I just love this project. It was in my stash from a trip two years ago. We were traveling in KY and I found a shop listed on the Internet called The Needle Nest in Shelbyville. Well, we were just coming home on vacation Monday and we made a trip back over to Shelbyville so that I could visit the shop again. It is so much fun to travel the US and visit shops. On this stop I purchased an older design by Jeanette Douglas from her Stitches Series called Pineapple Stitches. I cannot wait to start this one once I have finished this lovely picture.
Another find on this trip was more flower frogs found in an amazing antique mall in Williamsburg, VA.
One has a fantastic silver bottom that the frog fits into. It has roses all around it. I found several others that I brought back as gifts for my stitching buddies. I hope they enjoy them. Sorry, didn't get a picture of them. I also found this lovely blue candy dish. It will look great with candy in it. Yummmy.....
Another stop on our trip was Virginia Beach. Why in October? I attended the Dyeing 2 Stitch cross stitch retreat. I was lucky to have classes with Shepherd's Bush and Shakespeare Peddler. It is always so much fun to meet the designers in person. Of course I came home with loads of projects to do from the retreat and their shop. Here is my basket that we got as a gift and all of my treasures. I have lots of stitching to do.
They made everyone the most fantastic scissor fob. Here is the one I got.
Time to return to my stitching. Enjoy your weekend.
4 comments:
You lucky girl!! Sounds like you had a wonderful time.
Love seeing your progress on Fall Gifts.
Linda
Barb --
Great post! Nice progess on Fall Gifts.
Glad you had fun at the retreat and you got some great gifts and stash:))
Hope to see you next Sunday in Lemont!
Hey Barbara -- can you send me an email so that I have your email address? Would love to talk with you more. I don't know what happened that last night at dinner and/or why the names got changed. It was too bad - we were just starting to get to know each other!
My email tadten @ msn dot com (remove spaces of course!)
Oh my goodness!!!!!!! Where to begin?? So glad you had such a great trip!! That scissor fob and basket are just too, too much!! Can you bring them for show and tell next time we get together??? The only problem is that I can't go next Sunday to Inspired Needle. I will be out of town....boooooo! Good news: I got in to the Tree of Life Samplings retreat!!!! So excited! I need your email address....mine is duetabode@comcast.net
Have a great weekend! Your progress on the CHS is fab!!
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