Since I know Malinda has received the package I sent to her now, I’ll post pictures of my stitching for round 5 of the Fair & Square exchange. The design is called “Tiny Little Quaker” and is a freebie from Papillon Creations. I stitched it on 32-count cream Lugana using Painted Desert over-dyed cotton from Needle Necessities. I also included a skein of the fiber I used and a Just Nan chart with embellishments for her (she’s a big Just Nan fan).

I also got some more birthday goodies earlier this week when I got together with other local stitchers for an open stitch class at our LNS. My friend Nancy (she’s not a blogger … yet ) gave me a nice piece of Glenshee linen and a gift certificate to the aforementioned LNS. So, I immediately used it to purchase the fibers I needed for this cute needlepoint canvas I picked up. Thanks, Nancy!!

I also got some goodies from Darla. Unfortunately, I don’t have photos of those yet, but I’ll try to get some up in the next few days. She got me an adorable pair of bunny socks, a bunny thread counter and she and Nancy collaborated to make for me, and a pair of bunny ornaments. Everything was too cute! Thanks, Darla!

Speaking of Darla, I also was able to give her the replacement piece I stitched for her as part of the Quaker Quarterly exchange on the Legacy Embroiderers board. I still can’t believe our post office managed to lose something that only had to travel about a mile between our homes.

I stitched the same design again, but finished it differently. Since the theme for the exchange was Christmas, the first time I had finished it into an ornament with twisted cord trim. This time I finished it into a pinkeep complete with green star glass head pins I found on Vikki Clayton’s website.

I also managed to knock off another piece from my WIP Killer Challenge on Sunday. As of now, I’m at 2 down and 8 to go before I get to start another new project (with the exception of Hannah Beeby 1816 which I’ll be starting later this month as part of a SAL). I got in the final stitches and embellishments necessary to finish “Stitcher’s Chicken” by Sisters & Best Friends. This was a class piece from a retreat I attended in March 2007. I also had the companion piece “Stitcher’s Sheep,” but I gave it to Nancy because she LOVES black-faced sheep.

Well, that’s it for now. I’m working on a draft entry related to my weight loss journey, but it’s still not ready for publication yet. I hope to get it posted this weekend. So, in closing ….

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