Today was a great day. We rode the Stitchy Bus, shopped at Keepsakes, and stitched, stitched, stitched!
The Stitchy Bus is an old refurbished school bus. Brian is the best bus driver ever!
Had my picture taken with the green-checked bag by the sign in front of Keepsakes.
Our stitching room. There are 250 stitchers here this weekend!
And then if Stitch-Con wasn’t exciting enough, I also had a zoom class with Merry Cox today!
Another day of fun is on the docket tomorrow!
The festivities started at noon Thursday. We selected a table, met new friends, visited with old friends, and stitched the day away. There was a table of charts and more that other stitchers had brought to giveaway. There were multiple tables of show and tell. In the afternoon, we had the opportunity to walk through the Annex where there were multiple designer trunk shows. We closed down the stitching room at 10pm and headed to our room to get ready for Day Two!
My tablemates…new friend Sarah, partner in crime Chris, and new friend Vicky.
Trunk shows…
Barbara Hils from Keepsakes, the hostess with the mostess!
Today, we’re going to ride the Stitchy Bus!
Happy Birthday to the Mad Tatter. She is 89 years young today!
When we were young, she used to tell us that everyone put their flags out for her! Happy Flag Day!
June has been a productive month for me. I have another finish!
Barb and Alma, the Blackbird Designs gals, last visited Stitchville in 2019 for Spring Fling. It’s always fun when they come. The project that year were some of the designs that can now be found in the Sewing Club book.
Here are some of the pictures from that retreat to show you what the finished pieces will look like.
Yesterday, I finished the stitching on the Garden Friends Sewing Bag (bottom right). The stitching is finished for all of the parts so now I need a finishing day.
The little twirp, aka Lizzie, was playing a game of “catch me if you can” and I snapped this photo of her in the flower bed. If she wasn’t so darn cute...spoiled dog.
Pulling out another WIP for today’s stitching. Will share pictures soon. Enjoy the day!
You know the saying “The early bird catches the worm” - well in my case, “the early bird finishes the WIP.”
I’m not an early bird, but I was awake this morning before dawn and couldn’t go back to sleep, so I decided to make the most of it. I finished the stitching on this design quite some time ago, but wasn’t sure if I wanted to stitch the name that was charted or if I should personalize it. Personalization won out.
The young lady memorialized in this sampler will be celebrating her 89th birthday on Monday!
Closing in on another Blackbird finish. You might see another post from me tomorrow. Hope you have a great weekend!
This was a WIP that I started last year. I was about a third finished. Between last weekend and this weekend, I was able to finish it. Summer Jubilee by Blackbird Designs on R&R 18th Century Blackbird linen. Unfortunately, the linen color is a little washed out in this photo.
And check out this major score from Deborah Harry’s. I’m sure you will recognize immediately why I had to have this project bag.
The weekend went by too fast.
So, I was sitting in my stitching chair, minding my own business. I had to get up for something and then this happened.
Our little Lizzie is 11 months old already.
Popular flosstubers, Brenda and Laura, have dubbed the first weekend of every month as the weekend to stitch all the Blackbirds. I have probably stitched more projects from Blackbird Designs than any other designer. I’ve taken many classes with them over the years too. I never get tired of seeing or stitching their designs. Here’s a picture walk of just some of the projects I have finished.
I will be back tomorrow with a new Blackbird finish!
