Made progress

on Cozy Toes #7 yesterday. The Saturday morning stitch group arrived and since they hadn't been to my home before I had a great time taking them on a brief tour. But the best kind of tour in my opinion is self guided. Now you can do that with trusted friends, non-judgemental friends that is. We also had a show and tell where finished items were given a well deserved ogle with ensuing ooooooohs and ahhhhhhhhhhs! Truthfully, talent abounds in this group, awe inspiring talent. I wish I could show you some of their exquisite projects; whether complete or in progress it is not possible as some are going to be taught at NAN, ANG or EGA and these gems are not mine to share. But be on the lookout in future posts where I will alert when they become available.

You may recall in an earlier post I referred to the turbo stitcher? Well G, we'll call her, was also at breakfast, creating a breeze with her needle motion. I will ask her if she'll let me post a photo of the piece she was working on, breathtaking! In fact, I will seek to showcase her talent on this blog; if she agrees you will be in for a fabu treat! Stay tuned. I mentioned I did make some progress on my stocking. Quick stitching with tent or diagonal mosaic. I changed from using Flair to Perle #5, call me lazy, it's okay. I get easily annoyed with all the twisting that seems to occur when I use the flat ribbons as they persist in defying my laying tool. Moistening may help, I'm not all that familiar with which threads can or cannot be moistened. Next, completing the lower half which includes sewing on a few beads. Hmmm, where are my band-aids?

So I haven't picked up a needle in a week.....

that's right, had visitors here in cool Colorado from the ovens of Arizona. We usually get a lot of visitors during the Summer which is wonderful. So not only was my stitching interrupted but also I didn't have any "Stress Tabs" aka M&M's, on hand to get me through. Since I went on the sugar wagon about 3 years ago there's nothing in this house to rely upon anymore, sniff, sniff. But I did survive the stitching drought and am very anxious to get back to my Lite Stitches project and finish up Gay Ann Roger's Red Kitty Sampler (you didn't know about this, first mention) which is about half way done. Will try to get a picture up in the next day or so and then I need to get to stitching a few obligatory canvases.

It seems I never stitch anything for myself. Is this the same for you? I have a few things I want to do, but gifts, requests and classes seem to keep me busy all the time. Not to mention the fabulous enabling publication, "needlepointNOW" that has 3 projects calling to me in just one issue. It's ridiculous really, there oughta be a law, or rule or etiquette guidelines in place about putting so many fabulous projects in one place. No affiliation, just a great fan. Those wonderful Kimono ornaments on the front cover nearly stopped all progress on anything else. Thankfully I didn't have everything I needed to start the first one. Whew, that was a close call to deepening my UFO pile.

I guess I should get to gettin' if I'm going to stitch this afternoon. Hope you're working on something that brings you joy. Take care til next time.