activities during the heat of the day are the norm around here. I finished quilting up "School Spirit" and was able to score a pretty piece of red solid for binding when I visited a cute quilt shop in Greensboro, NC on Friday. We were there to watch Lucy Ann swim in the Age Group State Championships (lane 7, below).She

We're in a hot and humid weather pattern right now; no surprises there, indoor activities during the heat of the day are the norm around here. I finished quilting up "School Spirit" and was able to score a pretty piece of red solid for binding when I visited a cute quilt shop in Greensboro, NC on Friday. We were there to watch Lucy Ann swim in the Age Group State Championships (lane 7, below).She

This morning, Patrick took off for golfing. I slept in till about 8 am. Then I was up, getting laundry going, working on my exercises and getting a few things done. Once I was done, I took a deep breath and tried to decide what I wanted to do. So, I sat down to bead. 

Three rows later, I was done. Patrick got home and I needed to go get some blueberries. I got a text from Phil and had to go into town later in the afternoon. At least I could get the rows done before I headed out ...

Yesterday I showed you the projects that Kelli finished and worked on while we were at the retreat. Today I am going to show you the projects she brought with for consideration… First off, let me say, Kelli is the queen of BAPs. BAP stands for “big a** projects”. This is going to test me, …

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You might remember I had a cross stitch retreat planned for the weekend at The Stitchery Nook in Osage, IA. My daughter Kelli went with me. We left on Thursday with intentions of coming home either Saturday or Sunday, depending on how we felt. It was a real treat to walk in, and Liz, the …

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This morning, I was showering when Patrick told me my niece and nephew were coming with their families in 10 minutes. I thought I could be done in time. NOPE!

Got out of the shower and hear Patrick chatting away with the nieces and nephews. It was so good to see Zac and Jordan with Nate and Alicia! They brought their little girls! It was so much fun! I sat with Alicia's daughter for quite a while. She was happy with me, but Zac's daughter wasn't sure of me. She's a big girl too. They were ...