Running Out Of Time

Good Morning Everyone!

Are you running out of time too?  Getting a

little frantic around here, but I just had to share

this finish with you.  I got a wonderful email

from Christie Lafranconi.  She shared with

me how she had been to my shoppe many,

many years ago and has been stitching my

designs for a very long time.  Here is what

she shared with me about how she did these

ornaments from "Four-Square Christmas".

"I love your patterns and especially the 

Christmas ornaments stitched on perfo-

rated paper.  This year I wanted to stitch 

new ornaments for friends and family and I 

decided to try using the "Four-Square

Christmas" pattern and see how these patterns

would look on perforated paper.  I stitched

the ornaments, backed them with brown

paper using Stitchwitchery to bind the

paper to the ornament, cut each one out 

separately leaving one square border from

the edge of the design and then sprayed

them lightly with adhesive and sprinkled 

with fine crystal glitter.  They look

wonderful and remind me of German

Springerle cookie. I've attached a photo...

the best I could take but really doesn't

show them off to their best advantage.

Thank you for your wonderful patterns

and for giving me many, many years of

happy stitching!"

 I would wish all of you "Merry Stitches", but if 

you are like me, there isn't much time to stitch

this week.  So, instead I will wish you joy in

your preparations.  

"Merry Noel",

Sandra

Great Weekend

Hi Everyone!

We had a great weekend here in Fredericksburg, VA.

We didn't wash away after all from our many inches

of rain.  Boy did we need it.  What is left of the

flowers are all standing up and looking happy for

the first time in weeks.  Their last hurrah before

frost gets here.

I didn't get to do much Homespun Elegance work

this weekend.  We went to a beautiful wedding on

Saturday which took up most of the day.  We

had quite a little journey to get to the reception and

I was looking forward to the ride so I could stitch

on the way.  Well, when I pulled out my project my

needle was not there.  You can imagine my disap-

pointment.  I never ride in the car for a distance

like that without stitching.  I was miserable.  All

I could think about was missed stitching time.

Do you use every available moment to stitch?

I think I am obsessed.

There is a little bit of time left to stitch some

more Halloween stuff.  I came across a little

stack of "Halloween Papermakings" fixings

 in my storage unit, so I have put them together. 

 There are 13 quick and easy designs.  The

 tan perforated paper is included plus the tan
backing paper.  Even the directions for  making 
the wire Halloween tree.  When these are gone
 that will be it although I will probably use the designs 
in another way.  This Project Pack is not available
in your needlework shoppe.

The cost is $9.50 which includes shipping

(in the US).  International slightly more.

Hope you like it!!

Have a great evening.  I hope to be back 

tomorrow with some Halloween stuff

that doesn't have to be stitched.  

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra