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Down on the Farm
This week I brought out the Victoria Sampler Babe's Honey Farm for a little attention after a couple days off from stitching . . . and accomplishing nothing. So I started stitching again and finished...
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Coffee Quaker Progress
I didn't get in quite as much stitching over the weekend as I would have liked. I did the unthinkable - went to Costco on Saturday! I usually avoid that place on the weekends, but Saturday I needed to...
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Stitching at the Mansion
This weekend I and many of the women of my church went to our annual retreat at the Bozarth Mansion Retreat Center north of Spokane, Washington. Always a highlight of our year, it's a wonderful time of...
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October - Year of Starts
I once again reached into my stack of Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament issues for this month's new start. This time it's the 2013 issue, "Peace" by Blackbird Designs; a little sampler style that...
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Good Stuff
I had a pleasant weekend. Saturday was rainy all day, so it was easy to get some laundry done while watching football, and fitting in some stitching. I kept "Peace" out on Saturday for attention and it...
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Just a Little Spot
A Spot of Autumn is finished! With just a few stitches to get those pumpkins, stems, and vines, it didn't take long. Now I just have to find that little acorn charm that belongs in the empty space.It...
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Let There Be "Peace"
My October 17 start, "Peace" is finished - before the end of the month!I haven't done a lot of stitching on 36 count linen, but both Peace and Spot of Autumn were done on it and I must say I like it a...
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Happy Halloween!
As I mentioned in my last post, Saturday was our regional cross country meet up in Spokane an Wandermere Golf Course. It was a gorgeous day so Gary and I did drive to Spokane to watch the teams race....
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Cutest Lunch Date
Yesterday was my granddaughter Geneva's 5th birthday which means a morning shopping trip and lunch. She is a shoe girl and wanted to shop for shoes. Like last year, we found some super cute, great...
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Getting to the Bottom of It
The bottom of Coffee Quaker, that is.Over the weekend I brought CQ out to work on and got to where the very bottom motifs are coming up next. With a finish in view (perhaps not this rotation, but...
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A Quick Update
There's much to do today, but I wanted to quickly share my exciting finish! I just put the final stitches into Coffee Quaker. It's been such a fun design to play with and stitch.My Coffee Quaker is...
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What's Next?
I ended my last post wondering what to work on after finishing Coffee Quaker, which was so much fun to stitch. My new project needs to be just as much fun! The answer was in my latest stash acquisition...
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Blowing In the Weekend
It's another blustery day in E. Washington. The leaves in most trees are gone and are being blown into little piles all over my yard. But the sun is shining, so I'm feeling pretty good today!This week...
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End of November Catchup
It seems the Thanksgiving holiday has thrown me off my blogging game, and my stitching has been mostly set aside. And with all the Christmas busyness, I foresee more of the same for December.This year,...
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New Year, New Start
After taking the entire month of December off from stitching and blogging, it's time to start again. We had a great month of parties, baking, eating, family, gifts, Amazon Prime deliveries then ended...
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Into the Routine
It's been back to the routine this week with my ESL classes starting up again. The weather was wet and gloomy and Monday's attendance was a little low, as I expected. These classes are totally...
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Not So Routine
Okay, obviously I'm not back in the routine and it looks like things won't be routine for several months. I'm still working in the business, still teaching my ESL class, even still getting in some...
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Event of the Year
At the beginning of the year, my youngest daughter got engaged to a terrific young man, Noah Farris. After much consideration, June 23 was their chosen date. I really wasn't eager to plan a quick June...
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Wanna Stitch?
The last time I picked up a project was in April at the Victoria Sampler retreat in Sidney, BC. And before that I did very little since before the holidays. I just wasn't feeling like stitching. Part...
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That Didn't Take Long!
Beach Cottage is finished! I'm trying to figure out why I put it away when I was so close to a finish, but most Victoria Sampler designs are what I like to call fiddly. Below is a snippet from the...
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