I Have a Name!!

Good Evening Everyone!

I know you think I have closed up shoppe.  Not 

completely, but close.  We have just been totally obsessed 

with "baby stuff" and loving every minute of it.  Hollis had

 a beautiful shower this past Saturday, hosted by some of 

my wonderful and generous friends here in Fredericksburg.  

It was all so sweet. I wanted to share with you some of the 

things I have made for the baby.

My good friend, Ethel, gave me a set of "onesies" very

soon after I told her about the baby.  She said I was to

adorn them, so this is what I did.

I guess I have just announced his name as well.

Avery Paul

We just love it.

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Also, I painted this little stool for him.  I was just

going to buy an unfinished stool from a craft store,

but Hollis and I were antiquing a few weeks ago

and found this old stool that someone had already

painted and was almost an exact match to the wall

paint.  How amazing is that!   Of course, it is a 

little big for him now, but he will grow into it.

Hope you don't mind reading "baby news".  I promise

to have needlework news in a day or two.

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Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

Fun Finds

Hi Everyone,

I am happy to report that I had a really fun time

yesterday.  It started out with my physical

therapy, which wasn't all that much fun,

but it is helping.  So that is a good thing.

From there I went into Olde Towne

Fredericksburg and did some antiquing.

I never seem to have the time anymore,

but I am going to have to start carving out

some time for me.  I realize how much I

miss looking, if nothing else.

Happy to report that my looking paid off,

for me and the dealer.  Found some great

stuff that I'm going to put on Etsy soon.

In the mean time look what I found

for me. 

I have a pretty large collection of the

tomato pincushions.  A lot of them are

made from fabrics other than the typical

red.  Yesterday I found another one that

had faded to orange, so I stacked it along 

with some others that I had and made my

version of a stack of pumpkins.  I

just love it.

The other wonderful thing I found is this

great stool.  I love anything scrolly.

(Is that a word?)

Sometime I will have to show you all

of my stools.  Told myself I didn't need

another one, but you can see I didn't

convince myself.

Just had to share.

Have a great weekend with

"Many Happy Stitches",

Sandra