It's been a

busy week. Beginning with an ANG Chapter pot luck and gift exchange. As always it was great fun and I am thrilled with my gift from fellow blogger Colorado Stitcher. I received an exquisite mini laying tool/embroidery punch. It's hand turned out of Bocote wood, feels great in my hand and is made in Mansfield, OH by Turn-of-the-Century. I also received a tin box that Mary decorated with a bargello top and contained a stitched needle minder. So generous Mary, thank you!

Here's a photo of the Christmas Cuff Bracelet by Melissa Shirley I finished this week. Petite Very Velvet was used for the stripes, the green is Kreinik braid interspersed with green beads. Face is silks and beard is stranded wool. It won't be made into the bracelet for this year as all the finishing deadlines have long since passed.  It was a fun and easy take-along project.

Today was my monthly stitcher's breakfast and stitch-in. It is always such a great pleasure to be with my friends that enjoy stitching as much as I do. Everyone was working on something different, passing around new found stitchy magazines and stash organization ideas.  Oh, someone spilled their coffee on the table where we were stitching. We all gasped in horror, but no harm was done. No it wasn't me....I was drinking sparkling pomegranate juice!

Hope you're having a great weekend and immersed in stitching contentment. Be back soon!