The Stitching Thread

Overall it has been a nice week, though I’ve been sidelined a bit with a cold and didn’t feel like posting. I made some very good progress on my Busy Bees needlework project. As promised, here is a picture of one of the projects - the needlebook- an inside view. This and the biscornu are my favorites of the set. It is coming along nicely.

Next Tuesday, I am looking forward to visiting with the ladies and gentlemen at the Cape Cod Chapter of the EGA.  Two years ago, I was invited to give a talk on my design process and was delighted to make the acquaintance of this wonderful group. While displaying many of my cross stitch designs that day, I had also brought along a crazy quilt and crazy quilt pillow for a “show and tell”. This quilt had been a project of mine to learn a variety of stitches and use a variety of threads and fibers on a project in which I set no limitations for myself. I just had fun learning and went where my needle took me. I suggested it to the group as an easy project to practice new stitches. Well, to my delight, they have done just that! The Fall project with this guild is a correspondence course on crazy quilts available through the EGA. I look forward to seeing them again and sharing a wonderful day together.

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